Terry P

50% of the way through my second Terry Pratchett novel

Reading In Bed

Well as a child I used to read in bed every night, sometimes for a couple of hours. As me and books no longer get on I had to stop. But today I took my Kindle to bed with me when I was napping. Yes, I can read it lying down but my hand which was holding it got tired and after about 10 mins I had to stop reading

But it was the first time I have read lying in bed for some years

Shop, shop, shopping

We nipped to Morrison's s'morning to get more salad, I had run out a day early and while we were in there I thought "Ah, but salad was the only reason I was expecting to be shopping tomorrow, I may as well get the whole weeks shopping"

And it was pouring with rain before we left, it stopped, just raining lightly, we went, came back, no rain at all. I ate lunch and it is now pouring again

And after it stopped raining I opened the back door of the house, stood up, picked up my walking stick, went out the back, down the steps, walked to car, put the shopping bag back in't glove box, walked back to door, up steps and back in

Tea

And I made the now usual Friday pizza and chips for tea tonight.

For a few weeks pizza has contained crushed garlic. 

It was just as nice as we expected

THEN

Then we went off to gym, to a proper class there. And Sam was better, so she was back taking the class again. It went well, I can see doing eg balancing on one foot how much better my balance is getting.

Aardvark-ing

So we went to Aardvark s'morning and got the most of my weeks shopping. And a few extras to put in the freezer as it is snowy ATM.

Burst Of Sneezing

So I was sat at the breakfast table, finished my breakfast, suddenly sneezed, big style. Then again, got a second tissue out, sneezed again, for a few mins then it just stopped

Out

Then tonight I made it to the first open mike night I have made it to since the new owners took over.

It was good, we had a delicious vegetarian dinner and a few pints of Organic Ale.... 

Be Aware

Britain needs wares...

Weather

So I was sitting at the kitchen table at lunchtime, I spent 5 minutes concentrating on my iPad then looked up, it looked like there had been an enormous snow storm. Actually it was a shower of hail that made everything look white, but 5 minutes later it had gone again.

Instant snow it looked like

Meat Teeming

And most of my staff and Denyse are here, they expected me to go into meeting but just no

And Denyse said she has already been in touch with the landlord, he is in touch with Anthony (who holds my funds) now....

Speed Test

And at the end of the road "someone" is fitting faster broadband devices, they are coming up the main road a few yards away from my house but it will be a month or so before it is connected. But my connection is still well faster than the wire pre broadband connection

Meet Teaming

So everyone (except those with courses in the way etc) are coming here tomorrow morning for a Team Meeting so they can slag me off to Denyse etc.

I have been told I can go but don't think so, I have written a piece with my queries and printed it s'evening

Reading Stand

So I was telling someone how I can read with my Kindle on the table in front of me, he said "They sell book stands", I said "Yes, my iPad is in one of those", so took my iPad out and tried my Kindle

Oh yes, I like it

Twice In Two Days

So "we" (me and GGtGG) are heading over for my second swimming session in two days in a bit.

We went yesterday too-f*cking-oooo

"Excuses, excuses, excuses". No can't think of one that will work......

(sigh) Well we went and it actually wasn't too bad, we walked, did my exercises, swam etc, then left

Rain/Loo

I was walking to the loo s'morning, looked out the window and thought "Look's nice....", sat down, went to the loo, came out and looked out window again at a really heavy rain shower which had come from nowhere, 5 minutes later it is dry once more

Half an hour later and the sun is shining....

Rain and my bottom must be related somehow...

Fredumpkin

And Freya txted me s'afternoon and said "Aargh, I've caught the bus home, forgot where I was going, can u pick me up at....pm" so we did, went shopping for more shampoo for the swimming pool then went over and got her. It was strange, gave her the Christmas presie that we missed on Christmas, didn't give it to her last time she was here cos I knew Toby would be a bit jealous and mmmm, she was well pleased with it

We Went

So me and SmallPaul went swimming today and it was OKish. Doing exercises and walking about there I can really see how my balance is improving, week after week it seems ATM

OM(F)G

And I was sat in the loo s'morning, thinking nowt to myself when it occurred to me, how long has mankind been living on earth, and more to the point, when did someone invent loo roll, what did they do first?

