More Cooking

So we had another made from scratch dinner, we had Green Beans with Tomatoes and New Potatoes (without the olives as described in the recipe) which doesn't really tell you how it was made etc but it was nice anyway

But First

But first we all nipped out to Aardvark and Morrison's to get the ingredients for tonight's dinner

Team Handed

So me and GGtGG and Mark have gotta go to the pool s'morning. Mark's advice has already helped so we will see if his teaching ill folk to swim experience helps even more

He just encouraged me, saying "Keep it up, you're doing well" etc, so.....

More Spectating

Then tonight I got to watch/help Alex make a delicious casserole

The video didn't work so we have 1, 2 and 3 parts

Gymming

And we headed to the gym s'morning and did various exercises on machines. Today, for the first time, I tried a Cross Trainer (noisy link) which was possible but made my head explode. You need to move your arms in a different direction....

On the video I was only doing the first exercise, for now......

Spectate @ Dinner Time

So today I had the first of my week long "Watch us cook" nights. So I watched Timmy make a Spanish Style Omelette which while nice was far too much hassle and I think a Normal British Omelette with oven chips eg would be nicer and a bit easier to cook

Swimming

So I went to the pool with Timmy, got in, did some exercises then set off swimming. So Mark had said, after last time when he was in there with us, that while still breaststroking that I should try moving my hands diagonally downwards while on a stroke instead of straight backwards. Now I had all sorts of issues with the new stroke but it was working. Timmy commented on how much faster I was swimming etc

Bored Tonight

We had a chat last weekend and I agreed to go see The Martian (noisy link) tonight.

But today I decided all by myself to go see The Suffragette next weekend instead but after GGtGG said "Well it is on at 7.20 tonight" and left it at that, OK, I am gonna use my CEA card tonight to see The Martian, and possibly next weekends trip out too. Timmy will be pleased

And it was a bit excellent, we were sat in the wrong place for vision but I coped

More Reasons

Today, just before lunchtime, we headed to More Reasons To Shop At (noisy link) and did my weeks extra shopping, but we didn't need and salad today, I had run out early this week so presumably we will run out even earlier next week

Suggestion

And "someone" suggested that instead of watching the rugger on t'telly here tonight that we head into The Ivy Bush Hotel and watch it on their big screen and have dinner out while watching the rugger

So we will have tonights planned dinner tomorrow

And we did go, had a lovely dinner in nice surroundings with a good (but not raucous) crowd, but we did get to watch Wales losing rugby

And for the first half of a half I sat in the proper low down chairs until I got uncomfortable and moved back to my wheelchair.  I was shitting myself, I tried to stand up, failed, thought "Erm...." but just managed the second time. But a few weeks ago I wouldn't have been able to manage standing from such a low starting point

And I had a pee, went out, watched the rugby for 2 hours (give or take..). and didn't need another pee until I had been back in the house for 10 or 20 minutes. It's a bit embarrassing to talk about fairly regularly but last year I would have been out of the hotel room 2 or 3 times during the 2 hrs of a match

Friday Dinner

So tonight I made 2 pizza's as usual on Friday but also had to boil some pasta and microwave some pasta sauce from the freezer as Mark was working on a learner basis too

Class

And then we all went to my gym class which went well, even tho Sam is on holiday today.

On the step over device which I usually have to put my right foot round instead of over, they had put some lower tiles in every other go. So I was able to step over each one, alternating right and left feet

Aardvarking With.....

So Mark is gonna come to Aardvark with me and GGtGG so he will learn how to park/shop etc.

I have got a slightly bigger shopping list than usual as "me and my staff" are cooking more from Monday

Extra Hand

So today Timmy is working with the newbie Mark

Team Meeting

So today I have gotta try and mind my own business as Denyse and potentially the whole team are coming here for a "team meeting"

And I sat in for the first hour but have been asked to leave now so......

Went Out

And because he was at a..... me and GGtGG went up the street to the pub tonight. I was complaining about not being able to get in on Thursday for the Rugger World Cup and she did say that someone else (she wasn't working last Thursday) had opened, perhaps just with the door around the side as.......

Hooray For 'Wimming

And we (me and GGtGG) are off to the swimming pool in a bit.....

And he did manage to get me doing sum breaststroke

And I won't be coming to gym tomorrow as there is a "team meeting" happening in my house

I'm So Lucky...

That this doesn't apply to me, I have my own income.....

Alex Said.....

He said....."

No Neil, shhhhhh

In Town

So we headed into town s'evening because "I'm bored" but we did find ourselves shopping and bought a wig to wear to Rocky Horror Show in a quid shop