So I am going out shopping in a bit with David to buy myself a jacket to wear Mummy's funeral when it comes
Saturday, 13 May 2017
Béal Fhirste
So me and David (without any of my staff) went to hospital to see Mum and then we had a drive about the bits of Belfast we used to live in. We came up to the house where Nora said 'Lunch?' so I am gonna have lunch with them and my Dad without my staff
Friday, 12 May 2017
Thursday, 11 May 2017
First Things First
Then s'morning we popped into Caffi Iechyd Da to pick up the smaller than usual organic delivery as today is the only day of the week that they come down this way and we also popped into Morrison's to but some staff shopping so I got myself another wash towels and bedding washing powder but I will leave the rest 'til Monday.
AND I remembered to buy our Na'an bread so we had pizza and chips for dinner 😊
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Dinner
And for dinner tonight I thought I would try one of the packets of "Don't simply heat this up" food and it was rather nice, although I forgot to take a picture of the finished article
Pool
So we had an early lunch after I got changed early and put my trunks on under my trousers so I can get changed quickly at the pool. Then we get in the pool and do various exercises which I am not in the mood for
Well I did it. It was OK. The usual teacher was off today so we had novelty exercises which made it a bit more interesting
To The Docs
So we had to head in to the Drs at the end of the King Street car park to pick up my 'script for Asthma medicine and cleaning scrub stuff. It was fine, we parked outside, GGtGG popped across and paid 50p to park, we walked in to the docs, back out via the chemist on the side and back to the car and home for an early lunch
Monday, 8 May 2017
Clever Clogs
And GGtGG impressed me with his turn of wit today. I thought that I don't wanna pirate eye patch for, for example, for my Mum's funeral. I looked in all the drawers in the living room, the kitchen and my bedroom as I am sure I did own some, somewhere. Then I asked GGtGG so he looked in all those places. Twice. To no avail, so I thought "OK, trip to Tesco's then".
Then a bit later he said "Turn it over, put the pirate patch against your face" which I tried and thought "Gord, and I have a load a pirate patches, will take a new one when we need to...." and stopped trying to head out(A pic with the outside patch to compare)
Headwaying
Then s'afternoon we popped down to Headway in Swansea which I so wasn't in the mood for. It was only the thought that he would turn aside and head to gym if I said "Don't wanna go today" that got me there at all but soon after we left again and came back home.
My family news was eating my head, that's enough for one day
Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t
And Timmy told me this morning that my Mum is very poorly and we(1) are gonna have to go over this weekend and see her in hospital 'cos thats where she is ATM
Just hoo-flipping-ray. We can't get a refund on the booking we booked for June but as we need to go now someone has put funds into petty cash so we have some cash to spend(1) Me and Timmy and GGtGG will go
Right we have already booked flights, someone else needs to book the car (as they are driving) and I will pay them
Nearly Finished
And there is only a small segment of fence that needs painting now. MM has worked well
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Single Plant
And I went out to water the growing veg tonight and the carrots and lettuce are still coming on but there is one parsley plant growing tonight
Dinner
So I was looking thru my pocket today and I found a 'Eat at pizza express for half price' token which is best before today. So we are popping there tonight
Golly, it didn't take long. We just had a pizza and a glass of wine and we were coming home in just over an hour. But it was lovely
More Painting
Then as we bought more paint MM is going to get stuck in to painting the fence again. I am keeping out of his way today......
B&Q
So we nipped to B&Q last night to pick up some more paint for the fence and I carried one of the 5kg paint pots back to the car, walking and carrying summat in my right hand as my left was walking sticking. All the way and I didn't drop it or owt
Saturday, 6 May 2017
Changed
And on Saturday I got changed into sum old clothes (Well, as old as I have now) and got stuck into painting the back fence.
In the area where I had to lay some floor tiles as I used to have some trouble walking there.....
Friday, 5 May 2017
Off Out Now
And we are off to see this artist tonight
And we got here, walked in, someone said 'There are loadsa stairs, lift here' but I just went for it, walked up one floor realised we had to go up another and just did itGosh, well the support act were well impressive
And she was even more impressive
SALT
So the speech and language therapist is coming in today to have a meeting with me and my staff (team handed, they are all coming in s'morning).
