SUNDAY BEST

SUNDAY - Clocks went back by an a hour it was not needed I was wide awake at seven thanks to the cats . We went over to Wentworth garden centre Helen bought some candles in stone pots and a Moorland pottery cup with cows on it ,   then we went to the Fox House at Holmfirth  for a Sunday Carvery we had to wait for a table but  it was worth it the food was excellent  as we remembered its been a few years since we was there last . We both had the roast pork I had parsnips and potatoes both mash and roasted it was more  than enough there is no point in going out for dinner and still being hungry after wards.  It washed down with a pint of cloudy apple cider we both pigged out and we will be going back very soon , easily one of the best Sunday dinners we have had .

Helen has more readings at Linthwaite  tonight at the very same house that she did last night .  I will be wearing at least  two pairs of socks on and will make another flask of coffee I am not sure if I should drive back home or wait , sitting in a car by yourself in the dark for over five hours is tough and doing it three nights running is even harder , it gets to you yes I watch you tube vlogs and films and it does help kill the time but it still drags.

MONDAY - Back at work after five days off , but in two weeks I have another week off which is good so its just a case get this week out of the way then its all down hill .

Cut the grass at both sides and one end picked up all the leaves up whilst listening on my Bose headphones to the Editors "Black Gold" album excellent .

SAT IN CAR TWO NIGHTS RUNNING

FRIDAY NIGHT - Helen had a party of readings to in Meltham near Holmfirth I go there there just after six p.m I sat in my car parked up in a Morrisons car park a mile or so away  in the dark and in the pouring rain with a flask of hot coffee which also had  a shot of Jack Daniels in it  , I got two bottles for my birthday , I was watching  the new Breaking Bad movie El Camino  on my iPhone the film was mediocre .

On the way home Called in at McDonald's the milk shake I had was warmer than the beef burger in my Big Mac well nearly , got home just before midnight it was was still raining .

SATURDAY - Don't think it has stopped raining its mid afternoon and we are going to Asda and it is still raining .
Helen had more readings this time in Linthwaite I dropped her off I parked up and waited in a near by church car park which was only a few hundred yards away , I had done another flask of coffee it was way too hot to drink I think I need to take a cup next time rather than drinking it from the  metal insulated bottle , my feet got really cold I had a four hour wait the next time I will have to put two pairs of socks on .I watched the latest offering from Liam Gallagher the documentary "As It Was" a great piece of work really liked it .

N.Y & LOVE

Had a great night out Helen had curled her hair and she looked gorgeous dressed in black with blonde hair she looked good to me .
We arrived at La Catina 44 just before half past six we had drinks and ordered are starters the food was ok can't say it was the best ever Italian but no one really complained . I had ordered a calzone Kiev as my main dish  the fold pizza looks more like a pastie .
My Daughter gave me a brown envelope it contained a very large scratch card in the shape of a golden heart I scratched it off the card is below , which says it all .
We that's me and my daughter are going to fly New York next  April  from Manchester , we are jetting off to the big Apple New York city all I can say is I am totally overwhelmed and what a great present to give me the opportunity  to go to this amazing city it is without out a doubt for me anyway a once in a life time chance and thanks to a great daughter I am getting that chance  to go and visit the city that never sleeps and so good they named it twice  .

I also asked Helen if we could finally  set a date for our wedding we got engaged years and years  ago on bonfire night and  we never really  took it any further not sure why it just didn't happen ,  as the years roll bye it seemed right we should bring it back to the forefront  . I have been with Helen longer than a lot of marriages last  , she left everything to be with me and I mean everything and I have to admit I love her as much as I did when we first meet , so I proposed in front of everyone on one knee and she said yes she even had a tear in her eye a perfect end to a perfect day .

Life is too short to do all the things I want to do but going to America and getting married are two off , on my to do list .

60 OUCH

TUESDAY - After today no work for the rest of the week I am sixty years old tomorrow and will be  celebrating my birthday with my twin sister Anne .we are meeting up tomorrow for an Italian meal with the rest of the family and my daughter and grandson will also be there .

My closet work colleagues presented me with food and a bottle of Jack Daniels and an engraved glass  and a massive card .They all was wearing card board face masks with my face printed on them  a scary freaky sight .

When I got home from work Helen had put banners out  in the van and had a chocolate birthday cake ready and bottles of Kopparberg so two surprises in one day very moving .

WEDNESDAY   - Happy Birthday to me , the big 60 scary unfortunately there is no alternative to getting old , I will enjoy each day and make the most of every week and try to live life to the max when and where  possible .

For the rest of the week I have curries and pizzas to cook  salted Carmel ice cream lollies to eat and chocolate cake and cream  to pig out on  . I have ice cold bottles of Kopparberg pear  cider once I pit them in the fridge  , and lots of ice for my  Jack Daniels . I have Debbie Harry's new  biography to read and films to watch what more could I wish for , I also have done six lines on tonight's lottery fingers crossed .

