Celebrating?

And we are off out in a bit to the pub up the road for a new years celebration. Wonder how many locals will be there?

And it wasn't too bad actually. OK, most of the night we talked to 1-3 folk but it filled up at the end

AND as recommended, I just drank the normal strength bitter, 4%, rather than the treat one which was 6%. So I could drink 4 pints and still walk back to the car without any disasters etc, whereas with the stronger ones 3 pints is my limit

Windy As Feck

And last night when I was lying in bed there was an enormous gust of wind, really strong, the power went off for a couple of seconds then came back on.

All the digital clocks said it was 00:00 for a couple more seconds before they settled down and said 04:43 or whatever it was. My PC in the bedroom that had been switched off "came back to life" and had to be manually switched off when I got up s'morning

Itches

And I noticed today... I had an itchy bit on my back. But I didn't scratch it, I just rubbed the itchy bit with the finger tips of my hand. Very strange, not scratching, no bleedin' bits, no blood but just rubbing makes the itch stop/go away

Thera-fscking-putic

So me and GGtGG popped into town today, popped into a charity shop to donate my watch that I bought for £1.45 on Ebay and can't read, and just walked for miles(1), theraputic-fscking-ally.

But in the charity shop they had next Christmases wish

(1) Along King St, past the old Town Hall, down the big hill past it, turn right at bottom, along for a bit then back uphill past Caffi Iechyd Da, back along King St to the car

Quiet Day

So gym is closed today so bugger all on. We might pop out for a walk later but I need to have an earlyish bath so I have got time to finish all my creams etc before Brian&Rita and Sam&Emma arrive just after 4

Lordy. Very strange to see them, but pleasant. Later they phoned Julia and spoke to her then said "Oh, we will have to make out own food when we get back" so I offered them some of the stuff that I had made today, so they said "Yep". It was very odd cooking for a total of 6 people but I managed, and a number of people commented on how calm I was the whole way thru

But I forgot to take a picture!!!

Sigh

So we said "Let's go shopping" but only got about half way there when I said "Save fuel, lets go to gym on the way" so we popped to gym, did various machines and now I am about 85% of the way though a 10km cycle

Well after finishing that we made it to More Reasons To Shop At.... and did a bigger pile of shopping than usual. I did some shopping of products that we found cheaper elsewhere but thinking about the extra time driving, parking etc I might not have saved much in the elsewhere shops

Excited

Then after a quiet nooneraft I am waiting for Sam&Emma, Toby and Freya to arrive then we are all heading out for dinner.

After a brief exchange of pressies with Sam&Emma who I haven't seen yet this Crimbly

Well they were find. All 4 of them had dinner and pudding with me. What can I say except "I am not worthy..." which ever direction it was aimed in

Found It

So ages ago I bought another small torch device to keep in my pocket. It was bigger than the one I did use in the end but I was looking for it rather than buying more batteries. Couldn't find it. Neither could 3 or 4 MOS. None of us could find it.

But out "looking for it" technique must have been a bit wonky

Last night I looked in the same place as I had looked in many times, where many other chaps had looked too. Found it

Walkies

So we headed into town for a walk about as my gym timetable says "Swim" s'afternoon and I am too poorly with the cold to do that but it fscking started to rain just as we got there, continued to rain on us as we walked along King St.....

Bank Holiday

And I got my dole s'morning that I was supposed to get 2 days ago but it has been a bank holiday since then.....

Phew, relieved...

Boxing Day

Then we had a kind of Boxing Day usual celebration. No one was being happy within a hundred miles so...... no where to go out and have fun to.....

Out&About

So me&Timmy headed into town and walked down to Next where I had to upsize summat. We swapped it for 2 items as they were on sale prices whereas it was originally bought at full wack.

Then we headed out and stopped at a cafe where Timmy bought me a Xmas pressie of Hot Chocolate & A Bun.

Then we headed back to Next and swapped the 3 quid token they had given us for a little lamp, as I don't think it will ever be spent otherwise

Lunch For Dinner

Then tonight I had my usual lunch for dinner, salad&bread roll etc, as we already had dinner for lunch

Smug, smug, smug

Sorry, this occurred to me t'other day.

Woe Is Me

But I did have to attract the attention of a woman who was serving. "So whassup?" she said. "Discrimination" I replied.

"What, why?". "There's all you members of staff, I haven't seen an ugly one today!"

And one of the staff there must have been absent last Xmas as, earwigging again, I heard her say to a colleague "He was in a wheelchair last time I saw him"

Xmas Dinner

And we are popping out in a bit to The Eating Establishment that IIRC we popped to last year too

And it was a bit lovely. I didn't have too much extra, but first of all some sprouts (as it is Christmas) and a bit of food to accompany my nut roast but it was all nice

Last Night

And it occurs to me....... last night when MM was taking the photo of me&my offspring at first I was struggling to put my right arm around Toby's shoulder, it just felt like too much bend was required. Last year I would have required him to sit down or whatever but now, as my arm is so much better than it was then, it just wriggled into position

COP

So after 648 changes of plan we are popping into town later to pick up that Freya from Naomi's house then Julia is gonna drop Toby over later when his train gets here.

I have asked Freya to meet me outside as it is a bit embarrassing calling at Julia's new chap's Mum's house

No, change of plan #256. Julia brought both the kids here and dropped then off. Then we spent ages chatting and had a lovely dinner which no-one left a mouthful of which was nice.  Later we popped out to the local pub but it was shut so we headed into King St in town, went into the Weatherspoons pub which was as not busy as a shit pub but was actually quite pleasant

Christmas Night Out

So as it was the Saturday before Xmas we popped out to the pub. Oh it was busy. When we got there 1 couple eating dinner and 1 chap sitting around the corner from where we sit at bar.

Later we swapped the eating couple for another pair of drinkers but......

L8R

Well having said "WTF...? I am nipping out s'afternoon. GGtGG had suggested a walk around town but I reckon some cheap frozen food from Farmfoods would fit my bill

Aargh. Twice to Farmfoods. Once did all my shopping, came home, was putting it away when I said to GGtGG 'Whats Pepperoni?' so we had to go back to the shop and change one of the packets of mini pizza that we just picked up with the veggie one on top. Sorted, they didn't even ask me for a reciept

WTF Was I Doing

So I got stuck into cooking the weeks pan of food s'morning, so it will have time to cook later, then I....... dunno but it was midday before I opened the door that leads to the room with my PC in't corner

A whole morning without any......

Strange Exercise/Play

So as RoyGBiv said "You are still a bit poorly today" so we set out for a long walk instead of going gymwards. Started off on Blue St just where it turns into town, parked there, headed down past M&S along The Mount then uphill along Jackson's Lane to King St. There we popped into a charity shop where the MOS was most complimentary about my eye patch especially when I told him the "Why" story. Then we walked back down punishment hill to the car. It took ages, I didn't look at my watch and it was much too late when we got back. I leapt into bath/bed for a bit then got up thinking "Gord, Roy is gonna be well hungry by the time I have baked spuds" but then it occurred to me, it is chips Friday which we had with two halfs of a big french style naan bread pizza. Which was delicious but not too big. A small bowl of oven chips and that as I am on a diet

HTML Crisis

Well I eventually figured out that I had posted summat in the past with a PC version of a webpage and a second version, to be looked at by mobile phone users which is displayed automatically if you are looking on a phone. It took some hours of tearing my hair out as I had forgotten that it could be done but, in the end, the page is finished, multi version automatically etc. I don't need to put up a second link to a mobile phone version which is how I started this process some hours ago.

Just PHEW

No Web

So I woke up s'morning, got breakfast and was sitting down with it. I reached for my iPad, switched Radio 4 on and it sed "No inteweb connection". I looked over my shoulder and the router had indeed a red light on the front. I thought "Bother" but thought I would just finish Muesli and Coffee before buggering off to press restart.

But about 1.5 minutes it fixed itself as if by magic

Folky

So we did head to the Christmas Party at the Folk Club tonight and it wasn't bad. I was drinking some Punch which wasn't too unpleasant.

