A FEW DAYS OFF

TUESDAY - Suffering with the hayfever it generally keeps away but every so often it returns with a vengence .I bought three boxes of Piriteze tablets and a Beconase nasal spray give it a couple of days I should be fine .

FRIDAY - Broke up from work this morning after my twilight shift and  I don't go back until the following Wednesday which suits me fine it is also pay day.

SUNDAY - Went to visit my daughter she has had the kitchen and hallway and front room done the kitchen need some finishing off the island needs some work and some tiling but its 95%completed .

MONDAY - Went to the Designer Outlet at York I bought myself  two Adidas T-shirts and two hoodies and from the Levi shop  I bought three T-shirts and a hoodie and T-shirt for Helen .She also got another Michael Kors bag and purse as well as a  second purse from Fossil .

TUESDAY - Went to a designer outlet near Rotherham it was not what we thought so we went over to Junction 32 at Castleford its been a few years since I was there .They had a Levi shop I bought a couple of more t-shirts 30% off with my blue light card. I also picked up  a blue checked shirt from Burberry . Evening meal we went to the Bulls Head near Blackmoorfoot reservoir we both had fish and chips which where excellent we both loved the food we will try Sunday lunch there one weekend . I am back at work tomorrow night oh well I have more days off at the end of June .

MIXED GRILLS

 The first burn to be fair its ok the fire took no time to start and once lighted remained so the paint did not burn off it just went matt looking I did managed to burn quite a bit of wood over the three plus hours its amazing how quick it went through it .

SUNDAY - Adam our neighbourhood had two wooden pallets that he didn't want is I took them and chopped them up for kindling .Waste not want not I have more kindling now then I started with .

Last night I went through have a bag and half a bag of logs and a complete box of fire lighters ,The fire was burning from seven at night to way after eleven .

wahed the car its been a few weeks got the pressure was he out and the long handle brush after that I pressured washed the paving both front and back and I watered the garden and all of the hanging baskets and wall baskets .

It was too late in the day to cook a Sunday roast so we went out for dinner to the Forde Inn we both had the mixed grill which way too much food the meat that we didn't eat we took home for the dogs .

RESULT

THURSDAY - I got a full refund for the chimnea that I bought of Amazon and was not happy with and the company didn't want it back either .They said it was mine to dispose of how I wanted . Now it did cost the best part of two hundred quid I cant resell and  its something  that I wanted but obviously not in this style but I will give it a go ,  if it last me a couple of years so be it I will keep it .Hopefully we can get it fired up over the weekend the weather forecast is not that good but this is England what can we expect .I managed to half sort the door out its not perfect and it does not fit as it should but it will do the heat might reshape it some what .

UP IN SMOKE

 Blogging is hard when life is normal when nothing is planned when we are doing nothing we want to go to the beach which will mean taking the two dogs with us Bailey is great in the car Pip just wingers all the time which sort of ruins the day out making plans that are for longer than a few hours is hard work as much as I like having dogs its at a price .

Bought a new lawn mower for £118 it was a Mac Allister assembling it one of the fasteners snapped we took it back the  following day and exchanged it for a Bosch the model up from what we had which lasted a good five years .

My daughter is in Gran Canaria holidaying with Josh , Jenson and Freddie wish Helen and I was with them .

Have been listening to " You , Me and the Big C " it is a podcast about three ladies with different forms of cancer one is already dead which i didn't know and one lady Deborah James has days left to live she has raised over the last few days 2.5 million for cancer research and has been made a Dame by the Queen .

SATURDAY - Went over to Helen's parents i pressured washed the paving all around their static home we took over a home made lasagna made with fresh pasta sheets and beef mice along with lemon cheese cake.

SUNDAY - Went looking at some Mexican chimenea's mainly at the clay ones but you have to protect them from the frost put sand or gravel in the base to stop them cracking and seal the clay with a water proof coating cast iron ones are in my opinion a lot more durable sturdy   so i ordered one off Amazon with a swivel mesh grill its over four foot tall be a nice center piece .

