Yum yum

And we had that na'an bread pizza again for tea, like we do every Friday, and it was as delicious as ever

Gymtastic

Then we didn't have time to come back here so we were 10 minutes early for gym class. It was a small class today, only 3 students at the start although that was un to 4 by the end. Again I was doing my get down and crawl backwards exercise but when I had finished I crawled back to the stand up on here seat and this time I pulled my right foot forward instead of the left, I left the left out of the way so I was just using the right, and I pressed down and stood up like that. Fark, it is IIRC 13¾ years since I was able to stand up on my right leg, it felt easy today.

Nearly 14 years....

MegaWalk

So s'morning before gym we popped into Morrison's to have a look for some version of the Tofu Burgers which Timmy sez contain too much fatty cover in Aardvark. So I said to Alex "Bring the chair but push it behind me, I will walk 'til I am exhausted" but I walked in't shop, half way to the back turned left and walked to the other end, looked around and waljked all the way back to the car by myself. It seems like no time since I couldn't walk a couple of yards

Aardvarking

Then after Argos we are heading to the Aardvark Christmas Party. We will get a mince pie and a mulled wine and a 10% discount off shopping. So we will buy much tonight and go back tomorrow for the fruit and veg which is delivered on Friday morning

Emergency Shopping

So I got out of bed and saw Timmy and he was holding the staff kettle, saying "It's broken" so we got online and ordered one from Argos and said we would pay in store so we get a receipt

Knackering

So s'morning I went to gym and did my 10km cycle faster than last week.

After 8km I said "Knackered" and Timmy replied "But...." and I just cheerfully went back on for the last 2km. Dunno I s'pose my laziness overtook me 

Instead

So instead of going to the comedy gig tonight we headed down to Farmfoods and bought loadsa tat. Well when I went in one of the 'til workers said "Ah, hello Neil, sorry, we have no sweet potato oven chips or ice cream lollies. Sorry".

Thankfully she was joking....

Am I that notorious.....

X-R-cise

And as I had cried off going to gym after dentist today we first of all headed into town to get more salad from Morrison's. Without my wheelchair, we left it at home.

Then after shopping we headed down King St to look at the venue that there is a comedy gig at tonight. We couldn't find it, so parked at the far end of King St and set off on foot to find it. It is the 2nd last building at the other end so we were able to explore access etc. Then we had to turn around and walk (nearly) the whole length off King St to get back to the car

Dentist

And this mornings fun involves a trip to the dentist for a checkup. Hopefully I have learned loadsa stuff about brushing and my clean between your teeth attachment so hopefully......

Yeah, she was positive etc but still it wasn't a very pleasant experience

Nooneraft

Then this afternoon we had to go back to The Pound Shop and say "This Xmas tree light that I bought yesterday doesn't light" but they didn't have any more battery 20 light ones left but as Alex said "There is a plug in't corner" we took a plug in version. Once Alex had been to the garage to fetch an extension it works

Morning

So first thing we had to head to the Drs to pick up my proof of still being alive which the insurance company want every year before they will carry on paying out....

Then we headed to gym, did 4 (no, 5 apparently) lifty exercises followed by 20 mins on the bike

Lentils And....

So me and Timmy headed into town and bought sum lentils in Aardvark.

While we were in town we popped to  shop to buy deodorant in case I am proving allergic to the cheapy one that I have been using. 

While we were up the street we popped into Poundland to get some more Xmas tree lights,  Well, we wanted sum but I bought 4 light up decoration sets

CleverTimmy

And Timmy had to mend my Internet Banking so I could make transfers and pay Ed for the meal he bought t'other night for 3 of us

But soon he will be seen as Daft, Stupid Timmy to me as we get in swimming pool

And after my lunch I got stuck into cooking, chopped up loadsa veg etc added tomatoes, herbs etc then went to add sum lentis.  Erm... I searched, looked everywhere, called Timmy, he looked everywhere and neither of us could find the lentils. Call myself a hippy with no lentils?

