Phew

And while I was preparing dinner tonight I knocked the timer device on to the floor. Oops. 3 pieces and a battery lying there. I reconnected it all up, put it all back together, and it just worked, first time I presses a button

Thrush

And the new cream that I have got from the Dr for my rash says "For the treatment of vaginal thrush and for your partner if he has thrush on his penis" which is slightly reassuring

Off Oot

Then when Timmy was here t'other day I said "There are some musicians at Iechyd Da on Friday but I think guitarists upset me, as I used to be (half a) one". He said "You don't say that at the Open Folk Night....". Oh yes, that's right... so my and GGTGG are heading out after dinner tonight

Lordy, just wow etc (noisy link)

Back To Docs

Then s'morning "we"(7) need to go back to the Drs to ask for a new, stronger, cream for my armpits. It has got 90% better but that cream has been rubbed on for 3 weeks now. I need a stronger one to actually make it all the way better

(7) Me and GGtGG

And we saw a very beautiful young Dr and she gave me a weeks worth of hydrocortison tablets and a new cream

Than we went to gym, oh what fun we had 

Suddenly Busy

So s'morning we popped out s'morning to buy a new toilet thingy to fix the leak in the staff room loo that flooded last night. So first of all we went to Towy Works walked in, turned around looking, thought"WTF?", walked to the counter, showed the chap the broken thing we had brought, he said "Hang on" and went and fetched one.

Then we popped to Iechyd Da and picked up the delivered Organic Veg

Then we popped home and put the goods away.

Then we popped to gym where I did 6 minutes on the bike, said "Ohhh". Timmy said "Take it to 7 minutes", took it to 7 minutes and said "Nuff" then Timmy said "OK" but I tried to carry on more and the machine gave up. So I went homeNow Timmy has turned all the water off and is trying to fit the loo fixer piece

And he did fix it, put it all back together then last piece he realised that that should have been in the middle so he is now taking it all apart again to put that piece on

Aargh, well he finished and it flushes and doesn't leak so much but there us still a slight leak, so he gas set the old one on the side and left a note on it for Alex, the ex-plumber, so when he comes in he can hopefully properly fix it

It seems to have settled down into a "properly fixed" position now, it no longer leaks and is filling up faster

TBCC

So half way through the class in the pool at't gym today Tina announced that it had a new name. Instead of Aqua Aerobics it was now to be known as the "Tina Being Cruel Class". Fairy Nuff, I think so too

Nooneraft

So we headed out this afternoon/evening in search of "coffee and buns" and we ended up on St Clears in the actually rather welcoming Little Chef cafe where I did indeed have coffee and bun

So when we came home for dinner I didn't have any carbohydrate, just protein (no chips)

Gymtastic

So we headed over to gym today and did loads of machines, lifting etc. It was all looking much easier than last week when I got stuck into The Cross Trainer machine but I felt that machine was making my right knee move in the way that I have been fighting against for months now

Swimming

So we went swimming s'morning and while I am impressed with speed of swimming etc, and definitely better at it than last week, I still had as much fun as a.... poorly tiger

Rearrange

And Timmy came in s'morning and said he had been txting with the floor tiler over the weekend and basically he is coming in 2 weeks to do the kitchen/dining room. So "someone" will have to rearrange furniture etc.

So I will eat breakfast and lunch as normal, well in the bedroom to eat them, and we will go out for evening meals until he has finished

Back To "Normal"

So then I came back and was much too busy to switch on my PC for ages. So we nipped out to Morrisons to do a weeks non organic shopping and also to get half of my weeks supply of organic food (which was half and half possible from Morrisons) as I was away when normally eating fresh orgy produce so I will get an order again later this week.

