PACKED UP

FRIDAY
Was up early went out just after seven to get cat food and some petrol before setting off to the vets for Bentley's injection he was very brave never flinched he did not even murmur.
Went over to my daughters house Helen was having her hair cut and coloured , she bought another Amazon fire stick I loaded Kodi on to it  this is a Christmas present for one of her friends

SATURDAY
Went food shopping bought Chinese and Indian food as well as chicken and beef , Helen went to Staples and had 200 business cards printed mainly to hand out at the event she is booked in to do tomorrow , rearranged the kitchen moved stuff around it seems less cluttered .

SUNDAY
The event was a waste of time we set up our table and only had one reading in four hours it was totally dead so we  packed up we were supposed to pay for the hire of the table we left early without paying the £25 cost it would have cost us more than the £20 we had made we did hang some cards out hopefully we will get a couple of people interested .

AGES

I have been off work for what seems like an eternity and I am missing work mates and having something constructive to do and a purpose ,  although it good being off I have to be careful what I post on Face book or where I go ,as there is always someone who will spot you or expect you to be constantly home bound ,and if I am out and about questions might  be asked . Although I still have to go shopping for food and stuff , Helen cant drive so we have no choice.

Overdosing on home cooked stew this is the fourth pot of stew I have cooked in the last week we sometimes have it with Yorkshire puddings and sometimes with dumplings but it is still stew and it still taste better the following day , I should use either use red wine or port to throw in one thing I will buy when I go shopping next is Lea Perrins Worcestershire  sauce ,great for meats and stews there is  no taste like it .

Bentley is booked in the vets to have his initial injections once he has had them he will in a few weeks be able to go out and venture  in to the great beyond the outside no more cat tray hopefully he will be safe and sound.

Have been given a Hp wireless printer from my good friend Ken who lives over the way it even has brand new cartridges in it which is a big bonus checked on Ebay and they are costing around £22.

NO POINT

I really  would like to buy a half decent drone like some or most of the You Tubers daily bloggers own and have in their camera kit either a Dji Phantom or Go pro .

Then I look at where I live and think it would be pointless . I am not near a decent beach with light houses and palm trees or harbour with million dollar yachts best I could do is donkeys and deckchairs in likely filmed in the rain or major capital  city with motorways or a skyscraper skyline .The best I can think I could just about manage  the town hall and the  canals with  green brown  muddy fields with the odd cow and sheep  might as well just use Google satellite , even the weather is useless a sunset over Ferry bride power station don't exactly sell it .

Same as me attempting to do a daily vlog me frying bacon and eggs or cooking porridge for my  breakfast is not great would need some amazing click bait  what else do I do go to the supermarket could do that once what do I have in my trolley egg and beans and porridge milk coffee and sugar .

Mail time be fun final demands and monthly bank statement and the phone bill plus odd Ebay purchase that would bore people to death in no time no matter what click bait I use .
Will never be like Casey Neistat saying that he won't be seeing that he has quit daily blogging wonder if he is selling off his camera and gorilla pod .

Watching - Matt Damon in  "Jason Bourne" and Arran Paul in "Come And Find Me "

LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS

Put a shabby chic cabinet up in the van I took a mirror down which was on a mdf board the cabinet was just a few inches smaller I fixed it into the same line as the screws for the mirror it is well secured it has two wire mesh doors Helen loves it it has been gathering dust i one of  the out buildings for the last 18 months .We also found some wallpaper and we decorated the inside of it looks ok .

We also so bought some tartan fabric to re-cover the window blind and two lamp shades , Helen's mother kindly came over with her sewing machine and did her magic .Little improvements here and there make a big difference next we are going to be dying some cushions well I say we you get the drift .

STEWED

We are going to totally going to get caught out for Christmas again if we are not carefully .We need to start planing on what we are going to do , we need to organize if we are eating at home and if we are dinning in the van who is coming or do we go out ,which as its draw backs I prefer to do my own food.

Got the croc pot full of beef stew it will slow cook through the night we have thrown in leeks ,  mushrooms , swede , carrots and new potatoes we will add in some dumplings tomorrow hopefully  it will be a nice dinner I  would have preferred to use shin beef and oxtail with some red wine or port .

SUNDAY
Cleared the fallen leaves from the main parts of the garden after I was finding it difficult to even walk due to mt hip , I don't know if it is due to me being off work and doing less walking but it does seem to be getting a lot more stiffer as soon as I do any form of work .

MONDAY
Eat the  beef stew that as been slow cooking in the slow cooker  since yesterday it was really good tasty and thick I also did some dumplings which turned out ok too.

TUESDAY
  l cooked  a chicken stew  I put all the ingredients that I use din the beef stew . Helen's parents called round for dinner I also  made  more dumplings I used the same amount of self raising flour 4oz and  2oz  of  suet and for some reason the dumplings where twice the size of yesterdays and I am not sure why , everyone enjoyed them which is the main thing .

WEDNESDAY
i am thinking of buying a X-Box One with Battlefield 1 GAME FOR £219 being at home all day I need more entertainment also I guess gaming can be my new hobby which I am in dire  need of a hobby that will not bore me once the initial out lay of the console I can get games pretty cheap
or borrow games from my daughters boyfriend .