Shopping

Then later we took a trip down to Wilko to buy some Sudocreme for my slightly infected but nearly better armpit

THEN later still, but still not very late, we headed into the about to close cos it's a Sunday Morrison's and got my full weeks shopping cos it's Timmy working tomorrow and he doesn't approve of the place

Ta Ra

So then s'morning me and MightyMark took David back to the airport and he went home again. Brief visit

Loveiy

And we went out and had a delicious dinner at The Ivy Bush in Carmarthen tonight

Davidism

Then we headed off shortly after Ed came here to fetch David from Cardiff airport

Testy

Then later I was at the docs for my testosterone jab ahich went well. It was a new nurse and she was very quick. But after we were finished MOS asked her for a few more iodine patches. She said "Ask and ye shall receive" and gave us a few. I said "Ask and ye shall receive - will u marry me?" but she said no

Hectic

So another busy Friday...

And it started off in Carmarthen at Aardvark where I spent much too much on food etc. So now temporary rest before my once a week gym class

Then we went to gym and Sam wasn't taking the class. But the chap who was taking it said that as he hadn't seen me for  few months that he was gobsmacked at how much progress I have made. And today we were doing a "lift it with your right arm" exercise and my wrist was staying where I put it, not bending inwards like it used to

Now we are off to the Drs for my testosterone injection

Nipped Out

Then later we nipped out to More Reason's To Shop At.... to top up the salad. While I was there I turned my head slightly from the salad and spotted sum garlic & herb croutons which while pleasant enuf with dinner did not taste of garlic for me

Gymming

So we headed to gym s'morning where Timmy was most grumpy insisting that last week I was capable of.....etc.

But on the leg presser machine  I did my routine at IIRC 20kg but afterwards got him to switch it up, just to see. We did various but after I did it up and down with 120kg I said "'Nuff"

Go To War

So they won the vote in House Of Commons, we are going to war now....

That T Place

So we headed out s'afternoon looking for a new diary and some obscure batteries for my new toy, we went to Morrison's and they didn't have obscure batteries or week to a page diaries. So we headed for that Tesco's place where they did have week to a page diaries but no batteries. Eventually it proved necessary to do a random search on that Interweb to find them, even my usual search places didn't have them

Denyse-ing

And Denyse has been here for hours now, generally in the office with the door closed doing a "checkup" with various members of my staff.

And when she came to the door I managed not to open in and say "Bow down and worship" etc. She said "How are you" and after a deep breath I was able to answer that appropriately without "all the better....." coming in

Out

Then we headed out to meet the woman who has made me a Christmas decoration thingy from sweeties. And as I wanted the proper change to give her we had to pop in and I  bought an advent calendar too

Mega

And today I headed to gym and did a mega cycle.  And today I managed to get the time under the 50 minutes which I have been trying to do for a month

It Was Broken

So s'morning my web page half disappeared. I went looking for it and it said "Nah, summats broken, try mend it?" then spent ages 'mending it'. Dunno what it did but it found the many missing pages etc and put it all back together. It finally got fixed about 2 mins before MightyMark said "Gym now then".....

'Wimming

So today I am going swimming with my keen, teacher of disabled swimming, MOS. But first of all we need to pop into the disabled tat shop and get more ferrules, tips for my 'stick

Which we did. Quiet start to the day then we headed into tat shop and picked up 2 THEY ARE NOT CALLED FALLAFELS then headed to pool

Where my teacher/instructor did well at his advising me. I did 6 lengths and many exercises

Phew

And the scary wind has gone again, it was 65 mph earlier, it is back to 12ish 8 now

Bread Knife

And I had to call Timmy tonight, I couldn't get the knife thru the swede. He looked, said "We need a sharp knife", and took out one with no bristles on it, unlike the knife I had been using by mistake.

