It Works

And s'morning and last night the radiators were on, which they haven't been for a week or so, it is much colder now but this is just proof that the new boiler is working as it said on the tin

No Right Hand

So I prepare my muesli night before and add blueberries and more milk with my right hand in't morning. But last night I put on some extra milk so I didn't have to do it s'morning with my right hand. Can't remember if I used my right or left hand last night as I have been extra concentrating and using my right hand in the mornings for a few days

Second Busy

So we have a second busy day today. First of all I go to Aardvark and do most of my weeks (according to Timmy too dear) shopping. Then I come back here and make a lunch to eat in the car on the way to my next appointment. Then we head to the major hospital in Swansea where they have my new wheelchair waiting for me, months after I ordered it

So we did my Aardvark* shopping, came back, put it away, made sum lunch to take to Swansea in half an hour and now I'm having a coffee instead of after lunch

And that was quick and easy. We arrived 15 minutes early, waited for 10 then were called in and in it seemed like no time I was given my new chair. It has some subtle differences, the velcro strap that I had to buy to fit my 'stick to the old chair is bolted on to this chair. The biggest difference is the tyres, they are now pump up air tyres like bicycle tyres

 * I bought some blueberries in Aardvark too, they have obviously come back into season

Getting Ready

And s'morning I had to remove the plugs from my phone and my iPad which sit on chairs in the way in the dining room, usually "we" can fit round them but as a Team Meeting is going on today there will be too many seats sat on

So it's the start of the well busy 2 days, today we have a Team Meeting and tomorrow we have to head to the hospital in Swansea to get my new wheelchair, the one I have been waiting for for some months now

And when I was leaving the first part of the meeting I heard someone say "Shut that door" so I had to turn around, knock, and say to Denyse "Je t'adore"

More Right Hand Practice

And I used my right hand once more to pour milk onto my cereal

I Am Getting Better

And I took a picture of myself pouring milk on my cereal s'morning because I can now do it with my right hand. It hurt, was difficult etc but I can do it at all, so it will be a little easier tomorrow etc etc

Oh What Fun We Had...

So we went to swimming pool at lunchtime today. It was nearly empty and I did 4 lengths and various exercises

That Place

That T place, so tonight I requested a visit to Tesco's to....... pick up some more sweet potato oven chips. So while I was there I thought I might as well pick up some Cream Egg Lollies but they had none, not one left. So Farmfoods for that then

Aberaeron

So today after lunch we headed out to Aberaeron (due north of Carmarthen, on the coast), as recommended by Alex and it was remarkable. Very beautiful countryside on the way there and a posh, flat town with wide pavements. (There were actually loads of those cripple scooters there) There was a tidal harbour right in town which was remarkable and a walk past that was the delicious ice cream shop that we called at. There was also a "Bigbelly solar compactor" waste bin there which impressed me on so many levels

And not needing a pee every 15 minutes still fills me with joy even tho it has become habit now.....

And I feel that there were some photos "views of the whole town" that were not taken as I was too busy walking to look around fully

Light

And I was up for a pee at a quarter to six s'morning and I didn't need to switch the light on, it was bright already

And I walked into the bathroom in my bare feet, walked up to the loo without holding on to anything, I am so much better @ walking since last year. Just generally I am astonished at my FES device, what a difference it is making. We phoned them yesterday and said "Can we have a new infoot sensor...." they said "First try this..... and....." and by the time Timmy had finished talking to them it was working again

Not Swimming

And as my timetable is a bit fscked about this week Timmy said "Gym, not swimming" today and we got stuck into the heart exercises, the rowing machine followed by the bike. Timmy thought that I was too tired so should stop after 15 mins on the bike but I carried on 'til the end. And then walked out of gym to the car, out of car back indoors

......ing

So today we did a "how much has your timetable changed" incident by nipping to Aardvark and doing the majority of my shopping. On a Monday!!! It wasn't as well stocked as it is on a Friday (When I usually go) but we got enuf

Walkies

And I was able to walk on uneven surfaces, well wrinkly ones this weekend. I an getting so much generally better

Immediately Back Out

Then we got in home, put the washing on and then headed off to Morrisons to buy the weeks foor and a little milk, hopefully I will get the rest of the milk in Aardvark when I do my weeks shopping there tomorrow

Home Again (Jiggity, jig)

So we made it back s'morning.

For a start I managed the whole journey without a pee and it is still pale coloured....... So we left there to much positive noise, I had been trying to show off and many people commented on how much I was walking.

