Dinner

And what do we have for tea every Friday?

Yum yum it was

And I "did" loadsa washing up while it was cooking but there is still loads for GGtGG to do, loads.

Because it is not a heat frozen food dinner at a guess I should just get used to it

Making Friends

And we are off to't pub tonight to meet up with my beautiful neighbour and her hubby who have lived here about 2 weeks longer than I have. We met them last week and she said "Next Friday" so go about making friends locally etc etc

......jeroo

And we are off in a bit to my one class at t'gym each week. Wish me luck.....

And to some extent it was inspirational. I did say to Sam how much I don't like the class but.... and she said "But you can see how much good it is doing you", how right was she. She did also comment on how my right arm is no longer going into the holding baby position when I am doing some exercises which it used to. She also told me how I inspired one chap to come and keep exercising. He had had a stroke and thought he had got as well as he could so was gonna leave class, one day he saw me walking in and said "He used to be wheelchair bound" and realised that there is hope for us all

Aard......

So we went to Aardvark s'morning, had to pay to park but..... So we went into Aardvark, did my usual shopping and then, when we were ½ way to the till I thought "No, pasta too" so we bought some pasta, some veg and some organic tomato and chilli sauce so next week we have another meal that is properly cooked (OK, not made from scratch but better than the frozen thingies I have been serving). So next week, I cook pizza one night, roast veg another, scrambled eggs another, then the pasta and nonsense a fourth night so a minority of frozen food, only 3 night

Friday Feeling

So shopping in a bit

And practicing typing this on my new phone...

Gymming

So after a brew s'morning we headed over to gym. I did some lifty weights and astonished myself that I can now just do one of the arm exercises, I really used to struggle with my right arm but now it is so much more equal. Then I had about half a session on the bike because I was trying too hard and exhausted myself. On the way home I walked up the stairs in't gym to make up for it. Down in lift, up stairs and back down in lift to head home

More Shopping

So after my nap we went shopping, looking for a bigger washing up bowl, one big enough to actually take a plate flat. We found the tape, measured the sink and the old bowl. First of all we tried Wilko's but they were all as small as my existing bowl. So then we headed to The Range and after some looking found one that was 1cm bigger than the sink. But Alex said "It's tall enough to be out of the sink" and when we bought it and brought it home it is. And the plate fits in it flat

Another Busy Morning

So first of all me and Alex headed out to buy a screen protector for my phone. First of all we went to the recommended shop, they had loads of protectors but not one for the A5. So then we headed market-wards as it was market day and in the end found another shop, she thought she had none but then found one. Because I was being charming she cleaned off my screen and fitted it, which was nice.

Then we nipped to the 'wimming pool and did my usual exercises and lengths. It was too busy to swim breadths so I couldn't try swimming on my front but.......

My New Phone

Does this work then? 😑

Well it does work but you can't see the smiley I put at the end of the line, but it is proving itself capable of everything. Samsung A5 it's called

Lordy. I have stopped playing around with it long enough to go on my PC for a play. I seem able to type pretty well, even tho it doesn't have buttons which I am very glad about

Timmyday

Good lord, so I am having a Timmyday today. So s'morning we went to gym, on 2 machines for half an hour, then we nipped to the O2 shop and hummed and hawed then decided to get a Samsung A5 phone. Then we came home, ate lunch and every minute since before I finished we have been getting stuck into phone. I am still confused etc but Timmy said "Just play with it" so....

T

So then we nipped out to buy more Sweet Potato Oven Chips but first of all we went to Farm Foods, as I was confused, but we got some frozen food and ice cream there then headed to Tesco's where we just bought the chips we wanted

Paint

Then we nipped to B&Q to buy a small tin of (very) expensive "painting metal" paint to do the door numbers and a tin of emulsion to paint around where that goes and over the door etc etc

Physio

Then after lunch Sarah Davies the physio came to see me and did balance tests etc, my berg balance etc

GorgeousGertrude (SexySuzanna?)

So LusciousLinda came and did my feet s'morning. She has been all over since 7 o'clock this morning, I can't imagine having my toenails cut so early but I suppose some people have it dun in't morning before going to work for the day

Bladder

So I went to bed at about 12.summat last night and stayed in bed until 8 am s'morning, no loo visits. I did need a pee when I woke up s'morning, I went to the loo, started, carried on, and carried on...... and carried on some more. It was an enormous pee. But it hadn't leaked out at all last night or owt

More Reasons

And because my timetable for tomorrow is full of Georgeous Gertrude (or Luscious Linda) coming to cut my toennails we headed for Morrisons. And bought bugger all as my salad is ready to harvest here.

But the electricity seems to be properly fixed s'afternoon, it's working

Power Cut(s)

And I got up s'morning, said to GGtGG "What's that beeping noise?" he said "The router?" and then we discovered that the light wouldn't come on to help us look, it wasn't working either, no lights, ah we've had a power cut. He was boiling a kettle on't cooker while I went to the fridge to take out my cereal, when I opened the fridge the light in there was working, power had come back on, everything was working again

Then half way thru my muesli it went off again

And half way thru my coffee it came back on

Roasted Veg

And we had the usual Sat dinner of roasted veg tonight with 2 differences. I put most of the veg on to roast for three quarters of an hour but added 1 red pepper (chopped in 4) and a floret of broccoli 20 mins before I took it out and it was extra delicious

And I did all the chopping for cooking with my right hand

Hot Water

And it occurs to me, in the bath, that any time of day or night I just have to turn the hot tap on and it comes.

Any house that I lived in with my parents or later alone or with a partner, in any/every house you needed to light the fire or turn the immersion on. 

See these modern systems...

In Town

So we nipped to Carmarthen to buy some printer paper for "them", so then I said 'Push me around town' so we explored from one end of town to the other

On the way around town I met one of the wannabe singer/guitarists from..... Folk Club. She stopped to speak to us and did comment that when she first met me, a year or 3 ago that my speech wasn't as clear then, whereas nowadays it is as good as most peoples. Which was good to hear, because the people I speak to most are "my staff" who have practised listening to me so they can't really say if it is clearer or not. So not only was it good to meet someone that beautiful, but she made me feel happier about my speech

Not that I can shut up nowadays, practicing you see...

And while heading around town we called into Nomads shop where I wish my brother hadn't bought me so many clothes (from Belfast), when they wear out I will have to replace them from here. And I knew the woman who was working there which felt a bit strange