After I had eaten and washed up etc it occurred to me, that knife that I was trying (and failing) to cut the veg with was commonly called a Bread Knife

Us Brain Injured Chaps can sometimes forget simple, sensible things

.... Miller

And it is so windy and raining that I have just switched the taking steam out of the bathroom machine back on as I think opening the window is a bit of a no no

10 Improvement

And Windows 10 doesn't seem to need me to switch off Yahoo mail every time I leave the PC because it just seems to come back on when I touch the mouse which it didn't do with the last version of Windows. If I left it then nowt would happen when I touched the mouse or keyboard, I would have to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to make it emergency power down then switch it back on etc to look at emails etc, but today I was experimenting with leaving and it just seemed to come back on

I have stopped trying to figure out Microsoft Edge browser, and just switched back to Google Chrome and it seems to work.

Owww

Ow, so s'morning I had a "Criticise Timmy's bed making skills" session as he had to change my bed but, woe is me, I was a bit stuck for stuff to criticise him on

Snooker

Good lord but I have been watching the snooker on telly for hours already today

Unexpected Shopping

Then, after dinner, we nipped out to Morrison's (noisy link) as we had run out of salad/lunchtime, but I decided to get the whole of my weeks shopping. At a guess we might need to buy a few days salad next week but we shall see how it goes

Win 10

So I have had Windows 10 installed for a couple of hours now, dunno, it's......

Friday Night

And it is make Pizza night again.....

Yummy scrummy in my tummy

Friday Morning

So we started the busy Friday as usual. First of all we went to Aardvark and spent loads as usual on healthy food and drink then we came back to put it away.

While we were back my PC said "Free version of Windows 10, click" so I did and then had to go out to my second busyness and leave it installing

Then we went to gym where as usual I was the star of the show and now I can do so much down on the floor with Sam before getting myself back up

Then we came back to find the PC still installing etc, I had my lunch before it was working again. Dunno what to think, I will have to wait and see

Out

Then we are going out to Iechyd Da (noisy link) folk night tonight, hopefully Freya will wake up early enough to be picked up on the way

No, I spoke to her mother who woke her up, the 2 of them are coming into town earlier tonight so Freya will meet me there, hopefully

And she was so knackered that we boogied until about 10 then we left for the night.... Freya hasn't been to bed last night so hopefully this will let her get a pattern back.....

Gym

Then later we headed to gym and after the workout Timmy said "You haven't done 10 miles for ages" as I did 5 mile cycle

Well

So the tyre fixer came s'morning and tried and tried to fix my 'chair. No, it was well flat. He had size... and size... tubes but none to fit my wheelchair. Luckily he had another 'chair in the back of his van that had been returned to him s'morning so he was able to leave me that and say "I will give you a ring when we get the bits you need". So Timmy is busy transferring my 'stick holder to the 'new' chair

Flat Tyre

And when I got out of the pool my wheelchair had a flat tyre. Someone pumped it up before we got in the car but it was flat again within half a minute. The tyre fixer is coming out tomorrow morning so until then.....

Then at the time when eg the washing was finished I am usually in my wheelchair by then but I had to carry the boxes of clean clothes on my feet

And generally just walking about is difficult now, generally I have been in my 'chair for a number of hours now.... See it as therapeutic....

So it's 11.30 PM now and the only wheelchair I have used today was at midday going into the swimming pool. Fark. So I don't really need one so much? Well I had the advantage of requiring Gareth to stir the stir fry tonight but apart from that I have done it all on my feet. No, I asked him to take the bins out  which I usually do sitting down but the rest of the night.....

Sigh

So we are off to the swimming pool in a bit.....

And amongst other stuff I managed 8 lengths breast stroke... (Which was my big target so that means I never need to go to the swimming pool again?)

Out & About

So then me and Alex headed out.

First of all we popped into the walking aids shop by the railway station in Carmarthen to fetch more ferrules for the end of my walking stick. They had none in the right size but they have already ordered a load and will have them in stock by the weekend. So Mondays Diary says "Go back..."