I have taken some photos which I will add here tomorrow. Here you go, added now

What A Morning

So first of all we popped to Iechyd Da to pick up a much larger than usual order as they are not supplying there next week. Timmy was delighted at the extra carrying, especially as I can't walk back to the car very fast.

Anyway dun that then to Morrisons for milk etc

THEN we tried the gym as I have had a few days off. It was OK, I did the rowing tool, I think I took about a minute longer than last time but not too bad

Then we had a late lunch and did early washing up as we are popping back to Iechyd Da for their Xmas do tonight

Oh yes, while we were in More Reasons To Shop At.... s'morning I got a few bottles of wine as the kids who are *grown*up*now* are coming over at the weekend. It is sitting in the kitchen crying out to me but no, it's not for now

Echinacea

Lordy. Yes, I still am a small bit snotty but 97% less than yesterday.

That herbal medicine is money well spent

Get's Me A Bit Emotional.....

Just good lord, how kind hearted is this. From the look of it they are not even Christian so shouldn't care that it is Christmas Day.....

From Facebook

WTF

The day after I posted summat about online advances I read in the paper today about how Drs might be able to let you grow older etc

Nooneraft Off

And I spent a quiet afternoon sniffing and coughing. Hooray.

But I do feel slightly better now after 1 day of Echinacea so hopefully it is doing me some good

Medicine

So we popped into town s'morning to pick up some Echinacea medicine to make my cold feel better. As I had already said I was too poorly for Gym we headed off around town for a therapeutic walk.

Now it did occur to me on the way to the 'Healthy Items' shop that I could probably bought it cheaper online but it was the delivery delay that put me off. I only decided to fetch medicine s'morning and the 48 hour delivery timeslot makes me feel a bit too poorly for Xmas 

Nor Tonight

And I am feeling too poorly to head to Men's Shed tonight too....

The borrowed sander will have to wait a bit longer....

Well I feel a bit better than I did s'morning but not very. I still feel like sh*t

Not Today

So we are not going to megacycle today as I feel a bit poorly. Might go out later but for now it's just sit here

Got A Farking Cold

And my nose is running and my cough is a bit scary. I don't feel very well

Happy Farkin' Christmas

Then we popped into town as there was a pressure of the shop closing by the time I have had my bath

Then we popped to B&Q to try and get some sanding bits to attach to the sander that GGtGG lent me for tomorrows session at The Men's Shed but they had none there. We even asked a chap.

But I did ask him where to go, an alternative, he said Charlies where they did actually have the bits we needed. GGtGG paid for them, they only cost IIRC £4.50 for 20 pads which I might only need 1 or two of

First Of All

So then we popped to gym to one of Sam's classes. Except it wasn't taken by her. It was strange, still struggling with some stuff but better than I have ever been at some other stuff.

Afterwards I spoke to the instructor, told him to pass it onto Sam, I was well happy with the quality of his teaching but he wasn't even a tenth as beautiful as she is

Uber Dubious

So feeling more dubious s'morning GGtGG said "You can go to Sam's class today, as you are gonna miss her on Friday" so while we were heading into town we called in gym and checked time.

Then we popped to the Drs to get my 'script.

THEN GGtGG needed to do some "Buying cleaning products for the house" so we went to about 3 places to do that.

THEN we came home for an early lunch as I am going to Sam's class at 2

And while we were at home I got GGtGG to re-position the FES pads and suddenly I can stop my right knee from beating back into hyper-extended position

Dubious

So after getting out swimming trunks etc for tomorrow, piling them up in the hall along with towels etc I feel a nit snotty to actually go to the pool. I will see how I feel tomorrow, if my nose has stopped running etc etc

Busy Today

Gosh, today is full. Of....? OK, sarcasm

Scared Of Cycling

And my right knee which has been wonky since the cycling trip on Tuesday is again some better

Off Out

And we are popping out s'evening to Pontardawe Arts Centre to see the "Adult Panto 2017 - Aladdin" (new correct link) so gord nose what to expect

And oh what fun we had (Midpage link)

Chop, Chop, Chop, Chop, Chopping

So doing the veg for my food today. A) I have bought some sharper knifes, and B) My right hand is just getting better at "moving in the way I want it to" and I am pleased about how I can chop

QOTD

"Is Paraffin Wax As Non-Toxic As It Was Declared To Be In 1850?

In a word: No. In two words: Hell no"

From GeekyGirl

Chopping

But first we have to go to the toenail chopper to have my toenails done. And paid for.

Well.... didn't she do well. Again watching her made my brain hurt but she did it

Missing Her Already

And IIRC Sam is not gonna be about to take the gym class today. The phrase glamorous assistant springs to mind....

Well it went OK. For most of the class I am thinking "I am still getting better" except on the bike device I had a problem bending my right knee enough to do it. Yesterday and today I had some cream rubbed on the back of my knee which is improving it some but not enough for the class today

Pressies

And first thing I got out the sellotape and wrapping paper etc and wrapped last pressies. Again I am just getting so much better at stuff involving my right hand. Today I did the cutting of paper with my right hand and writing cards also with my right hand

Cream

Then last thing Timmy put some Ibuprofen Gel on my right knee as it was hurting oodles

And it does seem a bit better s'morning, still hurting but not as much

Beer

So we popped out to the pub and was actually surprised how many folk were drinking and not eating!!!

Loadsa

Then when I was half way thru lunch the postman came knocking on the door. He had 2 xtra pressies I have bought for someone, my piece of perspex for the table top, a Xmas card from Sturit and a book from the Guardian, a years worth.!!! I carried them thru, dropped half, picked them up and was able to resume eating and opening them at the same time

Marginally Hectic

Then we have to do the collecting organic veg, then the "normal" shopping in More Reasons To Shop At... (noisy link) then gymwards before lunch

Well I did the rowing exercise at gym, my breath was breathy and I was sweaty so it must be doing summat.

Hectic

So we have already been to the PO delivery section to fetch my parcel that the postman left a card for yesterday, came back, opened that, then Denyse arrived, to do GGtGG's appraisal, Timmy is here to discuss that with them, then Denyse is gonna come and talk to me, then I am gonna have an early lunch then go to an AquaAerobics session in the pool.

Then I am gonna pant for a bit.....

Well the pressie turned out to be from my Dad, a Xmas card for me c/w 3 minor cards/gifts for each of my 3 kids

And AquaAerobics was as much fun as it is usually but I did it

Oh, and Denyse was....... Denyse-like

Men's Shedwards

So tonight I am taking my new project to and starting, sanding etc. Next week I will take the sheet of perspex and try to cut it to size. At some point I will make loadsa photos to patch together on the top.

But first I have to sand it well and oil it etc

Well we did loadsa sanding. It looks well different but the photos had a crisis so you won't see more progress until next week. Someone was saying that Perspex is too mark-able but told me where to pop in Johnstown to get glass cut to size not too dear. But I will try my perspex first, see if I can cut it etc. The powered sander there seemed really wonky but we did loads by hand. Gareth said he has got a sander which we can borrow for a few weeks so he will drop that off next Monday and me and RoyGBiv can take it there next week

It does look well better already, but there is loads more to do, with the powered sander and some new sandpaper

Cycling

Then GGtGG said "Wanna go for a speed cycle or shall we head west to that place you went last week?" so actually we headed over to BikeAbility and had a good fun, if a bit chilly, hour going round and about

Warmness

So compared with the rest of the country, according to the weather forecaster last night, we were in a relatively tropical heatwave, a mere minus a few degrees

But by tonight it is running at 8 or 9 degrees, what a difference a day makes!!

Didn't Get Wupped

So at a game of snooker last night I still lost but not as badly as I used to do

On The Motorway

So I was bimbling along the motorway today, the emergency telephone caught my eye. I was thinking they must be used 96% less than they were 20 years ago as most folk have a mobile phone nowadays but they are still an important emergency feature

Not Swimming

So we are popping to Headway Swansea at lunchtime today for the last meeting of the year. C/W raffle, mince-pies etc

I won a prize last year, will I be so lucky this year?

