We have a new bed ready for collection for when we get the keys and we have two new settees on order from DFS a three and a two seater which we have bought on their current deal of interest free credit nothing to pay for the first year guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas which Helen ordered a few weeks a go.

I don't know at what stage we will start packing . we will have to buy bits and pieces and will need lots more candles and candle sticks and various oil and incense burners and other artifacts and decorative items both oriental , ancient as well as shabby chic items .

we will need a lot more wooden photo frames of different sizes for a selection of sepia and black and white photos of us and other family members some that lived in a different era which we will have scattered throughout the house on various walls shelves i would one of me and Helen for over the mantle piece or wall opposite we will also have hallways and landings to decorate.

Back at work back working at both jobs after my two days of sickness it did seem a really long day, when i finished at half eight i picked Helen up from her parents house, and we called in at Tesco . Bought another two bags of scampi which was still on offer , along with two packets of sausages they too was still on offer and a large family sausage and onion pie which was reduced in price a large bag potatoe croquettes and a dozen frozen Yorkshire puddings which was our tea sorted.
Got home at around nine thirty we had a letter from the Leeds Building society with written confirmation of the mortgage offer and we can now go ahead and buy the house there is no condition attachedto the mortgage concerning the wall ties and damp proof course. We can now instruct our solicitors to go ahead with the purchase of the house ASP and it is now looking more than likely that we will be moving in well before Christmas which as always been oor aim.

Still poorly with cold and sore throat it gets worse as the day goes on,had a phone call this morning from Gil our lady that is arranging or mortgage it is confirmed that we do have the mortgage its all going through we will have written confirmation in the post over the next few days .
So we have done what we set out to do and can now buy our house and hopefully it will be ready and completed to move in before Christmas touching wood.

Helen went to her solicitors to sign her decree nissi her absolute should be around February time next year.
Her Husband solicitor has told him not to transfer any money to Helen before its all final. If this is the case we wont have the deposit for the house and there is a good chance it wont go through .We both think it will go through and he will pay it accordingly has he is getting a real good deal and as already the money to pay out , but as always other people are controlling our destiny and we will just have to wait and see.

Finished work yesterday felt really lousy full of cold sore throat and hot sweats have phoned in sick at both jobs going back to bed have plenty of fluids and remedies

Its raining again and i feel crap i have got a bad case of the runs been up twice during the night Helen is OK , and i guess today is going to be a long day i really should have stayed in bed but thought better off it , Should find out more about the house and our mortgage some time today we still looking at moving in before Christmas and now the interest rates have dropped we don't know if this will be passed on to us because the mortgage that has be agreed still only in principle is fixed for three years at a lot higher rate then the current rate which if was passed on to us would save us quite a lot of money .

Back at work its boring as ever want a interesting job most of all i want a job i don't hate going to every day and i wish i could pick who i would want to work for then going to work wouldn't be such a drag.

Slave to a wage there must be a way out of this place if its the last thing i ever do only joking living with and being with Helen keeps me sane most of the time just ask my psychiatrist.
Finished work went home had a coffee then we went over to Asda to buy a Christmas tree its 7ft with 200 combination white lights all ready wired on to the branches all for £45 we also got some baubles and other decorations .

We do plan on going to Lincoln market and will get other trimmings from there .Last year we had very little in the way of decorations we had some Christmas cards a 10" tree and a string of lighted stars and that was it.

We have other two additions now residing in the fish tank , Helen bought two white goldfish so now we have a total of eight we might get another two a chocolate one and a black one which are in quarantine and are available on Sunday.

Yesterday i didn't work had the whole of the day off, got out up at around half nine went to Greengates to look for new boots for Helen no joy.
went over to a couple of garden centres that are now selling Christmas decorations trees and all other Christmas thingies bought some festive mugs for Irish coffee or , Irish tea if your called Helen.

Drove and parked up in Leeds city centre we went to Barrett's shoe shop and Helen bought some black leather boots then we walked up to Next for more retail therapy and Helen bought two pairs of pump like ballet shoes.I called in to Whittards and bought a hundred grammes of caramel flavored coffee.

Was passing the number one Chinese buffet as we walked back to were we had parked the car so we called in for tea , we pigged out but didn't over do it we have not been to eat at this restaurant since we lived at the apartment at Clarence Dock. So it was like going down memory lane as we talked about the days we spent living in the city centre.

For bonfire we went to Bramley park they lighted the stack of pallets and wood at seven o clock and at half past started the firework display , i have not been to a proper bonfire for the last twenty years the last one being at Roundhay park , Helen went to the same venue last year whilst we were living apart and sent me video clips of the display via my email at hotmail.......but this year we was watching them together whilst holding hands and hugging to keep warm .Went to her cousin Sharon's house where Gary had cooked us all jacket potatoes pork pies and peas which we ate after he had let some more fireworks and rockets off in the garden.

Went to get another haircut this dinner time it seems to grow way too fast so this time i opted for a grade two cut on the back and sides and it cut short and chopped in to on top, hopefully will last more than a few weeks until i need another visit to the barbers .Got tomorrow off the whole day so will be fireworks going off yet again in my life yippee .The mortgage is going through no news to report hopefully we are still looking at completing and getting moved in for Christmas hopefully not on the 25Th .Finally got letter that i had been waiting for the last twelve days it was being posted to my old address, so went to pick that up when i finished work at nine o clock i saw my son Guy, i do miss him i hope he realises its is mother i don't want in my life and not him he is due another sleep over will have to see when i have a weekend off.

SATURDAY
Woke up went down to the kitchen a mouse was caught in the trap i had baited using milky way bar which was placed on the top of the work top near the cooker it was a clean kill. Two traps in the cellar had trapped nothing.

Dropped Helen off at work there was no available shift for me so i headed in to Leeds city centre

Went down to Clarence Dock took some photos of the canal the Royal Armories and other buildings and bridges near by.Bought a sausage egg mac muffin from McDonald's then over to Starbucks for a white chocolate mocha coffee have now got a nice large Starbucks coffee mug , bought some more fresh coffee grounds .
Called in to Primark bought two black and two grey t-shirts and 10 pairs of black socks.Finished up at the Bar Ha-Ha had a pint of Magners before i went to pick Helen back up at three o clock

Sunday
Both of us worked until three o clock went over to Flockton to visit Sharon and Steve had a Chinese take away of duck in plum sauce, boiled rice , fries and onion rings.

We have mice in the house one strolled passed Helen while she was cooking tea and went down the back of the range as cool as you like .. also she found two dead bodies when she took the washing down to wash in the cellar where our washing machine is plumbed in.
They looked like that they must have died from hypothermia as they were only babies and no poison is being used .

A while ago the rabbits hutch had mice in the bedding so we knew that they was around and about our garden backs on to fields and hedges and with the cold weather we have been having recently they have no doubt headed for the warmth of our house more than likely getting through the footings and the void of pillars and joists that the conservatory sits on.

we have decided we are going to place traps which are to be baited with either milky way bar "we have been told that mice find them irresistible "or my choice is to bait the traps with raw bacon but as long as we get a result who cares.

So today at lunch time i will have to go to the Market in Leeds and buy some mouse traps think i will need minimum of half a dozen trouble with that is if each trap gets a mouse then i would say we had a major infestation this is going to freak Helen out even more she hates the little blighters.