And I did (am still doing) loads of washing to catch up

And I am socking-less today as we had to wash all 3 pairs that I normally rotate today

Bysee Bye

So we have had breakfast and already said "Tara" to a number of people.  I will finish my shit, pack the rest of my stuff and then be off ourselves

Last Night

So tonight we had the last night of Ixies. I decided not to go out to eat so I had a small pizza here with half a bowl of chips. MM had the same. So we ate with about half the Ixies, chatted to them for a bit then chatted to all folk when they came back. A pleasant evening was spent, many folk said to me how much better/lighter I am

And it is so warm tonight that I took off my fleece and was just wearing a T shirt

Hay On...

So we popped into Hay On Wye s'morning and I was actually rather impressed. It was all uphill and downhill and unsettling underfoot and I managed, we walked around for ages, went and had a brew, then walked some more. I insisted to MightyMark that he bring along the wheelchair as last year I had some difficulty walking everywhere but I didn't need it this year. I walked everywhere, pretty much from one end of town tovt'other then back

MOS

And we were leaving the hotel today and another MOS was sitting on the desk, she said "I didn't see you yesterday, I saw you s'morning and thought 'Where's your wheelchair?'" which was nice to hear and to be recognised from last year

Thundery

So this weekend I am sharing my bedroom with someone who is best described as a loud snorer. A very loud snorer

Pleasant Night

Then I had a pleasant evening mixing with folk talking about motorcycles etc. And folk did say that they haven't seen me since last year, when I was stuck in a wheelchair etc.

Made It

Well we made it here. I walked in, the woman behind the counter immediately commented how I was in my wheelchair last time she saw me, came to our room. Plugged in what was needed, put away what was needed,  went into the bathroom and washed my bits then napping before hopefully meeting some Ixies

We're Off

And s'morning I had to nip to the Drs to pick up a 'script, then we came back and packed all away etc now we are about to head off to SoS

See y'awl  in a bit....

Remainder Of Day

And me & Timmy started piling stuff that I am gonna need to take away tomorrow on the settee and writing a list of the rest of it. So tomorrow AM will be spent packing it all away etc, then heading off

Many Staff

And there are 5 MOS here and Denyse The Boss here ATM for a team meeting

And they are still sat in the kitchen, muttering, giggling.......

And they were pretty positive about me when they left......

Fredumpkins

And we picked her up and she was nice, a civilised grownup who it was nice to spend a couple of hours with

And she did mention how much less objectionable I am nowadays as opposed to shortly after my accident.....

Aqua

Then later today "we" had an acqa aerobics class. Again it is incredible how much my balance has got better etc

The instructor woman was getting us to do sum exercises on the wall, I explained that my right toes were complaining and I was rather impressed how much she listened and said "Class do this, Neil do this instead" for much of the rest of the class

 So there is only "Pick up Freya" to do

Dentist

And I went to the scary dentist s'morning, seeing both the hygienist and the dentist, but they both seemed pleased with my oral hygiene, no fillings or owt needed.

Then I came back, had a quick lunch then off to pool for an aqua aerobics session

Then over to Freya's to pick her up for a visit

Pictures

So David sent over Nora's pictures from the weekend, which was nice.

But as he was involved in Onedrive he found another load of his old photo's which he sent me too. They were from when he had to come over to Lon Ty Cwm just before I moved there and fit it out with furniture etc for me to move there from a care home. It is a bit tearful looking at the photos but also proof of how well I am doing. That was a big step for me, but I moved well beyond that a couple of years ago. The past

Not Yet

So Alex hasn't started the greenhouse yet because he "had" to take me to the gym where I did various machines. On the bike machine (20 min exercise) I only stopped once, to blow my nose, I think if my nose hadn't run I would have been able to do it all and in the past I had to stop every three and a half minutes, or so

Well afterwards he got stuck in, putting the frame together and has stopped now while I have my bath etc then he is fairly confident that it will go back together and be unknockable over this time

REgreenhouse-ing

So tomorrow Alex the handy chap is back here so he will put back together the greenhouse and protect it with extra tape etc so hopefully this time we can plant, grow and actually get some veg in the end