Well it wasn't as bad as I expected. I did some bonding etc even tho we were playing the awful "improve your mind" games. At least I won the second go.... After games we had Mint Spys and a cuppa. It was the first Mince Pie I have had in nearly a year and I did enjoy it. Then during the raffle, which did cost me some quids, I did win a prize again.

Warm Day

Lovely and warm s'afternoon

But it's a bit chilly s'evening

Better Balance

So a bird tried to fly at my Xmas tree t'other day and left big marks on the outside of the window. I simply popped outside with a damp rag and cleaned it off the window.

Simple, now I can balance to walk on the stones outside the living room window, the ones I didn't used to be able to walk on

Yes, I have already posted about being able to walk around to the back on the house now, but it is still an improvement

Buying Online

So I thought "No, we can't find any" but put into eBay '2 foot square perspex' and after a few more clicks ended up buying a piece which will need cutting down somewhat and drilling but is free delivery. All the pieces I found yesterday were about £8-£10 but cost about £40 postage. This item costs £8 summat and is free postage!!!!

And hopefully eBay covers you so it should arrive!!

Weather

It was sleeting when I woke up s'morning but it has got stuck into proper snow now. It is not lying, yet

Well by 11.30 it is raining, so hope for the best etc.....

Out

So we popped up to't pub tonight and it is busier than I have ever seen it, Xmas party meal-ing

Out After Lunch

So me and Timmy popped out to B&Q to try and buy some perspex for the top of my next project but they only had expensive enormous pieces. We popped to another shop but they had none. So I will ask around at Men's Shed and see if anyone has any off cuts

Third Things Third

Well we went to Sam's Stroke Class and what fun we had. But I am still getting better and better week after week

Second Things Second

Then after that we popped off in the car to someones house in Carmarthen where I had bought a small table from. We had to pay the woman cash etc but it is done. So next week I will do it up, polishing etc then I will print out some photos to put on the top and cover it with perspex or summat.

I am a bit pleased with it, she said "There are some scratches on the top" to which I replied "Ah, but I have a plan"

Unsettling Thought

So s'morning as we are popping off in a bit while Timmy and MagicMark were conversing I put my trainers on and did them up etc.

But it occurred to me, how fscked did I used to be when I couldn't even tie shoelaces....?

Morning Has Broken......

So as usual on a Thursday we had a busy morning. First of all to Iechyd Da to pick up my organic veg, then to Morrison's to do the rest of the shopping, came home and put it away then shot straight to gym. Today we did an exercise I haven't dun for a while. For nine and a half minutes be cycling, then for 30 seconds go as fast as a very fast cyclist, then back to normal speed until you have repeated the ritual 4 times. And yes, I am so much better at it than I was last time, my faster speed was very fast and I didn't need to stop half way through for a puff, I just did it all at one go

Class

So as we were coming out of Dentist s'morning I said to GGtGG that my nose is running, I don't feel like swimming today so he drove into gym to have an exercise session then turned the car round and said "2 o'clock class then" so we came back and had lunch etc

Well so we went to (Gorgeous) Gaynor's class and it was..... Yes, as hectic but different than one of Sam's classes. We had an extra 16 yo who was sitting in on the class to see whether this would be an exciting career for him. And I was talking to Gaynor afterwards and she was recollecting about how f*cked I was when she first met me when I was first in gym in my 'chair

That Warm In The Middle of The Night

S'posed to be winter.....

Work On My Teeth

Then we are off for my 6 monthly check up at the dentist s'morning

Lordy, she cleaned and cleaned it all around but didn't need to get the dentist to have a look which was to my benefit. Next appt is April now.....

THEN after leaving the dentist we popped to King Street and had a look at charity shops and left my bag of goods for them in one

Too Late

So as we were out s'afternoon when we came back, I bathed, napped, cooked food, ate it and did the washing up, by then it was too late to head out to the Men's Shed for tonight. Possibly I will have found some tat to remake by the time I go back next week too

Different Webpage For Mobile Users

So because I had to use some code on one of my pages that mobile phones aren't very happy with I puzzled and in the end dug out a "different, depending on how you look at it" bit of code and if you are looking at it on a PC then this comes up but if you are looking at it on a mobile phone the subtly different page comes up instead

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig....

So I have said to RoyGBiv "What shall we do today?" and he said "This cycling place in Swansea, shall we go and check it out, try various bicycles etc"

Well I was rather impressed. We spoke to the in charge chap and he got me on a trike and round and round I went

Frozen Food

Yes, we headed out to Farmfoods to fill up on basically froze food, yeah OK, garlic bread and ice cream.

Drowning

Sigh

So we have an early lunch today then go to the Waterworks AquaAerobics session s'afternoon.

But first we need to pop to the chemist next door to the Drs to pick up my Sockings that I left the script for there on Friday.

And then come back and take off my FES device ready to go swimming etc

D'ugh, we don't have an early lunch today. Just make sure it is on the first of my normal lunch times, the Waterworks session isn't until after 2.45 today so.......

And it was a bit odd at the Chemist s'morning, picking up my
sockings. When we got there the delivery lorry had just been
so they had to find it and sort it out etc before I could have it

OK, that was as hard a work session than it was before but as I feel that I could do some exercises for the first time it is doing me some good so it is worth it. Only ¾ of an hour but she works us

F. All

And there is feck all to do today except for watching cricket which I have been doing for a number of hours now.....

And they are losing like feck......

Not

And I said to RoyGBiv "Lets nip out to pub", he replied "Out Thursday, out Friday and......" so perhaps pubbing it tonight wouldn't be too good an idea

Attempting....

So after lunch we popped into the vast 2nd hand furniture establishment down near gym but they had no recyclable/re-doable stuff in stock, it was all too good quality for me. Dunno, perhaps just charity shops or as the chap in the shop suggested the tip

Which might be time consuming, waiting for folk who are gonna throw stuff away until Neil sez.......

But after there we headed into town to Poundland and got some batteries, hopefully one of which will fit my pocket sized torch

Ultra Cooking

So s'morning I have done the weeks cooking, not finished yet, pan is boiling away, needs lentils adding and cooking some more, but that is most of the weeks eating. OK, I have the same dinner for a week but as my taste buds are wonky I don't mind too much

Urk, Pizza

So instead of buying the na'an bread to make into pizza they only had 1 left on the shelf and it had been opened so no to that. Instead we bought some cheese and tomato flavored flatbread (although ours was cheddar not mozzarella) which needed more tom puree and cheese and various ingredients to make it into pizza. It did taste good but was a hassle to prepare and cook so I don't think it is on my list again

To See A Star

Then tonight we are popping to The Lyric Theater in Carmarthen to see Andy Parsons live.

I am quite looking forward to it

Sorry, I enjoyed it. I was thinking along the same lines as him. Tee hee hee

Early Lunch

So we had an early lunch today as just after normal lunchtime we are popping to my weekly class at gym

It feels like oh what fun we had but it is helping me to be so much better than and medical staff thought was possible a while ago

Docs

So we popped to the Drs to pick up my 'script for sockings, popped into the chemist and they said "Ah, come back on Monday....."

More

So more uber walkies.

Sorry for putting it on, I am just so pleased with myself.....

Well...

So after a quietish afternoon I am having a cuppa before going into King St to see the special "We are still open" Xmas shopping treat. Then we will head down to Iechyd Da (noisy link) for the once-a-month Folk night

Thursday Morning

So first of all doing my weekly busyness...

And we popped to town, it stopped raining on the way there so we both popped down to Iechyd Da, said "Ta and see you later" then popped to Morrison's and bought the small rest of my shopping. So now I am waiting for Timmy to finish whatever he is doing and pop to gym for some rowing

"Row row row your boat,
Because you will soon finish,
And it will be time to go home"

Which I did and it was. Tra la la.....