Yesterday we drove into Hay On Wye, parked up in the free car park which is a bit out of town, I got out of the car and walked the whole way into town, narrow pavements in places, not smooth underfoot in places, SP was pushing my 'chair in front to clear the way but I didn't use it in the ¾ of an hour walk thru town to a cafe, OR the same distance walk back. Many people coming thghe other saw my situation and stepped down out of my way, I was impressed with the general level of courtesy

I knew many of the people there, got to know a few more and just generally felt welcomed

And the loo in the bedroom in the hotel was even lower than this one here, there was no "Raise your loo" on it like here and I still managed to pee and pooh properly

So Much Better

Just walked from the living room to the kitchen, without my FES fitted and it is frankly astonoshing how much flatter my right foot is even without it being on, that device has done me so much good

Nervous

And we are setting off to SoS in a bit...

Ready To Go

So today I sat down and watched Timmy get ready my gear for SoS, he got all the clothes and listed all the bits SmallPaul needs to take tomorrow. We are setting off in the afternoon, I am partially excited and partially shitting myself, we no longer have any connection....

Washing Up Again

And as Timmy wasn't eating here tonight I took it on myself to do the washing up again, my plates etc from lunchtime and the tat from dinner

Gymtastic

So s'morning me and Timmy headed over to gym, no wheelchair was taken, we were having a gym session. As Sara had talked about improving my arms we got stuck in and did 3 full on arm type exercises. It is astonishing how much better I am at some of those, my right shoulder still hurts but it works nearly as well as the left. And every time I do a session like this it hurts a bit less, it is freer(1)

(1) Check it

Getting Ready

So today me and Timmy will take out all my "stuff" for taking away tomorrow, with the exception of my toothbrush etc, and lay it out in piles on the settee so thet SmallPaul can check it out and pack it away and know what I am taking etc then head away to Clyro Court, Herefordshire for the Ixion do tomorrow....

Odd Shopping

Then we went out looking for some "quick charge" rechargeable batteries like the ones that are in my landline phones. In the 3rd place we looked he said "Of course, here....."

But they were roughly £1.50 per AAA battery, how much did I have to pay for the 8 batteries I was after/needed?

Swimming

And we are off in a bit to the swimming pool where we are meeting up with Sara the physio for a session

And she was rather impressed. It is 4 months since she saw me and she was well impressed at how much progress I am making. So I swam 2 breadths with no float for her too. She advised me how to try to move my arms while swimming too

Afterwards in the changing room I parked my 'chair up, walked to the taps pushing an in shower chair and was able to clean myself while standing up, then I walked back pushing the assistant chair again. On my feet the whole way thru

No Neil, leave it

I am so sad, I hadn't even left the breakfast table and.....

Show It To The Nurse

They Arrived

And eventually my pin up thingies arrived. I bought them on Amazon, contacted the seller last week and said "Where r they?" and he said "They are coming from China" which I kind of object to on the grounds of support local businesses but I have done it. They arrived and I am relatively pleased with them but surely a Welsh carpenter could have made them for roughly the same cost

Gymtastic

So we headed to gym about lunchtime and had a good session on various weight machines, the pedalling machine, and the rowing machine. This last one is still a novelty to me but I can use it now

Urgent Pooh

So I got up s'morning, walked into the kitchen, took my medicine, took 2 steps towards the breakfast area then thought "Hang on...", turned around and then went to loo and had a 'pre breakfast pooh' which is reasonably unusual, usually my routine is breakfast, pooh, get on with the day.....

Hectic

And then we had a hectic, unpleasant trip to the swimming pool.

A) A chap had ignored the sign that sez "Don't leave your stuff in the changing room", left his stuff and kind of half outside locked the door on the big "2 person" changing room. So we had to go to another smaller, not as well equipped, room

B) Primary schools are still on holiday, so there were loads of little kids in the way

C) The disabled loo (Which I wanted to use after being polite enough to not pee in the pool) the light was broken, so GGtGG had to leave the door an inch open and stand in the way so no-one else could use it while I was in there so I could see

But I did it, swam some, did some exercises, showered in one of the open to the public "Don't take your pants off" showers (and had my cream put on in there) before drying and dressing in a much smaller room round then back

3 shops, 1 trip

So we nipped out to Morrison's s'morning. On the way we called into Wilko's to get some cleaning goods and into Farm Foods to get a couple of items on my list, they are cheaper there