What we are talking about I have no idea.....And yes, she came but just to see them, without me, talking about various kinds of Brain Injury....
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Stickless
And tonight at bedtime I stood up and held my walking stick horizontally off the ground and walked out of the kitchen washed my teeth etc then walked to bed without using my walking stick.
And yes I was being careful to tread with both feet etc. I just walked like a proper grownup
Defrag
So I had to defrag the PC in my bedroom to make Google Chrome (the browser) work. It wouldn't work last night and as I have music url's etc it was a bit tricky
Timmy Dinner
And usually Timmy is working on a Thursday, but not this week. As he won't eat any of my cooking we were able to have the usual "Friday night dinner" of na'an bread pizza and chips tonight
Predictive
And I had to ask MM that on my old phone it was predictive txting, eg making "i" into "I" and correcting misspellings when I typed but my new phone isn't and I have no idea how to switch it back on. He looked for 5 mins then said "Do this..... and this..... then this" and I am a bit happier typing messages now
[sigh]
So MM said to me today "Right, gym" and we set off. He said "So mega cycle today", I said "No, surely....." and he replied "Ah, you were with Sara on Tuesday so it's a YES" so I got stuck in. I did the first 7km in about half an hour but was so rough then I had to stop for ages, so the last 3km took about 15 minutes. But I did it.
I was thinking "Right, I am so rough after that 7km that I will stop when it says 8" but I didn't ask (nor on 9km) I just struggled on and did it
First Things First
So first off we headed to King St, had to park in one of the further away spaces but that is no longer an issue for me so we walked along and down to Caffi Iechyd Da to fetch the organic delivery, loaded it into the boot and headed off to Morrison's for the rest of my shopping. We took it home and waited while I put it away and paid the organic order via my PC then we headed off to.......
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
First Things First
Then me and GGtGG headed into town and went to Cantre Mobility to check out 'sticks. They didn't have any suitable ones in stock but he did order a couple of probably suitable ones which I can look at on Friday week, when they arrive. BUT he wasn't going "Ordered for you" so if I do like them I will buy them, if I don't I won't
THEN we popped into the Lyric Theatre and bought 2 tickets for comedy this month and next month and a ticket for the entertainer who is playing in Ammanford this Friday
Drowning
And after an early lunch we are off to the drowning pool for an Aqua Aerobics session.
It fills me with such joy.......Well I have dun it. It went well. And I did notice that all but one of the 'standing on your right foot' exercises I managed, stand on your right foot and move your left leg thus ...
But possibly before that we are heading to Cantre Mobility in Carmarthen to see if they can sell me another walky stick device as mine is looking a bit tired now.......
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Afterwards
And after my physio walking trip I feel exhausted/as rough as a....... Hopefully I will feel better after a nights sleep. goodnight
<waves>
Physio-ing
So s'afternoon we have to pop to Pil to see Sara the Physio.
And I do need to ask her where to buy more groovy coloured walking sticks as mine is starting to wear and the NHS grey ones look a bit too sad for someone in my positionAnd she did say re walking stick that she can't get one for me and this buying online is a nightmare but check out the mobility shop in Carmarthen so I will
Well knackered. She (as well as looking wonderful) got me on the treadmill thingy. I walked for .91 of a km in half an hour (which is still well slow but almost twice as quick as last time she measured me. Then I did some walking sideways and walking backwards, some directions were much harder but I managed all directions without holding on too. Then we did a walking uphill exercise where I was walking at 11% up and I managed 15 minutes of that. For some of it I was walking faster and more uphill. So I think next time I will practice walking downhill too, but that is harder
And my phone recognised where we were passing then where we were
Monday, 1 May 2017
Drizzling
And we are supposed to head into Carmarthen to see a gig in the park s'afternoon but it is kind of drizzling on and off so far.....
Well we went there and it held off the rain for the 3 hours until we came home, by the time I had my bath and got into bed it was very noisily raining
Sunday, 30 April 2017
WTF?
