Sneaky Shop

So as I finished the salad @ lunchtime I decided that if we needed salad I may as well get the other 3 or 4 things on my list for Sunday/Monday shopping so we did.

Again Alex said "No" to me asking him to push my chair behind us but yes, he was right, I can just walk the distance, all the way around the shop, not just the salad section by the door

And I suspect that someone criticised me for taking my chair into Farmfoods on Tuesday but I think that it is not much different to the dimensions of this shop so we will have to see when we are back

Proper Class

And I am off in a bit to my only weekly visit to a proper class at gym

So we arrived, walked up the stairs, walked all round for the class and did my 10 min cycle at the end. Then I used the lift to back down

Wheelchair stayed in the boot of the car

Expense

So me and Timmy headed to Aardvark and got the usual weeks shopping as well as an "add veg (or meat) curry" which I am gonna try instead of the casserole this week

And I had to give her my "Look how much I have spent in Aardvark" card as it was full with £20 to be paid back to me. She said that this was only the 3rd to be handed in so I obviously am an important customer

It's Fixed, Not That I Use It Much

So "the chappy" came and fixed my wheelchair s'morning. Not that I use it much but it's fixed anyway

Team Meeting

And (sigh) everyone was here for a "team meeting" this AM, I left them to it....

Becoming Habitual

So it is becoming a habit, to walk a short distance about my house without my walking stick. Every day and in every way noisy link I am getting SLIGHTLY better

Listen Timmy

Can it be true?

Fixers

And Timmy txted me and said "The wheelchair fixers are coming at some point tomorrow". That's quite good because I will be about all day tomorrow anyway as there is a team meeting happening

PoolFsckers

And "we" are heading to the swimming pool at lunchtime....

And we went and did it, it actually wasn't too unpleasant so...

No Garage Garden

And "he" announced yesterday that they had discussed to "garden in the garage" idea but as there is no drainage that was a no no. He sent me an email with a couple of alternatives but said "Don't buy these, wait 'til Wilko gets their spring items in, they will be much cheaper" and said that the plan is to put it at the RHS of the garage, on the piece that never gets driven on.

I think the 2nd link is the most appealing, wait and see. They will have to put a couple of breeze-blocks around near to the entrance and then it will be posh

Adblocker

When 'he' had to "reset" my email client all the Ads came back. So I went online, found AdBlocker and installed it. The ads were still there. So I panicked and gave up, figuring CleverITTimmy will be in here on Thursday. So tonight I just tried downloading it again and I noticed it said "This has been disabled by..... click to enable", clicked and tried restarting the email client. No fscking adverts, the big objectionable type, gone again now

Further Nuts Are We

Gosh, and I watched it for a number of hours again today....

Feed Me

And we had the last of my chic pea casserole for dinner, it was the last of it so tomorrow night we will have to have some frozen food

It feels so old fashioned, I have been cooking so much food for about a month

Jeroo

So we went to gym s'morning and did 4 exercises followed by a 10 min cycle. Gosh I am so much fitter than I was a few months ago, it it really noticeable

Stressful Interweb

So as my email was being filled up with spam and my interweb connection was ignoring what I told it to connect to we had to go into "settings", advanced, "reset". Which did work but eg my Blog password etc have been gone. I need Timmy to come back and tell me how to get rid of AdSense adverts which have come back since resetting

Well dun, Sir

It's a week now, this walking......

6 Days

And tomorrow, if tonight goes according to plan, I can announce that my wheelchair hasn't been in my house for a week. I have been walking and sleeping etc. So I had my accident about 650 weeks ago and it is only the last week that I have been wheelchair free.

0.0015% of the time or summat

So tomorrow I will feel the need to announce it to Ixion... It's like I really wanted it late last night but I thought "No, carry on...."

Minor Crisis

So we headed out to Farmfoods and picked up some bits but on the way there Gareth said "Oh look, warning light about tyre pressure" so we called into Morrisons to blow up the tyre, it was only 2 psi down, but the light is still lit. So at a guess me and Alex will have to take it in to the seller/garage tomorrow and see if they can fix it

A Number Of Things

Well me and GGtGG headed for the pool s'morning.

