WHAT A CARRY ON

 WEDNESDAY - Mid week , I never mentioned because I was not sure of the out come but  a Porter at the hospital I work at  died last Friday night whilst he was at work he collapsed with either  a heart attack or a aneurysm  it was a very sad Friday .

He was younger and looked a lot fitter than me ,  makes you realise any place any time could be your last day I always imagine people who die unexpectedly will have had a normal day got up showered had breakfast checked the mail watched the news left the house never to set foot in the place again . Instead ending up on a rack in the morgue and the friends you work with on the shift you was working with collecting your body from Resus on the blue covered trolley to your final destination  its a sobering thought cant imagine any day being a good day to pass away.R.I.P my friend .

Anyway the weather is back to grey wet and windy its July and it seems like November only difference is the leaves are still on the trees .

Bought another 4x4 piece of lumber to timber for another beam at the front of the room will do that next week but not on a Monday .

Have been cooking the Go Fresh meals so far brilliant really good have no issues all of the four meals we have cooked have been excellent if they stay as good as this and we don't  have any issues regarding delivery then fine highly recommend them .

Got new SIM cards from our network provider our signal strength was getting worse to where we cant even text off our phones will see how better it is with the new SIM card installed .

Covid is still present in the hospital and one of the ICU ward is all covid patients. The cases are fewer but they are still cases and they seem to be rising we are not out of the woods yet  , so don't let anyone try and tell you different .Carry on wearing a mask , carry on washing your hands and carry on social distancing where possible , in a nutshell carry on being safe .

PAINTING AWAY AND OTHER STUFF.

 Still have not flown the drone i bought I have just been way  too busy D-DAY or drone day might be one day this weekend or early next week .

I want to go to a chicken shop near buy in Slaithwaite village called Ashby's apparently its the best fried chicken for miles I love fried chicken fries and mayo our regualr haunt is Marsdens need to see if this beats it  the gravy they sell is also highly recomended  so hopefully Saturday night we will check it out and hopefully it won't disappoint .

My Iphone will be three years old this April I didn't want to change it as it was a £1500 phone but it seems to be running slow not connecting to 4g and wifi  reception seems to have dropped my idea was to keep the phone and use the money to buy a new Mac book or Air book will have to see just how bad the phone gets before I make a choice .

WEEKEND - Saturday Helen had a couple of readings to do over in Linthwaite did nothing much else .Sunday we went over to York to see Helens parents just in case another lock down kicks in ,

MONDAY - Painted the bedroom wall Helen bought the paint weeks ago finally got it done once I start its ok its just getting my arse in to gear.

TUESDAY - I painted  the landing walls after yesterdays painting session thought I do todays project have tomorrow a paint free day .it took a few hours I used masking tape which took a good twenty minutes and another twenty minutes getting the painting gear and step ladders out I was finished just after three work in two hours need relaxing time .

Our first  Hello Fresh box arrived yesterday it contained five days of meals for two adults the ice packs weighed more than the food .Whilst I was putting the painting stuff away Helen cooked our first meal steak with oven cooked chips and green beans to be fair it turned out really good the food was very tasty no complains looking forward to the rest of the meals .

NO RISE

 FREEDOM DAY  - So called freedom day what a load of lies we are being feed its ludicrous people believe its all ok its all good just because they say so covid has not gone away just because its now ok to go into night clubs does not mean jack .

 I guess in these times its being grateful for what you have ,is it greedy to want more and a case of be happy with what you have because what you have, where and how we live is someone else's dream .We tend to forget that those who have very little want exactly what we have and how we live and some of the things I have and own would be their paradise .

I do know a 1% pay rise is an insult to all NHS staff nursing and none nursing it is a insult just like the badge and letter of thanks that we got  posted out its not going to pay the bills .Just to put it in perspective Morrison's supermarket workers got 9% years ago we was told by one of our managers if we didn't like working for the Nhs go to Morrisons's we all should have listened .

After writing the above ihe pay rise for NHS staff England as been put up to a whopping 3% people are angry if the NHS don't get a decent rise this year after eighteen months fighting the pandemic its never going to happen .

Mu daughter is selling the hose she lives in with her boyfriend not sure where they will move to hopefully a nice secluded place with not too many houses with open spaces and fields and countryside a forever home .

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BETTER THAN TINNED

 Totally feed up with work is getting worse covid is coming home its not really ever gone away and the figures are rising daily and to be honest me and a lot of health care workers have the same that we could do with out being at work .

But it will be learning how to survive on benefits if I could I know others can and do but then I think in a lot of cases it is just  surviving and not living which makes a big difference .

Helen's son is in Mykonos in Greece with his mate who just got through to the finals of Euro 2020 . I went years ago its an truly amazing place I which I had a mobile phone it was way before the birth of the iPhone its an Instagamers dream destination as well as Santorini, white buildings blue seas paradise .

SATURDAY - At last it is red hot and well in to the high twenties  its times like these I wished I lived on the coast need to check out some reservoirs ones we have not been to .Trouble is you just know they will be packed out not really what I am after .

SUNDAY - Bought some fresh strawberries and a pineapple sat in the garden and ate the pineapple it was £1.15 cheaper than a tin it was ice cold and refreshing ,

Cooked a turkey joint for dinner had it with roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings was too hot but have to eat in the evening went for a walk at Ingbirchworth reservoir it was still warm with a slight breeze there was baby frogs jumping around the path so tiny they looked like flies once we was aware of them we was looking where we were walking .

LOST IT

 SUNDAY  - Went over to York to Helens parents home Helen had a reading for one of their friends she lived in a massive house a few minutes away from theirs but about eight times the cost .I stayed with her parents watching the mens Wimbledon  finals it years since I have watched tennis and of course we wanted to get home to watch the England football final with Italy in the evening .They had moved the bird table that I had made for them to the opposite end of the garden it looked well .