Friday Dinner

And we had my Friday dinner (na'an bread pizza) for dinner tonight as we were out on Friday with D&N, but instead of chips we had it with 2 cous cous & veg thingies that Nóra had bought

Get Rid

And s'morning D&N came round, drank tea and chatted a bit then they had to go off to airport

Nóra was a bit emotional, as she used to be so involved in my care and then hasn't seen me for 7 years and can't comment on how much better I am and how much better my circumstances are here and now

Busy "Day Off"

Gorsh. So s'morning we met up with David & Nóra in town and went looking for benches. We couldn't find a nice one in either of the places we looked in Carmarthen (I know which one was best but still not that lovely) so then we decided to head off somewhere that hadn't been on he list. When D&N were waiting for me near M&S s'morning there had been a young chap running a stall selling various things, they enquired about benches and he directed then to his bosses company in Pembrey Industrial Estate. So after we went to M&S and bought some lunch type stuff we headed off to Pembrey. We got there, drove up the lane, thought "Where is it?", looked behing summat and went to look at the last option and there it was except it was closed. As he had told us to come along today they phoned him, he said "Sorry, at home for lunch, see you in 5" and showed up. I was impressed. He is very talented at working with wood and runs a small, successful business from what is effectively a large shed in the back of an industrial estate. I was double impressed reading some of the stuff about him, he is boss, his son D&N met s'morning is training to be a carpenter and all the rest of his staff are various less capable folk who have summat wrong but he is trying to help them

Anyway David bought a bench for me and arranged to pick it up from the chaps van in Carmarthen later, after nap and bath etc. So we did meet up later picked summat up, and we set off with the back seats folded down and D&N following in their car. Before they arrived Ed had taken it out of the boot and set it up

Out For Dinner

Then we all went out to Tafarn Tanerdy to have a delicious dinner and chat etc

"They" insisted on paying for Alex's dinner to kind of say thank you for putting up with that Neil chappy

Gym

First of all we came back here, I put the food away then showed Nóra around my house which she hasn't been to before.

Then we took all 4 of us to gym. What can I say, as Nóra hasn't seen me exercise since I was trapped in a 'chair she was telling me how much better I am. I think I know that but I am suppressing memories of how ill I was so it is wonderful to hear it

Aard

So me and Alex and David And Nóra nipped to Aardvark s'morning, it went well, still no posh muesli but.... but it all seemed to take even less time than it took last week. I bought loads and Nora paid it ion behalf for my Mum.

Lordy

Lordy, as I looked at diary s'morning I realised "Lord it's my birthday" because I am so old I was suppressing

So

So we have gotta meet D&N in Aardvark as they have gotta buy my shopping so they will have to witness me walking upstairs etc

Hectic Day

So today is the start of business. So at lunchtime Anthony (my financial advisor) is coming to see me then later my brother and his missus are coming to visit me

Well Anthony came over, just to see me as he had to do a visit locally, we talked about the house, if I want him to get in touch with Denyse about stuff etc. and he looked pleased that I was so pleased about ownership

And in a few minutes we are heading into town to meet up with David & Nora(h)

And it wasn't too bad actually. Turns out that Nóra (without the h it is) actually buys the same soapy stuff that I found in Aardvark. And she has instructions from my Mum to pay for tomorrows shopping (And she pushed me out of the way when I tried to pay, so she paid for Timmys, mine, hers & David's)

Scared

And when I went to fill the kettle s'morning suddenly I was scared, there was an enormous spider in the kitchen sink.

Ed came and killed it after I had said "Can u put it out the window" because he said I was scared but I called for help as I don't trust my right arm to behave as I wast yet

Fredumpkins

As we had got in touch we headed over to get Freya from her house at dinner time tonight. She was as intimidating as a teenage daughter can be.

She is now in her last half term at sixth forn, she is nearly officially a grownup. She was my baby, youngest of my kids

Walkies not swimming

So as Ed said "Forgot my trunx today, as it's a half term we will just go and do summat else instead" so we headed down to Morfa Lane Carmarthen Town Park and I walked all the way round a full sized rugby pitch without ever sitting down in owt

L8R

So a little bit later we headed down to Llansteffan by the sea. We walked along the path, stopped for a bit, I stood up to walk again and Alex said "Back to the car?" but the answer was "No, I need/was supposed to walk further" and did before turning back and walking the whole way

And I was able to climb up both sets of stairs left right, did the down like that on the way out but was too exhausted by the time I came back

But I didn't see any "take a pic of me" things, I feel un.....summated

Just Cycling

So me and Alex had a discussion, I said "Half term" etc and how I really wanted to just go for a long walk instead of gym. He said "Ah but..." so we decided to just go to gym for a long cycle then come home for lunch, then go out for a long walk outside. So when I have finished we are off out.