Went to the Will O Nat's for Sunday lunch  Helen had a roast dinner i had the fish and chips it is a pub we have driven past numerous times but never called in the food was ok have had worse would have preferred different chips and baked beans instead of peas but never mind it was very filling i left nothing and they only had dark berrie cider on draft which i sampled .

TUESDAY - Went out to a hose that sold flowers bedding plants and chopped up logs for the chimenea also bought a bag of kindling we have fire lighters .

Assembled the chimenea the mesh door did not close right it was also not cast iron the only things made out of cast iron where the feet I am in the process of returning it to the supplier the next one I buy will be on I can actually physically  see. Also the paint burns off after one use so it is going to end up very rusty so why bother painting it .

BACK TO WORK AND BROKEN PROMISES

 TUESDAY - Bought Helen a egg chair for the garden it was priced at £399 but at the till when I paid for it was only charged £369 , it just fitted in the car assembled it was only two bolts and was ready in a few minutes for Helen eo test it out all was well .

WEDNESDAY - Went back to work my back ache is almost gone the odd twinge just got to be careful of base movement and lifting but I cant justify another day of sick leave .If my back does go then a sick note it will be .

THURSDAY - Went to Meadow Hall Helen wanted to go to Primark for cheap vests and T-shirts I bought her a bottle of YSL Libre , I was toying of buying myself a bottle of Sauvage but a is. was given a free sample so didn't bother . I went to Next bought eight pairs of boxers and eight pairs of socks just under £65 ouch should have got them from Primark.

FRIDAY - Promises from my son to pay me back some money he owes me never materialised its one way traffic all going out nothing coming in I am not happy with his attitude false promises and lie after lie , in fact I have totally had enough this has been going on for years and for the thousands he has had of me he has never paid a penny back well the bank of Dad is now permanently closed the shutters pulled down no more money ever .

SATURDAY - Went over to Helens parents Helen had cooked a dinner she had promised them a couple o f week ago , well it was for all of us s a simple dish of minced beef and mash with green beans and broccoli done in garlic and brown sugar and a very rich gravy .

SUNDAY - Went over to mt daughters hose fixed the dado rail I. was doing last weekend but had to cancel with my back issues.Helen did some of the bushes that needed trimming it was a good job that they had a skip on their drive .On the way home we stopped at a Wetherby Whaler for fish and chips from the take away they was ok had better had worse .

SMOKE ALARM

 SATURDAY - Back still giving me jib  not sleeping great waking up at silly o'clock in the morning .I had drive to the shops I had no choice bought some supplies essentials dog and cat food cat biscuits  , milk , coffee and sugar also needed some toiletries shaving gel hair gel mouth wash , Also needed  dishwasher tablets , salt and rinse aid also toilet cleaner and paper needed washing tablets and conditioner and some food items lamb chops , new potatoes , sweet corn , I also bought more paracetamol and ibuprofen tablets the two boxes of heat boxes from Amazon got delivered this morning . Bought nine solar lanterns for the back garden hopefully we get some sun to super charge them .

SUNDAY - Picked the two seater garden chair up we ordered at the start of the week I got it lifted into the car for me hopefully I can assemble it easier enough it comes in four pieces got to be careful bending and lifting I manage it ok with out further injury to my back Helen helped me there wa sonly six bolts to tighten .

I have been watching a lot of You Tube clips of the Johnny Depp defamation trial I believe he was always  innocent he's been shit on without a doubt .

MONDAY - Went to the local pub for tea it was easier than going shopping for food my back is still aching and I have to be careful even driving .We both had to order rib eye steak as the fish and pie wa son the menu not happy its a poor menu calfs liver and risotto the alternatives is not something I would want to eat the desert menu was rubbish too the triple cooked chips looked like the had been cooked more than three times think the chef was using the smoke alarm as a timer. The picture below is the chips there is no coating on them they are just potatoes sliced and cooked .The steak was fine the little glass jar is horseradish .