So what's going on these days?
A program on my PC tells me how far away the delivery is, it started off about 4 hours and now........ just lordy
Saturday, 29 April 2017
Obsession
I am not obsessed. Even watching "sport" on my proper telly, not my Ipad device that I usually watch
(More in focus pic now)
Friday, 28 April 2017
Dinner
And we had "the usual" na'an bread pizza and chips for dinner and it was as lovely as a lovely thing, as usual.
Before I did the washing up I went out to a) my trug to water it and b) the greenhouse to water the beetroot and chilli peppers which are there and c) the washing line to bring back in the stuff that I only put there a couple of hours ago to put it on the airer to dry indoors nowBut it's just no longer an issue walking across the small stones to the greenhouse, it is just easy nowadays. A repeat
Off Strokewards
And in a bit we are off to my only gym class of the week.
The one I am in now is called a "Stroke" class for those of us recovering......
Well I did it. It was as exhausting as a very exhausting thing but I did it all. And at the end I took my walking stick held sideways off the ground in my right hand and walked out of the classroom, across the other room, down stairs, across the hall, out of the door and the 50 steps to the car without using my walking stick. I think I will start using it again now as I am so tired etc but just wow too
Thursday, 27 April 2017
New Talent
Then tonight at Caffi Iechyd Da I poured a bottle of beer with my right hand.
The first time I have poured owt with my right hand in nearly 15 years
Busy Thursday
So first of all me & Timmy headed down King St and actually got into the parking space nearest to the lane leading to Iechyd Da where we got my veg and said "See you tonight" as we are heading to the monthly folk night there tonight.
Then we headed round Morrisons where as usual I bought most of the rest of my weeks food.Then just about at lunchtime we headed gymwards where I did 5 minutes on the walking upstairs machine (11 flights apparently) and got on the rowing machine and did 1500m quicker than last time etc
Frosty
Well I think it was frosty, this was the temperature about 10 to 8 s'morning. Apparently it won't be frosty tonight so I have brought my pink heart plant out
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
My Bum Is Not Numb
So a day after taking the only cushion that was on a dining room seat off the seat I can say it's been fine, no problem, my bum isn't numb or crying or owt. So again some part of my life is getting better.
It had the only cushion because I had to get one a while back but again summat is better
Right
Right. So me and GarethTheGardener looked at the seeds etc this afternoon, discussed stuff and popped to B&Q to buy MORE compost. Then we opened the cover on the Trug Type Device, watered it loads then planted lettuce, carrots and parsley, watered it again etc then got some new pots together, filled them with a mix of soil and compost and read the packets and put them away until tomorrow morning when we will plant a tub full of beetroot and another tub full of chilli peppers, their home will be in the greenhouse next to the Trug. So loads of watering chores which I can just about manage so feel obliged to do it myself.
BUT it is really strange walking round to my Trug and the greenhouse. Last autumn I was really struggling with the small stones underfoot whereas today I can just walk on them, no problem. So my balance and footwork have both improved loads and loads in the intervening months
Drying Weather
So I got changed about 9AM s'morning as we are going swimming. I washed and hung it out. It was dry before lunchtime!!
Aerobics
And after having a fortnight off for the school holidays we are back in Aqua Aerobics after an early lunch today.
Ho hum, tra la la la.....
And wasn't it fun. Although this week I discovered that I can now stand on my right leg and lift my left to do exercises which I couldn't manage last week
Frosty Morning
So "they" said "Don't plant out your pink heart plants until the frost has gone" and there was frost s'morning so luckily it was in the greenhouse
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Faster Then Ever
<sigh> So we headed to gym s'morning and I got stuck into the exercise bike machine. The first km took ages but after that I got it together and did the whole 10km in I think the quickest time I have ever managed. </s>
So yes, I am sweaty, smelly and exhausted now but it is done
Thinner?
So s'morning I had to do up one of the extra "tighten up" buttons on the top of my trousers, the ones that I have never had to do up before, but now the trousers aren't falling down when I am standing/walking
Streaming
So when I went to bed last night instead of sticking on sum music I searched the Interweb for "streaming folk music" and the very first result that came up I clicked listen and fell asleep a while later b4 the auto shut down shut down the PC.