Well England got  off to a great start in the final 1- 0 in the first few minutes and we went in winning at half time .It took Italy a while to score sand it was still one all after thirty minutes of extra time.

 England lost we went out on the penalty shoot out three players from the England squad totally fcuked up big time no excuses some of these players are on 200k a week and are professional players its their job its what they are paid to do score goals so no excuses. You lost us the final because you cant position a ball so after waiting fifty five years we still have not won a major tournament coming second does not equal a win .Well it is the World Cup next year see how good we do then is anyones guess , hopefully we don't have to take any penalties to get a win otherwise we might as well stay at home .

MONDAY - Its grey cold and wet and its rained all morning and I am back at work today totally cant be arsed .

ITS BUGGING

 Following a You Tuber called 'Rate My Take Away " he is a Lad  from Leeds which is our old town he is down to earth and very comical and a true Yorkshire mans gift of the gab and he is doing a great job and putting out great content through out the week.  His following is growing and people stop to have their photographs taken with him  ,He basically goes around the surrounding suburbs  tasting food from local take aways , kebab shops fast food shops anywhere were and every where tasting all types of food .He recently went to a Indian curry take away , kebab outlet in Wakefield its only a half hour drive from where we live and I want to go check it out hopefully this weekend its called Abduls and hopefully we are not too busy that we cant get over there and sample the food .

We need a new printer and scanner  Helen's requirements is it as to be white so that makes it an easy choice not sure if I want to go back to a Canon I think they are better than Epsom or HP but that's just my opinion I think we need to see the cost of the ink and work round that  ,otherwise you can spend a fortune on ink.

SATURDAY - Ended up buying another HP Printer you get three months free ink and then to carry it on it is £9.99 a month which should be enough ink for around three hundred pages which should be enough .It cost £59.99 and we got a free  ream of canon white paper which was £4.99 so not a bad price it set up ok there is a amber warning light on which I am not sure why but it is printing from both the Mac book and iPhone hopefully this amber light is annoying rather than a fault it seems ok I powered it down and back on and the amber light came on again will have to figure it out or it is going to bug me.

BEAMING AT LAST

 Since we moved in our new build last year Helen has wanted me to put two beams one across the entrance to the kitchen and one seperating the living room and dining room .Well finally did it for her they look better than I thought which is a good thing.We had to buy some more wax coach bolts and obiously the timber all in all £50 not a bad.

England football team made it to the final first time since 1966 the million dollar question is it coming home who knows would be nice would be a great boost in moral after going through and surviving the covid pandemic would be a great moment it time I guess if they loose it is highly unlikely I will witness another final in my life time .

Bought Helen a Michael Corr's bag she has always wanted one and we went into a boutique shop and she picked up to look at of course a sales assistant approached her I said jokingly  I would buy it for her thing is I wasn't joking I knew she would be buzzing if I did , so I did I bought it for her bless its nice doing things that makes some wish come true.

I tested a bottle on Initio Oud fragrance cologne what ever it is classed as I think also it is unisex but I sprayed my wrist twelve hours later I could still smell it it unbelievable and I would wear it every day the only draw back is it cost £270 for 90ml and I know once the bottle was empty I be forking out another £270 , I know you can buy imitations scents and perfumes but I would want the original just for the bottle sitting on my my bedroom drawers .I have ordered a sample off eBay 3ml for a £10 at least I get  true smell hopefully its genuine .

ONE STAR

 I have watched numerous You Tubes sloggers and ametuer film makers I can honestly say editing when you don't really know what you are doing is difficult ,not impossible just bloody difficult thank God for you tube tutorials and trail and error .

We went to visit a friend of Helens a great woman who sells crystal she was truly amazing person and it was a truly amazing experience apart from now I have to lots of clips to edit and get on Facebook be a miracle if I get one done but God does work in mysterious ways and after a lot of headache pills ,  coffee and persistence I did it both movies completed I say movies to me they were epic . I know now a bit about iMovie even if its only a little bit and even if it was more luck than knowledge I really don't care job done.

The next fun bit was saving and exporting the finished footage to my usb drive then uploading it ti Facebook got to admit I was inpatient both processes took longer than I realised .But I got there in the end  even if I never do it again think I earned one star just like the iMovie logo .To be a professional film maker and editor must be a amazing job satisfaction must be so high knowledge and a eye for detail amazing .

BEAMISH VLOGGING

 MONDAY - Took Bailey are Westie dog  for his coat cutting seeing as he does not molt we have to have him trimmed around every two to three months .They give him the full works  from his teeth to his bum and  he comes out looking very posh very soft cuddly and smelling a lot nicer then before he went in its a full transformation . 

I wait for his pamper session to end its around two hours it does not pay for me to go home then come back its a hassle . So I went to Pc World I was so tempted to get a new Mac book Pro unfortunately I did not give in to temptation impulses  mores the pity I know I will get one in the next twelve months .Just downloaded Catalina on my mid 2021 Mac book pro it is the very last update it is able to make, I am unable to download Big Sur .

TUESDAY - Booked passes for The Beamish Museum we are going Wednesday afternoon and have to be there for one clock its just over a two hour drive  should be a nice steady drive hopefully uneventful .

WEDNESDAY - Set off to Beamish the sun was out and the roads fairly easy going we arrived just after midday .To be fair the car parks where quite empty .We picked our yearly passes up at the door you can go back as many times as you like within twelve months you just need to book a time slot .

I used my gimbal for the first time its amazing what a difference it makes I am hopefully going to use 

iMovie to edit join fade in and out add transitions and a sound track thing is I have never used any editing software in my life , never told hopefully that is true .