1) They said when we entered they the stairs still weren't working but because this didn't take me by surprise and make me panic I just stepped down and up on the steps

2) When we were in there GGtGG said "As you haven't been swimming for a while take it easy" and started off with a back stroke. But this time I was able to kick with both my feet, not just the left one, like it was going for the past many years, and it was so much faster than last time. I kept that speed up when I was swimming on my front too

3) Afterwards I was just able to walk from the car to the house, leaving my wheelchair in the boot, I suspect it is the first time I have walked after a swim

Less Apprehensive

And I am less nervous about cooking tonight, partly I think tonights dinner isn't as time dependant, just stick it in a pan and leave it for ages etc

And it was extra strange cooking for myself and doing the washing up again, but this is the second time I have not cooked for Timmy since I started this walking everywhere thing and I fscking managed. I really wanted to sit in my wheelchair but I just carried on

My Memory Is.....

So last week I started a bottle of Sloe Gin that I was given as a pressie. I really am enjoying it so I bought another bottle yesterday. Timmy pointed out to me today that I used to drink it and stopped because The Doc said it was way sugary and possible helping cause my Imminent Diabetes. All of which had escaped my mind

Wilko

So s'morning we (me and Timmy) had to head to Wilko to buy some more napkins for the kitchen table as I thought we had a packet somewhere, we finished the Christmas ones and couldn't find the spare box.

We got out of the car, I didn't ask Timmy to push my 'chair as I am making so much progress, so I just walked into, around and out of the shop

Assisted by FES which we had out on before we left

Exploded Mind

Where has the wheelchair gone, from the side of my bed?

Lordy

So the 3 coded letters on my bank account spelled this today

Apprehensive

Again. I was worried about chopping, cooking, setting the table etc while on my feet but again it seems to have worked

At Last, I figured it out

So I struggled trying to add a link to the middle of a blog page, but in the end I figured it out. There is no reason for just showing the second paragraph of this but this is what I was struggling to do.

And what eventually I figured out how to

I think this came about t'other night when I wanted to link to summat but the first paragraph was about something completely different, irrelevant

FIXED NOW AGAIN

More Reasons To Shop At.....

So s'morning we nipped to Morrisons (noisy) as I needed more salad today and thought "I might as well do my Sunday/Monday shop a day (or 2) early" so I got it all

We drove there, we got out of the car, I walked into the shop, Alex pushed my wheelchair behind, but he needn't, I walked around the shop, walked to the till and walked back to the car

Ho Ho Ho

A Witticism for New Year

Bother

Hoo-flipping-ray. Another day another dollar...

Scared

And I am scared as tomorrow morning I have gotta change the bed.  I have never carried the bag of bedding out on my own two feet, I useda take a day off my walking and carry it on my wheelchair.  Never, so am a bit intimidated

Well I managed s'morning, it was relatively easy, I might have been skiving somewhat in the past

Stress Cooking Pizza

And despite my moving stuff out before use etc I still found it needed loads of nipping about the kitchen to make pizza and chips but I fscking managed. On my own two feet

And it was a bit delicious 

Keep Your Dignity

Right, I had realised that not sitting in my wheelchair to leave the bathroom was making my big towel fall down, removing my dignity. So I had a look today in the cupboard and found 1 (Should have a partner, didn't see it today!) even bigger towel. So  I got out of the bath today, dried myself, got the biggest towel wrapped around my waist, was able to double over 6-8 inches and it stayed up while I walked out of the bathroom, carrying the piece of lifting device to be plugged in, my pants and my walking stick.

No passers by could look in the window and see my bottom

Gym Class

So me and MM are off in a bit to my only gym class that I go to each week. I am a bit excited about telling her how long it is since I sat in a wheelchair. And it felt a bit strange to listen to Timmy saying "You must fix his wheelchair" when I haven't sat in it for some days.

I s'pose that's future-proofing it etc but...

Well I went to class and worked really hard to try and get around this "You are being lazy since Christmas" accusation that has been made. I told Sam that it has been a number of days since I sat in a wheelchair and she made praising noises

But I am vaguely worried about Morrisons tomorrow, walking?  

