POORLY BAILEY

Went out this morning bought five plain white T-shirts and ten pairs of trainees socks I have all I need to go on holiday with just need to pack our suitcases ready for our flight which is next Monday early morning .
Helen is having her nails done in the morning and her hair done Saturday I am also getting mine cut .

TUESDAY
Helen had her nails done this morning and got them painted white , not sure why white but she is happy . Bought four small padlocks for the two suitcases I know they are only a deterrent got stronger padlocks and the zip fasteners will break at the end of the day a utility blade would open it up like a tin of beans any way .
I will pack no earlier than Friday before I go to work at six , doing a six two for my last shift for two weeks .

WEDNESDAY - At the vets with Bailey last two days he has had loose stools and small amounts of blood he is lively enough but is sleeping more than usually he was given two injections and some paste that he needs twice a day hopefully next 48 hours he will be fine also bought a ready cooked chicken and some rice vets fees £76 just what I needed before going on holiday .

The wood carving knife never arrived I was given a full refund from the seller which is good but leaves me without a knife will wait now until after I arrive home from my holiday .

ONWARD

Two baked jacket potatoes  with salt and butter , a tub of chicken tikka sandwich spread with real chicken pieces and another tub of three cheese spread all  from Asda plus a packet of cooked tandoori chicken breast you can guess the rest gorgeous , filling , tasty and reasonably cheap .

On the flip side off that I also bought some Waygu steak and fillet steak from Asda for  £8.95 it is not the proper Japanese meat but none the less was ok had it with stuffed mushrooms fries and onions .

Went to the chiropodist today in Kirkburton I booked it the start of this week , my  sat nav took me totally in the wrong direction thanks google maps eventually got there ten minutes late .Have to admit my feet feel a lot better after the  routine if hard skin removal and nails cutting have booked in for another session in eight weeks time .

Need to find a good book to read on holiday I have a week to finish it well when I say book I mean Kindle or iPad reading a normal book just doesn't do it any more .
Also need some new tunes putting on my Samsung s 8 .

Ordered a book of Amazon by Howard Schultz "Onward " a biography about Starbucks CEO and the company I also want to buy when it comes out on the 13th of September "Small Fry " by Lisa Brennan Jobs ,who is Steve Jobs daughter .

YOUR BED , YOU LIE IN IT .

I have been asked at work by the managers  if I would be willing to  do the six two shift that's six at night until two in the morning for a whole six or seven months starting middle of October  , what's to refuse of course I said yes .

Well went back to the garden centre yet again think the car could drive itself have been that many times over the last few weeks .We went   for another two conifers and another six bags of stone for the garden after adding these six bags all of the soil will be covered with a layer of stone chippings that are different shades of colours that also change shade when it rains .must have spent the past part of £175 on stone chippings.

Also bought another 50 litre bag of compost which I think adds up to in the region of 16 x 50 litre bags.
Both of the  dogs got identical new beds extra comfy extra warm can bet they will be arguments between them both  they also got a big double mattress which just fits under a unit in the bedroom.
Me I got two Yorkshire  pasties one for dinner which I had with chips and gravy and  the other to take to work which I had with brown sauce and a peanut chunky Kit Kat.

Filled the car up to the max until it was to the brim of the tank  they was enough fuel to do another 80 miles I put £44.05 of unleaded in the tank which maxed it out . The petrol gauge show enough for 420 miles but that wont drop until I have done at least maybe fifty miles.

THURSDAY - Bought another two cichlid  fish for the tank got a pair they are nice electric blue and yellow but once settled will be more pastel coloured they have settled in and seem to be fitting right in which is always good .

Work is a pain atm I cant stand managers what flap when there is no need or line managers who when are told they will have to wait for jobs doing , because there is no one to do them because they have cocked up the shift rotas  and they don't have enough staff in because they have granted too much leave to people , who then expect us to sort out their shit I don't think it will happen , so  sorry your bed you lie in it .

ROLLIN BYE

Back starting at two finishing at ten its been a while never mind all good things come to an end until later .
My son starts his new job today fitting granite work tops a lot of travelling and unsocial hours hopefully he will be up at 04.00 am ,  he needs to stick at it get some money earned and get his life sorted fingers cross he is still working come Christmas and the new year and the years following .