Armpits

And my armpits seem so much better. The left is almost completely better and the right is perhaps 90% better, so hopefully in a couple of days they will both be mended

Walkies, more

Today I made lunch etc, sat down to eat it, then thought "Aargh, no salad creme", stood up, walked to the fridge with no walking stick, got it out and walked back

Cash4Tiles

And Timmy said "Cheque your bank account" s'morning as Anthony has paid into petty cash the cash for the floor tiles for the kitchen/dining area. We are not gonna buy then 'til after Thursday when Denyse is here for the team meeting and can check it all out etc. So at a guess Thursday afternoon "we" will be back at the tile shop buying....

Hooray

So today I think I will be seen as healthy enough to nip into the swimming pool for a couple of lengths etc.

Hooray

In order to lessen chances of infection etc I have got a new Woggle

And we did it, did various exercises (which I am much better at already) and 6 lengths. And I had been thinking that Timmy better clean the Woggle in the shower in the staff room but it occurred to my while we were under the showers at t'pool to just get it under there and wash it with Neil's decongestant soap stuff

And the Woggle name stayed on, I don't need to find a better pen and renew it

Blew Down

And Alex said to me today "Your greenhouse has blown over", went to put it in the garage for now. Came back saying not damaged etc, will put it back up next week when the wind is down and try to reinforce it with loadsa tape etc

Visitors

And D&N came over before lunchtime, talked for a bit the went off to have lunch, leaving me to eat here then nap/bath, then they will come back in a bit.

So they came over and had a brew here then we headed off to their hotel where we had a very nice meal. They are off early in't morning so we won't see them again. Until we meet up in Belfast in about 6 weeks

Walking

And now I can walk a short distance without my stick. It is slower and I have got to concentrate harder but it works, I can do it

A couple of years ago that would just have been an "impossible" but progress is being made

OK, progress. A few months ago I couldn't take my right arm out of the sleeve of my jacket, I had to take out left then reach across with my left arm to do it... A few weeks ago I eventually could pake out my right arm/sleeve if I had already taken my left out, yesterday, for the first time in fscking years, I can take my right arm out first. And I could still do it s'morning, it wasn't good luck, it was a skill that I have relearned

It might seem like a small thing but a combination of all the small things that are becoming possible makes my life so much better/easier

Big Bruv

And today, later on, my brother and his (beautiful) wife are coming over from Belfast to visit me for today and my birthday (tomorrow) then they are flying out so early on Monday morning that they won't see me after Sunday night

And I have just spoken to Nora, they are just in Carmarthen. So I will give them time to unpack in the hotel etc, have my bath & nap then see them in an hour or so

Then we did meet them later, picked 'em up and tonight we tried somewhere new, the Railway Inn in Nant Garedig and wow wasn't it delicious. We will be back

Yum?

Let's hope tonight's regular Friday dinner is as nice as it has been recently

And it was. Yum yum yum

NO Neil

And today's practice is "No Neil, you can't be untoward to Sam" as I am going to her gym class today for my one trip a week

And 'tis done now. Again I am astonished every week at how much fitter etc I am becoming, I must have been a fat sitting still all day kind of guy in the past

Testing

And just out of force of habit I tried a broadband speed test tonight and it isn't bad, not too slow downloading

Labels

And I went out by myself after dinner, walked to the greenhouse, watered it and stuck the labels that I made yesterday for the pots on. The tomatoes aren't coming up yet but everything else is growing along nicely

A Busy Day part 27

Well, so we headed into ToppsTiles and looked around. After 5 minutes the tiler chap arrived and we conversed etc for 10 mins. Then I bought 2 tiles to bring back here and compare colour against my kitchen.