One good thing about this is it might now be good time to explain to the landlord about the reason that we have had Bobby our cat with out asking his permission for the last few months.
The cat resides upstairs and never ventures down unless we bring her down to play with our dog which has the bottom use of the house , our dog Ellie has only just figured out
this week how to use the stairs she can now make it to the top landing but cant get back down as of yet we have to carry her down .

Had the reports done for damp and wall ties work that will need doing for the damp it will cost around £750 to put right and for the wall ties £950.
We have not got the funds to pay for this work doing if its down for to us to pay it we cant get the work undertaken as we don't have any spare money and if the mortgage does depend
on it then we cant buy the house.We will have to decide what to do next it might be that we wait until after Christmas we need to talk and discuss our options .Nothing in life is straight forward but everything for reason and what will be will be we cant do any other than get on with what is thrown at us.

Woke up before the alarm went off Helen talking in her sleep again she still cute first morning i had to scrap ice of the car window hope we don't get any snow until its nearer Christmas and i am off from work .Got the second part of the yearly water bill to pay £117 to fork out , everything is getting so expensive no wonder we are having a major recession and a credit crunch , just to keep yourself housed , clean, warm and feed and clothed and run a car is the best part of a wage a salary and earnings.

Need to start looking at Christmas trees and decorations we bought a Father Christmas train and three carriages for £14.99 from a wholesalers last week, when we opened the box yesterday there was two packages in the taped up box , so we got two for the price of one and no we ain't taking one back it might end up on eBay , its to go circle around the base of our Christmas tree when we get one rigged up hopefully in the bay window of our new house.We need loads of Christmas things we have nothing need a tree was thinking of getting a real one with a root ball then after the festive season we can plant it in the garden of our new home as a reminder of our first Christmas in the home that we are buying together . We also need lights for the tree and Windows decorations for the tree and i would like a manger and a wreath for the front door .

Took the eBay packages with me to work , i went in to town at dinner time to get them all posted to the lucky bidders , after queuing up for a good half an hour and a total cost of £9.76 five packages are now going to different parts of the country.
Finished work at half past eight i picked Helen up from our house at Rodley and we drove over to my old house at Swillington i had to pick up two letters that i had been waiting for,they were being mailed to my old address , i saw the Ex - wife first time in ages , i felt nothing and had no feelings for her what so ever there was nothing there all my feelings were dead . The woman i love and want was sat in my car outside waiting for me.
Saw my son Guy he was just finishing walking my dog Bandit who i have not seen for a while i was glad to see her and she seemed happy to see me too , missed the dog more than the ex that should tell everyone something .
Went to the fish and chip shop near home bought two fish and two bread cakes and ate our fish sandwiches in the car before we went home .

WEEKEND
worked until one on Saturday went over to Crown point industrial estate and bought some jiffy bags from Staples , Helen has sold her first few items on eBay it took a while for us to transfer funds from pay pal to her bank account but we finally did it after a few phone calls it was finally configured correctly and we was able to transfer money out of pay pal in to Helen's current account , which was just under forty pounds .

Didn't work Sunday but i still got up and dropped Helen off for her shift , got back home water pouring out from above the roof over the bay window and front door checked bathroom nothing was left overflowing or any taps running thought it might be a problem next door , flushed the toilet and the water stopped until the cistern filled up again and the water was back pouring out , checked the cistern the ballcock had snapped off and the cistern was filling up and running in to the overflow switched switched the water of to the cistern went to Wickes bought a new ballcock and fittings problem sorted.

Did all the ironing which was in our bedroom whilst Helen was at out at work , i am getting better but need to get a lot faster its amazing how much water i had to keep putting into the iron it was annoying.

Sunday night went back to the Toby carvery over at Rothwell pigged out but we didn't have any desert this time just had the one plate of main course both had roast turkey had loads of roasted potatoes and parsnips .

Wrapped and labelled the packages for the things that we have sold on eBay we sold four items then someone was offered a second chance so we ended up with another sale so now we are totalling nearly fifty pounds transferred the money this time without a hitch.

Watched London ink then two episodes of Miami ink before going to bed just after half twelve.

I have missed Helen a lot today , work seemed to have dragged more than normal i just want to be with Helen in our new home and i cant Wait until we get the house finally sorted and moved in .

i cant ever see me ever not being in love with Helen i adore her too much . We have endured so much together and giving up everything to be with one another Helen has done everything she can to be with me and more than i ever expected i have done everything i can and will continue to do what ever it takes to be with her..... i think we now both want a quite peaceful life just to be happy and to be in love and to make a home and to finally live every day without any argument grief and upset and turmoil.To have our new home filled with love and happiness even if we have very little in the way of material possessions we will have everything that we need to live life which is a lot more than some have.

Today is my birthday and my twin sister's Anne i was born first by ten minutes .Woke up to a warm house with hot water the gas boiler got repaired yesterday.Went to the solicitors to complete some paperwork and take proof of I.D in and to pay the fees for the search .

Helen went for her sickness monitoring meeting at work she is now on stage two and will be monitored for the next four months .

Went to DFS and Helen ordered a two seat and a three seat sofa in fabric and leather to be delivered in time for Christmas.

Went over to Curry's on the industrial estate and priced up an electric cooker , washing machine, dryer and fridge freezer .Helen bought me this Morphy Richards coffee maker whilst we was there i have been want one for ages to replace the one i left at the house when i moved out.

Bought two different bags of filter coffee one Colombian and the other from Kenya , so has soon as it was out of the box i had freshly made coffee within eight minutes of switching it on . our house now will constantly smell of freshly made coffee i do drink loads of coffee it will never be off .

Went to Ikea bought a few things including a plant and Christmas stockings to hang over the fire place and a red throw went to the restaurant and pigged out on meatballs fries and gateau .

Helen goes for another viewing to the house that we are buying this afternoon , when we first viewed the house , buying it was a bit of a pipe dream now its reality and we are going to purchase it.

So viewing it will be in more detail with a different perspective also Helen is taking our camera with her to photograph of all the rooms , landings and hallways and other living space including exterior shots off the out buildings and gardens.No doubt there will be loads of details we never saw when we first saw the property both good and bad .There is no one from the estate agents office to show us round so they are trusting us with the keys to lock up and make sure all lights are off and its basically left how we find it.

I have the had to take the afternoon off to wait in for repairs to the boiler so we can have the heating on and use hot water again had a wash at work this morning and brushed my teeth when i got to work.

Finished work at eight thirty went home at the moment we have no central heating or hot water due to the boiler packing in , think its electrical fault rather than the gas side of it .So nothinmg is getting hot the radiators and water both stone cold.



Took my shaving gel and razor to work so i wouldn't have to boil the kettle this morning going to buy some shampoo and wash my hair tonight at the hospital job when everyone have gone home and i am on my own.



Don't know how long we are going to be with out hot water hopefully only a couple of days , least the kitchen utensils and crockery can go into the dishwasher so we don't have to worry about the plates and cups.


Helen hurt her back cleaning out the fish tank she lifted the tank full off water and moved it to over to the sink to empty it , she was suffering with back pain when i got home last evening.

At dinnertime bought some shampoo razors and lynx deodorant get sorted out at work to night before i go home , Helen had her haircut and coloured today so at least she will not need to wash it till tomorrow .