I am a bit of a fan, I will have to explore further.....
Monday, 24 April 2017
Monday
So Monday again...... so today first of all we need to pop to Savers on Merlin's Walk to fetch some litre sized mouthwash and loo cleaner then after an early lunch we are off to Headway in Swansea for a.... meeting
Well we did the first part fine, needed to park in a paying loads space as all the free spaces were full but we did it, in plenty of time etc. Now it's an early lunch then take ourselves off....CRISIS
Then we travelled miles to the Headway Swansea meeting which actually wasn't so mind bogglingly bad. So we played a game with the japanese woman who I have played with before and she is obsessively good at it and there was a new chap who was iller than me and his carer playing
So when I was running my bath I opened the window, turned my back and "Splash". I turned round to see what caused it and the old loo cleaning stuff, that I had just set a new version next to, had blown off the window sill into the loo. No harm done, we needed to throw the box away but the contents are still in the container
Sunday, 23 April 2017
New Flowers
So after I was in my neighbours back garden admiring her gardening she knocked at the door yesterday and handed me a new flower that she had bought for me as I was so praising it in her garden yesterday. The pink heart shaped flowers which I have gotta keep in the greenhouse until frost has gone then we will plant it out in the new big pot, which we bought yesterday afternoon, and put it by my bench by the front door
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Kwikfitting?
So RoyGBiv said "Wanna do owt today?", I said "Erm...." so then he suggested that we were warned a while ago that one of the tyres on the car is almost treadless so needs changing soon. Like today?
Walkies
And it is making my head wanna cry just simply because I am so much better at walking nowadays after being in a wheelchair for so long.
But I can't do it outside as walk on flat pavement for 2 miles then suddenly there is an uneven up and down nearly broken bit which I need my stick for
Friday, 21 April 2017
Haven't Seen Her For Ages
So s'afternoon I am heading to a class with that Sam. Who was off for easter last week, so if feels like ages since I have seen her
Well, that went. I am still getting better and better every week.
That's Where My Bookmarks Are
And I was marginally disgruntled with the interweb on my new phone as all the bookmarks had disappeared. I said "Timmy...." and he said "You used a different browser..." which I loaded and lo and behold all my bookmarks were back
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Clanking Bell
Then at dinner time me and Timmy got together over my PC and booked 3 flights to Belfast in June. No, I can't do summat that exciting, just no.
But we did
But we did
So.....
So first of all me and Timmy headed into Caffi Iechyd Da to pick up my veg. First time down King St there was no parking place so we headed around the block and this time we found one of the furthest away spaces. That is no longer an issue tho, I can and do just walk and walk nowadays
That done we headed to Morrison's and got the rest of the weeks shopping, and 6 tubs of hot&spicy pickled onions as they were still on offer
After we brought that back here and put it away etc we headed to gym. Today Timmy suggested a 20 minute cycle where every 5 minutes I was going flat out to get my heart beating
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Mega Stickless
So I popped out with the small green bin to put it out tonight. I just carried my walking stick held sideways, not touching the ground. I reached outside the garden, put the bin down and walked back uphill with still no stick. It probably wasn't the longest walk without my stick but it was the first time I have even stepped one step outside unaided for some years
Strange Days Indeed
So first of all we popped into town to the mobile phone shop, showed them my 2 phones and said "Help". So he connected them together and said "Right, that's gonna take about an hour, go for a brew" so instead we set off for an enormous walk around town. Then we headed back to the shop and he handed over my new mobile phone. Aargh, what a difference and I am struggling to get it set up again, but it's nearly half done by now. So every minute since then has been spent setting up my phone
And then it wouldn't connect to Wifi, the internet. So MM had to phone about 3 folk and eventually one of them said "Oh yes....." and sorted it out. But then the staff laptop wouldn't connect, my iPad wouldn't connect etc but since then MM has seemed fairly competent making stuff work again
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Early Lunch
Then we had an early lunch as we are off to Pil to see Sara in a bit while she does stuff to improve me in so many ways.