So Timmy and he conversed, he got us a quote in writing, Timmy emailed Anthony's assistant and asked for the cash, soon hopefully it will be paid into my account, then we go and buy the tiles and bring them back. Then eventually the Tiler Chap will come and do them. So hopefully the whole kitchen/dining area will be tiled with do not slip on these tiles

Busy

So s'morning I asked GGTGG to put my FES on b4 Timmy arrived as as soon as they had finished talking we shot off to the gym where I did 10 mins on one machine, quarter of an hour on the next then 5 minutes on my least favourite. But I did it.

Then we nipped to Morrison's where I did the rest of my shopping.

Then we came back here, had late lunch then got in the bath and bed

Later on we are nipping out to meet the tiler chap who is doing the kitchen floor and chose some tiles etc 

Armpits

Well my armpits have chosen today to make themselves a lot better. I *may* be swimming again by next week.....

More Gym

And because I am banned from swimming ATM ("Oh woe" he screamed, weeping bitter tears) I went to gym today and got stuck into cycling

Mention For My Daughter In Political Bumph

Lordy, OK, it's not at the top of page 1 but Freya does get mentioned

Salad Pack

And I am still happy about eating the salad pack I got off the new Organic Supplier 5 days ago, it seems much fresher than the stuff for sale in the SuperDooperMarket

Gymming

So me and Alex headed to the gym s'morning and as I will be there more this week we got stuck into arm and upper body lifting/exercises. And again just guid lairdy, I am still weak by most people's standards but so much stronger than.... last week. Progress=being made

No Swimming

So today we had a conference (Me & Timmy) and decided that I shouldn't go swimming until my armpit rash is a bit better. So we went to gym today, I did 10 minutes on a rowing machine, 10 mins on a treadmill, on an upward incline, then 5 minutes on a new, to me, machine a Cross Trainer which is kind of like a walking machine but each foot goes backwards and forwards in a kind of sideways motion. I finished my time etc but wasn't happy, it felt as if my leg was trying to turn my foot sideways without the leg, IFSWIM

On Foot

And I stood up in the kitchen for an hour and a half to two hours when I was cooking tonight

Old Style Exploring

So we went out s'morning and drove past the first house we lived in in Wales just 'cos I am a bit sentimental.

But I am getting better at saying "Turn up this obscure track" to find them than I was last year.

Afterwards we pooped to Gelli Aur park, where I did my post A level education but it is still half closed up.

Apparently that is to redo it so wait and see...

Better?

And when he was putting the cream on my armpits tonight it felt as if it is recovering big style. Not hurting etc

Nipped Out

Then s'afternoon we (me and GGtGG) nipped out to get some bits from B&Q* to enable him to fix the trug cover. It broke yesterday, Alex thought we were gonna have to buy a new one but today.......

* and to get some cheese nibbles from Morrisons which I forgot this week, despite them being on my shopping list

Wonky Camera

And I had to take any number of photo's of the walls etc to see that the camera wasn't making a hazy bit, like it had been doing earlier but I think these were caused by strange light rather than "summat wrong" with my camera

Walkies

So today I am practicing walking in't house without holding on, just walking a bit. Lordy but it is getting easier and easier all the time

But if it is still getting easier and easier it must have been so difficult at the start of the process

Gardening

Then l8r s'afternoon me and Alex popped out to check on our veg in the greenhouse. Just WOW etc, it has started

But when we were out we noticed that the cover of the trug had been blown off and it died rather. So GGtGG can get stuck into making summat tomorrow or we have to find one to buy

Thrown

It has thrown me this going to the docs before gym thingy. It doesn't "feel" like a Friday. Although I couldn't tell u what the difference is.....

Docs/Gym

Right, he looked at my 'pits, asked me a few questions and didn't seem worried, he just gave me a different cream to apply daily

Then, after picking up my 'script we headed to gym, where I got in there about 7 minutes after the class had started. Lots of people cheered and said "He has made it". It went well anyway, a hectic morning

But I can't help noticing. EG in the standy up and  balance exercise I was able to balance for a bit on my right foot. Summat I couldn't do for about 15 years. Yes, it pisses me off big style all this exercise malarkey but it is doing me so much good, in subtle ways, but by fark am I getting better

To The Docs

And me and Alex have to head over to the Doctors to see about my rashy armpits which looked as if they were healing then came up all red spotty yesterday

My appt is half an hour before gym class, wonder how long I can string it out?