Accesibility

So watching Breakfast Telly s'morning there was a piece about accesibility, gigs being more wheelchair friendly etc but I was nearly crying when watching and had to turn it off

Exploding Head

Now my head has blown up. That's because it is 2 or 3 days since I have sat in my wheelchair

Minor Panic

And I had another minor panic when I realised that 'cos of this "no wheelchair" rule I was gonna have to walk out of my bedroom after napping, carrying the washing basket and carry it all the way to the kitchen and put it on. I had always sat down to carry stuff before

But today I managed. Carrying in my right hand, walky stick in left hand, it just worked

Gymming

So as Timmy was with me today and he had his "being in charge" head on I went on a bike and did the full 10km in just over 50 minutes.

And he did say that yesterday's crisis was just me forgetting that I have done it before at the pool, and when he said "It's broken" I panicked

Fear

So tonight I am in bed with no wheelchair at the side. Fark, how much better am I, have I got?????

Aargh

So I was gonna come into the kitchen, I pushed my chair away from the desk, went to start pushing it in here..... No, you got a stand up and walk, that is not a moveable wheelchair

Grumpy-ness

So today I am doing that "Walk everywhere" thing again. (Which is excellent etc, I know)

BUT

Because I am walking everywhere I no longer get to think "Ahhhh, that's easier" when I get into my wheelchair for the first time, usually in the afternoon after my nap

Panic

And finishing my lunch I panicked, thought GGtGG better nip out to the car and bring my wheelchair back in. I can't have a bath without it. But after conversation I just went to the bath without it. It was hassle coming out on foot, carrying my 'pants, the tuner for the lifting me out device, my 'stick, towels etc but I managed. Only having one and a third hands that work can be such a hassle

Wheelchairless

And while I was making lunch I said to GGtGG "Take my wheelchair out of the kitchen (where it's in the way) and put it in the boot of the car". I know he will be able to fetch it back later if necessary but as I didn't use it at all last night.....

Gymless

So we headed into town first. Looked in 3 shops and eventually picked up sum new sandals as my old ones were coming undun etc.

Then we headed into swimming pool, got changed, went by the pool GGtGG went to ask the chap for the stairs device that I get down and up he replied "No, it's broken". After much humming and hawing I got half way in down the ladder but changed direction then and got back out. I didn't feel confident enough to go down the last 2 steps as I needed to be able to reverse the project. So we came back here, had lunch then I will have a proper bath and nap

'Wimming

And we need to go swimming s'morning. Hoo-fscking-ray

More Walkies

And Alex fixed it for me s'morning, carried the other chair in and put it in place so now I, hopefully, no longer need my 'chair by my bed

Muscles Contracting

I don't know any more detail but there was proof. I was standing at the loo having a piss, I farted and it stopped my piss coming out for about a quarter of a second. Don't know why but it must be some form of contraction

Walkies

So today, as suggested yesterday, I used my wheelchair into the bathroom, used it to carry my washing to the machine afterwards, then parked it and walked. I have been wanting to/feeling guilty for not walking more for some time now

And I walked while I cooked tonight. It was a struggle but I manged

Still walking everywhere. 8.23pm. 10.15pm now... Effectively all day

And I was walking all day, I went off left my wheelchair in the kitchen, shut the door then realised that I don't have a seat by my other PC so had to go back and get it. I'll fix this tomorrow 

Ahhhh

That's how I take a video. I was looking at my camera a bit puzzled today, thinking "It can take video's, but how?" but Alex knew, "Press the red button next to the taking photo's button"

Cycling

So I headed to gym today and got straight on the bike. I said "Don't measure my distance as if I do it takes about an hour 20 to finish and I am not prepared to do that ever again. I am just cycling for half an hour then we are going home"

Dentistry

So today I was able to brush my teeth and use mouthwash which I was advised not to last night but everything seems to have worked. The hole has closed over and seems to be well mended

Oops, shop

Then s'afternoon I looked at the veg I am cooking with and decided there wasn't enough. So we nipped to Morrison's and bought some broccoli and half a red cabbage to add. Wow but red cabbages have loads of content, I had to get a bigger saucepan out to transfer it to

Right, as it started to cook down it was looking like I had put too much water in after all. So I enquired off Timmy "What will thicken this?", he said "You haven't got any cornflour" (looking in t'cupboard) then suddenly he said "Lentils". D'uh, why hadn't I thought of that

AARGH, and I forgot to pick up a na'an bread for Friday......

