BUBBLING UP

Bought the led lighting and the Fluval 406 pump the FX model was too big the lighting system is really good well built and changes through the day and is totally programable to set lighting patterns which emulates dawn to dusk .
The ocean rock is in the tank we connected the filter intake and outlet to the inside of the tank the ocean rock is in place the air stones w have two a strip at the back and a ball stone at the right hand front of the tank the water is in and it is up and running it looks good specially when its on blue mode at night.We will let it run it might even be a month before we add any fish we have to make sure the water and set up is just right so the fish are happy and live well in their new surroundings .

AWAY AWAY

SUNDAY  - The tank stand is now completed its finished and  it looking better than ever , we ended up using a stain and varnish rather than a coloured wax .Wednesday yes it's pay day we get the filter Fluval 406 filter canister the FX4 is way too big for the unit and we are also getting the Juwel led lighting system that you can turn from blue to white at the turn off a switch.Then its get the tank in place  the gravel washed and  into the tank   , the mango wood is soaking otherwise it will float and decide which pieces of ocean rock to put in . I guess the overall weight is going to be over fifty stone .

Tuesday I am working one shift at six till two I break up Friday for two weeks can't wait .
My sister Anne and her Husband Alan are wanting us to go on holiday next September to Ibiza they have told us they want to pay for us to go which is  unbelievable generous of them , Helen and I have never had a holiday abroad together since we have been a couple in nearly ten years .

We will fly from Leeds and Bradford airport and I think the flight is just over two hours can't wait I am getting in the holiday spirit already it is amazing how lifted I feel just to know we are jetting off somewhere coming back home will be a nightmare going back to work even more so after this holiday I hope we jet off again .
I have to admit I would not be able to afford to take me and Helen here if it was not for my brother -in -Law Alan a big thank you .

We have nearly a year to plan and get sorted and try and loose some weight which might be harder than ever but will give it ago not that we are are obese but losing pounds would not hurt .

THE TANK

Helen's parents have sold their home they have a buyer they are after buying a static home similar to ours .They are already panicking about being homeless because they have not found somewhere to move into , not sure why they are worried there are plenty within a 20 mile radius of Leeds and York which are currently  for sale on Rightmove.

I have been working the fish tank stand that we had wrapped in a black vinyl it is no more it was stopped off and  I have made two new doors and covered the other laminated panels in pine it has not been easy , my tools are well blunt and my planes and chisels need sharping I need to get a sharpening stone and get a decent edge. Saying that I managed to complete the stand I edged the top and bottom with moulded strips and mitred  beading on to both the doors we are waxing them to match the pine furniture hopefully.

When I get paid next Tuesday  I am buying the filter and the lights which will be the best part of £350 we can then finally  add the water 198 litre to be precise and the ocean rocks which are still outside on the garden table and the three bags of aquarium gravel and finally the fish themselves or should I say the Malawi Cichlids  I can't wait to see it as a proper aquarium . just a few more weeks .

I have the first two weeks in October off work might not have loads of cash but will have to get out and about even if it is only local pubs and restaurants .

WEEK OVER

Fcuking hell Apple is having a laugh no way can I afford buying a iPhone X the prices are too astronomical I know they have had a big bill for the new Apple campus but honestly £1149 plus the cost of the wireless charger insane , which you can't buy until next year not even sure how much that will cost as the price is  tbc .

Bought a doner meat pizza from the local farm shop and some almond slice and a mince an onion pie have run out of cider .

The couple down the road Jill and Rob got married a week  last Friday and to celebrate  we was all invited round for a drink  they have also spent a load of money doing their van up it looks totally amazing from the kitchen , bathroom which are too of the best rooms to the living room and bedrooms , apparently most of the things they bought was via Ebay .

Helen bought another little pine unit for the side of my chair it needs new wooden pine handles and she also waxed it it is just the right hight and for £20 was well worth it we bought it from a little cottage in Holmfirth .

WET WEEKEND

SATURDAY
Heavy rain woke us up yet again I guess we are lucky not to have hurricanes and earth quakes and we should not moan it always rains in England . we are used to it .
Coming up to the anniversary of 9/11 and years on we as a world still can not live in peace it is true we never do learn .

Went to the Trinity then to the farm shop to by the mince for the shepherds pie we was going to have for tea .