Work is still a toil at the moment at least doing it for a good reason hopefully to buy our new home the survey will be complete today .

some photos of our house we are buying these are taken off the estate agents page Helen is calling to view it again on Wednesday and hopefully will take more pictures of kitchen bathroom cellar hallways landings etc the picture above is showing the front garden its not looking like this at the moment it wants mowing and the hedge cutting with new plants and window box's and hanging baskets .We look on to a church which is directly opposite so we have decided that we are going to call our home Church View.

the rear garden garage and shed this too wants tidying up no one has been looking after the garden since March but come next summer i can see us having barbie-Q's and sitting out on an evening be nice to have a pond as well and some gold fish and pond life maybe some frogs and newts

The rear bedroom at least we wont have to buy wardrobes straight away will need curtains and a carpet in time .

Our bedroom same again fitted wardrobes these will have to put us on until we can rip them out and buy new ones , its nice to have a bay window , i have never owned a house with bay windows before it makes the rooms look a lot bigger be nice to do a window seat with storage boxes under neath maybe.

At least it will be warm if nothing else hope them logs last through out the winter , its another wicked carpet too lol.

the front room with another bay window be nice to see our Christmas tree and decorations up in this room and tree lights around the bay window on dark cold night i reckon this will look quite homely.Do like the stain glass in the top sash windows which when we replace with PVC double glazed units will some how have to have this glass incorporated in to the new units if we can.

The fire surround in the front room looks like i use to have years ago but at least the fire looks newer and should put out some heat in the coming cold winter nights it looks better then the other fire .

The carpet might have to come up and strip the floor boards maybe stain them a dark teak colour .

Helen would like a rocking horse for a feature in this bay window, we have been looking at some on eBay .

WEEKEND

End of a busy week been lots going on this week with visits to the Mortgage advisor estate agents time of work sorting paperwork out signing documents and waiting to organise our new home purchase.

Both of us worked 7.00 am until 3.00 pm over both days , Saturday night went to the Toby carvery for tea really pigged out we both ate too much had two giant Yorkshire puddings two meats beef and turkey plus loads of roasted spuds and roasted parsnips plus we had desert as well , tried out a Jacques orchard fruits cider which comes in 750ml bottles which served over ice went down too nice , Went to Methley to visit John Helen's brother on the Saturday and on the Sunday went to Crofton to visit Martin , Helen's younger brother.

MONDAY
The surveyor goes out tomorrow to inspect the house we are buying , hopefully is report goes in before the end of the week and finds no defects or major faults in the structure of the house.

After working the weekend and being at work with Helen its weird working through the week without her beside me especially in the car driving to work and coming home from work. Without seeing her at break time and lunches .

Still not sunk in that we have a mortgage to be repaid over the next twenty years , i never thought that i would be happy that happy repaying another mortgage and starting out again .

Helen has been a superstar in the things she has done so we can get this house i will always appreciate what she did for us.

its now saying sold on the website of the estate agent and there is a sold sign subject to contract on the for sale sign in the garden of the house hope full by the start of December that will be ripped out laying in the garden.

We have been offered a mortgage it took a while to sink in still cant believe it , we can buy our house and home that we have been chasing . Its going to stretch us for a few years but we can manage it between us we will have to keep a tight rein on money and watch all the bills we have already discussed getting a payment meter for the gas and electric so we have no big unexpected bills dropping through the letter box.The mortgage will be paid on the day my wage goes into the bank so there is no way it wont ever not get paid.We paid for the search doing and the house has been sold subject to contract .We have instructed the solicitors to go ahead with the purchase .
We have arrange contents and build insurance and life cover which decreases what it pays out has the house is being paid off over the next twenty years.

Yesterday went really well we saw the new advisor and she was a godsend she will get us a mortgage she phoned the estate agents and told them she was using the Nationwide and the sale was to go ahead the trouble with the nationwide is you have to do a paper application and post it to them they don't do applications via online but she is adamant they will give us it.

our credit score is fine its to do with our other commitments to loan companies other and my mortgage , credit cards we just come in at 200k which is four times are combined salaries so we are borderline.

If we get this mortgage we will be paying back £805 each month over the next twenty years. We pay at the moment £665 rent it make sense to buy the house we are after was originally on the market for £140k we have made an offer of 115k and its been accepted.

Hope today are destiny is sorted out that we can be granted the money to buy the house we have been after since we first saw it being advertised for sale online.We go today at twelve to sort it all out fingers crossed.
Cleaned out button our pet rabbit's cage this morning so its house and home is in order no rent to pay or mortgage outstanding on that residence. maybe today we get to know one way or the other if our wishes have been granted .

Helen was back at work this weekend the both of us worked until one o clock.When we finished we went round to her parents house to pick up her wedding dress and a copy of her marriage certificate , her father had called round to her old house to collect them on her behalf , i think she is going to sell the dress on and the marriage certificate i hand delivered this morning and posted through the letter box of our solicitors office in the city centre.



Our offer of £115 thousand on the house that we are currently looking at buying as been accepted. We are now seeing Jill or new mortgage advisor tomorrow at 12 noon , who hopefully will sort us out a mortgage, we just know she will.Both parties are looking at the sale going through as quick as possible we have the deposit we just need a lender to agree to loan us the cash.

Have been refused the mortgage our advisor still does not know why?, i thought we was waiting to find out why and what the problem was ,we knew there was something wrong he told us that now we have to get two Experian credit checks done to see what has come up,THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOUR DAYS AGO.
we are changing mortgage advisors WE FEEL WE HAVE BEEN LET DOWN ,we will some how get this sorted out and at some stage soon get this house we so desperately want. We have a meeting this coming Tuesday at twelve o clock with the new mortgage advisor hope she is better than him.

Kept phone up all day about the mortgage i finished work at ten to three to pick Helen up and go round in person to see what was happening the advisors phone was going straight to his voice mail.

when we got to his office in Pudsey he told us in person that no decision had been made yet still not a yes still not a no, that he was waiting for them to get back in touch .he said the current climate of the banking situation stocks and shares is taking its toll and time to sort things out, that the banks and building society's are having their worse financial period period since the 1930's .We will now hopefully find out by the close of play today .

Helen goes back to work this weekend for the first time in four months we are both finishing at one o clock.

Today is the day we find out about our mortgage application and if its been finally approved , if it as we put in a offer in for the house that we are have been chasing and the ball starts to roll to get us back on the property ladder.

It is hard waiting everything so far everything as gone our way so far so good , it would be ironic for it to fall at the last hurdle . Neither of us have had much sleep since Tuesday and even if it is approved then we are going to be far too excited to sleep and if its turned down far too upset to sleep.

Woke up this morning well before the alarm went off been thinking about the mortgage application and hopefully it be some minor technicality that is easily sorted out, and will still let us go ahead with the buying of the house we both want.

we have hardly any furniture to move in to when we do get our new home the house will be quite empty there is fitted wardrobes in two of the bedrooms , but we will beg and borrow and buy from eBay we can visit car boots sales and look for decent second hand shops and other bargain outlets to hunt out the things we will need and want and until we have everything that we need ,we will save and try and get items every month and we will save every penny we can it will be hard work but fun as well and we will look on it as a quest and each item that we do get will be will be for our home.