Lunch

So then later I thought I would just make a cuppa coffee for lunch as my mouth felt weird. Then I thought "Eat yoghurt, that's soft" but actually had some yoghurt and 2 bananas for lunch, before drinking my coffee

Dentist

And Timmy phoned the dentist at about a quarter to nine and said "Neil..." and they said "Come in at 11.30" so...

Fark. So we went along, she prodded, said "That tooth is dead, not connected, want me to take it out otherwise you will get loads of infections?" so I thought for a minute then said yes. So she gave me loadsa jabs then waited for a minute then got stuck in. First of all she got some "pliers" then went to attach them, thought "No need" and just attacked my tooth with a screwdriver type device. She got in, attached it then instantly handed me the tooth, no struggling and pulling, it wasn't attached. Then put a rolled up bit of cloth on and said "Goodbye"

But again I did this trip without wheelchair. Timmy drove there, got out of car, walked down the stairs outside then to the door, reversed route on way out. Up/down the stairs, not around the longer stairless route for wheelchairs and those of us who can't use the stairs

Right, I have had my bath and my nap now and the anti-hurting stuff has worn off and it does hurt now. But only some, not enough for a "Parrot to eat anything" etc

Everybody Needs Good....

Then (noisy link) there was a knock on the door tonight, I went to see who it was and it was Simon and Vicky my new next door neighbours, who have just moved over from England and seem interesting

Sigh

So.... a quiet Sunday, we nipped to More Reasons To Shop At... (noisy link) yesterday as I ran out of salad..... and the only thing on my diary was "Ask Timmy to phone about AF" and he said "No, you had such a stressful journey last year, it took 13 hours to get there, just head for SOS this year"

Aargh

Then after Ruth had been round telling me to make a life etc I had a bath and was just sitting on the edge of the bed about to get in it for my nap when the doorbell rand. Ed answered it then came back in and told me it had been the new next door neighbours coming round to make friends.

Aargh, missed them

Surprise

Then someone came and knocked on the door s'morning. It was Ruth and her son who was born about the time I had my accident and is a bit massive now. Basically she invited me to her house for tea once a month or so in order that I can start having a life once more

Early Shop

So as I had run out of salad and needed sum today I thought I may as well so my weekly shop a day early. So 1 basket, 1 bag of stuff but we couldn't get any na'an bread so I will head back on Tuesday or Wednesday and fetch them

Calendar

Someone posted a link to his wife's calendar for this year

Busy Day

So I am having a busy day today, on antibiotics so not being "naughty" but Sam did txt me earlier to say "we" would come over later.....

Which they did, they are on their way back to Sheffield and called in to see me one last time....... they were only here for an hour but it was nice

HNY

Well Happy New Year to one and all. It must be about..... 2003ish. WTF's happened to all the intervening years, I don't remember them. It's now 2016

Java Snow

And as I managed to update one of my web pages with snow Java today but I can't find a way of making it just be over the picture, any clues pls let me know

Just in time

Then we headed over to Aardvark half an hour early and just caught them, they were closing early too but I did manage to get everything

Anti

And I started taking my antibiotics s'morning. I had initially thought "Wait 'til after tonight" but as I would then have to wait 24 hrs so couldn't start 'til Saturday I just went for it

From The Sky

And when we were heading out to gym today suddenly the sky opened with a massive hail shower that left a couple of inched of hail. Scary and slippery

Less Busy

So me and MM headed off to gym s'morning. I did 4 exercises plus a full 20 mins cycling afterwards so it is slightly easier than a few days ago.