Booked in at a chiropodist booked online to final get my feet sorted out I think I have a fungal infection on my large toe nail so hopefully it will be very beneficial and it will improve my overall appearance of my toenails and general up keep of my feet .First appointment is this Saturday at eleven in the morning the cost is £36  fingers crossed that  hopefully it is money well spent  .

The holiday is looming not long left until we will be in Spain on the sun island of Ibiza looking forward to relaxing and chilling on the marina watching the people and the world rollin bye with the sun in my face and  a nice ice cold cider and a plate of paella to boot .

working bank holiday Monday no carnival for me also I am doing a six two the following Friday extra cash more than welcome .We have over 550 euros be nice to top it to seven hundred hopefully will do .
 Still waiting for my carving knife to be delivered also waiting for a book on wood carving to be delivered hopefully tomorrow .

TIP NOT INCLUDED

Last six - two shift tonight then its the weekend .My Superdry Rookie rucksack/backpack it came with the post delivery  this morning it  looks brand new .The  only issue I have is I am not sure if it is in anyway water proof being made from canvas,  but other than that I quite like it be better when it has faded with time .Should get my carving knife tomorrow then I just need wood.

SATURDAY - No carving knife in the post never mind went to my sisters house and we went to the travel agents to show our passports and travel insurance documents I changed £350 sterling in to Euros will change more next week , My sister change some money and then totally out of the blue handed us £200 of Euros making our spends as it stands to £550 of Euros totally unbelievably nice gesture .
Bought some sun tan lotion and some after sun for our vacation to Spain in a few weeks time also bought a travel plug adapter

My Daughter went to Manchester to see the legend Liam Gallagher in concert she missed her train home the cost of a taxi home £100 ouch that's not including tip .

SUNDAY - Went shopping to Asda bought a ready cooked chicken hoping it wasn't foul we had it as a quick Sunday dinner with mash and Yorkshire puddings . I also bought to massive beach towels for our trip to Ibiza .It has been a while bought four bottles of Kopparberg pear cider although I have to admit the weather is getting less sunny and more colder .
Helen has five 30 minute readings to do tonight I will drop her off and pick her up around three hours later .

CRAVING

Have been watching a really good wood carver on You Tube his channel is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdom15Mbfrg he makes it look so easy I have ordered a scalpel handle and some blades to keep the cost down and also they will be surgical sharp and  they say it is only blunt tools that cut you lets hope that quote is correct . I also bought a Narex wood carving knife all I need now is wood and plasters .

Booked Bailey in Bretton Park Kennels £16 a day he is booked in for ten days take him in on a Sunday afternoon at two o clock we visited the Kennels today and paid a £25 deposit the remainder is paid when we pick him back up on our return .

Roll on the weekend I am extremely tired had a shitty nights sleep with the cats waking me up then the dog and then Helen not good I no mood to go to work until two in the morning .

Not done much else looking forward towards the weekend hopefully the weather will be hot need to clean out the guttering on the van not done it this year .

Got two big pieces of braising steak in the slow cooker will have it before going to work , with mash potatoes and Yorkshire pudding .

WAY OFF

Went to see Jason Statham in "The Meg " which was OK , he sure won't win any Oscar's and it is not his best staring role , it was different not seeing him taking on ten guys and kicking arse.

Bought some more plants for the garden and another bag of peat still need more gravel for the boarders will have to wait .
Baby sat Jenson for my daughter watched "Finding Nemo' , Toy Story 3 and Tangled after he went to bed I watched "Forest Gump " think I enjoyed it more watching it again then watching it the first time round .

SUNDAY -Went to Copmanthorpe to the Royal Oak for Sunday lunch had roast beef dinner and for desert had the apricot brad and butter pudding with pouring cream it was excellent .

Bidding on a Super Dry rucksack I am the highest bid one and a half hours to go I could easily put in a highest bid I am at £11.50 it is not brand new how high do I go .

Saw some new build static homes where Helen's parents live  , they are ultra nice and they are more like a decent bungalow  no expense speared looking inside they have a nice kitchen and furnishings. I guess would need a fair wad of cash to make the move guessing £220k ,  even if we got £75 k for ours at a push , we still be way off the mark .

Bailey's bucket on his head came off yesterday tomorrow he is back at the vets for a post op check up he seems fine .

ALL STONED

Three days then back at work had a text asking if I would work next week doing 6-2 of course I said yes did not want to go back doing 2-10 got use to hassle free parking and no managers about plus I get to spend more time at home .
The weather has been cooler the last couple of days and we have had a little rain it is also colder on a night could summer be coming to a end  hopefully the rumours that we will be having an Indian summer this year are true , fingers crossed.

