MOVED BACK TO HOLMFIRTH , WE ARE OUT OF THE STATIC HOME , AND ARE NOW MOVED IN AND LIVING IN A NEWLY BUILT TWO BED STONE END TERRACE , WITH GEORGE AND BENTLEY OUR TWO CATS AND PIPPA AND BAILEY OUR TWO DOGS.THIS IS OUR FOREVER HOME I DOUBT THAT WE WILL EVER LEAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN A GREAT LOCATION WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LIVE HERE FOREVER.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Called in to work seeing that i didn't work Christmas eve to clean before the centre reopens tomorrow i wont get paid for today i will just book Christmas eve in as normal had to get security to open up for me.It was in a reasonable state and it went pretty quick .
It is Helen's 41st birthday today bought her a couple bottles of perfume happy birthday Angel may you have plenty more happy times loads more merry Christmases and happy birthdays and great new years.
drove over to Saddleworth moors and Dovetone reservoir took the egg mayo sarnies and flask of tea and coffee was wearing the new over trousers what a godsend and our new walking boots which made it easier than wearing the trainers kept our feet dyer and warmer although a lot of the snow had gone in parts it was still iced over with a fair covering of snow on the hills mountains and the higher points it was colder but we did get some winter sun which made it ideal for walking
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Went to the Go Outdoors camping superstore sale at Pudsey and bought a pair of over trousers and a new Berghaus rucksack that is better organised with extra pockets and compartments then the old one that we have been using each , hopefully we go back to the moors tomorrow .
Saturday, December 26, 2009
went to Helens mum and dads for tea another day we have not had to cook a main meal.
Another day didnt have a drink not really bothered last few days neither as Helen
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas morning i woke up with the one i love the most , i was given a silver and black stone pair of cuff links , a diamond cross ear stud which i have wanted for ages and a cmon for the car. i like to receive gifts that wont wear out and perish so i have them for years to come.
We went to Helen's parents for dinner and had a lovely turkey dinner with roasted veg and all the trimmings.
The day went really fast we had to go up to Helen's old house to take Sam her westie out her Ex was in Lincoln visiting his folks we are taking Sam out over the next few days until Sunday.
didn't get home until late had a great day and loved my third Christmas with Helen ALL I EVER WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS IS HELEN ALL I WANT NEXT YEAR IS HELEN CANT WAIT FOR 2010 CANT WAIT FOR NEXT XMAS .
On the evening at seven went over to meet up with Anne and Alan Irene and Ged at Marks ans Sue's house at Greengates palyed the game mr and mrs Helen and i won hehe
listening to :- Seal , hits deluxe edition
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
I bought a litre bottle of vodka and a litre bottle of Baileys a tenner each and a bottle of pimm's from a local off license .need some pear cider and cheap lager.
Went to go outdoors bought Helen a waterproof jacket and fleece and a pair of leather walking boots i also got some walking boots which are very comfy hopefully resulting in very warm and very dry feet.
Bought a turkey crown for boxing day that will be us dining on turkey two days running at least Harvey the cat will be well fed .Helen manage to get Only Fool and Horses box set on dvd for her son Liam on .
Friday, December 18, 2009
Got today off work although i will have to go in to work to night at my second job , trying to get a free grant for new central heating system installing .But it wont be until next year when we Will find out if we have been approved or rejected , so fingers crossed,it would be a great start to the new year if we was successful, woke up this morning to a blanket of snow i do hope it snows again this time next week fingers crossed that we have a white christmas .
Monday, December 14, 2009
www.tunasnax.com check out this site for number one games its wicked all done by a very good friend enjoy.
lazy Sunday finished the "Happy Christmas" salt dough letters just waiting for the varnish to dry then we are going to string it all together and hang it up , and hopefully we will see it for many more Christmas's , had a stew cooking in the slow cooker all day made a giant Yorkshire pudding Helen's mother gave us all the ingredients because we are skint again just a slight glitch some times a month seems to last six weeks trying to make the money last , never mind got enough rice and minced beef to make a chili that will last a few days and a another Friend has giving me a bad of red and green home grown chili peppers once the stew has gone I am never going to moan about making do we are better off then loads of others and still all worth it and I am still madly in love with a Angel called Helen , something’s will never change.