The main thing hopefully is that we will have the HOUSE that we went after with a vengeance and got at a rock bottom price with its three bedrooms , two reception rooms , kitchen , bathroom , and cellar and out buildings plus loft space and front and rear gardens.It will make money in the long term as it is well under priced by around 50k.

WE ALREADY HAVE

Four wooden chairs
Coffee table
TV stand with TV and DVD player
2 bed side cabinets with lamps
One double bed and top mattress
Double wardrobe
Bathroom drawers
Bookcase
Blanket box
and loads of candles ornaments and accessories
Fish tank
Kettle pots and pans kitchenware
Grandfather clock
Computer and CD player
Patio table with chairs (which will do as a dining table)
pots pans and cutlery
bedding duvet and sheets


WE WILL NEED

Dining /Kitchen table
Gas cooker
Washing machine
Dryer
Fridge freezer
Double mattress
Double bed and mattress
Sofas
Drawers
Microwave

WENT- in to town at dinner time as i desperately needed my haircut , its always time to grow but never time to get it cut .I eventually found a barbers with no one waiting there was two sat half way through having there's cut so i waited i have got to admit it was cut better than i thought seeing as i had not been there before its always raises the question will they cut it as i want it , but i did walk away a happy customer but of course i will have to wait until i get home to see if Helen agrees hehe she did text me she was trimming her bush , she did borrow her Fathers hedge trimmers especially to do the job ,i said i will be happy to go over it and inspect it when i get home cant wait.

Went to the ATM close to where i work to withdraw some cash mainly so i could do tonight's National Lottery, it was out of order with no other machine close by i had to walk back to work so i could borrow a pound and then walk back to put one line on , i do hope it was worth the hassle enough to be mortgage free would be sufficient.

Helen at three o clock today..... as i type this is signing for her, cash settlement from her husband and the , paperwork so that her name comes of the joint mortgage .

Yippee what a result we have the money sorted from her ex-Husband its all going through he goes to the Building society and to his solicitor to get it all signed up sealed and transfer the funds to Helen hopefully by this Friday.

There is a hitch with the mortgage application the computer that processes it has thrown a query that needs a business advisor working for the lenders to look at the application and make a human decision the computer wont accept the application or turn it down so its not a yes and its not a no , we wont now find out until Thursday afternoon so its crunch time.

Got home from work at half eight and we had tea together ,we then drove to the other side of Leeds from where we live and went to Tesco to kill some time , bought some bread and eggs and bottled water and yogurts when we got back home Helen did the tarot cards from the cards dealt it looks positive that this house is ours we will have to wait and see.

Yesterday i finished work at dinner time both of us went to see a mortgage advisor in Pudsey Leeds and was told that if we can get a 10% deposit on the value of any house we want to buy then we can get a mortgage offer to enable us to buy the house that we so desperately want.


Went to the solicitors with Helen at four o clock she has the same solicitor as me, he thought i was her husband coming down to argue his case with him he did not look amused when the penny dropped who i was he looked relieved then smiled and laughed i think he genuinely was happy for us both , nothing to do with the two sets of bills and costings .

He has draughted a letter to her Husband and his solicitors and started her divorce proceedings


Helen is asking for her name to be taken of the joint mortgage and for 15k from the equity of the property it is written that she would seek nothing else and no other clause's would be drawn in to this it would be final. This is a extremely good offer for her husband to accept he would not get a better deal ,


If this happens and we can buy this house we are after then we are back on the property ladder the house we have chosen will make us a profit further down the line and we would be sorted settled and more then happy and would make this Christmas and the new year the best ever.


When i finished work we went to visit two people that we work with at the Hospital Linda and Dave they was told that they had no chance of getting a mortgage and was turned down a few weeks ago because they had no credit history, and was not on any electoral roll but they battled on and last Friday they moved into there first house together that they are buying after getting a mortgage advisor and finally a offer from a lender to lend them the money to buy their new home and house .
The mortgage advisor is now doing a credit check on both Helen and myself , if we both pass this we than have the mortgage we will find out later today if this has gone through ok i must have had one done when i bought the car so i cant see there be any issues.

SATURDAY

Finished work at one again went to Startforth in the North Riding of Yorkshire where Barnard Castle is situated its a small market town if the weather had been nicer we would have walked around more we visited a couple of antique shops and a craft shop we had tea and cake in Penny's Cafe

and headed back home to Leeds where we bought fish and chips for supper.



Helen had drawn up floor plans on A3 paper for all the rooms in the house that we are still trying and hoping to buy, we cut out from magazines and catalogues furniture and other appliances , kitchens , cookers , tables and stoves , wallpaper and fabric samples , bedding beds and wardrobes and stuck them in each room we want this house more than ever we have another appointment F2F with a mortgage advisor at one today Helen sees her solicitor also at four o clock today to try and get money owed to her released from her Husband for her share of the equity in her house and her name taken of the mortgage hopefully this will change our situation and we should then be able to get a mortgage organised and sorted out .

SUNDAY

Finished work at one went home Helen had a full English breakfast waiting for me when i got home after pigging out we went over to Knaresborough the sun was shining walked through town down to the river, form there we went over to Flockton near Wakefield to visit Sharon and Steve had tea /dinner at the local pub .

Today woke up feeling all is well and that life is great Helen as that effect on me and i am more happier for the simple reason that Helen is coming in to Leeds this dinner time and meeting me at lunch time on our bridge, the one that we use to meet on a regular basis like every dinner time Monday to Friday each week. This was before we left to be together and we was both in marriages that we didn't want belong in anymore with people we didn't love anymore.

Found out we have been refused a mortgage on are current circumstances that fact is that if we had another mortgage between the both of us we would have three mortgages running at the same time. Which is a problem because we don't earn enough between us to cover all the payments ,who does these days , even though Helen pays nothing towards her mortgage and i only pay three hundred pounds towards mine, so the options are we have to loose one mortgage or we buy to rent to enable us to buy to rent we need 15% deposit we would then be given the loan for a house so hopefully its still not all doom and gloom.Helen goes to see her solicitor Monday to discuss removing her name from their joint mortgage and the implications if she does before her divorce is final.

Helen called in to where i work and waited until i finished my job at four o clock , i had left her in town at dinner time, she went for her appointment with Tress Connor a spiritualist and medium she was given a lot of positive feed back for our future and our life together.

My daughter phoned me up whilst i was at my hospital shift and asked if she could come and live with us she is not getting on with her mother so in the space of one month i have had both my kids ask if they can come live with Helen and me.No doubt it will all quieten down and she will stay where she is,we would have either one of them or both of them live with us if that's what they really needed or wanted.

Made a offer on the house that we both viewed yesterday , and for now the offer as been accepted. We have a mortgage advisor today that is trying to arrange a company who is willing to give us a mortgage that we urgently need to buy this property.
We both have our names on other mortgages with our ex partners which i know complicates things , but the rent that we pay now is equivalent to paying monthly repayments on a mortgage.
We can only hope there is a lot of ifs but we both want this house it has a good feel to it and we will be happy there and we will hopefully move in before Christmas.
If we cant get this house then we will arrange more viewings we have already been offered a mortgage with the Halifax for 100k up to 138k if i sell my house and are mortgage free , so its not all doom and gloom things are happening about the sale of my house that i cant write about here at this time , but things will progress and hopefully solutions found and head way made. At the moment other people as always control our destiny,we should find out tomorrow the answer to the questions will any mortgage company lend us the money required to buy a home together as is our situation is at the moment, we hope they do.

went to view this semi detached house today with Helen at Bramley would be a great buy if we can get a mortgage sorted .