OMG

Obsessive

Hooray BUT Sigh

So Timmy and Paul are in conference and someone shouted "Wanna not swim today?" so I thought "YES" but they continued "Tomorrow instead 'cos......" so not quite as happy

So instead we nipped to gym today. We were a bit early so all the machines were busy but I got on a bike machine. More than 4km, and 5 extra fast bits instead of the 4 I used to do. So yes, I am exhausted but it was good

Saturday Night Dinner

And as I spoke to Ed last night and said "Do you want.... or.... for dinner tonight" that means that the usual Saturday night dinner of roast veg is being served tonight instead

Yum yum

And it was delicious tonight, cooked for about 10-15 minutes less than last week and it was spot on, all cooked but not burned. Yum yum big style

More Reasons

And we (me and SmallPaul) nipped to Morrisons for opening time, 11am, s'morning and did my usual shop for extras. As some stuff was reduced in price eg Clearasil scrubby cleaner so we bought extra and actually spent a smidge more here that we spent in Aardvark on Friday

Changed It

So SP had to change my bed today. And he insisted on putting on clean sheets and putting the old ones in the airing cupboard. It has been so long since this happened that my bed looks wrong with different coloured sheets etc now

'Nana

So I tried to eat a green banana after tea tonight. (I checked it was safe first) It tasted OKish, not as nice as yellow 'nana's but OK, but it proved very hard to peel, get the skin off

Crisis

So I was panicking a bit, I looked on the dining room table, no so looked on my PC, still no so I called Ed and said "Where do I record my weight?", he sniggered and opened the cupboard in the kitchen with a chart in it

Cutter

And Ed The Barber was working again today

Try Buying AGAIN

(sigh) So as the cable I bought t'other day seemed wonky, it doesn't work, I am gonna try again, bought another version

Crosswording

And me and GGtGG got stuck into a crossword tonight, he had to answer one and gave me a few clues for others but I did most of it by myself, he was holding back etc

I/We did it!!!

Friday Dinner

And as usual on a Friday we had home made pizza and chips for tea.

Yum yum

Didn't Work

No, it sez "Not charging" so dunno, scrap.....

What A Day

(Sigh)So first of all we nipped to Aardvark first of all and did my weeks shopping. Then as we had time we nipped to the docs and the chemist and picked up the cream for Neil's boobs. Then we went to gym for my class. But the class was off as Sam was poorly and the other member of staff who could take it had just been sick so had gone home at lunchtime. So I just went to the gym and got stuck into exercises then bike. Then we had to nip to Morrisons and buy a load of T bags for the staff.

Then we headed home for a late lunch

When we got here we found Timmy and a surveyor who had been sent by Denyse to check out whether my house is falling down, before we make an offer. He was very pleased with what he found tho...

Want One

Aargh, I want one....

We Are So Sophisticated

Just now I was standing at the sink washing my muesli bowl. Hot water comes out from 'where' and drains out down the plughole to 'where#2'. Incredible. A few thousands of years ago we lived in caved and lit fires...

Proper Gym-ing

So we are off to the only gym class that I am involved in every week in a bit, first of all we need to go to Aardvark and get my weeks groceries and if there is time head to my docs and get another script for 'rubbing on Neil's tits' cream

Big Cycling

So then s'afternoon we went to gym and I got on the bike, not timed this time, but travelling half as far again as I had managed in my 20min sessions. No speed up today, just keep cycling

A Bit Sad

And I am marginally sad, fed up with running out of charge on my iPad and having to take it to the living room to charge I bought an extra long lead so I can plug it in where it sits

Visitor

So we sat waiting for the visitor today, a rep from Carmarthenshire County Council who had to check out the rooms etc to see if I should be paid extra housing benefit because technically there is me and one other living here.