Off Out in a few

And we are heading out to Caffi Iechyd Da for a come all ye Folk Night so relatively excited

And it was rather impressive, loadsa players etc, a good night

Gym

Then we headed to gym and I did so minutes on a walking machine, at 2km/h and 2 degrees uphill.

Then after we went there we headed to Morrisons where I bought the rest of my weeks shopping, then back home for a late lunch as Timmy was panicking about having too much on my diary for tonight, back to Iechyd Da for a folk night

...Pudding And Pie*

So today I have gotta go to Iechyd Da and pick up my first organic box from C&M Organics, they deliver it there then I pay them

*Orgy Porgy Pudding And Pie, can't remember where that came from but...... Aarg, recalling

Lordy, we were on the way there when I panicked, said "No, not Iechyd Da they must mean Waverley Stores" So we turned back, went to the other health food shop and asked for my delivery they said "What?". So we bought sum muesli there and tried Iechy Da again, yes, my veg box was waiting

Summer?

And I had to half close the curtain s'morning as it was shining sunlight into my eye when I was sat in the living room....

FESless

Then we headed into town, parked up, and I set off without my 'chair and without my FES on and we went for a walk that felt longer than it actually was

Slightly Better?

And I noticed today that when I had to take my shirt off to have some cream on that this used to really piss me off when I was wearing a shirt with buttons, it was too difficult and used to really p*ss me off, but nowadays as a) my hands have got stronger, more directable, b) my buttoning technique has improved, it doesn't p*ss me off so much nowadays, I just do it

Proper

And we need to just go to the pool today and do my normal exercises as Aqua Aerobics is off for a fortnight over the school holidays

Hooray

</sarcasm>

Rest Of The Day

And because Alex was so efficient s'morning we have nowt on for the rest of the day

No, we nipped out and I walked into my Docs alone as we left Alex ready to move the car if he had to to avoid paying for 2 hrs parking when we were only there for 3 minutes and I dropped off my piss sample

Sneaked To...

Then on the way home from the Docs we nipped into gym and I did my lifting exercises. Again it gob smacks me how much more capable I am now rather than a few weeks ago

To The Docs

And we are off to the Doctor's s'morning to have his opinion on how my diabetes is coming on. I am drinking a lot less than the last time I saw him so.........

Well when we got there she hadn't got my results (as they are having a major IT crisis) but she phoned the hospital and I could tell from her half of the conversation that it was good news. When she hung up she was really positive to me and said my blood sugar and cholesterol were as good as new.

Curry

And we had curry for dinner, that has been waiting in a saucepan since last nights dinner and it was equally delicious

ABBR

And I discovered how to hide things as abbreviations  in HTML s'afternoon so I was able to go back to a post of mine with an underscore and replace that with an abbreviation

Technicality

No Neil, spelling mistake then. Eating apple it is "bite", technologically it is "byte"

Yum yum

So as we are going to the 'wimming pool at about lunchtime I thought "Ah, snack" about 11AM s'morning. So I headed to the kitchen thinking of lovely treats etc that I could have but then I thought "No Neil, diet" and ate a fscking apple.

Which was OK but it gives me so much pleasure nowadays because I wasn't capable of eating an apple unless I took a knife to it and chopped it up for so long. Not nowadays, just big bite, big bite, big bite

And we went swimming s'morning. It was a "see how busy it is, we may have to go to gym" but no, it wasn't too busy. We did our exercises and at the end I did 6 lengths on the trot!!