Busy

Then s'afternoon I phoned the dentist to ask about an appointment. It sed "Were closed but phone this if it is an emergency" which I did and they said "Pop into town, see you in three quarters" so we had an emergency appointment at Water Street Dental Practice. She looked, found the pain, said "No fillings have come out but the gum is swollen" sold me some mega mouthwash and put me on antibiotics, so no getting drunk tomorrow.

Then I had a late bath, got up again and suddenly looked in my diary and it said "Go to docs and pic up 'script", we phoned and they were still open for another 25 minutes so we shot down and found the chemist next door also closes a bit later

Gym gym jeroo

So we headed to gym s'morning and I managed 4 weights before a 20 minute cycle session, that was all I could do yesterday, just the cycle

And on the way there we popped into the Spar, just walked in, and picked up a small book of stamps as I had used them all up on birfdé cards

Luscious Linda (or Gorgeous Greta)

And the totty is coming here (if she can get thru the rain) in 15 minutes to cut my toenails

(Or is her name SexySuzanne?)

Excited

And my 3 offspring and one spouse are coming over for me to buy them a Chrimbly Dinner tonight.....

And they were all there tonight. I didn't need a pee from before to afterwards, a number of hours, but generally it was just so special

Struggle @ Gym

And good lord, after 4 or 5 days off I really struggled at gym s'morning. We called it a day after 20 mins cycling....

Best

And these are the best pics of 2015 apparently, from Da Gruniad

Busy

So me and Timmy headed into town and pottered today. While we were there we popped into the cinema and booked 2 seats in Star Wars 76 or whatever it's called for tonight, using my Chrissy pressie of a free film view certificate

When we were on the way home we called into the pub up the street and booked us into there tomorrow, when 3 kids and 1 kids wife are coming to see me

And I owe Denyse and the team a big thank you, the film was a bit excellent, I took me back a few years etc

Going Out

And Sam phoned me tonight and said "Me, Emma, Toby and Freya want you to buy us dinner next Tuesday", so.......

Slimmer

And at the end of Xmas over eating and over boozing I have lost 1lb in weight so at least I am still moving in the right direction

Christmas Is Over

And the shops were open again s'morning, my parents have buggered off....... the Christmas Celebrations are over for another year

Shopping

So we headed off to the shops s'morning. First of all to Wilko to pick up 4 boxes of small tissues to fill the shelves for the next 6 months or so, then we headed over to Morrison's (noisy link) to pick up the rest of my weeks shopping, I think we needed 4 items today

Tara

Well they have gone off now and in the morning they have gotta leave too early to nip over here for a bit. So thanks for a cool visit

Visitors

So we just sat in here s'morning and my parents came to visit, had a cuppa and a mince pie and chatted for a couple of hours. Mummy has taken a few Cream Crackers etc and they are gonna have lunch while I eat lunch, bath and rest, then later we are heading out for dinner somewhere else

And the dinner was as delicious as expected. 

Ho Ho Ho

So I had a morning with the parents s'morning and they were verbally very pleased with their pressies, as was I. So I had an early bath and I am now in bed for an early nap then we are meeting them in town for lunch

Which was pleasant, we had lunch, the veggie option was peppers stuffed with cous-cous and it was actually rather lovely. And as for the Christmas Pudding and Custard, I am in pudding heaven

So as requested by Mumsie we are heading back to see them in the hotel after an hours break

And we had a delicious much lighter meal tonight

Happy Parenting

So we are meeting my parents later who are already in town(1) but I needed nap etc so we will see them in a bit

(1) Much earlier than they reckoned when I spoke to them yesterday 

Unexpected Shopping

So me and Timmy went into town for a walk today. We parked outside the Drovers Arms and I walked the whole way up he hill to Nott Square. There I pleaded tiredness so Timmy was pushing me back in the 'chair when suddenly it started to rain really heavily. We paniced and ducked into Aardvark which was on my list for later today shopping. I thought they had a delivery later on a Thursday, hence my plan to shop later, but everything was already there. So luckily I had stuck 2 shopping bags in my pocket on the half-chance as we were coming to town so I was able to fill them both with products

Can Do It

And I noticed in the kitchen today that I was standing and walking all the way around the central divide without my wheelchair or my walking stick. It is no longer such an impressive fact for me, I just do it

Caught Up

Then the phone rang s'morning and it was Brian, Julia's Dad saying "Can I pop over and see you today?", so yes, he came over today with Freya and they both had some cheese and biscuits and grapes (which Timmy had txted me to say "Buy this"). It was nice to catch up

Gymtastic

So we headed into gym and did loadsa exercises etc. Because time is at a bit of a push Alex said "No time for bike 2day"  but because of that I arrived at gym, walked upstairs, did my exercises, and walked back down.