Delicious Dinner

And we had a delicious dinner tonight, as Alex had recommended I cook it for GGtGG and yes, he liked them

Reading

And today I am now, according to my Kindle, 56% of the way through my Terry Pratchett novel. I used to read all the time before my accident but I haven't really been able to since my accident. A few days ago I discovered sitting at the dining room table with my Kindle, oh yes, happy chappy

'Wimming

So GGtGG brought his trunx today so in a bit we are off.....

(SIGH)

So we did it. Just good lord about how much better my fitness is getting, but I am still a fat barsteward

I Can See Out

So as requested GGtGG brought his window cleaning device to work today and wow, what a difference it is making.

He is outside ATM cleaning and just wow, so much clearer

Warmth

As I reached the washing up bowl to wash my cereal bowl I was thinking 'Oh no, cold' but that was just at the weekend, my hot tap is hot once more

Bath

And after 3 days of boiling a kettle and pouring that into a sink, getting someone else to wash the medical cream off my back then apply more... today I had a warm bath again

Happiness...

Gym-ming

So then afterwards I went to gym at someone elses request. Ho hum, I just did 20 mins on the bike. With my speeding up for 30 secs every now and then we easily passed the 4km mark

He Fixed It

And the plumber chappy came out and fixed the heating. The washer in there had broken, so all is well.

I have taken my hat off...

Alex

And Alex came into work today and said "I had to go to the Docs yesterday and he said 'No swimming until the infection is better'"

Glass

So a few times tonight I have approached the sink with an empty glass in my hand, my right hand as the left makes my wheelchair go quicker, but tonight I have approached the sink, turned the tap on with my left hand, moved the glass there without changing hands, and just ran a smidge of water in it to mix my whiskey with.

My right hand didn't used to be strong enough to carry this out

Then...

Then "we" went into gym at much protest. GGtGG said "Gotta" and I protested loads saying we had missed gym time 'cos we were at the Opticians, but he sort of disagreed.

We compromised in the end, drove there, parked car, left it, walked into gym, walked up stairs then into gym room. Because I had walked all the way, inc stairs, he just got me on 4 machines, no bikeing, which I thought was right and correct and fair.

You see, he knows I am lazy, said so himself today so....

Optician

And we headed into Carmarthen to get my checkup at the optician today. He did loads of tests as expected and said at the end that even tho he wasn't having to change the lens that my eyesight has improved since last year. Which does give me some pleasure

Still Broken

So the heating is still broken. Landlords wife phoned us s'morning and said "Can't get anyone before 8.30 tomorrow morning" so still a bit chilly.

I am not gonna bath today as we are going swimming tomorrow so I will have a shower there even if it is taking longer to fix this than hoped for

Obsessive

And I am beginning to think I may be a smidge obsessive taking screen shots, many screen shots of the same game of Solitaire

Solly Thingy

And I won the second game that I played s'morning

Light

And for the second day in a row I have had breakfast without having to turn the dining room light on, it is starting to get lighter

Kindle-ing

And I bought my Kindle a few weeks ago, tried reading which I liked but my hands and my eyes didn't seem to work properly together. A few days ago I discovered sitting at the kitchen table with my Kindle in front of me (or for that matter sitting on the loo in a poo*ing position) works well. I bought a copy of Terry Pratchett, The Colour Of Magic (Discworls volume 1, the first of an enormous series) and I am currently 38% of the way through it, oh what fun reading is, you need to remember what you read last time etc etc

Clean

So s'afternoon at bathtime I had a wash with water out of the kettle. What a performance then I had to call Alex and ask him to wash my back with special stuff... then I had to go and get dried then call him again to put more special stuff on my boobs and back

More Reason's To Shop At.....

And we are heading off to buy the rest of my weeks food at Morrison's (noisy link) in a bit

Ho hum, we did it, didn't buy much but important stuff

Winner

And "we" won another crossword game tonight, poltergeist was the first answer that I got

Flowery Tools

And we tried that Amazon Viewing thingy tonight and watched the very first episode of Fawlty Towers, and it still made me smile

Shopping

So we nipped out and went to all the supermarkets in Carmarthen that weren't the big two. I think we found three and nowhere sold Sweet Potato Oven Chips, Tesco has the monopoly.