My case for my S8 came yesterday if I bought it in one of the shopping Malls at the little carts outside would have cost me at least a tenner from Ebay only £2.95 .

Helen bought three wrought iron planters for the bay windows of our van , I fixed them using metal washers and 50mm coach bolts hopefully they will remain in situ and won't move , I have also wired them in place hopefully they will stay put .

Also bought another six bags of stone clippings for the boarders reckon we are going to need at least another ten bags to complete it all so all the boarders are all completely stoned .

Cooked Aberdeen Angus steak with stuffed mushroom , fried onion rings and fries for tea was well stuffed , washed down with a ice cold can of Dr Pepper my second favourite Coca Cola being no1 soft drink .
I am currently bidding on a Super Dry rucksack for my holiday on Ebay was wining now losing with two days to go .

HEAD

Want to go see "The Meg"  the new shark film starring Jason Statham cant make out how serious it is from watching the You Tube trailers so will have to check it out if I go to the cinema it be a record three films in the space of a few weeks .

Order from Ebay a new wallet and a new case for my Samsung 8 very cheaper the wallet was the dearer of the two at £5.99 it has RFID protection  the phone case does not have a slot for a debit card hence the new slim line wallet  .

The ton of stone chipping came today just before noon I only had a plastic snow shovel to move it all it took me the best part of an hour but eventually I did it , in the end there was just enough , although  if we go down the left hand side we will need to get some more bags .
Bought an Easter island stone head and a grass plant I have been meaning to get one for ages for the last few years anyway . They had a medium size one at the garden centre it is quite heavy so first one bought and  I also got a grass plant for its hair looks good it is watching over us bet I get more .

THE GARDEN

Bailey went to the vets this morning after his walk in the fields for his snip he can no longer father puppies he was quite lively when we picked him up he was not impressed with the bucket on the head  five days and he will  be bucket free .

Did more work in the garden after I had been in to the city and bought some white t-Shirts and more trainer socks I also bought two pairs of shorts they are going back tomorrow wrong size I also bought a Soviet t-shirt .

WEDNESDAY - Took the shorts back got the right size change one type for another am now sorted for shorts have enough to last me for a few summers to come bought some navy coloured ones with a white t-shirt look really good .
Got more plants for the boarders bought two Limelights £25 each for opposite the kitchen window we planted them next to one another so they  look like one big plant .

We have a ton of gravel coming in the morning and no shovel should be fun plus it is getting tipped it is not in a bag the lorry has no hiab to lift with , cant wait .

DRY DUCK

Last shift working 6 - 2 next week I am on annual leave a total of nine days off .
Helen has had a few readings in the last few days which has helped her out it has been rather dismal lately for her .
Her youngest son found out his girlfriend has been kissing another man behind his back they have just returned from an holiday in Spain when he found out of course  he is not happy .

Redoing the front of the garden are changing the total structure and how it looks we have  expanded the width of the boarders on either side and will get new bushes and plants as and when ,  pictures to follow .
Had to buy a new garden X hose from B&Q it is a blue and it is 50 foot 3x expanding hose there was  tear in the old one and it blew once the water was turned on ,  I also bought a Japanese Acer tree which was reduced by 50%.

Had a Chinese take away I ordered a curry duck with noodles but  when I got back home and opened it up Helen got sweet and sour pork ,  it was a portion of duck fired rice which would have been fine but there was no curry sauce so the dish was as dry as Gandhi's flip flop which sort of ruined the meal. .

HAPPY DOG

SUNDAY - My son Guy rang me this morning he had lost his car key trouble was he was staying at his friends house , his house key was in the car a spare car key was in his house , no one was in he needed me to get a key from my daughters house from his mum my ex wife who was with my daughter his sister  .



Trouble was it was half past elven we had a table booked for half past twelve at the Royal Oak at Copmanthorpe not too far from Acaster Malbis with Helen's parents for Sunday lunch .Had the roast beef would have preferred more roast potatoes and mash as well but the food was excellent for desert had the sticky toffee pudding and pouring cream .