UberCycle

So me and Mighty went to gym s'morning and I did a 20 min cycle, just over 4 km.

But first of all we nipped to Aardvark and bought my Mum some Organic Chocolate Spread which she asked me to get for her, she will arrive about half an hour after it closes for Chrimbly so she felt the need to ask me to fetch some. While we were there I got some extra tins of tomatoes, tins of mixed bean salad etc that will be used up in a couple of weeks

Unexpected Shopping

And this evening I was about to start cooking when I realised that the "Timmy burgers" I had bought were looking sad without bread rolls, I went to the bread-bin, looked at tomorrows rolls and realised that they were much too small for the burgers. So we nipped out and bought more. Got some petty cash cleaner etc while we were out

Swimless

And I have got off swimming today (Hooray) because a) I really complained last time, and b) it's the school holidays so it's gonna be full of kids etc

Right. Well as I had no swimming I actually got stuck into the exercises like a normal gym exerciser. I put weight up by 10 kg on most of them and just went for it. With a visible layer of sweat on my face at the end

Cooking

And I was chopping the roastable veg tonight. I managed to peel all items and chop all of them with my right hand.

And it was cooked well tonight, none raw and undercooked and none burned/overcooked.

Yum yum, it was nice tonight

Ooh

And MightyMark came into work today, said "Morning" then immediately got stuck into sawing the legs off the outside seat in the front garden so it now fits properly without having to be propped up on one leg

Dinner

And I asked Ed "Want roasted veg or casserole?" so he said "Casserole", I chopped up all the veg with my right hand and remembered all the ingredients tonight so it was actually a bit lovely

First Time In 12⅔ Years

So after bath today I went to put my jumper on. As usual (since my accident) I went to put my right arm in first. I thought "No, see if you can...." and put my left arm in first. I used to be stuck at this point and need to take if off and put my right arm in first as it wasn't flexible enough to reach/stretch. But today I just put my left arm in first and then put my right arm in. It was slightly more difficult than doing it t'other was round but only slightly. My right shoulder is so much better than it was last time I tried....

Weather

No, I don't think we should try The National Botanic Gardens today, it's f***ing raining

Dinner

Then I cooked the usual Friday dinner of na'an bread pizza and chips. While I was making the pizza I was puzzled, I nearly called Alex and said "What's missing?" but no. I prepared the na'an, coated it with cheese, garlic, onion and mushroom, put it in the oven and when the timer said 2 minutes it suddenly occurred to me, tomato purée. Duh. The "cheese on toast" didn't taste too bad but it wasn't the pizza that I have been looking forward to all day

Quiet

So as we didn't have to go to Aardvark s'morning we had an unexpectedly quiet morning but in a bit we have to go to my weekly session in the gym class, hopefully with Sam

And as Alex just pointed out to me this is the last gym class of 2015 today.....

And we did gym. Sam wouldn't give me "missing you already" kiss for Christmas. But she did notice summat and said "You couldn't do that last week"

Oops Out

And we are heading out to an unexpected Folk Night at Caffe Iechyd Da, Carmarthen, I had forgotten etc

Shopping

So we headed into Aardvark and did loadsa shopping but they had no mince meat to make mincepies so we had to call into Morrisons and pick up some. I had almost nothing on my list for there on Monday so I just did my whole shopping today too

Well Fit

Then I headed to gym, without my 'chair, and did the cycle for 10km exercise. It was the fastest time I have ever done it in today and I wasn't trying too hard, obviously my general level of fitness is improving

Pub

And we headed down to the pub and had a pleasant chatty time

Again

Right, off swimming in a bit

Hoo~fscking~ray