Secondly we headed to gym where I did loads of "extra 5 kg" exercises then 10 mins on the bike

First Time In A Number Of Days

And today I won my solitaire game quickly.

For a number of days it has taken me a number of tries but not today

Unexpected Trip Out

Then s'afternoon we had a new trip to make, we had to head into town to buy a new hoover. Bits fell off the old one s'morning, it was say goodbye. While I was in bed Timmy got online and ordered one from Argos which we had to pick up. It was £120 reduced to £45 so hopefully it is a bargain. It seems to be doing it's job now (I can hear it) so hopefully....

Where?

So at lunchtime today me and Timmy headed to the gym. At the desk we said "Yes, pool...." and went swimming. I did 6 lengths breast stroke today.....

It was hurting my right wrist for the first 4 length session, before we headed off again I said about it to Timmy and he said "Ah, you are doing this, do this instead" and it didn't hurt as much for my last 2 lengths

Who

And I watched last nights episode of Dr Who after lunch today and what can I say......

Missing her already, she died to save someone else.....

Shopping

So me and Alex nipped to Morrison's s'morning as although it was on my diary to go tomorrow it is Timmy working and he doesn't approve of Morrisons

Cooking

And I roasted sum veg tonight. I used my left hand for some peeling but no chopping, I did that all with my right hand

It does need some work, it is not quite right, I need some "no, hold it like this" therapy but I can still use it so much more than in the past

Fixer

So as it is the first day MightyMark has been working without anything else on the plot he got stuck into my bathroom window. Taking bits off it, but we couldn't get it to open, he said "Nah, that's gonna cost you - I just need some way of gripping through this hole....." but then he cast his eyes over what was sitting on my desk, we were looking on eBay for tools on my 'puter, when he said "Hang on..." and took my folding back scratcher which was on the desk, tried that and was therefore able to properly fix my bathroom window. So now the one in the spare bedroom won't open but.....

And the annoying buzzer pump thing could be switched off, I open the window for an hour instead

Weather

Yes, it was cold and windy last night but by the time I had woken up s'morning there was a cloudless blue shy overhead. It looks like a summers days, even if it is feeling a bit chilly

-tastic

Then I went to my only class at gym. It was as hard as usual and as pleasing. Sam started doing more "Crawl backwards then roll over" exercises which while as much fun as usual does my head in a bit, how capable am I even despite.....

-ing

So s'morning we nipped to Aardvark and I spent the majority of my food cash this week. All dun, got it all etc etc. Walked from the house to the car, parked opposite Aardvark, walked there, walked back, walked from car to house and when putting stuff away. Wheelchair was not used

Shops

And we headed into town after it was dark today, 4.30 PM, we had to look for a stick for photos on the stand to remind me about being careful(*), and while we were looking for that (5 shops before we found it) I picked up more coloured markers, the write on everything ones

(*) Suggested by Denyse after the issue of last weeks overbalancing

Sara

And Sara Davies came in to check me up s'morning. Dunno what to say, she seemed impressed with the many small ways I am getting better (eg)

Slackbladder

And I discovered last night loads of free versions of Blackadder to watch and this silly song made my heart beat faster

Not Swimming

And as Timmy said "I'm not well" we didn't go swimming but I did half of a mega cycle before I complained that it was too hard and stopped

Shopping

So we headed over to the big shopping centre at Llanelli tonight but couldn't find what we were looking for

Gymming

So s'morning we went (through the rain) to gym and did loads of machines followed by a 10 minute cycle

Collecting

Then s'afternoon we had a phone call from Wilko saying "Your order has arrived, collect it" which we did. A bit strange but ordering online and collecting from the shop in a couple of days

Hooray

We are off swimming in a bit....