I don't think we should try that walk from the back of the leisure centre again, it was all uneven..

Walkies

Then s'morning me & Alex walked out the front door along the pavement to the house 2 doors down. There I gave her a picture of a daffodil that she had given me from her garden 6 weeks ago and it now has dried up and died. But looks rather impressive

Again walking with no 'chair and part of the way with no stick

Walkies

And struggle, struggle but I have been walking some of the way indoors with my 'stick held off the ground, up in my right hand. It is still struggle, struggle and so slow but the fact that I can do it at all is miraculous.

Improvement here we come....

Right Handed

And today I brushed my teeth, poured out some mouthwash with my right hand.

It still isn't obvious but if it works @ all...

I *AM* Getting Better

And today I walked from my PC, into the kitchen to the bin, from there to the airing cupboard and from there to my bedroom without leaning on my 'stick. My right knee seems to have realised to bend without me having to concentrate so hard. It is still hard word, slower than a very slow thing but it is normal!!!!

And About

So as it is half term ATM we couldn't go swimming so Timmy & myself headed west, thru Saint Clears and on to the coast. We ended up at Amroth where they seem to be having a pirate theme

Ha ha

So as I was inspired by an ad for a t shirt I explored on-line further and found a quote of witticisms which I rather liked

Out

So s'afternoon we decided to go out. Where? He asked. I suggested Llandeilo, Llandovery, turn right, go up and over the Black Mountain then come home on the other side. And it was lovely, fleece off all afternoon, it is spring time at last and it is so beautiful looking down from up there

Where's She Gone....

Where's the queen....

God Botherers Day

And everywhere is shut today

Emergency Shop

So we had an emergency visit to Morrison's because my diary said "Shop Tomorrow" but it is closed for that god botherer's birthday or summat tomorrow and I can't wait 'til Monday. But we did it. Far too much spending etc but it is done

But on the way there we had to call into the tip to dump the grass cuttings off

Friday Treat

And we had the usual Friday treat, (naan bread) pizza and chips for tea and it was as beautiful as ever

Cheese

So I was half way through grating the cheese to make tonight's dinner when suddenly I thought "Using my right hand?". I hadn't even thought about not using my left hand, it just happened automatically

Aardvarking (again)

So we headed to Aardvark s'morning. We parked across the road so there was no need for my 'chair, it stayed in the boot. So we walked in, up the slope etc and walked back out with full carrier bags

On the same trip we nipped to Farm Foods (after visit to the filling station) and picked up a few more Linda McCartney etc

To Do

So s'morning I was checking out my diary for when Denyse comes back and I had written in it a few weeks ago "Ask her about the house" but that is irrelevant now, I have owned my house for 9 days now

Long Way

So I begged Timmy "Can we go out for a long walk instead of gymming today" and eventually he agreed so we headed to the Leisure Centre car park, parked around the back and headed off following the path by the river. It was eventually by the river, much scary downhill but I managed - I did it.

It didn't occur to me that I would have to walk back up but.......

Getting The Bin In

And I was out the front s'morning fetching the food waste bin back after it was emptied. A neighbour was walking her dog and stopped to chat briefly. She commented A)on how much better generally I am, but (more to the point) B)how much clearer my speech is than it was a year ago

Out

So "we" went out to the pub up the road tonight and had a pint or 3

Shopping

Then after lunch we nipped to Wilko's and bought various bird feed and feeding devices then we put together the bird stand that my brother bought for me ages ago. It all looks good, we just need them to pass on word and loads come and eat

Gym not swimming

And this morning I nearly had to have an argument with GGtTT as I was insisting on not going swimming as it is half term so no idea how many kids will be there, so in the end he agreed to just (ha, just!!!) take me to gym where I did my loadsa exercises followed by 20 minutes on a bike

But before we went to gym we had to nip to the chemist next to the Drs and pick up more cream and more sockings. Isn't the NHS excellent

We did see Sam, she was there today, and I asked her..... - she said I was looking thinner on Tuesday whereas the scales said "Just as fat". She said that I am reducing fat and growing muscles again, so don't worry too much about scales. So OK, as long as she can give me regular updates

Jokes

And my Dad sent me a strange Irish joke s'morning which I actually found rather funny.