Feck. Rugger Bugger

So I am watching the rugby tonight. Or should I say 'trying to watch it' it is just too fast and quick ball flying about ball even on the foot wide telly in the kitchen

"Timmy Was Taking Up My Suggestion"

So I mentioned biking to Timmy. He said "Can't you remember, there was one but it was so far away at Cardiff that you got fed up and stopped going" but he had a look on this interweb thingy and it turns out that there is a new place, loadsa bikes to hire, different kinds etc and it is only about 20 or 25 mins away in that Swansea place so I think we will head down next week at some point......

Temperature

WTF's going on with the temperature. It was freezing earlier tonight, well after dark etc but as the night went on the temperature went up.

As I said WTF?

Timmy Swim

So as we are rearranging staff holidays etc Timmy is unusually working today and ⛬ is swimming today

Well at last Timmy listened to me blowing my nose and sneezing and said "Perhaps not, you have got so much on next few days you better not get flu" so just gymming today, not swimming

Sigh. So we are off 3km into my cycle, only 7 more to go

Lord, I did the last km at about twice the speed I had dun the rest. There's not wanting to go too fast at first because I will be too knackered at the end..... dunno, I will go marginally quicker earlier next time I try.....

Summers Day

Toasty s'morning

Game Of Pool

VBG

Quadruple Chin

So Sara the Physio sent me an old photo today of me exercising but what a fat git I was then, even I can just see it

Men's Shed-wards

So we are off to the Men's Shed tonight to not do owt, just drink tea and chat to folk. I might find another project but dunno

Aargh, and when we arrived they were having a "meeting" which was like politics and finished with a vote. Later I was talking to Stu and said "I was thinking of reinvigorating a coffee table" and he said "Yes, I will help you" so we have gotta find one now

Physio-ing

Then today at lunchtime we had to be in Pyle, about an hour away. Because of time inconvenience we popped to Asda and had a cheap lunch which actually wasn't bad and then we drove the last half a mile to the physio dept. So she kind of said "You look good, what shall we do?" to which I replied "So do you, and dunno".

But we actually did some new to me exercises which I even impressed myself by being able to do etc. First of all we did some "Show off your balance exercises" then putting my left foot on the massive ball seat thing they use and pulling it backwards and forwards. While standing on my wonky right leg. Eventually we were able to do that without holding on with my hand which did even impress me.  Then we did some "Stand on your tiptoes then back to your heels then tiptoes again" which proved very difficult but just about possible with my right foot. Then we were balancing on the bouncy beam and walking back and forward and left and right without holding on. Oh and at some poing I did some hopping on my left leg and on my right leg. It was much harder on the right but I managed

After all this we practiced throwing the gym ball and a volley ball which again made my right arm do strange stuff

Walkies

Then s'morning I walked from the lounge to the loo with my walky stick held up off the ground. Yes, I managed but it took much longer than with my stick

Physiowards

So we are heading east to see Sara the physio in Pyle, miles away, ATM

Oh It Got Me Going

As mentioned yesterday here is a copy of the leaflet that got me feeling......... yesterday.

I don't know what to say, it got me feeling strongly

Lordy

So am I gonna be able to do the whole two months?

Dinner Disaster

Well no, dinner was delicious and well made etc but after I ate, on the way to the washing up, I stopped at the fridge/freezer, took out tomorrows frozen dinner that has been in there since yesterday to put it in the fridge, and dropped it on the floor. Where the plastic container broke bits off. So we will have some bought frozen food tomorrow

Headshrinking

Then today instead of swimming I had the Headway Swansea meeting. I talked about it with Timmy last night and tried to feel a bit more positive about it. Which actually wasn't too bad. We found two chatty folk that I vaguely know from before so we got stuck in. I should have won the second game but was mind faddled and didn't notice the move that was staring at me.

But the reason my mind was faddled was a little A5 booklet called "The Real Guide to Brain Injury" that I picked up today, it it all factual etc but it didn't half get me going, agitated etc

10/10 I Got

Not being smug and clever but....

Ten out of ten I scored.....

Aargh

So in bed tonight I have just won a game of pool on my 'phone which was unusual enough but then about half a second later the white ball followed the black into the hole transferring me to loser mode....

Cooking Error

So yesterday I cooked, divided into portions and froze most of my weeks food. I had some by myself tonight (It is Timmy working) and it was delicious.

BUT today I opened the drawer in the fridge to take out my salad pack for lunch and found behind that a bag of 250g of Curly Kale which I hadn't added to the food and I couldn't think of a way of cooking it and adding to frozen packages

Oops

Proper Cooking Day

So I am back to cooking on a Saturday and as Mark said "I did well".

But we popped out to the market today for some last minute Xmas shopping and I forgot, the sauce pan was on the cooker turned lowest but still on when we went to town. No harm done, it was fine but a bit unnerving

Shopping

And we popped out s'afternoon and got Xmas pressies for my old bro and his wife and my young bro. I knew what I had in mind for Dink, we popped there and found summat for Gareth about 10 yds away. Utterly different stall but it's done

Shock Horror

So I found myself going to drink "some beer" at boozing strength. It was empty when we passed 2 folk on the way out/in but then later more folk were drinking, so he didn't have to focus on.........

We're Off

And in a bit we are going to the only gym class that I attend in the week. Just lordy, how different this class is compared to one I started in a while ago

Double lordy. I am just better than I was last week etc

And today I took it upon myself to use the stretch backwards tool which is attached about 10 ft off the ground, so I held on and sat right down before pulling myself back up using my arms. (Kind of like this, sort of.)  It is not a machine I was s'posed to use but even Sam was impressed at how well I did it

Chilly

Yes, Timmy has just been outside to move his car and he says it's freezing

No, Today It Is

No, today is Friday, now...... it's not Saturday, it going to gym class day

Friday Today?

And for a number of hours now I have been thinking that tomorrow is Saturday. Dunno how or why but I have to go to Sam's Class tomorrow @ gym. It was not today.......

Gym

Then just before lunch we popped to the gym and I did my 3.25km cycle. And it was about 2 minutes quicker than last week

Phew

So Timmy and I popped into Iechyd Da then Morrison's and all I can say is I am so glad that we had the new FES straps, so walking wasn't a problem

Chicken Dinner

And I am in bed tonight lying not going to sleep and I have just, for the first time, won a game of pool on my 'phone

Habit Now

Well so today I am walking without my 'stick again, seems to be force of habit now

Where's The Car Key?

So we came out of gym today, I reached into my pocket and where was the car key? I use the same pocket every time, no wasn't there. So we went in out of the rain, I handed my bumbag to GGtGG who looked in every pocket. To no avail. I was just starting to panic when GGtGG opened the big bag that had contained everything when we were in the pool and started looking thru it. At the very end, at the very bottom of the bag he reached in and produced the car keys. Dunno how they got there but at least we were able to drive home

We Tried It

And even tho I won't need my FES on today we tried it on, with alternative wires etc and we couldn't make it work, Roy was right.

So hopefully the new wires will arrive while I am at pool or else they will arrive after we need to go shopping etc in't morning

No, phew, they arrived while we were in't pool, we got back, changed them over, tried on my FES and it worked!!!!!! So big phew about using it for shopping tomorrow

Drowning

So we are off to the sw*mming po*l, to an Aqua Aerobics class again in a bit......

Hoo-fscking-ray..... but even tho it is such fun it is doing me loadsa good so I shouldn't complain too loudly, but......

And bother GGtGG has remembered his trunx today so it is a go.....

And wasn't it fun. But as she said aren't I getting better and better at doing various exercises

Why Not?

And why did I never experience anything like this when I was in a care home?

FES Crisis

So we couldn't get my FES to work on the way to gym earlier. When we left I put it back on and it was working then if I stuck my right hand out horizontally to the right. After we got out of the car it had died completely. Roy changed the wire etc, no avail. So he phoned "them" and they said they would sent out new bits. Dunno. So not going out tonight, we will see if GGtGG has any more luck tomorrow

Tonight

And tonight we are going to the Men's Club again but it feels a bit strange. As we have nowt to make what shall we do there? Roy said "Just go along and chat" but that feels strange too, what do I have to chat about?