Had lunch and desert finished for two o clock before leaving to sort my son out picked him up then went to his house so he could get his spare car key I had a coffee whilst he had a shower and put a pizza in the oven  than collected his car using the spare key which was parked at his friends house from there we took both cars and went to the the Vue picture house at Clifton Moor  to see Tom Cruise in the latest Mission Impossible film  "Fallout" good film totally enjoyed it at the Vue the cost to watch a film is only £4.99 really good value  .

MONDAY - Another week of doing six two took out travel insurance for the two of us over a hundred pounds but at least we are covered .

TUESDAY - Took Bailey to the Spa a dog grooming parlour for his first cut did a fantastic job he was well behaved which was unbelievable but good .He came out looking all cute and smelling like a tarts bedroom .I truly think he liked the experience of getting pampered .

G.RIGG

Week three of four working six till two getting used to the shift pattern , driving home that early in the morning is fantastic hardly anything on the road , it is  plain sailing its well quite .

Asda salted caramel ice cream lollies same size and taste like Magnums they are very nice  and  box of three and they only cost at  £1  a box of course I bought two boxes it would have been rude not to .

Today we drove over to Todmorden to Helen's favourite garden centre Gordon Rigg bought some succulents and some terracotta planters to do some in door plant displays.

Tomorrow I should WILL  be meeting up with my Son Guy dropping Helen of at her parents static home near York .

THE OLD BOILER AS GONE

Went to Helen's parents static home at Acaster Malbis it is a lot more up market than our van and were we live , but saying that we are not slumming it and they don't have the amount of outdoor space that we have it is like a mini suburbia .We had our dinner there fresh chicken breast with roasted veg including butter squash , sweet pots and red peppers which was really nice , for desert we had a Victoria sponge with cream and strawberries .

We drove down to a campsite that is on the river Ouse and watched the boats and other pond life float by , from there we went to the Ship Inn for a pint of cider the boat sails from there in to the centre of York takes about fifty minutes will have to do it .


TUESDAY - Had a new combo boiler fitted we can control it using a app on our phone plus it as a magnetic filter on it to keep it running better and less contaminants to cause system failure .Turn the tap the hot water is constant don't have to run it till it gets warm . It was moved into the toilet which in turn will warm the toilet room up in winter another bonus .

RINGS AND HEARTS

Thursday - Washed and waxed the car its amazing how dirty it gets driving on the motorway in the dry weather it is a good for a couple of days before the paintwork looks dull at the most it will need a wash .

Might have another couple of weeks doing the 6- 2 shift I do hope so would be very beneficial to my bank balance if I could .More or less nailed on I will .

Got Helen bushels of wheat so she could make a wheat reef using a metal ring frame  it is amazing how much you need for  one medium sized ring .The trouble is she posted it on her face book page now and now everyone wants one .she is also going to make lavender hearts using heart shaped frames , very crafty ,

Have indeed I hope got more 6-2 shifts might even be for longer than another fortnight might be a month will have to wait should get a decent wage end of August get night rate for the month plus back pay from our rise in time for our trip to Ibiza .

CANAL WITH BAILEY

SUNDAY - Went to the canal finally made it took Bailey it was warm walked way too far then of course you have it all to walk back it is a nice stretch of the canal very scenic quite a few on mountain bikes not sure why it really flat.

Went to my daughters house and had an afternoon barbecue a great feast very nice chilling out with a few bottles of cloudy cider listening to some tunes .

MONDAY - Received two cheques from missed sold  PPI one for £414  and the other one for less at  £195 . It is cash I would have not had I do  have fees to pay at 39%  once I have banked the cheques and they have cleared .  I have another three claims waiting for confirmation if PPI was sold , fingers crossed could get another few hundred pounds yet . in time for our holiday to Ibiza later in the year .

Went to Primark bought some swimming Bermuda shorts in a flora blue and white design plus some t-shirts and some trainer socks .

TUESDAY - Hopefully getting a new Ideal smart boiler installed in the van nothing to pay for thirteen months the money we save on fuel will pay a lot towards the cost , plus because we don't need boiler cover we get five years it should be getting installed in the next few weeks , also I will have had two pay rises and the mobile phone contracts will be finished saving more than enough money to pay easily for the cost of the new combi boiler .

PRIMED

Two weeks of working 6 - 2 which suits me down to the ground , bring it on already more or less got be week in the bag , seeing as it is 12.45 Friday morning .
England out of the World Cup never mind it's par for the course nothing ever changes.
Went to Toby Carvery for breakfast we nearly didn't make it fifteen minutes to spare was plenty of food left coffee was low , but it was way too hot inside best to eat up and go .