It does need decorating and in need of new carpets in some of the rooms . It only as a shower room and basin and is without bath but it has separate w.c that could all be knocked through to make one big bathroom .



It also as a very small but useful downstairs cellar which would make a great little workshop.

All the living rooms are of a decent size, and the back room room adjoining the kitchen we would also take the wall out and knock through to make one big dining kitchen area with a large fitted kitchen and appliances we would also fit patio doors where the window is and add on and a small conservatory .

We would fund all this when I sold my house and received the equity available from the profit.



All the front rooms have bay windows , it has three bedrooms and gardens to the front and rear and a garage with a drive to the side of the house.


If we got this property we would never need to move again and could be settled for the rest of our life's.

Helen is trying her best to sort out the deposit from her ex Husband he as agreed in princible to pay her out for her share in the house that she lived in with him, and he already has the money to do this and just needs to release it through his solicitor.So fingers crossed.

Helen bought a new toaster last night i have made a promise to her as soon as i can i will buy us a house to put it in. I love her and i want us to buy a house to get a mortgage and decorate and furnish a HOME TOGETHER the way we want it.

I have never wanted anything as much or as bad as i want a new home with Helen , i want us to get back on the property ladder and make a new start i honestly would not ask God for anything else if he granted me this wish , maybe only that we live happy ever after which i know we would and will.

It would make everything worth the struggle that we have both endured over the last year and it would be light at the end of the tunnel , and i know it would be heaven, coming home each night to the woman i love in our house.

For then i would know my life would be complete and finally whole , i wouldn't ask , want or long for anything else as long as i lived .

I want to sell my house get the cash from it as quick as it is possible and without any doubt i would invest it all, every single penny if i have to in to buying our next home and furnishing it how we want it to secure our future.

I will make it happen and i do believe it will happen , i will get my old home sold eventually its going through in slow motion at the moment but it will speed up and we will move on to new beginning's in a new house in a new area in a new village in a new home.

Thursday

Finally go the brakes sorted out on the Landrover they no longer squeak the garage have had to fit new pads fitted even though the old ones had plenty of life in them .Also got the petrol cap working again it now locks and opens like it should.

Friday

Went to my solicitors and paid £500 in fee's for work undertaking on my divorce ouch.

Helen went to River Island and bought a long grey cardigan.


Saturday
Finished work at one o clock picked Helen up drove over to the Whiterose Shopping Centre to take a cardigan back that she bought from River Island in Leeds yesterday they didn't have the size in stock to replace it . I bought the new James Patterson novel from WHSmith.


We picked my son up Guy from Swillington he is staying over tonight ,we headed for A64 to York,we didn't use the park and ride this time it was let afternoon so we parked up in York city centre close to the river , someone handed me their parking ticket as they where leaving so it cost us nothing.Bought stuff from Next ,We bought Guy a Carbrini black jacket and matching black tracksuit bottoms and a white Nike t-shirt.Went to GBK for tea all of us had burgers and coke's .

We arrived back at Leeds just after half past eight the three of us then took Ellie down to the Canal for a walk we visited the Railway pub we sat outside whilst we had a drink .


Sunday
Worked until one o clock at two o clock we was on the M62 heading for Blackpool pleasure beach

it was surprising i didn't get lost the last time i was in Blackpool Guy was being pushed round the Pleasure Beach in his pram .Helen and me decided to go on the Big One i talked her in to it got to admit she was brave , we had to buy a book of twenty tickets we needed sixteen tickets for the Pepsi Max Big One we have both been on it before years ago got to admit the ride up to the first drop is quite a climb and once you get to the point of no return and when you do go over the edge you do realise at that point your mortality is in the hands of the Gods and the maintenance staff of BPB, two and a half minutes later its all over and we walk away safe it would have been nice to take a few photos if i could have got both hands of the handrail that i was gripping and Helen had her eyes open.

Guy wanted to sleep over again and to miss out Mondays School we really do love having him to stay and he gets on great with Helen , but i said no i wouldn't let him so i dropped him off at home back at Swillington , i think he was pissed of at me but it is his last year in school and he needs to put in the effort and do well.

Helen got up at 7-30 this morning to take our westie Ellie for her coat washing and cutting clipping and triming for the first time.She was well behaved and no trouble she came back looking like a new dog and generally seemed pleased with herself.The picture above is before the picture below after the visit to the Bath tub the name of the dog parlour that she went for the transformation which just cost twenty pounds.

I would like to see her bath our trim our cat think she want more than twenty pound that wouldn't cover the cost of the plasters.

Washed and cleaned and vacuumed out the car watched The Haunting on DVD and did nothing else.
we had roasted veggies for tea with new potatoes both boiled and roasted and lamb chops all covered and roasted in the oven with extra virgin Olivie oil cooked and prepared by Helen ate it watching The Family and River Cottage on TV.

SUNDAY

Finished work at one o clock, went home got showered after a quick coffee .

Helen and me decided to take Ellie out so we drove over to Ilkley.I parked up in the town centre and passed a shop that looked like they might sell sugars tongs which they did so we now have tongs lol.We walked up to the moor via White Wells road i think we should have drove up and parked , we sat down and ate the food that we had just bought from Gregg's.

There was a brass band playing in the bandstand near to where we had parked with a singer as well as the instruments playing.

The plan was to then drop our westie of and go for Sunday lunch to the Stanfield Arms which we did , it was only 5.45 pm when we got there only to be told no room at the inn,so i had a bottle of pear cider and Helen had her lager and lime and talked about where to go to eat decided on visiting the White Swan at Aberford again if they was full then we would back track to the Roundhay Fox .

We did have a forty minute wait once we got to the White swan but we eventually got feed we both order six lamb chops with all the trimmings including Yorkshire puddings we didn't both with desert just for a change.

MONDAY

Went back home at dinner time to pick Helen up and drop her off for her physio appointment at the hospital at one o clock. She looked stunning i wish i could take the rest of the afternoon off the rest of the day the rest of my life and be with her , she just does something too me and I LOVE HER for it, Bloody work always gets in the way of living our lives.wish i had hours with Helen and minutes working but at this moment it is the other way round, one day it wont be and we will be together more time than were apart .

Watched the first episode of "The Family" on ITV catch up on the computer on Saturday night, i asked Helen if ITV wanted to do a documentary on couples who have left there unhappy marriages and are now making a new life together.

Would she be up for us to be filmed, so viewers nation wide could see how we get on living life day to day, plus obviously family and friends would see everything going on in our life's and just how much we are in love.

Helen said no, i have to admit i said yes but only if it was stupid money that was being paid to us, which would be enough for us to to buy a house together outright to be mortgage or rent free would be a great blessing.

Picked Helen up from physio at 2 0' clock i took her home she is to go again next week and they will get her knee back to how it should be , hopefully without the need for an operation.They have told her to ride her bicycle more we might go to the canal more and do some cycling hopefully the weather will let us , would really love it if we had a Indian summer that carried on through to Christmas .

