Busy day

Shopping delivered, the plumber came to sort out the cloakroom basin plug, he collected some clips from the old gas pipes and also set the timer for the heating.

S called in to see us this afternoon and check on his car, he will be back tomorrow to sort out the cill on the bottom of the garage door.

DB slept for quite a while this afternoon, then promptly has a dizzy attack. He had recovered in time to have his sausage, mash and beans for supper. Yesterday I made a bread and butter pudding with some fruit tea cakes, an egg and some evaporated milk, we finished it off tonight.

I have changed my Wednesday afternoon off, instead on 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, I will have the 2nd and 4th Wednesday afternoons off. That will allow us to go to the coffee mornings at Hose.

I have been sleeping better, although I think my heart failure may have had an effect. I have my pacemaker that keeps things under control, it may need a slight adjustment. The hospital will contact me if they think it's necessary. My monitor sends the days reading each night at midnight, so they know what's going on.

We had fog this morning, the sun came out later but it was quite cold.

After the storms

Yesterday was another really wild day, strong winds and heavy rain......this morning, still quite a breeze but bright sun, so laundry was out on the whirly. 

DB decided to do his flying swan act last night, the carer and I got him undressed and into bed. I decided to get undressed and I went to bed myself.

He was okish when he got up this morning...........

I am sleeping better, but still get tired easily, so resting as much as I can.

Supper tonight, baked fish, mash and peas, I have some chocolate mousse for dessert

And another

We have had 2 very stormy days and according to the forecast we are due another one. Having searched the bungalow twice I have not found the lamp, so ordered 2 small ones, they arrived yesterday, so one has the batteries in and is charged up. Everything is on the shelf in the TV unit, I can reach them easily. I have been keeping the flasks full, use the water as and when we need a drink and then refill the flask. I need to check the radio is charged up, we have a gadget that will recharge it, or a tablet if the electric goes down.

Right now the sun is shining, but the trees are really swaying in the wind.

DD2 called in yesterday with the 2GGS, a manic half-hour, E made a bee line for the washer, I followed him and as his finger was ready to engage with the switch said NO in a very loud voice, I had to stop myself from laughing, his face was a picture..........he made a quick exit into the sitting room......... S was quite happy to sit and chew on a toy, he is slow teething like his brother.

DD1 and family are back from their holiday, apparently 4 of them got a bug that was going round.......so not a great success. DGD is still waiting to hear when they will be able to move into their new house.

I am hoping the weather clears up a bit so I can sort out the pots for the bulbs and get the ones from the front moved round. Its really time they were in.

Supper tonight, chicken with roast potato's, cauliflower and broccoli. Custard tart for dessert.

That was a day that was

The forecast for today was rain followed by very high winds.........power cuts were on the cards, so..... to be prepared I found our wind up wireless and the recharger for the phone and tablets. Filled all the flasks with hot water. Looked for the battery lamp, could I find it? No....turned the house upside down, not anywhere I searched....... at least we had candles.......

DB had a nausea attack, last night after the carer got him ready for bed, so he was in bed by 8pm. He slept all night and was fine when he woke this morning.

I cooked fish and chips for supper, Bakewell tart for dessert. Carer was late, so we were soon in bed, girding our loins for another storm due to hit tomorrow........what a wonderful life we lead!!

Brrrrrr

My goodness it was cold this morning. We had thought about going to Hose for coffee, I have been feeling rather tired, so we called off especially as I had shopping to do in my 2 hours off this afternoon.

Unfortunately the shopping was disastrous, came home with half wha

t I went for, so Amazon is going to come in for a large order later.

Egg and chips for supper, DB had a cherry bakewell for dessert, I had a mince pie.

The heat has been on for most of the day, I have had to dry laundry inside.

DB had a bad start yesterday, but has been OK today.

Quiet weekend

Yesterday was a quiet day, I was feeling a bit delicate, so had an easy day. I have to remember I have heart failure .

DB did not eat his supper last night, I was not amused especially as I had cooked pork loin. I have put half of it in the freezer.

Carer was late this morning, he was just back from 3 weeks in Zimbabwe visiting family. 

Usual jobs today DB's laundry is in the washer ready to wash on the cheap rate between 2am and 5am. I also sliced the gammon joint I cooked on Saturday, I used the stock to make soup, we had a bowl each with toast at lunch time.

Its quite cold heat was on first thing, put it back on at 4pm to take us through till half an hour before we go to bed.

Supper tonight quiche, salad and new potatoes. We finished off the plum crumble off from yesterday.

How do you do it..?

 Recently I applied to change our address for the voting register.

Previously I had done it over the phone, now you have to do it on line........what happens if you do not have access to a lap top or tablet? Many people of our age are not computer savvy, how do they register? The same thing occurred to me when I was dealing with the paperwork for our recent move.........Everything seems to be done more and more 'on line'. We even have to contact our GP on line. It really irritates me.

Yesterday was a sunny morning, I needed to go to Lidl for a couple of things, I decided to take DB with me, he stayed in the car whilst I was in the shop. We then took a ride on the new road round the town. I hasd changed the bed and decided to wash the linen, I hung it out, the wind had got up, the whirly burled round good style. It was soon dry so folded and in the bag for the ironing lady when she comes on Monday.

This afternoon I changed the foot on the sewing machine and turned the fabric that was cut off the curtains in the sitting room into two draught excluders for the sitting room and hall doors. I used the filling from an old pillow to fill them. I have enough fabric left to make a long one for the doors into the conservatory. I just need to sort through and see if I can find another pillow that's past it's best.

Supper tonight, fish pie for DB, sweet and sour chicken for me.