MORE SEATING NEEDED

 THURSDAY - Took around thirty bags of garden waste to the tip .Went and bought two wooden half barrel planters not proper barrels the modern factory made ones they still cost £25 pounds and should last a few years .we also bought two plastic containers and a terracotta pot .

FRIDAY - Helen got quite a few plants and bushes planted we also put down 15 x 50 litre bags of new bark down stop those pesky weeds coming through hopefully .

SATURDAY - Went to the garden centre at Shelley bought a rope trellis and some more plants Helen bought a couple of Acer's .In the Evening took her to Castle Hill she had five readings to do .I picked her up when she finished .

SUNDAY -We have add various garden furniture over the years wooden built heavy duty table and chairs to wrought iron table and chairs at the tiem of writing this we have nothing so today thanks to Amazon I  ordered a five seat ratteen sofa and table for the garden it comes next Thursday I will have to assemble it hopefully the weather is better than what it has been .

 

COMFY SEATS

 THURSDAY - Pick up reading glasses after all the years I have lived be a big change wearing specs .I also have some sunglasses to pick up which are also for reading .Driving home last night on the motorway M1 signs flashing no HGV fuel at Rotherham service station this is the first indication that fuel will run out if the situation regarding the war is not resolved .I do around a of fifty miles a day going too and forth to work and back my tank holds enough fuel to do 420 miles completing eight round trips with some left in the tank at what point do I say it is not possible to go to work I need fuel to get me to the local shops and to get me to a petrol station once there is fuel to get I need at least enough for 250 miles it could be days or weeks before fuel gets through .If I cant work all my payments for the car , non essential bills will stop cant work is not my fault reposes the car there's no petrol anyway .

FRIDAY - No work had to take Helen to Huddersfield A&E some new tablets she was prescribed had an adverse reaction we spent eight hours there so work was a no , no .

SATURDAY - The reclining chair we ordered in January  to match the corner sofa was finally delivered  just before midday  , took the old chair which Monki sits on  to the tip along with some household waste .She now has a new chair as of yet she as not been on it 

Went to Ikea bought four new dining chairs and covers £340 , we also bought a new unit for the kitchen that was half price 

MIND, BODY, AND SOUL , AKA FISH&CHIPS

THURSDAY - Went to Specsavers had eye test and I need reading glasses my distance is fine but to able read books with smaller print glasses are needed I have ordered three pairs one are sunglasses which I think look cool pair one get one free buy a third pair get 50% off paying £200 and I get them a week today .At work I was called to reception two police officers were there to arrest a night worker they lead him away in handcuffs through the main doors a bit out of order innocent until proven guilty the Police don't always  arrest just the guilty .He was released on bail after twenty four hours in a cell .

SATURDAY - Went to Helens parents in Acaster Malbis ended up going to another garden centre and spending another £60 on half a dozen plants'. Bought myself a 1TB external usb c  hard drive mainly to free up space on my windows laptop .

SUNDAY - Filled the tank up as we were going to York to a "Mind Body Soul" fayre at the Mercure Fairfield Manor Hotel it was o.k better than the previous ones I have been to .The hotel was quite grand I would stay there its a bit out of the centre but loads of parking on a dirt road at the side of the hotel .

Helen bought a dragons head and a willow witch figure .

From there we went to Scarborough it was very windy grey and cold with intermittent rain  .On the way back home we went to the fish restaurant "Thompsons" the food was not the best but not the worst the portions were big loads of chips it was just a bit bland .Just before home I filled the car up took £26 now  £1.49 a litre 

 

GROOT

 SATURDAY - Went to B&M at Barnsley the first one we visited did not have a garden centre so we went to another one also in Barnsley we bought some plants Helen saw one she wanted but decided to look elsewhere .We went to B&Q at Wakefield no good nothing we wanted so then went to the garden centre at the Range just up the road nothing there too then she realised she was missing her bag  she had gone to the toilet hung her tote  bag up and forget to pick it up .So back to B&Q luckily some kind person had handed it in so she got it back purse as well including all her bank and debit cards .So a big , big thanks to whoever it was you handed it in the person had already gone we was told when we asked .From there we went to  Hampson's garden centre also  at Wakefield she bought some plants and a Tiki Man solar light but not the one she had seen at B&M so yes you guessed it right back to Barnsley to the B&M luckily the plant she had seen earlier was still there so we bought it £37.95 never mind .From there we went to the Wetherby Whaler we sat in  and had for fish and chips for tea.