I did buy some 'much cheaper' potato waffles from somewhere so Timmy can't complain too loudly

Leave It

And "we" put the bird feeder back out now the wind has dropped somewhat but it used the last of the feed to fill it, so after lunch we shall head to Wilko's and buy some more bird feed.

And distract me from the heating issue...

And we got some, a big bag, in Wilko for “not very much”

No Hot Water

And today the hot warer was leaking all over the utility room

And the landlord came out, fiddled, said "I will phone a plumber for Monday"...

Aaargh, the whole event has unsettled me, I just don't feel right....

So I don't have a bath today, tomorrow we will go to swimming pool, just have a shower then Monday it (hopefully) will be fixed

Exercise IS Good For Me

So today I started the new "get even fitter" routine thought up by gord nose who. So I went and did my weekly class @ gym, stretching, walking, bending, more walking etc, as usual on a Friday.

Then (the new thing) as I left that I went and got on a bike and did 10 minutes cycling because...... dunno what the official reason is but it is s'posed to make me even fitter

And it wasn't too hard, no doubt by next week they will sat "Cycle all the time" or summat

Busy Day

So we have the usual Friday, Aardvark first, weeks shopping, then gym for my only taught class per week, then lunchtime....

Reading in't Loo

So my Kindle....

Right I went to the loo for my pooh s'morning, with my Kindle. I sat there read and poohed simultaneously. I seem to recall reading in the loo as a teenager to avoid chores, I can't recall any loo reading since then, there we are, progress. My hands/eyes together won't work very well, generally I need to sit @ a table and read, but sitting down on the loo seems to meet those requirements 

Physio

So Sara the physio lady came round today. She looked at my feet at great length to see gord nose what but she did it. Then for ages she was speaking to Timmy but simultaneously watching me walk up and down the kitchen. Sometimes just me, sometimes me and FES, sometimes stick and no FES, sometimes with both. She did say she would contact the BoTox bods and ask for that in my arm and my leg, after we saw the bod on Tuesday who said yes, go ahead with leg if necessary.

Generally she was just really pleased at how well I can walk, balance etc

And when she commented on being married for 25 years I missed my chance, I was too busy to say "Since you were 7?"

Bath

And I have just has a bath. My first this week. On Mon I was swimming and showered, on Tues I was off seeing the vascular bod so there was no time, Wed I was swimming again and finally today I bathed

(Sigh)

And GGtGG remembered to bring his swimming trunx today...

Muslim Policeman

And they have buried one today...

Terry

And I have just started reading a Terry Pratchett novel, on my Kindle. I could read but I couldn't find anything that would take my imagination (as in keep me interested) so hopefully....

Symptom Of Getting Better

So I have just been and poohed. Now as my right hand doesn't work I just wipe with my left hand. So for some months/years my right hand didn't work at all so I just washed my left hand. Now I run both hands under the tap, soap and wash them both

And today I was sitting in the kitchen earlier, with my stick clipped in at the back of my chair. I stood up and knocked it to the floor. I thought "No need to shout 'Help' (how last month) or hold onto the back of my chair while I bend over (how last week)" so I just bend down with no contact on anything but the floor underfoot and pick it up

No Time

As I am going off after lunch to see a Vascular Specialist I don't have time to do anything else.

And Denyse has just phoned and said "(cough, cough)I am too poorly to attend(cough, cough)" so it looks like it will just be me and Timmy and his list of instructions that Denyse emailed him. So marginally sad, hope she feels better soon

And Oh What Fun We Had (noisy link) , so actually there was no point Denyse being there at all. He said "Yes, healthy" etc, not vascular, maybe dermatological (not certain). They are gonna get in touch again about Ultrasound of my legs

Kwik Fit

On the way back from the swimming pool s'morning SmallPaul said we need to blow up a tyre. Which we did, it was down to 12 psi after we blew it up last week so we had to head into Kwik Fit where they had to replace the tyre.  Not at my expense but Motability

Sheet

He has remembered to bring his swimming trunx s'morning...