Little Old Lady

And she came, did various swallowing listens etc and some speech & language and generally said that I was so much better than last year etc. She doesn't know whether we are finished now or whether she needs to update once a year or summat. Denyse will tell her

Christmas Pic

And another pic from the Carmarthen Journal, at the Christmas Lights do t'other night

Talking

As Sara Bailey (The Little Old Lady) is coming tomorrow and she is a "speech and language" therapist Timmy commented today about how much my speech has improved over the last year. Frankly I have forgotten why a S&L is involved as I am used to being able to speak etc again. So hopefully she will be impressed etc with what's going on

Apparently when Timmy started work he would not be able to understand everything that I said, whereas now it is as clear as.....

Solidarność

Together

Because

And because Sara Bailey (the little old lady) is coming to see me tomorrow morning I will have to do my weekly shop a day early (ish) today. Some weeks we do go on a Sunday but........

And we did it, got everything etc

And I walked about the house s'morning, walked to the car, wheelchaired about the shop, walked from the car to the house and continued walking after we got back home

Bet On Football

So if you bet summat obscure like all tonight's matches one team will score 2 goals you might be rich

Read It

So on my Kindle I have just finished book 2 of Alien Hunter, which was...... But I read it all by myself

Cooking

So to make dinner tonight I had to cut up a carrot, a parsnip, a courgette, a small turnip type thing, few 'shrooms and a small piece of broccoli . With my right hand. Gord, it still isn't as good as cutting as it used to be but it is 17 times better than it was a few months ago

Christmas Lights

Then over dinner time we headed into town to watch the Switching On Of The Christmas Lights. We got invited into the main area as they were asking some cripples to come out of the crush and we spent an hour listening to all kinds of music etc before there was a firework display up the hill

WTF are they playing at, it's mid November....

Collectors

So some collectors called at the door s'morning for Children In Need and I took the pennies pot out and poured some in. They thought I was being really generous tipping a pot of cash for them but I didn't. So.....

Don't Panic

And Timmy is telling me "Don't panic, we have already done it together" as Mark is coming in s'morning for his first shift on his own and it is a relatively busy morning, Aardvark then gym class

So we went shopping first, I thought we had done well and got everything but... Anyway we came back and unpacked it etc then went to gym

Now at gym class I has to try and be so grateful to Sam for teaching me how to get back up etc. I did some other exercises etc but this was the most important thing by a long way that I needed to do

Then after lunch we had to go back to Aardvark for the organic juice which we had forgotten s'morning

My Gob Is A Bit Smacked

And as I haven't seen Sam since last week today I feel the need to bow down, kiss her feet etc and say "Thank you for teaching me to get back up" after I had to get back up a few days ago, and I managed, it is relatively easy for me, now....

13th

It's Friday the 13th today...

Yr Hen Dderwen

Then early evening me and Timmy went out and had a coffee in the pub on King Street that is trying to present itself as an eat, drink, and have fun place

MegaCycle

And so we headed to gym before lunchtime and there I did a mega cycle, 10km in somewhere about 50 mins. And I remembered to take a bottle of water with me to stop for a drink every 10 mins or so

Security

So there was a knock at the door last night, I answered it and it was the chap from the cake bakers house sort of across the way. He said "A neighbour up the street was broken into t'other night, so be careful, make sure you lock the doors and shut windows...."

Chipless

And I made a dinner tonight which was rather nice, but there were no chips, not proper ones or sweet potato ones.