MORE FOR NO MORE

My sixtieth birthday is just a week away how time flies by it is true what they say time speeds up the older you get which seems so unfair .There is so much left to do places to visit I think one thing I regret is not travelling abroad more hopefully there will still be time to get a few more countries in specially Italy , Bali and the U.s.a .
If I reach retirement I will if affordable and health permitting bye some sort of camper van so I can travel if only around the British Isles and I think doing any travelling as got to be better than staying put .

FRIDAY  - Thank god its Friday trouble is the weekend will fly by as always next week I am only working the Monday and Tuesday the rest of the week I am on leave .Got to work as always they changed the goal posts want us to do more work be more proactive not just me the whole team , well maybe if you was more proactive sorting a decent wage rise out you would have our support , but as always more work more responsibilities for the  same  money , we do more work and have more responsibilities then the other blocks  added together yet they get the same pay as us .Say anything towards then your not a team player bullshit .

GOOD FIND

FRIDAY -  Five days doing 18.00 till 02.00 getting by on around five hours sleep each night  is now taking its toll I feel knackered sand o glad that  its Friday and the weekend don't know how I did all the weeks previously before my hip op doing as this one week seems to have been the worst ever .

We have another estate agent calling round from  W H Brown hopefully they will sort out our sale after meeting them we are now  putting our home up for sale with them as soul agents our current agent  is a slow making any  process and even slower keeping us informed or giving us feed back as we need a result and we so want to move before Christmas we though it is time for a change if we don't it will mean we loose out on the cottage that we are currently after .

Gold Rush season 10 has started and after watching episode one of the new season  it looks like it will be very interesting .

Found two pairs of combats and one pair of jeans a great find they was outside where we keep the dryer , I have washed them and they are drying out will try them on later  them will see if they fit .Got three new shirts supplied by my  work they are royal blue and at least have a breast pocket on the left hand side for my phone .

SUNDAY - Off on a trip to the White Rose parking is always a pain Helen wants to go to Primark for some leggings I would rather go tomorrow a lot less hassle . Finally got a parking spot went to Sainsbury's and  bought a joint of pork with stuffing some  pre made Yorkshire puddings and a jar of goose fat which was half price what we paid for the pork , and for desert a  bread butter pudding and custard this was for our Sunday evening meal .

WILL ONE DAY .

FRIDAY  - Went over to my daughters hair salon its a thirty minute drive  for our hair doing I had my regular cut , grade one back and sides and short spikes and  messy on top .

SATURDAY - Built the bird table it is a lot easier and quicker when you have an electric  chop saw I also creosoted it in dark brown .  Now Helen has seen it assembled she wants me to do a similar  bird table for our garden  I have  got to admit it is better and bigger than the one I made for our garden a while back  .

Did a bit of food shopping at M&S still like their Italian dishes three for £7.00 bought some garlic bread and  a twin pack of tiramisu also bought four cans of Kopparberg pear from Home Bargains £2.99 .

SUNDAY - Boring watched tv and You Tube cooked Sunday dinner had chicken manage a trip out to the garden centre and watched the film  "Stuber" .


MONDAY - Was driving to work when I noticed a missed call from the office I returned the call they asked me if I wanted to do a couple of 18,00 till 02.00 I said of course and did a u-turn back home .
Ended up watching a old James Bond movie that I went to the pictures to see with my Father "Diamonds are Forever " looking dated but brought back happy memories .
I went to see a few more James Bond movies with him we also went to see the "Sting " and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Then I started to think about our holidays in Scarborough on the beach reading "Papillon" in a bed and breakfast for two weeks loving every minute when ten pounds to us as kids was a fortune . In a few weeks time I turn sixty when we was born my mother was not expecting twins we was given a fifty fifty chance of surviving , back in 1959 it was a different era .

I know one thing I am sick of the mundane and sick of having to work to pay my taxes and bills to buy food so I can go to work to pay my taxes and keep on the treadmill . I am  sick of doing nothing most of the time , how I wish I could travel more . I will buy a van one day and even if it is only for use on the weekends I  will travel the U.k, Scotland , Wales and Ireland BECAUSE WE ARE A LONG TIME DEAD.

PORK PIES AND PUMPKINS

Booked six separate weeks annual leave I have a week booked  in the month of November , and December I have  two weeks in January and one week in February and another week  in March I have also three days booked in this month of October , and I think I have about three days left to take nice we get good holidays .

Need to go and buy the wood that  I need to make a bird table it will be for my twin sister Anne she wants me to hand make it for her birthday which is also my birthday being her twin the quicker I get the wood the quicker I will start it which makes sense .

Went to the garden centre  Helen bought some pumpkins for for Halloween and the Fall as she now calls Autumn everything is now Americanized , at least the freshly cooked pork pies where British which always taste twice as good fresh out of the oven if you time it right .