What A Start

And I started playing solitaire s'evening. I moved one card to the next one etc, moved loads before I even had to draw one from the pack

The Heating

And earlier I thought "Bit chilly, is the heating on yet?", held my hand to a radiator and found it wasn't. Was vaguely nervous but decided to do summat else. Next time I was near a radiator I could feel the heat radiating from it.

Phew, it does all work as planned now.....

More Reasons To Shop At...

Then s'morning we headed out to Morrison's and got a weeks shopping

It was suggested to me that I walk again but I needed stuff from the whole store so I said naah today

And...

 I did beat it before I went for my pooh s'morning but it took me some time

Loo

And I got up in the night and walked to the loo for a p**. On the way back it occured to me, "I wouldn't have been capable of this a few months ago"

Which was a bit nice to be thinking along those lines...

Solitairing

So I was playing Solitaire, got stuck, asked it for a hint, it said "No, you've lost" I thoughtg "No, perhaps if I..." and won

Sometimes my 'puter isn't as clever as it thinks it is....

First Time This Year

And for the first time this year Ed was working today

A Quiet Day

So here we are but the roads all around are full of blown over trees etc. And we had it easy, it was really windy oop North and in Scotland, according to the news

Telly

So I had to switch off the news tonight. It was just full of "People have died..." and the whole lot was too upsetting.

Gym

So then I set off to gym. Again we left my wheelchair in the boot and walked in and up there. Again I worked hard.

I was commenting to Sam that eg my right foot wasn't doing movements properly but she said "Yes, but at least it is trying, not so long ago it couldn't do stuff at all"

Aardvark

So first of all we nipped to Aardvark. There were no parking spaces outside so we parked up the street in Wilko's back car park. I got out of the car and set off walking, all the way down the street, across the road then into Aardvark. I got my shopping and walked back to the car.

I came back and again walked everywhere to put it in various cupboards. So I was exhausted but in about 10 minutes it was time to head for gym

Out For Tea

And that Toby (who is back from England temporarily) and Freya are meeting up with my tonight and I thing we will try a new italian restaurant, it has loads of veggie food and good access

Ooh, it was lovely, we all enjoyed it even if it was a bit pricey

Not Swimming

So we went to the pool but avoided it and went to gym instead. Again I did 3 lifty arm exercise machines and then 20 mins on the bike. It just gets easier and easier, the lifting things and pedalling

And afterwards I was typing this when I held a letter too long.... and a menu of accents came up eg àęá

Broken

And tonight the interweb stopped working. I went and looked at the router but all the lights on it were lit. I was just starting to panic when GGtGG came out of the office and said "Is the internet broken?" so I assumed it was broken and pressed reset, a few seconds later and it all came back to life

AND all day today I have had 3 extra emails, apparently, in 2 of my folders, I couldn't find the email but apparently they were there. After the resetting "they" have gone, all is back to normal again

'Wimming

And me and GGtGG went swimming at lunchtime. It was much busier than yesterday but that only meant there were 3 folk and us in the pool

As ever it was....... done it, got showered and dried then came home for lunch

AND today I was able, in the water, to stand on my right foot for 10 seconds. How much better am I getting in there, even tho I complain etc etc

Back...

Into The Swing Of Things...