Sorry

Out For Brew

So we went out for a brew about dinner time, just wanted out, so we were in the King St shops, in for a cuppa and I also had a very nice just fruit chewie thingy

Ex

Then at lunchtime my ex landlord phoned and said "Will u b in later, an electrician need to finish stuff off" so....

And he did, he reconnected the thermostat in the hall to the boiler so now you can adjust temp from there

Even tho we have bought the house off the landlord he still paid for someone to finish what he had promised

Gym

And we are off to another gym proper class s'morning as she is not there on Friday due to Easter so.......

And it went well. For some of the class I was walking very slowly without using my 'stick. And she commented on how I look thinner, some of my fat must be turning to equally heavy muscle or summat

Then afterwards we nipped to the Drs to pick up my script. I had forgotten about this when I left the house without my wheelchair but I was able to walk into Drs from the car park then back out and down to the chemist

That T Place

So we went to Tesco's tonight, I picked up a new "roasting veg in" tray as the old one is loosing it's non stick surface (as in I bought a dearer version), thought "May as well while we are here" about sweet potato oven chips and got another sprayer of oil

Rain

And I had thought earlier "Lets go for a walk later" but it seems to be a bit too wet to try

'Wimming

So me and Timmy took ourselves off swimming today. But it's half term so it was a bit busier than usual but not too much. I did 4 lengths with the float device and 4 breadths with no support.

12 years since I was able to do that in the past, I had to do breadths as I am too scared to swim in the deep end but I did it

So Hard

As I am practicing walking without my 'stick it is so much harder to right heel first followed by a tiny bend of the knee. It is so difficult to just walk. Most people can do it - just wow etc

Paying Double

And my ex landlord phoned me s'morning to say that he had been paid rent for next month whereas I had bought the house so can we give him some details about where to pay it back

A very honest men!!!

Boxes

And we went to the garage s'afternoon and put my enormous collection of cardboard boxes (in case I move) in a bin bag as I have now bought the house, no charity shop will use them so recycling we go

No moving

More Reasons To Shop At.....

And we are off to Morrison's in a bit to do the small percentage of my shopping that I can't do at OrganicAardvark

Another tenner well spent, of which three and a bit quid was the cream I put on in the bath every day

Technology Alex

So Alex has set the boiler to switch off at midnight but it was on when I got up s'morning. So ta

So he failed to tell me about my bedside clock but otherwise he is quite useful at this technology....

Reset The Time

So last night before I went to bed I reset my watch and the clock in the bathroom. I puzzled for a few minutes over my bedside clock, called Alex to help, we looked at it together and gave up, expected it to be wrong s'morning. When I woke up my bedside clock had changed by itself, I came in "here" and my PC had changed to the proper time too

Saturday Dinner

And we had the usual Saturday Dinner of roast veg and Linda McCartney and it was as delicious as ever.

I bought too many veg to cook this week but I now have a brown paper bag with one parsnip in it on my rack, so next week I won't buy a parsnip and buy a bit less veg

The day is nearly finished

So the chaotic week is nearly finished. Calm again.

If only we can figure out how to work the new boiler properly then we will be sorted, calm

And it's looking good now. Alex has set the timer so it's not on 24hours and it seems to be working. I was a bit worried when the 'heating' symbol on there was flashing but that just means it is working/on

What A Day #58 - c

So we bought stuff at Aardvark, brought it home to put away, I had time to put everything away except for the veg which I left sitting on the side in the kitchen and went to Gym

Which was as much fun as usual and she told me, when I asked, that as it is not happening next Friday it is happening on Tuesday early ish, so I won't have to cry "Missing you already" to Sam

More walking exercise

What A Day #58 - b

Immediately afterwards we nipped to Aardvark to do my shopping. First of all we walked upstairs for washing powder etc and then we went shopping. She had just finished mixing more organic muesli de-lux for me as I am a bit special.

Or summat

Again walking in there

What A Day #58

What a day after my lovely thoughts s'morning. First of all we headed over to the Drs for my jab in the arse. I walked from the car, leaving my 'chair there. We had to sit around for about 20 minutes then she called me in. It is hard to be impressed with a jab in the bum but I only felt a small piece when she actually stuck the needle in. Either she forgot to squeeze the syringe or she is a very talented injector, I didn't feel a thing

House Prices

So I was having breakfast watching BBC and they said "First time buyers can't afford homes" etc

So I was sitting at my dining table in the house that I bought yesterday, my first time buy

In My House

So I woke up s'morning, got up and had breakfast in my house!!!!