Now I think we have called it off. As we are having trouble making my FES work today and as the Men's is a standing on your own two feet exercise "we" decided no

Stroppyness

So we popped to gym earlier and I got stuck into the cycling machine. I did half the distance required, I stopped after 5 km instead of doing 10 but did say "What other machine should I use?" so then I went on and did some "Pulling arms backwards" exercises

I did get stroppy at RoyGBiv, as he was trying to beat me so he had time to recover afterwards but I had to say "Stop it, you are going too fast and I am going as fast as I can manage"

It Doesn't Drip

And I have noticed everywhere in my house that there is no longer the sound of the tap in the kitchen dripping in the background. It wasn't too loud before but my house is quite small etc so you could pretty much hear it from everywhere. No more

Possibly you might say "Everywhere??  OCD" but I could hear it

Late Dinner

And as I was eating with my Dad all weekend the food is slightly out of time, so I had to spend ages cooking big food s'afternoon. Except I had to go swimming so we are on target to have a late dinner tonight

Ooh yum yum, in the end. Not only did I think it was delicious so mid MagicMark which is saying summat

So we ate tonight's and there is enuf for another 2½ nights, so it is all in containers, day and a half into freezer (it is already marked with date) and one portion into fridge ready to eat tomorrow

Drowning

So (Hooray) there is no Headway meeting today so we are heading to the swimming pool (Sh*t) for an Aqua Aerobics session.... It's called Waterworks on a Monday, I have no idea why......

Well that was done. I can't remember exactly what I was doing at the time but there was one exercise that I haven't been able to do properly in nearly 15 years but I did it today. It is 15 minutes shorter than the Wednesday session but more hectic/hyper, value for money

Restart

And my PC was getting slower and slower tonight, so I clicked "Restart" it restarted then couldn't get it together to open any page, neither mine or my email. So I had to go out to the hall and press the technical "Restart" on the router and as if by magic it all came back to life.

Phew

Blog Pics

And the way of putting pictures into Blog posts that eventually worked again last week has died again, it wouldn't work today

Winner

For ages.... at last

Feel Strange

And I just feel a bit odd tonight, well perhaps not odd, just a bit strange. As my Dad was here for the last couple of nights now tonight he's no longer here

Send Them Away

And we loaded into the car s'morning my freshly made bat box to go as a gift to Dink's wife, Nora, she is in charge of putting it up, as we don't own any trees and it's hard to find a bit of the house 10 ft off the ground and facing south

More.....

And today I suddenly realized that I was walking about the kitchen without my 'stick, again

Have A Banana

And I have just gone into kitchen for some snack type biscuits and instead found that I am a bit behind with eating bananas this week as I have been out at mealtimes with my Dad so I ate a banana instead

What is the world coming to

Stressful Morning

So MM put my FES on at 9 s'morning then we popped down and fetched Day. Immediately after the handover Roy drove us to Cardiff Airport where we dropped him off again.

It was just very strange, seeing him in a grieving state and pleased to see how well I am doing too. Odd and unpleasant but we did it

Well he has just txted me, Dink picked him up at the airport and he is safely home

Magic

And earlier on Mark tried to phone Diablo's but couldn't get thru, while I was in the bath he tried again and managed to make the only vacancies for early tonight be mine so we are off out after fetching Dad later

Well after tonight's dinner I was looking for a MOS to tell that I enjoyed the food so much that I want to marry the chef

So.....

So s'morning we popped to fetch my father then came back here for the handover. After that wew headed into town, parked on Lammas St and walked up the hill past the county building onto King St. From there we walked the whole length of King St, turned left just before the library then left again and along the run down side street back towards town

After calling in to the Old Aardvark Shop which is a cafe now we had to leave there as their coffee machine was broken so we actually had a delicious lunch in Waverley Stores

Then we dropped Dad back at the hotel, I will nap etc and we will pick him up later

On The Way

So we are half way along the M4 to Cardiff airport and my Dad is in mid air getting here too

So we went to the airport and picked him up. On the way back we called into Penllergaer Services and had an early lunch as we all were heading to gym. So after we had dropped my Dad's goods at the hotel we all went to gym where it was a bit strange, as my Dad hasn't seen me exercise for some time it was a bit odd being able to do the exercises to that extent

Then we took Dad back to hotel for nap and I popped home for the same reason

THEN again we all called into Tafarn Y Tanerdy where we had a delicious dinner before dropping Dad back at hotel as we were popping out to Llanelli to see Phill Jupitus who was actually rather entertaining

Pant, pant, exhausted today, tomorrow will be easier but......

Division

And I was puzzled tonight thinking "How does one use a divide symbol?" but then a bit further looking I found a built in calculator

Start With SO

And just glancing there are 3 sentences just in today's blog starting with the evil word

Manyana

So first thing tomorrow we are heading to Cardiff Airport early to get there to pick up my Father. Then as we had bought tickets months ago we are dropping my Father in his hotel for the night and heading out to see Phill Jupitus later. Then go back and pick him up Sat and Sunday mornings too as he is not gonna hire a car this time. Sunday early afternoon we will drop him back off at the airport, a flying visit

Shop, shop, shop, shopping.....

Then we popped out to Farmfoods to buy some more garlic bread, more ice cream on a stick and even more big ice creams to eat on a different day than the sticks, and more than 1 day to eat each one

Newbie

Aargh. So a) I couldn't put pictures in my blog like this, it just wouldn't let me previously and b) There is a new version of Firefox in my PC for the last couple of days, it just uploaded itself without even asking me. So just.......

And it works with photos that I have taken too

Exhausted

Didn't we have a lovely time. So we popped to gym and set off to cycle 3250m. Which I did but not in a "going faster" mode but I did it in about 20 seconds less than the last time

Unexpected Shopping

So we popped to town to Iechyd Da to pick up the veg first thing then we went to a cheapskate shop, Home Bargains, to try and pick up some recolourer for the grout as we had bought a bottle of "Clean it" last night which, while cleaning it hadn't made it look good as new. SO we couldn't find and recolourer so instead we went around the corner and bought some white Tipex which seems to have worked so far. It will dry etc while we are at gym

Morning Loo Ritual

So it felt proper again s'morning, unlike yesterday. So we will see what happens later..... (noisy link)

So later I thought "Fark, I do need another, was running my bath so sat on loo while it filled. Squeezed, squeezed again, no, nowt. But I felt full. I had my bath, was getting back out and farted for about 6 seconds. Ah, pressure gone, it feels fine now

More Reasons To Shop At.....

Then tonight GGtGG said "Can we pop to the shop for....." so I thought (and said) "OK, well we may as well nip to Morrison's (noisy link) and get my whole weeks shopping" to make tomorrow less busy as the day after that we get really busy so am beginning to be marginally paranoid

Phew

And I went to the loo s'morning and thought "Where's the rest of it?" so I went to loo again recently and did an enormous pooh, so relief is felt......

(Sigh)

So we are off to Aqua Aerobics today, having missed Mondays do as we were at Headway...

"Oh what fun we had......" - noisy link

And wasn't it as much fun as usual. But as I did say to the instructor afterwards that even tho I really don't enjoy it I can tell how much good it is doing for me

HTML Crisis

And my copyable HTML bit of "How to make it lookable at on a mobile phone" didn't seem to be working when I tried to do a page yesterday. Aargh, crisis then later I just looked for an alternative piece of code, tried it on the webpage and it works. Bigger picture if you are looking at it on a phone which pleased me but you need to look at the page on both devices to compare/contrast

Off Out

And I think that we will finish making my bat box tonight at the Men's Club but then we have next query of "What should I make next?" as it is a well therapeutic environment

And the more immediate query of "Where should we put the bat box?" needs answering too.