SUNDAY - Went to Spring Green Nurseries bought a Groot plant pot and a plant . also bought a red Japanese Acer and a few other plants totalling £150 with what I spent yesterday that's my budget for the garden spent this year .Stopped off at Tesco Penistone to get the ingredients for a shepherds pie which we will eat for a late dinner .

IT'S EASY

 TUESDAY - Helen got her specs three pairs hopefully this time they are right , Went to M&S  at Glossop bought a few dishes and three packets of battered haddock for the freezer .

WEDNESDAY - Had hair cut by Sophie Helen had hers coloured and cut .The weather is improving the sky is blue less wind and the temperature is around 15 a vast improvement .

THURSDAY - Went to Tesco's how easy is it to get rid of money £130 gone in a fifteen minute shop bought three bottles of head and shoulders shampoo and got myself  a pizza for tea also a bottle of Gentlemen Jack .

FRIDAY - Water off due to power cutting out at the water pump station its happened before when you think about all the house getting bombed in Ukraine and Iran and other Gulf states we shouldn't moan .We have bottled water so its no big deal we can survive . Just learned Chuck Norris has passed away sad news he was a legend 86 it was a good innings . 

TWO PLATES

 STAURDAY - Helen got home safely after her over night stay in Scarborough. The hotel she stayed in was near the Grand Hotel  .

SUNDAY - Went to Acaster Malbis to she Helen's mum on Mothers day we set up the t,v so they can watch the catch up channels on their Samsung t.v .

MONDAY - Went to Meadow Hall bought a shirt from Joe Browns for £50 .Helen bought a pink cardigan from the Levi shop we bought bought a Levi pin badge get 20% of using blue light card she bought another pair of Adidas trainers from The Office got 10% off using blue light card the card saved us nearly thirty pounds all helps .Went to the Apple store looked at the new Neo laptops was impressed makes you wonder way if the can do a laptop for £599 then why are the phones so expensive .Went to Thaikhun street buffet restaurant , pigged out too much noodles and rice and beef stew had coconut jelly and ice cream for desert they could have been more main courses to choose from there was only three unless you count the vegan dishes which I don't eat the  cost with drinks and service charge was £55 .I didn't eat for the rest of the day .I was pigged out I only had two plates /

RISING COSTS

 WEDNESDAY - Petrol now at £1.33 per litre before the war it was £1.28 per litre I know it is dearer in other parts of the country this is what I am paying living in Holmfirth , I can live with it the main worry no petrol no going to work what can I do a three day a week maybe I do around 250 miles per week just travelling back and forth  to work.

Went shopping ages ago we bought a camp stove single burner for when the electric goes of the grid sometimes does not support the number of new houses that have been built we can be without power for a few hours seeing as all our cooking is by electric it leaves us with no means of boiling a kettle or cooking food  this is not the end of the world but if it happens more frequent then it made sense to have a back up plan hence the portable camping stove and gas cylinders .The way the world is it made sense to invest in another camp stove even thou we have not used the first stove we bought a second as well as another 16 cans of gas hopefully we never have the need to use one but as they say its better to have and not need then to need and not have .

We also bought tinned and dry food mainly meat , fish , rice and pasta and tinned fruit and veg such as sweet corn  , peas and potatoes we are  not going overboard and we are not panic buying .Just being wise if the shops don't run out of fresh goods then all the prices are going to be inflated and the cost will rise with the inflation of petrol  .We also bought dry dog and cat food as well as bottled water coffee , sugar and of course tea bags throwing in various sauces herbs and spices .Other essentials we thought we will need was liquid soap , detergents , disinfection for cleaning liquid and wipes and other cleaning sprays  soap powders and fabric conditioners for clothes .

FRIDAY -Petrol is now £1.39 a litre  it's only going to go up and up that's before it runs out Dropped Helen off at her cousins Sharon's house  she is going to Scarborough for the night she took enough shit for a weeks stay .

SATURDAY - Got home just before three a.m the dogs had been left at half past four in the afternoon they had been well behaved no accidents which was good .Was up just after eight took the dogs out before taking Bailey and Bentley for their booster injections at 10.45 .On the way home bought some bottled water and more batteries brown sugar and coffee .