Finished work at three o clock it was a glorious afternoon the sun was out and it was hot.

We went to the opticians to pick up Helen's new glasses both pairs where ready for collection she did look cute and both pairs suited her there is something sexy about women that wear glasses especially when they have blonde hair.

We decided to go back over to Ripley Castle which is the other side of Harrogate.Went for a walk into the woods following a old Roman road there was wedding reception taking place in the grounds of the castle the couple we think got married in the church a sit was all decorated inside on the end of the pews with fresh flower arrangements .Stopped of at the ice cream parlour and bought some Ripley home made ice cream which was not that bad had a peanut and vanilla flavour dipped in chocolate that set solid from the coldness of the ice cream with a Cadbury,s flake yum yum .

Nearly said sod it this morning looked over at Helen and thought about phoning in sick, and spending the day with her instead of going to work .Trouble is i could do that every day i wake and see her lying their next to me.Anyway instead i reset the alarm on my mobile and went in an hour late.

Went in to town at lunch to buy a pair of sugar tongs and a tea bag squeezer .No where had the sugar tongs for sale but they are selling quite a few on eBay so i will buy a pair of there.Got the tea bag squeezer .

Need to buy some snickers and mars bars to snack on as there is never enough chocolate in the house we will have to watch the calories we might get a taste for them Helen likes them in the fridge and prefers them cold and hard to bite i like them just as they are about to melt yum yum .

Got up later then usual i made Helen a cup of tea and i had a coffee with her in the kitchen before i left for the day.She had a funeral to attend a sobering thought that the clock is ticking for us all.

I guess it makes us ask the question of how we are living our life's and do we truly love the person we are with are we truly happy with what we have to do to survive even when the going gets tough.

I can honestly say i do some times regret the hours that i work and it is hard and it is tiring but i do it so i can be with a certain person. To live a life that i want to live, hand on heart i will continue to do so for as long as it takes so eventually the ultimate aim that we can get a house together, and get another mortgage and buy a house that we can call home decorate it and do to it what ever we wish .
Picked Helen up just after nine from her old home, she has been looking after her son every night this week as her ex had been starting his night shift earlier than usual.
Watched Katie and Peter's next chapter then Billie Piper in secrets of a call girl needless to say it set the mood for the night and this morning.

Helen does need glasses she has had to order two pairs that will be made and ready in 7 to 10 days.Hopefully this will sort out her headache problem and will save her taking any more pain killers.

Helen came home with three pewter beer tankards and a flowered jug and bowl which she had bought from St,Gemma's hospice.The tankards where a bargain at only 80p each.

wish list

1.Sun bed preferably a Phillips
2.Coffee machine to smell the house out with the aroma of fresh coffee grounds
3.Digital TV for the kitchen with built in DVD and free view
4.Laptop with wireless connection for use in kitchen
5.video recorder for recording from TV and watching all videos we have laying about.
6.I-phone when contract comes up for renewal
7.Bookcase for the living room alcove
8.A great Christmas and new year
9.Games console for when Helen is out new Tombraider game out soon too.
10.Rocking horse because they are magical and make a great focus point.

At the moment looking at bidding on a sun bed via eBay and if we win it will mean another trip down south to pick it up and its a bit further than the clock that we bought in Essex.

Had a late night we was up until one in the morning we had tea/ supper at around midnight when we got back from shopping at Asda.

A bad move having Indian curry and poppadoms and bahjees that late at night .

Got up at 6.45am and set off for work i got there at half past seven , went to Tesco express for a breakfast Danish the need food and a coffee as soon as i get to work is a must as i fire up my PC, so i can open my emails and read both work and personnel ones plus check out some blogs i regular read.

Paid council tax i made two payments of thirty pounds each on the old apartment we vacated in March this year which will not need paying again until this coming December, and one payment of £95 on the house that we are living in at the moment. car finance comes out today that's £160



gas and electric bill is only £161 due to the fact i have already made some interim payments on this account so i am happy its no more .i also have to pay my 02 bill of £36.At least got a extra sixty quid due to the tax changes from April



Need a new toaster it has to be cream to match the whistling kettle Helen bought and it has to do four slices we also thinking about getting a coffee percolator Helen hates the taste of coffee but loves the smell she is a strictly tea drinker and uses two tea bags each cup .


Helen has been getting headaches recently over a period of time she as been getting bad migraines, so today she is going to go get her eyes tested to see if she needs any glasses for everyday use or reading , she does look sexy in glasses and for some reason it turns me on, i have told her already to text me a photo if she does try any on. You dont always need glasses to see clearly, its crystal clear hope you are always in my life, love you baby.

SUNDAY
Finished work at one ended up going over to Fairburn then to the canal at Woodlesford their was a few narrow boats moored up.Went over to Flockton to see Sharon and Steve visited them for a few hours on the way home got a Chinese roast duck in plum sauce with onion rings and chips
MONDAY
Crap day it was boring to much work to do a good friend that i work with has problems with his partner think she is moving out at his request,but she is still there when he phoned her this afternoon drinking too much of his southern comfort,hopefully it will be sorted out when he goes home tonight ,

I got loads of emails of Helen today at work she sent us through yahoo a You Tube Snow Patrol "you could be happy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzn8UjhxM-M i sent her this link when we first started seeing each other, it is still is my favorite song by Snowpatrol and it still holds a very special meaning for me and for Helen.

Helen did talk in her sleep and she did wake me up and it was bliss been after four nights of it being too quite.

Got up feed all the animals the dog ,cat and rabbit and set of to pick the clock up from Essex.I had borrowed a Tom Tom sat nav of a good Friend Mick and had entered the postcode of our destination.

Filled the car up to the max at the first petrol station closest to home in Leeds and headed in the direction the tom tom was telling me.

At round ten o clock stopped off at a Little Chef for breakfast £30.00 at least it was cooked nice and was filling got to our destination without incident just before midday,the clock looked as good has it had in the eBay listing and after putting the seats down it went in OK,Helen had to sit in the rear seats on the way home re programed the sat nav to take us home back to Leeds we arrived home just after four o clock with out any incidents and with out calling in at Dick Turpin's truck stop aka Little Chef.Positioned the clock in the living room did want it in the hall way but the carpeting and floorboards where too sloping anyway its a good bye and we like it.

Picked my son Guy up from my old house, as he wanted to stay over just for the one night.

Feel elated that Helen will be spending nights back at our home and house four nights missing her is enough.
I do hope this does not happen again.It's awkward phoning her text-ing her etc when she is in the company of her EX - Husband at her old home and house.
I do accept the fact that she does what she as to do at times when she has no or little choice in the matter ,but it doesn't mean that it hurts any the less when she as to go there.

As long has she is under no threat and returns safely then i have no option but to grin and bear it, what else can i do i couldn't or wouldn't say to her no you cant go. At the end of the day what she goes back to is all what she walked away from to be with me.

The few times i have returned to my house i feel absolute nothing "ITS JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR" i don't miss what i used to have , i did have a very nice house but the last few years it never felt like home. My home, life and future is with Helen and one day we will be in a position to buy our own house, that will be a day to write about , we have made lots of head way all in under nine months and things have moved on a great deal all things have change and will continue to change.

over the last year there is one major discovery i have made that i have never loved or cared for anyone the way i do for Helen and that's the truth. I could never leave her, stop loving her or wanting her near me , she is my world and i hope my world never stops revolving.