LISTENING TO ENYA
it doesn’t help not having any carpets down we need to sell my house to get the funds to make our house more habitable if I thought it was going to be this bad we shouldn’t have bought this house although it was very cheap we can’t put stuff right with the cost of the mortgage we pay every month and the money we have coming in once Helen quits her job this will reduce even further once I get paid I need to make sure I put as much as I can on the gas metre and in summer months get has much as in front as I can ready for the winter months .been asking for extra shifts at the hospital and it just aint happening even called in Saturday afternoon to enquire face to face no joy can’t do more than what I am doing and still there is too much month left and not enough wage
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Made some salt dough letters with Helen spelling happy Christmas after seeing it done on the telly they turned out ok we have painted them and need to add glitter and other decor to them before we hang them up on the tree or mantle , might do a happy 2010 as well .
Sunday, December 06, 2009
nearly done the living room we now need to buy a carpet and get it fitted which is £160 with underlay. Fitted the dimmer switch for the lights in the living room electrocuted myself doing it never turned the supply off and i was not using a insulated screw driver silly billy.Put the Christmas tree's up yesterday we bought a 4ft one for the dining room , two trees no carpet , put white lights in the kitchen above the range and blue lights in the front porch.Christmas always catches us out first year we moved in to the apartment three days before the 25Th last year a month before this year has just been hectic next year we are going to be better prepared , i bet we are he he.anyway a lot has happened this year divorced was final had to reapply for my job work on the house etc etc hope 2010 is a great year for us all if it ain't we are just going to have to get on with it cant wait.Anyway been with a ANGEL the last three years as well as CRACKER and the only thing i want for christmas is what i have got now ITS CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY thanks to Helen.
listening to :- timbaland shock value two
watching :- taking of phelam 123 brilliant film
Saturday, November 28, 2009
finally getting the Laura Ashley wall paper hanged on the chimney breast and opposite wall also bought a new light fitting all we need now Will be a new carpet or floor covering.was up until two o'clock painting and stripping getting everything prepared so we could paper today Helen's mother kindly offered to paper hang for us i am totally useless and Helen ore then likely just as bad as i am we just do painting .
We was supposed to be going out to to get pissed this was before her mother offered to hang the paper for us so we will have to put it off till next weekend,its been ages since hit he town.
i had to go to Ilkley to get an extra roll just in case we don't have enough to do both walls.
her mother finished just before nine we manage to get everything back tidy the room and watched a hours TV before we went of to bed .
will take the roll of wall paper back tomorrow we have two rolls that forty quid saved .
listening to Alison Moyet the singles
watching the :- surrogates
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
finally got the fire insert and mantle in place its been hard work and its not finished yet had to reform the opening and replace the hearth which we have tiled black it still needs a good clean and of course the fire fitting which should be tomorrow or Friday hopefully the bag of coals we got are fine and we wont need to replace them .
Listening to :- Erasure the best of
Saturday, November 14, 2009
went to Boston Spa today to pick up a fire surround and tiled insert which we won on eBay for £82 the other night , also sold a dishwasher we have never used for £210.
hopefully the new fire surround and fire will all be in and working this time next week .We can repaper the walls Helen bought some Laura Ashley wallpaper ages ago hopefully get it done in time for Christmas , we will have been in the house nearly a year and on the 22ND of December we will have been living together two years at three different addresses and for the first three days one hotel .
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Saturday
went to local Tesoco and bought two pumpkins for the windows Helen carved on and i did the other and various sweets for trick or treaters .
invited my sisters and there partners round and and my Nephew Mark and his girlfriend Sue round for Halloween supper. Did a large pan of chill jacket potatoes and garlic bread and grated a slab of red Leicester.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Lots of stuff is going on in my life ATM lost Internet connection for a few weeks but now back online , I celebrated fifty years of living last Friday with my twin sister Anne my eldest sister Irene and her partner Ged and my two nephews Mark and Andrew and there partners Sue and Angela .i drank pear cider all night after eating home made chili and chips .being fifty is not that great i suppose the only alternative is death which is worse still .
any way be extremely lucky or unlucky to be here in another fifty years if i am then for sure i will still love my angel Helen hopefully that goes without saying .
LISTEN TO :- SEAN KINGSTON TOMORROW
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday
went and to car boot at Rufforth then drove back to the one at Wetherby Race Course bought some old stone pot wear for the kitchen , went back home and had our first ever proper Sunday dinner , since we moved in to the house last December.We had a brisket of beef with roast potatoes , with proper gravy and of course Yorkshire puddings and roasted veg followed by apple strudel turned out perfect yum yum .
Friday, September 25, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
going to Ladybower in the morning done the eggs for the egg mayo sarnies just got the flasks to make and the bread to butter ,will take more photos and walk for miles . The cooker is coming this Monday ten months without a proper cooker.