MUFFINS

So far so good the Bt broadband is up and running fine , it did disconnect itself  a few times during the night and  early morning but it came back on in only a few minutes .

Today I went for my ct scan at the Spires in Elland about a half hours drive . The scan itself  took all of 3 minutes , after  it was all done I booked another appointment with the surgeon whom is doing my hip I go and see him on the 29th of this month hopefully I will be given a date for surgery .

My daughter is having her first tattoo well actually she is having her first two tattoos , she would look funny with just the one as she is having her eyebrows done hopefully  they are symmetrical .

We did some food shopping bought enough meat to do a beef and chicken stew along with all the veggies to throw in including swede and leeks we also got suet to male dumplings and eggs to make pancakes .
Also bought some home made tomato and red pepper soup which I garnished myself using black pepper , grated cheese and freshly chopped  parsley served with lightly  toasted English muffins nice.

OUT AND ABOUT

MONDAY
All the BT router came this morning I am not sure when to set it up atm the Sky router is still connected so I guess I will wait until around midnight tonight to use the new BT gear.

Our connection went live this afternoon I connected both Helen and mine mac books or iPads and iPhones the two Amazon fire sticks are not playing ball I phoned BT help desk basically everything should be working at midnight fingers crossed .Web pages are opening a lot faster so we should be sorted .One issue was trying to connect the Amazon Fire stick tv stick I had to enter the new router settings and disable smart set up only then would the fire sticks connect to new the wi-fi hub so far so good web pages seem to be opening faster they have said it will be around three days for it to settle down and optimize  itself.

TUESDAY
Went to Helen's parents house in Bramley Leeds  for tea  we had a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings and home made apple pie and Jersey cream for desert , I also was given £30 worth of gift vouchers for Next which was totally out of the blue more new jeans I think , we had to leave earlier than we had planned due to the weather looks like it will snow.

WEDNESDAY
Was awake early hours of the morning watching the USA Presidential election results I knew Donald Trump would gain the majority of the votes never say never .
We had snow during the night not loads but it was coming down during most of the morning .
I had to take Helen former doctors appointment just after ten . At one this afternoon I had to go into work for another meeting with my line manager ,  ticking boxes and playing ball they graciously  pay me sick pay whilst I am on sick  so its the least I can do .

FIRE NIGHTS X2

FRIDAY
Bought minced beef , canned chopped tomatoes one red and green peppers  a jar of chilli  sauce and a packet of chili powder , button mushrooms a onion and bulb of garlic and and a large  tin of baked  beans to cook a chilli to take over to our friends house over at Holmfirth on the little street where we use to live for a bonfire party it was a good night my feet got wet and cold but all in all it was a good night all the old neighboughs turned up and we saw them all more or less .
We did not bother with fireworks we just had a bonfire burning , there was even some chili left to bring back home in the croc pot we had used .

SATURDAY
Bonfire party number two this was all for family my daughter and grandson my two sisters two nephews and their partners more chilli along with a bowl of  freshly cooked pulled pork and sausages.
We also  had various fireworks  going off from rockets to Cathrine wheels to magic fountains and air bomb repeaters they were all really good  all in all it was a very good night most of the people who turned up for the indian meal a fortnight ago was there tonight all in all two good nights and the best thing no accidents or incidents .
It was good getting out of the house for two nights running and  meeting up with people is always good specially when it does not happen too often .My sister even gave me five bottles of pear cider to take  home nice one Anne thanks ,

SUNDAY
Our new router of Bt broadband should be arriving tomorrow we go live anytime up until midnight Mondayand  hopefully it is going to be fast with a vast wi-fi coverage it can be no worse than Sky that we have stuck with for well  over a year .

The Savfy 3200 mah  battery case that  I bought  for my Iphone 7 is great it was  defiantly  a very good buy  I have no complaints  , I have only  had to charge my phone once via the mains once  during the last four days .

The gas boiler is playing up again it is on then its off we have heating and hot water then we don't I called the engineer the other day and it sorted its self  out so I cancelled the call out I called them again today this time they can come out regardless

Third night fireworks going off George the cat is safe inside which is good at least he is safe although he is not happy about staying in he likes to be out and about .

SICK UNTIL 2017

Went to see the surgeon who will be performing my hip replacement operation on Tuesday he is first sending me for a CT Scan which is Thursday next week at 10.00am as a X-ray only gives a 2 dimensional image a CT Scan gives a three dimensional image which he wants before he does the procedure to to make sure there is no hidden issues .

I called my local doctors surgery  and they have written  me out another sick note which I will give in at work next week  that will last me until the 31st of January 2017 , which is a whopping  thirteen weeks I have already had seven weeks off work this already there is no doubt the longest time that I will have been on sick during the whole of my working life .

My battery case for my iPhone seven came today from Ebay giving me an extra 3200mah of power which will do for me . Also I was lucky enough to get a grey  Levi t-shirt I made an opening bid of 99p and no one else entered any bids so I won it that also came today .

The elderly lady who lives next door passed away during the night ,  we are all walking towards a finish line sad but true .


Listening to -  "Gnash"

Watching Tv Series -  "Hunted"

Eating - Butter chicken curry and rice