Oooh. Yes, we finished it. All that needs doing is sticking an eye on the top to attach it to summat with a long piece of gord nose what. And I was looking on RSPB site looking for a camera but they were a bit pricey. Dunno, will continue to look. It is a bit posh

Trouser Crisis

Before we popped out to gym I was putting on my FES device, half way through when "PING" the button came off my trousers. So I had to change then pop gymwards.

NOW RoyGBiv is being kind and has taken the needle and thread packet out of the drawer and is attempting to fix them, as I couldn't, my hand is too knackered. Just phew, he offered, some of my other members of staff would just say "No, buy a new pair"

And off we go again

So first of all we popped to the Docs to pick up loadsa scripts then we came to gym where I have about another seven and a half kilometers to cycle

5 now...

And wasn't it fun, from start to finish.
But again I didn't stop for a rest, just did it

He's Coming

And my Dad has just phoned with times of his flights to Cardiff on Friday and back to Belfast on Sunday as we are going to pick him up from the airport and give him a lift for the weekend

Very early into Cardiff and back mid afternoon

Headwaying

And we are off to another Headway meeting s'afternoon so I am trying to be a bit eager.....

Well wasn't it more fun than swimming. It was as special as ever but today there were a couple of newbies who we played Rummikub with. And I won a game today so summat must be getting better at this thinking malarkey

Incredibubble

And I watched that Blue Planet 2 series, episode 3 t'other night and I am just so impressed with the camera technology to take such interesting and informative shots, you really do learn stuff from watching

MagicMark Outdoors....

And when mark came in I felt the need to point out the unclean-ness of the windows, so he is busy cleaning them as we speak.....

A Cold.....

..... and frosty morning

Stickless

So I walked from the kitchen, where I had just finished my brekky, into the bathroom, to have my morning pooh, without my walky stick, I left it in the kitchen

What's Going On?

And I watched the last 3 frames of what sport on ITV 4 tonight????

I'm Pleased With It

So tonight after I did the washing up, wiped the sides etc I looked at the floor. Yes, 3 or 4 muddy marks. In the past I would have had to shout "Timmy" (or whoever) but tonight I just reached out to my spray mop and cleaned the floor up. It must have taken 3 minutes or so

We did own one (or two) of these in the past but they have been broken for...... 6 or 9 months or summat so I had forgotten what a useful tool they are

He Won The Argument

So I was having my usual moan at Timmy today and I was complaining about "them" having to keep an eye on me while I am cooking. He said "Yes, but..... one of your hands doesn't work as well as you want and your vision isn't very good. That's why we gotta"

Yes, I can't disagree with any of these points, I think he won the argument. I had thought he was gonna say it was due to my stability on foot but no, that's not an issuer

The economic hardship, alienation, loss – and worse – that motivated so many have to be tackled

We’ll never...

Emotional

So someone on Facebook had put a link to a song, which I listened to today. Lordy how emotional, I haven't heard that song in about 20 years but I still new all of the words (noisy link) about soldiers dying, and worse

Crazy Weather

So I am looking out the front window at the deep puddles on the road as it was raining heavily a couple of hours ago.

Look upwards and you see an almost cloudless blue sky

Aargh, I have eaten my lunch and it is raining again

First Thing

And first thing today I did my "cooking for the rest of the week" ritual and made loadsa food which, when it's ready I will divide up into 2 days worth and freeze the rest. I usually do the cooking ritual on Saturday but as we were out last night for dinner* I didn't

* Even if Wales lost

Toasty...

.... and warm tonight

Out For Dinner

And as Wales are playing rugger at dinner time tonight we are going out to my local pub to watch it (and try and be sociable) and have dinner therefore there

When all is said and done we lost

Shopping

So we had to pop to town to Savers to fetch more mouthwash etc then we headed down to Wilko and bought a spray mop device for much too much cash.

For the whole trip we parked up on Lammas St across the road from where we were heading and did it all in one go. It occurs to me that I used to have to plan our trips out with minimum distance walked etc. Nowadays I just head into town, distance twixt shops etc is now not as much of an issue

Bit Sad

Right. OCD.

So first of all I passed all of last months (which I have already bragged about) but now I am just over a third of the way through getting all this months passed. Yes, I think it is good and clever etc it is proof that my head is getting better

Which might all be true but there is an element of OCD in publicizing it like this

Out Tonight

So we popped out to a lot fuller than last year bingo do at the hall. It was raising funds for the school etc so one just paid loads etc.

We first heard about it when a neighbor came round to post summat through my door but actually knocked, which one does appreciate, letting me know etc

I didn't win any bingo but I did win a raffle prize which one of my kids will get for Xmas too

But I think last year I just had to play just one bingo card at a time but tonight I bought a book of 5 games and coped, I could manage. Dunno if it is my eyesight that's improving, my scribbling or my memory or what but I could just do it this year

Sigh-ness

So we need an early lunch today so I can digest it before going to the Stroke Class at gym at 2PM

Well we went and was testosteroned the whole way through. Today it was taken by Christina instead of Sam but she too is in the "What can u do now?" school of thought 

Testoser-oh-bollocks

Then we popped to gym where I was rowing distance again. But being full of testosterone after my jab s'morning I was as quick as a quick thing. Again no rests, just did it

What A Morning

So first of all me and Timmy set off about 25 to 9 heading for the Drs. As the traffic is so heavy at that time of day we arrived at 5 to, just in time. So we had my blood taken then queued up again to see if anyone was free to jab me, instead of sitting there for an hour, which there were so she stuck a needle in my arse

Actually I was rather impressed with how steady of the hand both injectors were today, it didn't hurt too much

Then we popped to Iechyd Da where I bought Timmy a coffee as we had to wait 10 minutes for the deliverer to arrive. As it had messed up the timing, going to the docs so early

Then we popped to Morrison's where I bought the rest. They had changed the na'an bread for pizza again, but I think we bought a successful result

Everyone's A Winner

I have just won an ebay auction for a pair of Xmas boxer shorts. £1.30 + £1.50 postage it is

Later

So after that crisis we are off to a swimming class today at 2pm.

Hip Hip McBollocks or summat.....

And oh wasn't it fun. But as GGtGG said "Well at least you know it is doing summat for you"

Today?

And the interweb has been broken since breakfast time s'morning and I have just had my lunch

Well I had an early lunch as we are heading to swimming class later but it is working again now. MUCH relief.....

And much relief, I have been able to get on it again for about an hour. But I haven't read a single email, I have been updating my 'site, updating my blog etc etc

Finish It?

So we are off to the Man's Club to carry on work on my bat box. Dunno it it will be finished tonight, dunno how long it is gonna take

No, not finished yet. So RoyGBiv had to spend ages cutting grooves into the wood for bats to grip on, because I just couldn't cut owt with a hand saw. I tried repeatedly but I think my arm broke and they thought I was gonna die so they didn't put it together properly or summat, it just doesn't work very well. But Roy made all the grooves look proper, so next week we will put it all together

Here We Go.......

 So here we are cycling like a super fit cyclist.  I have got about another 8km to go

7 now

Down to 4.5 to go. Hoo-flipping-ray

Well I did it. Again without stopping for a rest, just cycled on and on, and got a lot faster the last 4km

Jim-ing

So @ gym today I am due to do miles (well 10km) of cycling but I am not going to try going quicker this week as I have just gotta sort of settle down, not trying to go faster and faster every week as I am already loads faster than a couple of months ago

Gunless

But if he hadn't had a gun he would have killed 2(?) people, Mr Trump

Waterworks

So hopefully she will actually be here this week so if so then I am attending my first "Waterworks" session in the pool at the gym later

Well that went well. Lordy she does different exercises but I feel it has done me sum good. And we did a 'stand on your right foot, move left foot forward and bend the left leg' exercise where my right heel was staying on the ground*. My tofustrings are the best they have been in 15 years or so

* First time it has stayed down since my accident, so it was an important event

Shhhh

And as we were coming out of somewhere yesterday a small kid passed me and said "He's a pirate!" to which I replied "Shhhh, keep it a secret"

Chicken Dinner

And last night I finally finished last months daily puzzle games, this is quite unusual to complete a month

Mended

And the playing music PC in my bedroom has proved very hard to switch on for months now, needs pressing the button in time with gord nose but this last week it seems to have fixed itself, some update or other has fixed it

Cold

And my phone says it is -1° when I woke up s'morning

Theraputic

So s'morning we popped into town, sat in the car for about 3 minutes 'til the rain stopped then we walked miles and back, from Lammas St, past M&S, up through St Catherines Walk shopping centre to the very top, then back, and it stayed dry until were coming home and it started to rain again, then it stopped again by the time we reached home

Fireworx AGAIN

Sorry, my mistake as they were saying on the radio all day yesterday how loadsa fireworx last night but tonight we will head down to the B&Q car park and look over the fence at....