Roasts

So usually I cook roasted veg on a Saturday. But this week Timmy was working and as he doesn't like and thing worthwhile I cooked him summat from the freezer. So Sunday came, I forgot about the poised veg in a bag and defrosted summat else. Then yesterday DislikeStuffTimmy was working again so we had more frozen food. So tonight Alex and I are gonna have a delicious dinner

Swyming

And we went to the gym today but instead of exercising we had a new plan, as Timmy had forgotten his trunks yesterday he had contacted Alex and told him to bring his trunx today so we went swimming. But the pool was nearly deserted today, we were half an hour later than usual, dunno

But it went well, we had the big changing room and got done

'Miller'

So I went into the bathroom today and started running my bath. I thought "Oh, I need one, I'd better have another pooh" and stepped towards the loo. Mid step I did the most enormous fart, even by my standards, and suddenly I didn't feel the need for a pooh, I completed my few steps towards the loo, had a pee then went and got in the bath

Cut The Buns

And we are having burgers and buns with dinner tonight and today, for the first time since 2003, I cut both buns the whole way through holding the knife in my right hand

AND as it was for me and FussyTimmy who A) Doesn't like sweet potato oven chips and B) Always throws away the skin of a potato I have baked I was thinking "What shall we have? Chips are a no no and the other two items that I cook regularly are off for FussyTimmy reasons I was panicking a bit, but I found at the back of the freezer some potato waffles and we both finished every mouthful of dinner tonight.

I think it may be a first for us eating together, apart from when he is working on a Friday when I cook chips

Small but means a lot to me

Just now I was in the bath as usual. As usual I pressed my thumb down on the 'elevate' button to get out. A few weeks ago I noticed that my thumb wasn't strong enough to bend while pressing, I had to kind of move it round so I was just pressing down, just with my hand muscles, no 'bending my thumb' was involved.

I noticed yesterday that it just works now, from any position, I no longer need to make sure that my thumb is at the 'pressing' angle

Swimming

So we nipped to the swimming pool today, I was going as slowly as I could but in the end we made it. So into changing room, Timmy took off my shoes, I took off my jumper then Timmy swore. "Sh*t, I forgot my trunks" so we went up and cycled for 20 mins then came home

(Snigger)

Panic

So I tried to read my Kindle last night, it sed "Battery needs charging", so I took it by the telly, to the plugging in area, and couldn't get it to work. So s'morning I waited until Timmy came in, said "WTF?" to him, and he said "Plug it into your PC", I thought "Oh yes, I recall now" and it charged in about 15 minutes

Format

And GrumpyGareth pointed out to me last night that some of the pictures on my website in the format that I discovered last week, couldn't be seen on a mobile or iPad, the format only works on PC's

Ho hum, I thought that was quick and easy, back to minimising the size of jpg's

WTF

So I was exploring Amazon s'morning and I came across a "Sale for the house" link, clicked it and soon after was presented with this for sale, thought "WTF" and explored on that interweb what it was for, I found out and was still well puzzled, people pay how much for what?

Out

Then s'afternoon we went out and had a cuppa tea and a push around town to put the day in

Forgot

And s'morning I couldn't remember how to do a screen shot on my iPad in the kitchen, I asked Timmy and he told me how to. (The example is just an example, no pic that I wanted to take, just an example)

More Reasons To Shop At....

And we will be off at Morrison's (noisy link) in a bit to actually buy more that we usually get there, my shopping list of once-in-a-blue-moon extra's seems longer this week

We had to nip to Wilko's first but after a quick shop there we bought loadsa stuff in Morrison's, my cupboards are full for another week

Normal Once More

And everything is back to normal once more but we have nowhere to go s'afternoon

My Story

And someone mentioned this on Ixion, I had a look.

Sounds familiar......

Sigh

As I thought I would have a restful day today but GGtGG went "Come on" so I said "Wheelchair into gym, on machines then back in 'chair and I am not cycling today as my arse hurts when I move my leg"

And I went to gym and just did arm exercises. But by god, it is getting a lot easier, especially on the exercise that I found nearly impossible a month ago

Busy Morning

So first thing s'morning I headed over to the doctors and had my 3 monthly testosterone injection. I told the nurse that it was working as I was very pleased to see her. Then I got my 'script for Duac cream which does seem to be making my chest better. Then we went over to the chemist and they said "I haven't got 3 in, can we give you 2 now and deliver the rest on Tuesday?"

HNY

And today there is nothing on, nowhere is open etc