It is getting easier as my right leg and my right arm become more obedient etc 

No Neil, leave it

So I was curious and I typed the 'after the @ bit' of someone's email adddress into a search engine and found the site. So looking around the site I thought "Looks like fun" then read that one of the instructors has been riding since she was 13 so obviously you don't need a driving licence for off roading so I thought "Perhaps I should get in touch and ask......." then I thought "NO". Motorbikes and me where friends in the past, just not again. There's too much happening in every respect..... just not any more for me

(Text in colour leave your mouse there for a min to see my ABBR)

Tunes From My Memory

"Oh, oh, oh"  Alex said today and that reminded me of a song, I sang about 3 lines of lyrics (Totus Florio etc) before saying "WTF, where is that from?"

Drat

Bother, it is closed today not tomorrow so I will have to carry on with my diary. Fscking swimming.....

The Green Party

And someone who is standing for The Green Party for the next Assembly Member elections is coming here for tea tonight.

Freya, my daughter

She was so young when I lived with her as a father, now she is how grown up?

But I was showing Freya my walking without stick and she said "With stick both feet are the same but without it your left foot only comes as far forward as the right foot which then takes over." So I tried a few steps with proper left/right/left movement and wow, yes, it's summat to work on

Bladder

So as my bladder was fscked in the past but is getting better now this occured.....

So yesterday I was cooking 2 dinners. The big pan of curry which was running so late yesterday that I had to make another meal to eat yesterday. So I was chopping and stirring etc, I thought "Gord, I need to go for a wee", then I thought "I will just do this first", then "this too" and "Aarggh, this needs doing" etc etc, so when I eventually went for a pee it was bladder crunchy hold it in, so I got to the loo, sat down, relaxed, and..... and..... nothing would come out. It was about 5 minutes between me actually letting go and my bladder relaxing enuf to actually go. I think it was because it had had to be clenched so tight it just couldn't relax

Busy

So as we were pissing about s'afternon, cutting my hair etc I got about half was thru cooking an enormous pot of curry when I realised that it wasn't gonna be finished for hours so I'd better make summat else to eat tonight too. Aargh, talk about being chaotic. It wasn't too difficult but as physically I wasn't even cooking at all for so long it seemed a bit much, chaotic. But our dinner tonight was nice and there is an enormous pot of curry for tomorrow and the day after etc

Luckily someone else was cleaning up afterwards too

Amateur

And today I had my haircut by an amateur. GGTGG did it for the first time "without Ed coming in tomorrow" to fix any errors and... he didn't do too bad a job

Jealous

And I am so jealous that this happened by accident apparently. I have for so long wanted to alter a loo door to say this with a screwdriver or summat

Posting

Then we had to nip to the post office (in the back of WH Smiths now instead of on King Street where it used to be) in order to post my passport off "special delivery" to someone who needs to check summat and they need the original but they have been warned that Neil needs it to get on a plane next month

Off For A Walk

And me and MightyMark are heading off to Mumbles for a walk (and an ice cream) later. It is well accessible and flat for most of it so I will be walking there

So when we got there I was thinking "Wheelchair just in case?" but I didn't ask for it, just got out of the car, walked for about three quarters of an hour, stopped for a pee and ice cream then walked back. It took ages to get there and back but it was a well good walk

Kindling Again

And I was just sat on the bench outside for half an hour reading on my Kindle. Oooooh, it gives me such pleasure. A lifelong talent that was taken away by my accident but I can read again

And I finished the last Harry Potter book s'morning too....

Hippy Eastragubbins

To one and all...

More Reasons To Shop At.....