A sad day today the anniversary of 9/11, it still makes me grief for the waste of life. All of the loved ones that never made it home, for everyone that went to work that morning unaware of the events that would take place .... for all the people that left home that morning without the chance of telling the partners , wife's and husbands uttering the words "i love you" as they kissed them goodbye......... because they slept on as they left for work , never guessing that so many that day would not be going home ,that night...for all of you, may your God bless you

Helen as been wanting a EMF metre, i didn't know that but she as been wanting for ages until she mentioned yesterday i had no idea ,didn't even know what one was , will have to get her one off eBay when i get paid on the 16th.

EMF meters are one of the most popular bits of equipment used in paranormal research particularly ghost vigils. Some people even regard them as ghost detectors The Electromagnetic Field Detector, also known as an EMF meter, is the ghost hunters tracking device. Using this instrument, it is possible to locate and track energy sources.
Point is they are suppose to work, i don't understand why Helen needs one she clears See's when someone is there anyway but needs must be fun going out to different locations and see what we we can pick up .

New i-pod nano out not sure if i am that bothered might eventually get a i-phone when my contract is up for renewal , i do want the new Snowpatrol album asp and the oasis's new album too.

Ordered Kebab meat and fries from the staff canteen for dinner its the only thing i like,no sweet chili damn it might have to nip out on the QT and get some... and i have been good recently not as i have not been having lunch for obvious reasons, but today i will pig out, it is a pity that i cant have a ice cold pear cider to accompany it never mind.

I still have some in the fridge for when i get home tonight, which i will drink after i have dropped Helen of at her old house for the last time . And hopefully banana cake with double cream does life get any better than this tell you when i have checked my lottery numbers lol.

Two items came through he post from Helen's eBay purchases this morning, a wicker basket for our Dog Ellie to sleep in on a night which goes at the top of the cellar steps in the corner she picked that spot herself , purchase number two a comfy fleece cat bed that suspends over the radiator for Bobby the cat know which i would rather have

After tonight the bed pictured above should be fully occupied once again four nights too many, no more me doing my expression's of a pissed off starfish i will have to stop hogging the duvet but yippee she can talk and snore as much as she likes i don't care will sleep when I'm dead.

woke up alone again don't like it one bit the bed is way too big and quite without Helen bedside me.
Finished work at twelve today so i could go home to pick Helen at our house, i had to take her to occupational health department at St,Jame's Hospital she had an appoinemt at half one due to her sickness record (all legit) , so at least i got to spend the afternoon with her.

Still had to go to my evening job working until half past eight when i finished there i saw Helen at our house before i dropped her of at her old house thjis was just after 9-15 pm , gave her the taxi fare home for the morning.
After tonight THERE WILL only BE one more night OFF sleeping alone, i think tomorrow will drag all day,just know it, and no doubt it will be raining and grey all day.... i just know it ...any way it will be sunny inside of me knowing its the last fcuking night yippee.

I went to Asda bought some essentials like pear cider three bottles for four pounds , bought the the ingredients for a banana cake that Helen is going to bake me or i will smack her arse, she will she told me what to buy, bought some salad i hate the stuff, some lamb chops, lamb mince, and steak mince .Got home our Westie Ellie was looking sad she too misses Helen , Bobby the cat was quite not like her so i gave her some cat treats , i checked my emails made a frothy coffee with whipped cream and went to bed.

Sent Helen a text saying i was going round to kiss her night night but i was already tucked up in bed and just joking with her hehe.

Finished work last night got home I saw Helen for around half an hour before i had to drop her off to look after her son.

She had cooked me roasted chicken thighs with roasted sweet potatoes,butter squash,mushrooms,onions,carrots and parsnips which i ate after i got back home washed down with a bottle of pear cider.Feed the cat the dog and the fished took the bin out back for emptying.Dried some clothes loaded the dishwasher did some surfing on the Internet went to bed.

Had the cat in the bedroom for half an hour then went to sleep one night done three to go will see Helen again tonight after i finish work for half an hour before i drop her off again to look after her son at least it will be half way there,with two nights to go.

Today work went really fast i was extremely busy which helped i also got a call off Helen at nine fifteen this morning saying she was fine and out of her old house, she was eventually heading back home once she had been to Gregg's for something to eat with her cousin Sharon.

She also text me to say she was cooking a home made lasagne with garlic mushrooms garlic bread and onion rings for tea tonight will have to get another bottle of pears cider or two.

I start my hospital job at 4.30 p.m this evening, and it will be 8-30 ish when i get home to see Helen i do hope i sleep constantly all the way through tonight , its unlikely as i wake up odd hours when Helen is in bed with me... it would be nice to wake up just as my alarm was about to go off.

Tonight and the next few nights four in total Helen is sleeping at her old house and home to look after her youngest son, whilst her husband works nights. He is only 12 years old, Helen's older son has gone fishing for the week with his Grandad, so no one is going to be there to supervise him.
i will hate her being away but i understand and as hard as it is i will get by its a case of having to, i will miss her and it will hurt but i get to see her still before she leaves at nine o clock each night and she will spend the rest of the day at our house, and i am taking her for her occupational health appointment Wednesday afternoon.

I just wish i could take the week of sick and just mope around the house looking at our photos watching DVDs we have watched together and reading old emails and text messages, walking by the canal and just not doing anything resembling work , i hope it flys by and Friday night comes around when things are back to normal and she the woman i LOVE is next to me when i go to sleep on a night and when i wake each morning .

At least i have the Ellie the dog and Bobby the cat for company and will go to bed at a reasonable time hopefully will be in the land of nod and before i know it its morning , no doubt i will to get text messages from Helen at all weird hours like the old days.
I am not working Saturday we are both going down to Essex to pick the Grandfather clock up Helen won on eBay last Friday .

SATURDAY
went to work finished at three o clock went over to Crofton both of us had our haircut Helen had hers coloured , got to say she looks very beautiful.Her brothers partner is a hairdresser she cut ours at her home.Drove over to Flockton went to the pub George and the Dragon to meet up with Sharon and Steve just had two half's of cider and, lager and lime for Helen then went home .The weather was really bad with torrential heavy rain all the way home .Got fish and chips for our tea/supper from Bramley

SUNDAY
worked until two o clock then went over to Sheffield to visit Meadow Hall to enter the one million pound draw did a few entries and posted them in different collection points throughout the store.
Had jacket spud Helen had tuna and cheese, and i had chili and cheese from the oasis food court lower level , i went back for more chili putting on my spud ,there hardly any on as i discovered when i sat down and started to eat it, tuck in would have been the wrong word there was not enough to tuck in to. Which they agreed and put more chili and more cheese on .Will get a text or a email before this coming Friday telling us whether or not we have been picked to be one of the lucky seven entered into the million pound draw which the final draw will be this Saturday at Meadow Hall.Got to be in it to win it would sort us out for the rest of our life's buy us our cottage in the country side which is on the top of our wish list, and to be mortgage or rent free would be a big blessing.Least we made the effort of going down and trying there was loads of people not bothering and its got to be alot better odds then trying to win the lottery.