I don't think she is trying to fix my lust but I just glance at her and it feels better already
Well wasn't that hard work. So I walked on the treadometer machine for 1 mile (or was it a km?), mostly forwards, some sideways and a bigger amount backwards. I can just do it all now. And for about a quarter of the distance she had me me walking uphill, up to 11% at the end which made her make strange noises, last time we tried it I simply couldn't walk uphill at all whereas today I was managing a steep hillside. Knackering but I did it
PO
So first thing we headed to the PO sorting center to pick up a parcel that they hadn't delivered t'other day as I was out and it required a signature. So it was my new mobile phone which neither I nor Roy can work so it is in the pile until MM comes in tomorrow, he is a P/T phone fixer so he will know what to do
It's Working Again
And phew, s'morning I had breakfast, a pooh then sat down at my PC. And there are some emails from Ixion again, it hasn't sent/recieved (as in worked) since 9pm on Friday and it became obvious to me how much it means to me, I was sitting, looking at my monitor, bored all weekend. What else should one do with their time?
Monday, 17 April 2017
Walkies
So as there is no exercise to be had today we headed into town and went for a walk. We parked half way along King St, walked to the end, downhill by the old courthouse, turned at the end and came back uphill by Cafe Iechyd Da to King St again. It was an up&downhill walk which was just so much easier today than it was even last week
AND when we were getting out of the car to start the walk I noticed my FES device saying "Short of battery" but we just carried on, thinking we would finish the walk before it ran out. But about a third of the way through the walk it stopped working but this wasn't an issue as I am so much better at keeping my right foot level these days
Solid
And much to my relief I woke up s'morning, had my brekky and then went for my morning pooh.
Much relief that it is solid again, much relief
Sunday, 16 April 2017
Walking
So, as I said a while ago, while I struggle with being barefoot ATM, today when I wanted to just wear my pants to the washing machine, I put on my sandals with no socks or shit like that and I found it much easier. So obviously the issue wasn't walking with no socks/sockings on but actually bare foot on the floor that I had the issue with
Sh*ts Gone Away
So after my disease yesterday I got up about half past five and went to the loo, just had a pee, went to the loo again when I got up about half past eight and again just did a pee. No diarrhoea
And no, I had to squeeze out a proper thick p*oh s'morning, back to normal
Saturday, 15 April 2017
Knickers
So tonight about 6 pm as arranged with us to be timed just as we were finishing dinner Aerwen from across the road knocked on the door and gave me 2 Knickerbocker Glories which she had just made. Just WOW etc, weren't they delicious. Lots of different kinds of fruit in there amongst the jelly, ice cream and a flake on top.
I think next time she see's me and says "How are you?" that I will reply "All the better for seeing you" more sincerely
Mended It
So yesterday the mended bit on the oven door came off. Me and MM thought "Oh dear" and bought some more glue, it will be delivered in a few days. Today GGtGG said to me "I am sure you bought a replacement", I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. He came back and went and looked in the cupboard with the tool box in it and found the replacement. We had to unscrew the holding bit then replace it. Simple and fixed for good now
Gardening
And me and GGtGG are busy today. We will pass the tip and tip my old washing line, stop and fetch 4 bags of composted rubbish, one bag of proper soil then start thinking about filling the Trug back up.
Then we need to dig some holes and plant the plants Mum bought for me and plant the "for bees" flowers in the gap we have left for them
Then we needed to go back and buy more soil, I sold 2 bags of compost to GGtGG, we had the amounts all wrong
Friday, 14 April 2017
Cooking
And today I cooked the veg that has been roasted for some weeks into a pan with tomato&herbs, a bo*loc* knees effectively. I was stirring it when MM said "Oh, I like that with baked potatoes" which was news with me, I was thinking of boiling some pasta but we have extra roastable spuds as my folks were here so we ate out loads last weekend, so yep, I switched the oven on.....