Well it wasn't bad. The B&Q car park was full of folk watching the fireworks for free but it was an impressive enough show. As ever I was ready to go home having seen 2 seconds but we stayed through more bangs and flashes 'til the end

Double Fark

So I got an email tonight offering me many disabled aids, like loads

What will they think of next.....(This seems particularly relevant to me, I had to learn to use my left hand....)

Fireworks

So Roy had kind of insisted that we go out and watch some fireworks but I wasn't bothered. He knackered himself *so* much cleaning up around the house that he hasn't mentioned it tonight.

Which I am not bothered about, at all

Cooking On My Own Two Feet

So this morning I have been back and forwards about the kitchen, peeling veg, stirring the pan, chopping veg etc making loadsa food and I have been walking backwards and forwards without my walky stick and without holding on at all about 90% of the time, just getting about the kitchen on my own two feet

Relax

So then we headed to the local pub to try and be sociable on a Friday night. There was 2 couples sat together eating and eventually playing pool and just the 2 of us sat on the other side, in the end watching rugger on't telly

So there was me trying to be sociable and there was no one there to be sociable to

Isn't She.....

So while I was in Sam's class today she was doing a "stand with your feet apart" exercise. I caught her attention later and said "It just doesn't work for me, trying to stand like that" and she said "Ah, that's probably because....... you need to do this" which although I didn't have a chance to try did make complete sense to me and I think as that follows on from loads of other advice I have been given that it makes complete sense.

Hectic Day Started

So s'morning I started off with a hurried, very early, lunch then popped out to Lammas St to the toenail chopper and what can I do other than kind of moan uber-gratefully and kind of moan "Forever in your debt"

Then we popped to the Drs and said "Someone contacted you for a proof that Neil is still alive letter for his claim" and they said "Posted it to Anthony t'other day" so again I made grateful noises then left

Then we went straight to gym for my class

Then we panted a bit and said "Glad that's done"

How Posh

So today I was searching on the interweb and this came up, lordy, how posh and how clever must you be

Intimidating Morning, in the morning

Then tomorrow I need to have an extra early lunch then we are heading down Lammas St to the toenail chopper then popping to gym for a class almost straight away afterwards

AM Busyness

So we have the usual Thursday morning business today, to Iechyd Da to fetch my organic food then to Morrison's (noisy link) to fetch the rest of my shopping then to gym for some stressful workout

Well that went well enough. So first things first me and Timmy headed to King St, were able to park without too much delay, and walked down to Caffi Iechyd Da, it had just finished raining. Now as the newbie who took half my veg away t'other week now knows, my box was sitting on a table by itself, waiting for me, when we got there. So we fetched that and then popped to Morrison's where I again didn't have a load to buy, it was cheap this week

THEN after I had put it all away etc we headed to gym where I got stuck into cycling 3.25 KM again, this week I just got stuck in from the start and did it about 2 minutes quicker than last week

Opened My Eyes

This program is very long but as I get thru it I am feeling more favorable about These Punks.

If you are gonna watch it leave an hour aside to watch it all

To Gym, To Gym, To Buy A Fat Pig

So we popped to gym to a different but similarly levelled class. Which was meant to be taken by someone else but actually had That Sam in charge. There were some familiar exercises and some new ones which Sam had to explain. And yes, I feel knackered but healthier, same as usual

Hoo-flippin'-ray

So as it is all confused by half term at gym and there is no swimming class today I had thought we would go out for a long walk today but GGtGG has just arrived and says "There is another worker running a class at the same level as Sam at 2pm today, we are going to that".

So I thought "Yo"

Off Out

And we are off in a bit to try and make a bat box at the Men's Club in Ferryside

Ooooh. Didn't I do well. We dug out a piece of wood, marked all the cuts on and cut it into about 8 "bits" for the box. That has been left on the side there for next week's nail gunning

And wasn't it extra fun using the "cutting it" tools, powered ones again

BT Feck Up

And the BT Broadband has gone down tonight, for the past hour anyway, still nowt.

And RoyGBiv went outside to phone {1} them and see if there was a problem. When he came back indoors I said "They are sorry, they know there is a problem and they are trying to fix it as quickly as possible?". He said "Yes, pretty much"

 {1} As his mobile doesn't work indoors here

And we popped to the Men's Club and came back and the Broadband was back

Restful

As we have already done the cycle we have a restful nooneraft then to Ferryside Men's Shed Club where I have the design to take of a bat box after making the bird box last week

Uber Cycle

So it was a bit strange going to gym s'morning but I think that many of the kids were away doing some kind of outdoor fun as the weather wasn't too bad so I went in and did a mega cycle, 10km. On the way I warned RoyGBiv not to be looking too closely at my time as my leg was so hurt over the weekend but actually I made it under 50 mins which wasn't too slow

Back To Normal Now

Lord, I feel a bit strange after the messing about yesterday and I do feel that I haven't slept very well but there you go. So it is all back to..... and it is Tuesday already even tho yesterday felt like a Friday or summat

Swimming Woes

So we popped to gym later than usual for a swimming session that had been moved cos it's school holidays and it was fscking cancelled. So we got in anyway and did sum exercises

Less Sore

And my right leg is noticeably better today, as it was predicted. Still a bit wonky but not half as much as yesterday

Marginally Scary

So a bit of a strange day today. So s'afternoon we are heading to WaterWorks for the first time. It is like AquaAerobics but with a different teacher. So I will have a shower after that then come back here for a late lie down then off to pick up that Freya who is just down for a weekend then take her out for dinner.

I think she was down to babysit her ex-step fathers brothers(?) kids but they are all too poorly to do owt and she had already bought train tickets so she came down to stay with her Mum for a few days

So she came down (Well, we fetched her), that was nice, we had a pleasant night

Much Better

And my right knee, which I made sore yesterday 'cos I was doing so much stuff during the class on Friday, is much better today. Still hurts some but not half as much

So later we popped into town so GGtGG could fetch some printer paper. We parked on Lammas St as usual and walked to the paper shop. But I insisted on it being therapeutic for my wonky leg and walked uphill past the court onto King St, then round and down by Iechyd Da and back to the car that way

Not Scary, Useful Memory

So s'morning I woke up and just remembered, Gord nose how, to wash my bedsheets. Years ago I used a have to stick notes on the inside of my bedroom door to remind myself, since then my memory is just getting "better"

Scary Memory

So I was walking into the kitchen earlier and out of nowhere I remembered that I used to have a chair next to my cooker as I was too poorly to stand up and cook for half an hour

Scary memory

Toasty

It was nearly frosty last night

Dim Shout-io

So we have worked summat out. I haven't raised my voice, shouted, at MM even once today. He must have learned not to challenge me at all or summat

I Was Winning....

Further into the game, I still lost but......

Gymming

Lordy, so I went to gym to my weekly class today. Yes, it was as much fun as usual but..... fark..... So a) I was on the larger of the two steps and I stepped up and down for 2 minutes and only had to hold on with my hand 3 times, like grab and release again. I was going up & down the big step just balancing on my legs. *And* 2) I was eventually able to go up and down both sides of the sideways one without holding. I say eventually as it was harder but I did it in the end.