Nothing else has happened been back to Saddleworth a few times since the last post.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Posted out to me and can get it banked , Helen sons stumps up £30 Tuesday and I have twenty three pounds in cash
In my wallet . did fill the car up and we have gas and electric on the metre which will need topping up before payday .
Trying to get a weekend shift but it’s not looking likely anymore I won’t have to rely on weekends anymore .
Still no offers on the house we have on the market looks like it’s going to be a uphill struggle to sell it before its repossessed
Hopefully we will still get some cash if it is but not as much if we are allowed to sell it privately .
Still waiting for the range to be delivered can’t see us getting it this week be lucky if its next week one of the reasons I am skint
Is that I had to pay the builder for opening up the chimney breast and capping off the chimney which was £350 plus electrical work at £125
and re-piping the gas £85 .
We also paid five hundred pounds for the cooker which is still at our friends house who are waiting delivery for a higher spec model to replace it ,
so we can have the one that they have now.
Guy starts college Tuesday hopefully he will get EMA payment of thirty pound a week which will give him some cash in his pocket for life’s little essentials
and before we know it It’s going to be bonfire night then Christmas. Then 2010 .
Helen is back on sick she won’t be working this weekend might end up at Saddleworth Moor again next week I have five nights off from my hospital cleaning job
LISTENING TO NOISETTES – WILD YOUNG HEARTS
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
up early today to take Guy to his school at Garforth to pick up his GCSE'S exam results. went to the Red Bus Cafe for breakfast then drove to near by garden centres bought some compost and herbs to plant at the side of the garage after i had taken the flagstones up next April May i want to plant chilli's , peepers, butter squash, swede, parsnips, potatoes, onions, tomatoes , and broccoli might have to re plan the planting space or get some raised beds where possible
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
we have got the gas supply sorted out and today the wire for the electric ovens is being fitted .We also Had the chimney capped off to stop rain coming down the chimney and soaking the electrics . The dining room gas fire we bought off eBay is also plumbed in fitted and working like new , it now feels like we are making progress even though we have still no cooker that should be getting delivered next week and has been paid for in full £500 .
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Helen had to go back to work this weekend and has been placed on the ward that caused her to go on sick in the first place which seems to suggest where is the duty of care to staff and patients we have a meeting next Wednesday with senior management hopefully it will be resolved intuition tells us it wont at the end of the day our contract states that we will work anywhere within the trust .
I have four days off work from my day job next week after i have finish on Monday but i still having to work on a night Helen is trying to get a shift back on the wing she use to work on Monday to Friday hopefully this will be resolved at the meeting this should have had been resolved four weeks ago hopefully this will be manager and accomplished by said management i doubt it will.
we should get the cooker either mo day or Tuesday if we do and its all plumbed in. Then next Sunday we might be eating our first Sunday roast in our house and home since we moved in to on the 16th of December last year , this is a major event i don't think most people realise how important it is to have great cooked food they just take it for granted since we have been without a cooker we have only been invited for Sunday dinner twice which is better than none but not ideal guy has been with us over two months now and i think he is already realised what a cooker and freshly prepare meals count for its basic human rights to keep your self clean to clothe yourself in clean clothes to wash and keep your self clean and to sleep somewhere clean dry and comfortable and of course safe and to do with out any one does affect how you feel and how you view life it is depressing and it does get you down also it made me feel that i was in some way not looking after Helen and others as i should have been even cavemen cooked on or over a living flame.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Finally we should be getting our cooker delivered this Monday its a Rangemaster with double oven and is dual fuel both gas and electric which can cook 30% better than a normal oven without the need to preheat it , also it can be used to defrost food and there is a wok burner and a spit for roasting poultry so we might even get a duck going round and round ,we are paying five hundred pounds which bought from new would have been nearly £1300 .
We can’t wait to have a Sunday roast to and to start eating fresh roast veggies once again parsnips, butter squash and sweet potatoes covered in honey with mushrooms and onions thrown in to the middle of a home baked Yorkshire pudding and if she will for Helen to bake a banana cake and other mouth watering delights .
We have been well over eight months without proper cooking facilities since day one that we moved in , so it’s a new cooker is for us a life changing event , especially since the two ring hob has given up the ghost and went in the bin last Sunday the largest ring on it didn’t work right form new .Money should be saved too , last night for instance we bought three pizzas for £9.99 we must spend over £100 a month on take a ways which usually are great and tasty and freshly cooked to order and filling , but we could have bought extra food in from Asda and cooked loads of extra meals instead , so hopefully take away bill is going to be drastically reduced saying that, we will still be visiting the Red Bus Cafe on the A64for the odd fry up and of course still going to our favourite fish shop Murgatroyds at Yeadon . all in all standing of living and moral should be better and one thing missing from home is the smell of food cooking our cakes getting baked also we can start and use our whistling kettle again on the gas hob. .
