Quiet Day

Quiet Day today....

Toaster

Then later we first of all went to That Tesco's Place looking for a toaster that would take the whole bita bread, couldn't find one, they were all boxed and the staff couldn't help, so then we headed down to Curry's, went upstairs in the groovy lift then found the toasters. We bought one that looks an improvement so....

Belated Shopping

So because gym was on holiday today we were able to leave Aardvarking until 3.30ish, much more civilised

Quiet Day

Quiet day today after all the Xmas confusion. My parents txted my to tell me they got home so......

Bye bye

And after all the quiz commotion we all came back here and had a cuppa. Then I said "Farewell" to my visitors, they will be getting off early in the morning so I won't see them.

It wasn't as bad a visit as I expected. Come to think of it when they started social visiting I couldn't even sit up in bed buy now I have just learned to walk with the very clever FES device

Out For Lunch again

We have just been out for another lovely lunch. So we left the pub about 4pm so "they" went off leaving me and GarethTheCleverClogs to come back here. Imminent nap etc then we are going out to the local to do a quiz

And all 6 of us went down to the pub and did the Christmas quiz for the second year running. Last year we came 2nd last, this time we were 3rd from 8. So next year we should win

Dinner

And the Christmas dinner was a bit lovely, even if I did think "WTFs that" upon reading the menu but it was worth it. Now I am napping and Alex is taking Gareth to get the troops and Sam's girlfriend

And I did that walking in thingy again, walked half way across carpark, up the hill into place, then miles to table

And he is now taking them away again, back home, we had a very pleasant Christmas

Xmas

So my parents and bruv's came over and passed pressies etc.

There is now a pile of presents marked Sam, Emme, Toby and Freya.....

Breakfast Watching

I was watching the end of Breakfast while having a late breakfast and they had all celebs wishing us a Happy Christmas. One chap said "Remember if that relative is pissing you off it's only for one day"

Manyana

So tomorrow morning I have to phone them and say "Up" then they are gonna come over and "do" Christmas

On The Way

So they are in Carmarthen already, my Mum, Dad, big bro and little bro. They are waiting for me to phone 'em and say "Napped" then they will come out and see me

I am waiting for Ed to finish in the loo, come out and put my FES on me then I will phone 'em

And we went out and had a lovely, but a bit big, meal. It was more civilised than I thought, quite good

But when we got there, parked half a car park away, I got out of the car, switched my FES on, and walked across the 'park, into the hotel, all the way through to our table. I can walk so much further with FES, I have gotta practice loads because it is excellent

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had Quorn pretend meat pies(1) and posh microwavable mashed potatoes. It contains some carrot mash and another veg but it is good too. But it is me learning to experiment, I haven't had Couscous or Supernoodles since Monday and the dinners have been lovely (and easy too - which matters a lot more to me now)

(1) Which I sort of object to pretend meat things, us veggies should like vegetables but they are actually quite delicious too

FESing

When we were in town we were a bit distracted by weather etc but before we went I was walking about the house with my FES on, and just how pleased am I. It works incredibly on my wonky ankle to the extent someone told me off for running before I could walk as I was holding my walking stick up off the ground, not using it at all

Ooh Hello

And when we were looking about town for the pirate, in the rain, someone said "Hello" and it was Sam and Emma. I couldn't be sociable as I was cold and wet but it was good to see them anyway

Shopping before Xmas

So in today's list of things to do is a trip out to the mobility shop in Carmarthen to buy a new cover for my bath lift device.

When we are there shopping I may as well go shopping for a new pirate for my model ship that we glued t'other day 

Yes, so first thing s'morning we went into the mobility shop and had to order a new part. She hopes it will be delivered about a week after Christmas then they will phone me and I can collect it. Luckily Paul refitted the old one s'morning.

Next we went and bought some sugar for my visitors to have in a coffee

Then we went pirate shopping, we found one in the third shop we looked in but now it looks better again

Brian

And Julia's Dad came to see me today, which was nice. I must have made some impression on him the years me and his daughter went out

Gordon B

Oh, watching telly over breakfast and it reminded me summat that I had forgotten, Gordon Brown became PM after Blair

Using My Right Hand

And using my right hand to move breakfast from trolley to table is still harder than using my left hand but it is 10 times easier than it used to be

Bonus

And for some reason Panasonic sent me a £30 cheque today, which was nice

Caps Lock

And I have just noticed that if the Caps Lock on my PC is switched on there is a little light at the corner of the button so you can know it's on when looking at the keyboard