SUNDAY
Went to my Daughters house with Helen she cooked us a Sunday dinner bless her she did a pork roast with all the trimmings it went down well we stayed until around seven then drove home and busted chilled no "Games Of Thrones" to watch seeing that I am unto date but we do have the latest series of "Coldfeet" to watch .

MONDAY
Have requested the 23rd and 30th of October off work annual leave the 23rd is my birthday and the 30th a hospital appointment with Helen at the hospital I work at talk about a busman's holiday , I have the first two weeks off in October which will make it a short working month.

Listening to - "Imagine Dragons" and "The War On Drugs.

Reading - Stephen King's -  "It'

Watching - New series 'Grand Designs' and "Coldfeet'

TGIF

The bottle of Rain X came yesterday whilst I was at work thought I would apply it in the morning after I had my first cup of coffee , Started cleaning the exterior glass of the car and no soon had Started than  it started to rain oh well there is always tomorrow .

The Rain X does make a difference to visibility it does make things clearer not sure about the anti fogging one I was finding it harder to see at night when cars travelling towards me with their headlights on made it unclear I guess I did not buff the glass enough when I applied it .

Kept thinking yesterday was Friday I told Helen this morning she said "I am Blonde and even  I know it's Wednesday " .Thank God it's Friday .

Have been invited to my daughters house for Sunday dinner she is currently in Spain and flies back tomorrow which is Saturday.

My friend and neighbours Ken took his Landrover Discovery in for the engine doing I might have to drive him down to Wolverhampton to pick it up when it is finally repaired .

ONE SKINNY FRIE

This Time last year I was on sick it seems a lot longer than a year ago and  I wouldn't go back until March the following year .How time flies when you look back specially when I read older posts that I did a decade ago also picture and photos of where I have lived the furniture and ornaments we no longer own .Thee book collection and cd collection gone forever , the magazines I had on tattoos hundreds of pounds spent it is amazing how your  life changes and evolves into what we are today as rarely nothing stays the same .
When I look back further to my teens and early twenties its was a different planet it is like back to the  future the past always seems better less solution less wars less acts of terrorism the world was a nicer happier place to live in .

I was cooking chips the other evening and Helen walked over and asked if she could have chips for a sandwich I "said yes but only one "  when they was finished cooking  she walked to the bowl of chips and  picked up her bread cake that she had already  buttered and picked one solitaire chip and placed it dead centre of her bread cake and reached for the salt and vinegar . I just looked at her amazed and dumbfounded , and she said "what" I said to her I meant for her to do one sandwich not to have just one measly chip she really was going to literally going to have "A chip sandwich" , the thing was it was not like they were big potatoes wedges the where skinny French fries which made it even more laughable  I really wouldn't and couldn't be that cruel .Tomorrow I am cooking beans on toast just for a laugh  can't wait .

DISMAL MONDAY

Bought some Rain X for the car windows it is a water repellent and has been round years they also sell on to stop the interior glass fogging up as bad Autumn and winter just around the corner .
The car is well good on fuel consumption so far getting around 60 mpg which is about 12 mpg better than the Fiat 500 surprise , surprise .

Bought a deep fat fryer so we can cook proper chips oven chips are good and easy hand cut chips better by far .

I also bought a magnetic vent phone holder so I can use my I phone 7 as a sat nav , it should be delivered next week .Other items I am currently watching on Ebay include Grease Lighting polish and wax , aluminum door sills for each of the four doors and a fire extinguisher just in case.Chemical Guys Black Forest air freshener , and seat covers and mats .

SATURDAY
Dropped Helen of at Holmfirth just before three in the afternoon she was getting picked up from the car park by her friend Jill she doing some readings and a past life regression for her and some other people  I was to pick her up from Tintwhistle at around ten at night .

I filled the car to the max it has been a week and it only took £20 to max it out , I went home and cooked fried chicken and fries and watched tv whilst Helen was away for the afternoon early evening .

SUNDAY
Bought food from a few different supermarkets bought a 2.5 litre bottle of Magners cider went to the new lidl that opened in Midfield then went home and cooked a roast beef Sunday dinner with roast potatoes veg and Yorkshire puddings .

NONDAY
Back to work after the weekend its grey and wet and dismal Summer seems to be on its last legs .
Need chocolate digestives and banana milk shake .