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Had first viewing of the house last Sunday not sure how long it will take to sell in the current climate hopefully not too long .
My interest in owning a camper van has occurred and the thought of having your home with you is very appealing , for weekend breaks and get ways.
Also travelling further afield would be possible without the need of b&b or hotels which also makes getting away so much cheaper.
With the cooker and fridge we be sorted for simple meals and teas and coffees, As there is always somewhere to get breakfast with someone somewhere with a van
Doing fry ups , breakfast and hot sandwiches. Would have to make sure the sleeping was combatable don’t want to aggravate bad backs the lighting and ventilation and warmth
Where adequate get them right and I guess your half way there , also carry extra fuel would like to visit Scotland up to Skye following the coastal roads taking a laptop digital camera
For updating blog and storing photos also the laptop would be an entertainment system as well for , films music surfing and streaming TV channels , all I need is for my house to sell
And this dream could easily become a reality might have missed this summer but have van will travel.
I Wonder what the next two years will bring , all I know is nothing ever stays the same does it and things are always changing , jobs , people , houses ,money etc etc .
New things to discover and new places to go to and visit a lot more photographs to take and a lot more blog posts to write well fingers crossed there is .
Monday, August 10, 2009
Weekend gone Saturday we went back to the Moors at Saddleworth , Helen and I climbed up the hillside to reach the very top to locate and to photo Ashway memorial cross it was rough going and quite warm also it was hard on the legs once a the top we had our drinks from our tea and coffee flasks and we ate half of the egg mayo sarnies .trekked over the top off the moors to stand on the very top to the Trinnacle at the Ravenstones rock formation from up here you can see for miles took some photos of the reservoirs which looked like ponds from this distance .
Made our way back down from the top following the rocky path of Holme clough making our way down to Birchen Clough Waterfall , keeping to the left we made our way back down to Greenfield reservoir then on to Yeoman Hey reservoir and finished the walk back to the car at Dovestone reservoir.
All done in trainers and t-shirts we need to get some proper walking boots and some water proof jackets and trousers.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Guy bought himself some new jeans and t-shirts and sportswear he looked real cool in his new denims wish I was his age again he has it all in front of him and doesn’t realise what potential he has to do anything he wants if he only puts his heart and soul in to it .
The kitchen chimney breast has been open up to take a range cooker had a oak beam walled in to support the brickwork above the opening the existing bricks don’t look that bad we are going to clean them up and leave them exposed for now at a later date we might plaster board and tile out the back and side walls .
Went on a speed awareness course Thursday I was caught on camera whilst Helen was in Egypt doing 36 in a 30 mile an hour zone , I had the chance of going on this course and not having three points put on my driving license, which has to be worth it at the end of the day .So attending a four hour course was worth it in the end the course was very informative and showed the ways to identify speed limits and correct road awareness.
Saturday
Went to Saddleworth moor I have only ever past it via the M62 this time went through Holmfirth than on to the A635 stopped at Lockwood at the Lockwood pub and had hot baguette sandwiches’ and a half a pint , carried on to saddleworth when we saw the reservoirs from the road side finally manage to get directions and parked up at the car park we walked up past Dovestone reservoir and Yoeman hey reservoir and then up to Greenfield reservoir , I always thought the moors around saddle worth to be bleak and dreary almost baron and desolate there is loads of magnificent fir trees and waterways , raven stones rock formation and wildlife. It was raining constantly and it didn’t seem to matter neither did we seem to be getting that soaked we should have took water with us and something to eat must have spent a good three hours walking and hiking .
Sunday
Went back to Saddleworth moors this time took Guy with us before going we stopped off at Tesco and bought sarnies , mars bars , crisps , and bottled water .also bought some hot bacon and sausage sarnies to eat before we set off . parked at dovestone reservoir and did the same route as we did the day before covering the same three reservoirs we also climbed some of the Raven Stone rocks , we was trying to locate and find Adam’s cross the going got to strenuous , today also we went Wessenden Reservoir just off the A635 and covered even more miles , was very similar terrain as before and we could have easily spent more time here but it was getting late and didn’t want to be walking across the moors in the dark , also we didn’t have any hiking gear not even a rucksack we was carrying everything in a Tesco carrier bag not ideal for a day’s trekking over valley and hill. Finished the day back in Holmfirth eating fish and chips at Compos From “ Last Of The Summer Wine” fish shop we ate them outside .