I did the rest of my exercises leaving my walky stick lying on the floor next to me too, all balanced by myself

So yes, my right knee feels as if it has been beaten up after all this but it still keeps me walking

Posh Html

So someone sent a link to a page which I glanced at. There is a part of me that goes "UberWow". So when you scroll down the page the txt moves quicker than the background image. I suspect it is some javascript cleverness but it did rather impress me (Doesn't work on some mobile phones)

Usual Thursday

So first things first we headed to Iechyd Da and were on the third trip down King St before a parking space appeared. Actually two next to each other. So again "they" hadn't taken loadsa veg out of my box and put it away. AND I said "See you later(1)" too. THEN we popped to Morrison's where I bought the rest of my weeks shopping. So then we brought it home and put it away etc

Then before lunch we popped to gym where I did 3 and a quarter KM on the rowing machine, the new usual distance. But again I am just getting better at it

 (1) Open Mike night tonight

Tory Wisdom

How Wise

Mobile Version

So first of all I linked seperately to a web page and a mobile phone version as there were some graphic issues. THEN I discovered in my already owned files how to do a phone version from the same URL, so I was able to take away the second link, knowing however you look at this that you get a visible version

Farmfoodsing

Then we popped out before dinner time and headed to Farmfoods and picked up more really cheap chips and some baguette pizzas. And DON'T MENTION IT some ice cream

It Feels Odd

So s'afternoon I got changed for the pool so I am just wearing socks, no sockings until I come home later. 

It just feels different in some way.....

Boxing

So I said to GGtGG that I want to head into...... B&Q? and fetch some screws and a hook and eye so we can put my birdbox up but he said "No, I have loads, instead of having to buy 100 to use 2 I will bring you in some on Saturday and I am sure there is some H&E in my cupboard"

Early Lunch

So in a bit I will eat some early lunch, then go and get changed into swimming trunx and clean clothes then in a bit longer we will head to Aqua Aerobics class/session

Hoo-flippin'-ray

And wasn't it fun, today with Llinoss, the woman who usually takes the extra Mondy class too. 

And I did today.... well there is one exercise they do where you put one leg forward and the other back and today I managed to get the heel of my right foot down to the ground, when it was in the back position. Summat I have been trying to do unsuccessfully for some years now but I managed it today

I Wanted Some Chocolate

So I was heading to the kitchen thinking "I want to get fatter and unhealthier" wanting a big piece of chocolate but instead I ate an apple.

WTF's going on with my head???

Finished

So that was the last of a series of busier and busier days. Finished now. Tomorrow it only sez 1 thing on my diary. OK it is fscking Aqua Aerobics but just that to do

So Next Week We Will Make.....

So this week I finished making my bird box and I am well proud of it. I thought I wouldn't be capable of owt and yet look at it. So when we hang it, hope for loadsa residents

Blinkin' Flip

So I have just bathed, napped, got my FES put on, hung out the washing, and now in 6 minutes we need to leave for the hospital in Llanelli

PITA.  And what a pain that was going to see the doc re my testosterone. Basically he didn't say or do anything useful. So we are headed back, I will cook then we are off to Men's Shed to hopefully finish my bird box

Cycling

So I have another 8km to cycle before I am finished having so much fun

Only two and a half now......

Busy Day

So today I need to do my mega gym, have lunch, have an early bath&nap then we are off miles East to see a Dr who is discussing my Testoserone jab, how effective it has been etc, then after dinner we are off to that Man's Club in Ferrryside to, hopefully, finish my birdbox

New Battery

And today I had to change the battery in my "switch lamp half way on" device which I have owned for 9 months IIRC and haven't had to do before. It was quite easy but it retold-me how important a replacement and is currently spare one iyswim

Good Game, Good Game

So I thought "What can I play as well as solitaire?" and downloaded on my mobile phone a free snooker game. Which took me a few days to master how to actually play it but now....... well tonight I was playing against the "Easy Bot", a kind of built in player, and early on in the game I was actually winning!!!!!

Headwaying

Then we headed off to a Headway Swansea meeting where we actually talked to a chap the whole time without playing games. He was a Brain Injury sufferer (Knocked off a pushbike years ago) and it was interesting talking about having that "get better" attitude instead of lying back in a hospital bed

My Brain Is Improving

And I have noticed a bit recently but today's evidence is so strong that I must tell you....

So s'morning before I got busy I got my clean clothes and put them in my bedroom so I could change after I had my bath later. Later on I just remembered they were there and came into my bedroom to start the bath process without bringing a duplicate set with me.

Like I would have done last year. It might not sound much but it is clear evidence that my memory is improving

OK, I didn't bring duplicate clothes nor did I have to peek into my bedroom first to check if I had done it

Ho hum

And we are off to Headway Swansea in a bit. Hooray but it is better than swimming in a not class.

So next week it is half term so no swimming but week after that I might try the other Aqua Aerobics session too?

Well that was OK. We didn't play any games, just sat talking to a chap called Bryn who was knocked off a push bike years ago. But he understood brain injury, having suffered one himself. It was interesting talking about this as most folk don't know how awful it can be etc. He was saying that his home language was Welsh, he didn't learn English until he was in school and when he woke up from his coma he couldn't speak English, just in his "Native tongue" of Welsh

And beside that, as usual we were sitting on seats that are so low that I used to be against using them at all, standing up with the use of a stick was still difficult but today I did it free-handed as it were, standing up then reaching for my walking stick. (OK, it took me 3 attempts but I did it)

Walkies

So we are heading off to the coast by Swansea (?) today for a long walk 'cos it's therapeutic
 
Well we did it. We parked opposite Joe's Ice Cream Parlour and walked kind of East-South-East for about an hour until we reached Verdi's but it was well too busy with folk having to queue so we walked back the way a bit to The George where we had a delicious lunch served to us in about 2 minutes.

Then we walked in the opposite direction for another three quarters of an hour but this time we stopped at Joe's Ice Cream Parlour and had a small refreshment before going back to the car and heading home.

AND we were out for about 3 hours walking and dining and I only pissed once when we were out, held in until we got back. Almost as well as a normal person

And it was raining on us some as we walked but I had instructed MM to bring the brolly from the boot of the car so he held it over my head quite effectively, while it rained on his head

*NEARLY* Not Runny

And my runny nose is loads better today. Still running slightly more than "not at all" but much less than yesterday

Winner Today

So yesterday there were two "error" codes there, then I solved them one after the other. Dunno why I was "being so clever" or what

But...

BUT I am being rather impressed with how easily/well the new knifes cut through veg

So.....

So s'morning I changed the bed, the bed clothes are nearly dry now.

Well, while we were eating lunch the beeper went off and said "Dry now" so MM is doing his thing.....

And I made another batch of food but this time I cooked it all for a couple of hours then took out 2 containers worth which I will put in the freezer when it's chilled a bit more. To stop someone's wife saying "You can't eat that, it's too old"

Gymtastic

Then I popped to my gym class s'afternoon and it went as much better than last week as it has been doing for some weeks. Again walking with stick and putting it down to do all kinds of scary exercises etc.

And we did sort out that there is an Aqua Aerobics class on Monday from 2.45 'til 3.30. So I think that after next weeks Headway session I shall try that too. Dunno, if it seems better fun than Headway I might swap permanently, dunno yet. Oh it is called Waterworks or summat, but I think the rest of my timetable will look the same, just change that

Cleaning Up

And GGtGG has been cleaning up outside all morning, scrubbing between stones to remove all the extra weed/plants that are trying to take over. I have given him the car keys so when he has finished this section he can move on to beneath the car

Still Runny

And I have used and thrown away 5 or 6 tissues already today, I have been up for an hour and a half so far....... Fscking flu jab

Na'an Strangeness

And we couldn't buy Single Massive Na'an Bread today, like we did last week, there wasn't any for sale. So instead we bought 2 single smaller (but much bigger than the original ones are these days) pepper and posh foreign cheese ones. Dunno, see how they are tomorrow