(Smug, bug, rug...)

Tomorrow

And tomorrow morning first thing I have to go to the Drs for my testosterone jab

What A Day # 27

So we met up with Denyse s'morning and had our conversation about various stuff. She looked on her iPad and said "Wow, here is an email that I got 15 minutes ago, you have got the house, all bought etc". So I was too pleased/excited to take in any more stuff but Timmy was there making notes so hopefully..... We had a lovely lunch in the pub in Cardiff and set off to come home. On the way back I thought "Lord, I haven't had a pee since before we left Llangain", yes it is still pale so obviously my bladder is so much more efficient.

So after we stopped and walked into the Cafe in Carmarthen so I could use the loo we went off to the O2 phone shop. Basically they had forgotten about that "Sooner" email they sent and will charge me to change but if I wait until the 7th of may I can get a new phone then. I can't get a Blackberry like mine but I had already decided to try a type on the screen type so all is well. Just waiting now....

Then we went to B&Q and tried to buy more locks for the house to replace the existers but failed, so we came back for my bath and nap. When we got here the ex landlord had been round and [osted all the keys thru the door. After nap we headed out to B&Q with a better idea and we bought 2 new locks, one for the front door and 1 for the back. Timmy had said "No time to change them today, it's dark" but I pointed that both the doors open inwards so switch a light on in the hall etc

And I bought this house today.....

Bath

And as I was swimming yesterday today I had my first bath since he fixed the hot water etc and it was fine

VBG

Off Denysewards

So s'morning me & Timmy are heading east and we are gonna meet Denyse in a pub in Cardiff. We have to finalise handing over the house etc and some other stuff

Swimming

And we went swimming again today. Today was a swim less but do various exercises session. But at the end he said "Swim a length" and reached for the float but instead I swam a width (and back) with no float, just me swimming by myself.

It is the first time in nearly 12 years that I have swum by myself, no aide

He's Back

And the plumber is plumbing again already s'morning

And it all seems to work now, he has bled it all etc and is just doing the finishing tests

And AWWWW, my central heating now works better than I have ever known since I moved here

No News

And I was gonna switch the news on tonight but then I thought "Nah" because for the last few times I caught it they were going "General election..." so....

Out

And because of the plumbing crisis we are going out for dinner tonight.

I can't remember but I think it was nice when we were last there

And yes, it was delicious

The Wrong Day

So we went to swimming today instead of yesterday and it went OK, did 8 lengths and a couple of walks across. Only thing is my wet towels and trunx are still sitting here in a box as the boiler fitter is still fitting

Still working but he said I can put my washing on at 17.25 so progress.....

Lavender Rest

I thought of getting some lavender oil to help me sleep but haven't managed to. So I bought myself a spray on your pillow kind of lavender product. If it works I shall buy myself some proper oil before it is finished, runs out

Plumber

And the plumber is here. So he took the old boiler off after half an hour and is n=mid sticking the new one in it's place

Strange Pooh

So I went to the loo s'morning, sat down and squeezed. And squeezed a bit more... etc final squeeze and gave up, thought "No pooh s'morning".

Went about my business. 4 minutes later I went for another pooh, squeezed and did it, big style.

4 friggin' minutes, dunno what the difference was

Right Shoulder

And my right shoulder is getting better. I can't remember what it was doing not to work but I noticed when taking my jacket off s'morning, it just shrugs off both shoulders now whereas before I kind of had to take 1 shoulder off and pull it off the other with my opposite hand

Out For Dinner

So because the middle of the kitchen was full of recently done grout etc (new pic now) we had to go out for dinner.

We went to The Harvester and it was..... OK

Fixer

And the plumber who I was expecting tomorrow came today, 10 minutes before a delivery of my new boiler. He spent today drilling holes for the new gas pipes etc and tomorrow he is gonna switch off the gas and fit the boiler. As it happens there was no time to go swimming today so I will go tomorrow which implies a shower there instead of a bath here. And the bath won't be hot tomorrow so....

Refit It

And today we had to go off and but some gubbins to enable Timmy to fix my kitchen floor. It had started a few weeks ago but got much worse yesterday, a couple of the tiles had just decided that UP was right for them rather than DOWN ON THE FLOOR

In Awe

And I am completely in awe of my dentist. Not only is she as beautiful as a badger but my jaws ached because she had to pull so hard to remove the tooth but the socket doesn't/didn't hurt at all