Then we went to Morrison's and did my weeks shopping (2 trips worth) and (apart from chocolate) I only had to buy 2 portions of veg that were not organic, everything else was, so hopefully they will learn and increase the organic range

And I am fscking exhausted after big walking, so I will just sit here for half an hour and recover slightly before making dinner

Service

Then earlier when I was in gym I was listening to the radio that was playing everywhere.  Some advert said "Any service, Carmarthen" but I couldn't remember the phone number. As I was going to phone then up and say 'Can you find me a girlfriend, please'

That's My Blood

And I walked into the hospital today and queued for literally 4 minutes before being called in to the blood taker. Who was a plumber in his other life, done much of Llangain and sez its the same, stop pipes leaking in both jobs. So they will test that then post results to my Dr who I will see on Tuesday morning

Half Gym

So I went to gym with Timmy and got stuck into biking. I had gone half target (gone 5km) when I stopped and said to Timmy "Can I stop now", he said "No, because..." and eventually talked me into finishing, I started trying to cycle again and the machine sed "You have been stopped for too long, see you" so I did half of my hour cycling

Can't Watch It

Sorry, I turned on the news and they said "Brussels....... Brussels....... Brussels....... Brussels" and I had to turn it off, it was too upsetting

Wrist

Aha, I have just noticed how straight my wrist looks in this pic. I wasn't concentrating on keeping it straight, it just is!!

Aerobics

And then we nipped to another hour long Aqua Aerobics class. It *is* helping me, for nearly all of it today I was standing up, not holding on, which I wouldn't have managed a fortnight ago, especially the balancing on mu right foot things......

Chopper Chopped

And Linda The Toenail Chopper came and chopped me s'morning. It looks and feels better.

And she got stuck in to that corn on my RHS bigtoe, it looks a lot less

And she commented on how I walk to open the door now. This is old hat to me now but as I only see her once in a while it is still a novelty for her. She remembers me coming to the front door in my wheelchair.....

Ooooh

Posh

Crisis For Alex

So in between building jobs etc today I heard loud crying coming from the office. I enquired and Alex said the printer wasn't handling colour properly. I said "Ink?" he said "No, someone has just changed the cartridge" but they hadn't used the expensive versions that we had to go to Tesco to buy. It wasn't seeing the ink or summat. So he did loads of PC repairing then got a new expensive Tesco's cartridge, fitted that instead and instantly that worked. So as Timmy has the same printer (and possibly brought the cheap replacement) he has a couple of cartridges to take with him and see if they work on his printer. How much should I charge him?

But it's all fixed now, so phew

'Wimming

And we went swimming after gardening and it was as much fun as usual.

But I did it and various exercises

Lordy, unexpectedly busy

So first of all s'morning MagicMark remembered to ask Alex to give him a hand and move my "growing things" container next to the greenhouse, while there were 2 people available to lift it, then I practised walking around while Alex went in the garage and got some stuff. Then we were able to start 3 plants growing in seed pots then we will put the other 2 out in that "growing things container" later after we have taken out the dead plants from last year etc

So my greenhouse has started big style, it was only put up a few days ago....

And later, after swimming, we got stuck in again, emptying out my trug and replanting it with onions and carrots

Fark

Political correctness gone mad? If you are not on the premises we can't help you?

Link from Bruce on Ixion

B*llock Knees

So the other highlight of the day was me making spaghetti boll*ck-knees for dinner. It was rather nice and I stood up the whole time I was in the kitchen

UnSwimming

And MightyMark just came in and said "No Neil, not swimming today, there is some swimming gala on"

So we will head over and do my usual Tuesday exercises today and swim tomorrow.....

The exercises went well, I am getting so much stronger better at..... etc so quickly, I can't believe it

What A Morning

Gosh. So today Alex put up (and attached it to the house on the side) the new greenhouse <pictures to follow> that we bought t'other day. Afterwards we popped out to Wilko's and bought some grow bags, some compost and a few planting trays

LindaMcCartneyRopess

So doing my hamstring exercises every day, I have been doing them for months and my right hamstring is still fscked. OK, I can now move it an inch further back than I used to be able to but it is still  6-8 inches less movement than in the left leg. So is that my situation now, I am mostly better so just struggle on with improving the rest so slowly