(Sigh)
So I said to MagicMark that it is a bank holiday today so no-one is doing owt but he said "No Neil, to the gym" so we headed over did some machines then 10 minutes on the bike (not 10km like I do some days when I am not doing other exercises) and finished all my other stretches and exercises
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Strange Conversation
And we were nearly home in the car earlier when someone phoned me. It was a rep from O2 and she talked on. We arrived home and she talked while I sat in the car listening. Eventually I agreed to buy a new phone and it is actually slightly cheaper then the one I already have. Then I could get out of the car and let us in
So just waiting, it should appear in a couple of days, I will transfer my SIM across and it will just work. Apparently
Friday Night Treat on a Thursday
So we had Friday Night Treat for tea tonight, I bought the ingredients today as usual but it is usually Timmy working on a Thursday and he won't eat any of my food. But Roy has taken the shift so we had early Friday Night Treat
Back To Normal Day
So I am back to my normal routine today. Iechyd Da to pick up veg, then Morrison's then gym. Then lunch and relax
No, I can't relax, we need to nip out and buy some staff bogroll as Roy just announced. "Why couldn't we do this when we were out earlier?" I said. Oh no, because he couldn't suggest anything on top of what we were already doing. Neil is not very pleased at this
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
B&Qing
Then later we popped to B&Q to fetch some paint for the outside fence that Mark can do when he is here for the weekend in a couple of weeks.
We also got some concrete to put around the base of the washing line to make it more upright
Gyming
And as it is Easter holidays we will just go to gym to do various machine exercises today, there is no Aqua Aerobics class this week or next
<Pant pant pant>Well I did it, various lifting up and pulling down machines, a few minutes on the move it with your feet machine then some cycle motion with your hands</P p p>
Clothes Peg Crisis
So after we put the washing line together I thought "Ah, clothes pegs, I am sure I used to have some" and looked all over the kitchen and the utility room. Timmy said "Somewhere in the garage" so I went and looked, couldn't find any, called him, and about 2 minutes later he found them under some foot rest device, obviously.
So we now have a bag of clothes pegs hanging from the washing line, waiting for the first load s'afternoon
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Out With Freya
And then tonight at short notice we are taking Freya out for dinner. I think we shall go to Pizza Express tonight, then come back here for some birthday cake. THEN she is heading back to MCR in a couple of days
No, we didn't come back for birthday cake as we had an pudding after tea
Busy Morning
A very busy morning. First of all me&Timmy headed over to the Chemist by the Drs to get my sockings, the ones we tried to get last week and they said "Come back later". Then we popped to B&Q and bought a spade and shovel for digging the garden with and a new laundry hanger out device and a stand for it. THEN we went to the gym and I did that cycling for 10km exercise. Before lunch Timmy put the washing line together as I am now capable of walking across the stones to reach it. We took apart the old washing line a couple of years ago as I wasn't fit to walk there then
No Neil, DO IT YOURSELF
So I was sat outside and a passer by passed by and his dog had a bit of a dig in the corner of the garden and made a mess. I thought "HELP" but before I shouted I thought "No Neil, try it yourself, it's not that hard". So I set down my Kindle device, walked over, bent down and was able to brush it all off by hand. So actually it was easy
I am so much more capable week after week
Monday, 10 April 2017
Out For Dinner
Then later my folks came over here, dropped the car and we gave them a lift to The Tavern Tanerdy where, as usual, we had a delicious dinner. No pudding was had as we came back here and got stuck into my birthday cake which was as lovely as a lovely thing. We forgot to open the champagne until after they had left but I did enjoy it on their behalf
On The Skive
But I just didn't feel comfortable taking my parents along to a Headway meeting so I just didn't go to this fortnight's meeting
Morning Out With Parents
So we headed into town, parked up in Lammas St then I demonstrated to my folks how much better my walking is these days as first of all we walked to M&S and I had to pop up on the escalator until we found somewhere to change the pressie that Gareth had sent over with them (to the right size) and then we walked to The Calon Cafe to have a sandwich for lunch.
After lunch they said "Tara" and we are picking them up in a bit to take them to The Tafarn Tanerdy to make them buy me dinner, but not pudding as me and my mum have a third of a bottle of champagne in the fridge and we all have a birthday cake sitting out ready to munch on
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