Left the house this morning at seven and it was raining again just for a change getting feed up with all this wet grey weather.

We have been watching Grandfather clocks on eBay over the last few weeks and we came across this one. It had a seven day listing and we have monitored it and watched it from day one.

There was only one bid on it until about a hour and a half to the end of the listing , then bidder number two came in and was the current wining bid that was until bidder one bid again and was again the highest bid .

Helen came in at around 30 seconds to go and put her highest bid in she was ruthless and blew the other two out of the water and gave them no chance of winning. Helen got the clock us for only £73.00.

We do have to collect the clock in person and that will mean going down to Essex for it. A 450 mile round trip , hopefully we can get down for it either next Saturday or Sunday maybe next weekend at the latest. They will be the added cost of fuel but even so i still reckon its a good buy and we are both extremely happy and please with our win.

Yesterday afternoon i took Helen for her appointment at the Hospital she was given another knee brace, and another sick note for a fortnight , her old sick note runs out after this weekend . The new one gives he an extra week on sick. She also needs to make an appointment to attend physiotherapy, it could potentially take up to three months to get her knee back in shape.

Went to Asda bought some Aubergine, Sweet Potatoes, Butter Squash, Onions and Mushrooms as we are going to have roasted veg for tea one night this week.

Helen made a homemade pear and strawberry flan its nice with cream and nearly as good as her banana cake.

whilst at Asda we also stocked up on dog and cat food and treats for the both of them, they are still living apart for the time being, and the cat is behaving very well and is little or no trouble.
Emailed work to sort out this weekend i am down to do both days Saturday and Sunday until three o clock .
Took Helen over to Crofton for her psychic class dropped her off at ten past seven , so i had three and a half hours to kill, .it's a long time to have to waste. Went to Pugney park read some of the novel by John Twelve Hawks "Dark Water" until it got to dark .Went to Asda again bought a mini packet of poppadom's, tried to get a hours sleep in Asda's car park didn't happen.So went to the pub for half a cider eventually it was time to pick Helen back up. We headed for the M1 only to find the Police, had it cornered off with flashing lights and patrol cars, nothing allowed access. So we had to go home via Horbury and Ossett which took twice as long.

Put the bed up last night .Its well made and should never move apart its well supported with extra legs and everything is metal no wooden slates to creak and crack.The kettle takes a while to boil and as nice whistle once it does boil.
I Have booked yesterday afternoon off work i am taking Helen to Hospital to the knee clinic for her appointment to access what is the damage done to her knee when she fell.

Finished work at four went home picked Helen, up and went to her parents house.Showed them the photos from our Liverpool trip.
Went home to do some tidying up my sister's Irene and Anne was calling round to do the Ouija board first time they had used it to speak to the spirit world.

Got some answers to questions that i didn't even know the answers to . and only my eldest sister knew i could tell by her expression she was surprised when the board spelt out its answers, to questions that Helen definitely wouldn't have known the answers to, family names, dates, and events .Both of my sisters where impressed its nice to know that they both believe Helen is genuine .

The three questions i remembered clearly without any doubt which the board answered correctly are posted here :-

1.What was my Fathers nickname for my Mother, the answer the board spelt out was Doodles which was correct, Helen did not know this.

2.Paul my cousins had middle name which i did not know the answer to , i didn't know he even had a middle name . The board spelt out Howard which was correct Helen had know way of knowing this.

3.The name of the pigeon my sister rescued, kept in the cellar and nursed back to health the board spelt out Albert this was also correct, again Helen had know way of knowing this answer.

These photos where took inside the Exhibition
of original blown up photos of John and George. Helen is at the side of John.

This morning the kettle came that Helen had
bought of eBay the week before last its cream coloured and its old fashioned and whistles when it boils wonder how long we will use the whistle.

My mother used to use similar kettles on the gas ring at home back in the sixty's and seventy's.

Also the new metal wrought iron bed was delivered by Argos which i shall put up as soon as i get home for obvious reasons. This is also old fashion in design.I
ts nice to know that in a modern world that is run and ruled by technology ,computers, games consoles, i-pod's and mobile phones that some things last the test of time, and there is a place for things that are not ultra modern in design and that came from a different era and style period just like the Beatles and there music i guess a point of further proof.

I went into town at dinner time spent over twenty quid on feet products from Boot's . I purchased 2 x Scholl cracked heel repair creams buy one get the other half price , a new pair of Scholl toe nail scissors nearly ten pounds and scalpel type knife for the removal of hard skin and a packet of extra blades for around eight pounds .

Also called in to Zavvi formerly Virgin's and bought a hard back book that is a photo illustrated biography of John Lennon's Life.
Had a chicken pastie and a almond danish from Ainsley's for dinner and just got back to work before the heavens opened .
Finishing work at four o clock every night this week, i am on holiday all week from my hospital job.
Went over to Methley to see her Helen's Brothers new house it was also his wife's Karen's birthday Helen bought a card and a indoor plant on route at a late night opening Marks and Spencer's.

SATURDAY
My son Guy stayed with us Friday night.We picked him up with Helen just after half past nine Friday night.He likes staying over, although i was working Saturday he still wanted to stay.
We dropped him off home after we had taken him to Asda ,they have a coin changing machine, which counts you money, coppers and silver and give you a voucher for the final amount. you than take to any till and get the amount back in notes, he had over £25.00 .


After dropping Guy off home Helen and I went to Lawnswood crematorium, to visit and say prays for my Mother Ethel (Micky) and Father Ted , my uncle Jack and my cousin Paul.

After leaving there we stopped at a near by Co-op and bought a loaf of bread a couple of sandwiches, two bottles of pop and two chocolate eclairs. We had decided to go for picnic and feed the ducks at Golden Acre Park.
On the way back Helen wanted to see where my mother used to live . So we went the short distance over to Harehills to the street i grew up on and my mums old house where she lived until she died well over fifty years , i took Helen to visit jean my mothers best friend who had lived in the same street has my mum for fifty years as well and has known me all my life.

She said my mother knew i wasn't happy in my marriage and Jean was genuinely happy i was with Helen.

SUNDAY



Drove over to Liverpool to visit the Albert Docks, took with us the obligatory egg mayonnaise sandwiches and the tea and coffee flask's no day trip is complete without them.


We got there just after mid day and first place we went to was the Beatles Exhibition and tour of their work music and life it was over priced i thought but we did both enjoy it and is a must for any Beatle fans .

It took about an hour and half to complete we could have made it last longer but we had seen enough.

This lead us out in to Starbucks and it has been a while since i have had a white chocolate mocha got Helen a tea which is the first time i have been in to a Starbucks and ordered a tea .

We also visited the Maritime Museum which is free entry and the Slavery Museum which was also free. Did a complete circuit of Albert Docks then drove home back to Leeds.

Got back just after six o clock we was both ready for a drink i felt the need for a nice cold pint of cider so we went to the Stansfield Arms whilst we was drinking our drinks we decided to order Sunday lunch.

We had a half a hours wait before we got a table we finally got seated and both of us had lamb shank with Yorkshire pudding mash and potatoes, i had mine with hand cut chips Helen had vegetables.

Followed by treacle sponge and custard for Helen i had white chocolate and blueberry cheese cake FOR £9.95 each on there early bird deal.