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
We have had the chimney breast in the kitchen opened up so we can fit a range cooker in to the opening this also will make the kitchen a lot bigger , to get it to this stage cost us £300.There was quite a few bricks to take out and quite a lot of making up to do .
Went on a speed awareness course Thursday got caught speeding whilst Helen was in Egypt going on the course was same as paying the fine and it means not having three points on my license which has to be worth going.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Go to Reed Rains today at Garforth i have to pay £350 plus vat which is £402.50p for the Hip pack doing as our house is going on the market to be sold if i don't pay it they wont put it on the market , we have been advised to market it at £130k its a great house with a decent size conservatory on the rear which goes over the kitchen and living room hopefully it will get snapped up asp , and we can both move on with our lives with a few thousand in the bank .
Helen still on sick for another two weekends.
Sunday
Took Guy to White Rose he bought himself four t-shirts and a pair of track suit bottoms and a grey hoodie , we dropped him off at Catleford he is staying over at his mates house for a few days .
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Getting the kitchen chimney breast opening up and a wooden beam put in , at the end of this month so we can fit a range cooker that we have bought from a friend for five hundred quid .
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Guy still i s still living with us at our house it has been over a week now and he is still upset over the dog last Sunday we all went over to temple newsham and walked her round the grounds of the house.which took us well over two hours looked like we was going to get soaked but the rain never happened .The cat is still brilliant he is right at home he love all his toys and he loves being round people we couldn't have got a nice cat both in looks and temperament .
Picked the dog this Saturday up from the old house both Guy and i use to live in and collected the dog Bandit , drove over to Newmillerdam near Wakefield and walked round the waters edge.
loaded the biked in to the freelander can just get three bikes in all laid on top of one another and went down to the canal at Rodley cycled to Greengates to visit Mark and Sue , bumped in to them walking a dog that they had borrowed Sam a boarder collie so we walked back to their house with the bikes whilst there the heavens opened so make drove me over to pick the car up from Rodley.
SUNDAY
Went to the car boot at Crossgates Leeds its change only a third of the stalls of what used to be there was there a l ot of vacant spaces thought it would be over flowing with people selling unwanted good during the credit crunch . it was easy parking usually when i have been in the past its always been a nightmare to get a place today was easy loads of spaces .Was undecided what to do the rest of the day went to a place on the A64 that sells stone troughs , water features , old pieces of stone they had a lion for sale which was as big as the one’s on Leeds town hall steps. Went to Tesco bought some fresh chicken breast some fresh noodles and stir fry Chinese vegetables and some black bean sauce that’s Sunday sorted then went to Wickes Helen bought some white gloss , white emulsion and some pale green emulsion to paint the dining room walls and ceiling while we did the dining room Guy painted his bedroom floor black. Al that’s left to do is the glossing skirting boards and bay window and door frame .
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Spice is full of life and does a lot of climbing for a Ragdoll who aren't suppose to be climbers he is full of affection and plays all over the house he loves cuddles and snuggling up close he will follow you ever where and purrs constantly and will chat away to you.
Sugar went back to the breeder she is selling her on to another ragdoll breeder who wanted her before we bought her spice was to boisterous and a wee bit over powering ans Sugar was the total opposite and when we realised Guy was moving in with us with the dog we felt it right that we returned her , even though the dog as now gone.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
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Picked all Guys stuff up his TV ,PlayStation, clothes, books and dvds and his other belongings did all in the one trip.Both Helen and i are over the moon that he wants to stay.
Guy sorted out his new bedroom and all his belongings are in place and put away , like me i hope there is no going back for him as well and he stays with us and finds peace and happiness like i have. .Guy officially has left school i don't know what his immediate plans are hopefully if he is still not sure he will sit down and take stock of his life and what direction he wants to go in .Both Helen and i are there for him and he knows that we will support him .
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Land Rover is sea worthy it passed its mot today with flying colours , I taxed it last Saturday for six months at a cost of £118 now all I need is my car insurance renewing which is in the pipe line , it doesn’t run out until the tenth of this month.
Booked Christmas dinner with my Sisters and partners also going we are dining at the Owl public house in Rodley which is on the street I use to live with Helen when we rented the stone through terrace house .
Went to ikea bought three rugs for the dining room and living room some meatballs garavy and berries also some pear cider for tea one night this week.
CROSS AND TIRED
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