None

Peeing

So 10 minutes before we nipped out to shops s'morning I went to the loo.  As we went out I thought "I feel like I need a pee b4 we go..." but then "No just been" so I went out after feeling that I needed a pee and went round 2 shops and didn't go to the loo when coming back. So telling when I really need the loo and not wetting myself 'cos I made the wrong decision... So difficult this being a grown up

Shopping B4 Swimming

So today it sez "Swimming" at 1PM on my diary so I think we will nip out to Farmfoods to get sum more frozen stuff before that

Which we did, generally "spud" type accompaniments and ice cream for pudding. And another load of veg, from another shop, to make a dinner tomorrow, like Julia said "Better cook veg than eat frozen food"

Then we did head to t'pool where once again I struggled to throw my ball, did a few lengths and exercises. Again I couldn't remember how to move my arms all the time, it would go wrong mid length etc

AND as we headed into Morrisons s'morning a chap closed the door and said "2 minute silence" so we stood there thinking all kinds of thoughts until at 2 minutes past 11 he opened the door again and we felt we could speak again

Green

And we are off out in a bit to a meeting of The Green Party in Johnstown (about 1/2 mile away)

And it was...... a bit quiet but we talked about what we think should be done etc etc

Then

Then we headed to gym to do my exercises. Alex said "Bring your chair just in case after your fall" but he pushed it, I walked

Oops

So I was in the kitchen, went to sit down in my chair missed and tumbled over backwards. Dunno why I overbalanced but.... Alex picked my chair back up and I was able to stand up using that

A Busy Day

Well so for the rest of the day I was...

Drowning

And we (me and Timmy) are nipping to the swimming pool in a bit....

And actually today it wasn't so bad, I almost enjoyed it...

Busy Morning

So at 9.00AM s'morning I was sat on the loo when there was a knock at the door. GGtGG answered it and it turned out to be the chap that Timmy was expecting at 2PM s'afternoon to tell him about quotes. Gareth phoned Timmy and then asked the chap to include this and that in the quote that he will post to this address in a few days

More Reasons...

And as it Timmy working tomorrow and he disapproves and GGtGG claimed to know where the short sell-by Na'an bread are to be found we decided that today would be a Morrison's trip

Keeps The Doctor At Bay...

And s'morning I had an apple about 11AM. All by itself but it gave me so much pleasure to eat. I suspect it was more pleasure than b4 my accident, it is so clever/impressive now...

I Used To....

Well, I used to work for a couple, he would be on the farm about 16 hrs a day, she would do the same a few days a week but then other days she was on the phone saying "Organic orders?" etc

Hedonistic

And it is a word that I had forgotten but researching into heathenism, paganism etc it came up.

Oh yes, I am striving towards it......

Chopping

So again I chopped all the veg to make a roasted veg dinner with my right hand. I have been able to do this for a few weeks now but it is still such a big event after not being able to for about 12 years

Exerciser

And I got another hand exerciser machine thru the post today and I feel that I can actually use this one, the first one I got just wouldn't be crushed by my right hand

Apple

And after lunch I ate one of the apples that I bought on Friday, the small enough for my teeth to work on them ones. And I didn't have a knife on the plate this time, I knew they were small enough so I just got stuck in, and it was a bit lovely, delicious and fulfilling on so many levels

Jab

Then at bath and nap time we had to go to the Dr's for my yearly anti flu jab which didn't hurt too much

Exhausted

And I am exhausted now but the gym class went well. Still able to get down to the floor, crawl backwards, sit down, go backwards and stand up!!

Aardvarking Across The Universe.....

And so we went to Aardvark s'morning and did my usual big shop

Memory

So last night as I was going to bed I thought "Check if your muesli is prepared" but on reflection I could remember preparing it and putting it in the fridge. And I could be sure of when etc. In some aspects occasionally my memory is working like a proper person's memory....

A Private Bath

And because Timmy had no more cream to rub on my back and chest after I got dried today I went to the bathroom alone, and stayed alone, I will be alone until after I have finished my nap

For the first time in a year...

Mega Bike

As we went to gym today Timmy said "I notice that you didn't do a mega cycle last week", I reply "I did what they told me" so he said "I better tell them..." so we did a 10km cycle, 3 weeks ago it took nearly an hour, 2 weeks ago 53 minutes, none last week and today 44 minutes

OK, well actually last week I did half the distance in a third of the time then said "Enough, knackered now"