FRIDAY -First day we have had rain since I cant remember it is only a fine drizzle and won't make any difference to the water  levels in any of the reservoirs  at least the plant and pond life will benefit .
Received a pay out from PPI from Capital one for a grand total 0f £198 there was more interest added on at 8% then the charges that I had paid for the insurance and of course I will also need to pay fees to the company dealing with my claim.

SATURDAY - Washed polished the car using Williams clean and shine , then went to Asda bought some steak mushrooms and  four boxes of ice cream,  lollies two punnets of fresh strawberries and double cream more also bought some Indian kebabs and pot strips and beef burgers and cloudy cider not forgetting the cat and dog food .

Did a full water change on the fish tank , cleaned out the filter put new polishing pads in and some freshly bleached rocks that have been outside in the garden in the sun  for the last two months it will take 24 hours for it to be crystal clear again once the filter is primed it kicks a load of old debris back out in to the water .

Downloaded some reading material from Amazon Prime two Tech magazines T3 and Stuff also a book by Neil Hawkesford "A Foolish Voyage"  . I also downloaded some tunes and some playlists ranging from R.E.M to the Mumford & Sons @ £7.99 a month I am getting my moneys worth also downloaded American Gangster film and Vikings season 1 .

DILEMMA AND U-TURNS

MONDAY - Took the West to the vet he saw one of the nurses we thought he had a tick on the side of his face under further inspection it was a scab but better to be safe than sorry because we did not see the vet there was no fee to pay excellent .

Bought some more green Thai chicken for my sandwiches got the rest of the ingredients .

Driving to work this afternoon got a call would I like to do two weeks of six two shifts of course did a u-turn and went back home suits me .

Dilemma got another cheque from my dispute for another £230 pounds do I dare bank or do I send it back I know if I bank it there is a good chance I will have to pay it back decisions , decisions .  Might phone them up do you think they would reward me for my honesty doubt it .Might be best just to rip it up 

The weather is still warm but very cloudy they sun is trying to break through but not doing a good job  suppose it cant be red hot every day .

ETON MESS AND FOOTBALL

The weekend is finally here this week as really gone quickly . Deposited the cheque from British Gas £230 it should clear Monday went into Wakefield to my bank Thursday and paid it in which was good because I found out they have a Primark which will be good to stock up on T-shirts for the hols plain white and blue should be ok . Also need some more trainer socks and leather sandals .

The week as been really hot sort of getting used to the heat to be honest I hope it lasts until we go away.

Going to a barbecue tomorrow at my nephews house it is my sisters , his mothers birthday no doubt we will have the England verses Sweden game on not being hopefully to be truthful I think England will be boarding a plane out of Moscow back to the U.K Saturday evening would,nt it be ironic if England played Belgium in the final and won that be crazy after England lost to them 1-0 and Belgium beat Brazil , stranger things have happened in the World Cup would also mean we host the next would cup .

Bought a black touch up pen had a chip on the drivers side windscreen frame which is black manage to blend it in not too bad it is noticeable if you look for it but at least it is all black again , gave it about three coats and built it up to the existing paint level .

SATURDAY - Helen had a reading at mid day she was finished just after one .We went to Asda bought some flowers for my sisters birthday and some cloudy cider to go to my Nephews house for the barbie had the tv in the garden so we could watch England's match against Sweden  via Amazon tv , 2-0 a good result the food was really good too  the deserts excellent Eton mess was as good as the football  I had not had it before as I am not a big lover of meringue but was well nice .

SUNDAY- Went over to my daughters hose Helen had her hair coloured and I had mine cut grade one back and sides least its cooler after leaving my daughters went over to Castleford on way home stopped off in Osett for fish and chips .

PREHISTORIC WEEKEND

SATURDAY - Lazy day in the garden did nothing much went for tea to a local fish and chip shop took some bread and butter from home and ate them in the car always taste better sat in the car with the window open radio on parked up looking across the fields and hedge ways .



SUNDAY - Went to see Jurassic World  at Cineworld it was ok not the story line I expected but never less a half decent movie it is the first time at this movie theatre the theatre was empty the seats was ok  and the film was long enough it was not boring .
prehistoric

MONDAY - Another hot day bout some Thai green chicken fried it added onions mushrooms and green jalapenos and a slice of mozzarella very tasty very addictive just way too nice ,