CAMERA WON

 THURSDAY - Back at work tonight at six went to the dentist picked up my altered bottom dentures they are a lot better than what they where before .Did some shopping in Tesco bought some dog and cat food and some fried chicken pieces for me .

Took Bailey to the dog groomers for his shampoo and set they do a fantastic job and are always busy which is a good sign .

Some one is also bidding on the camera that I want on Ebay there is a few days left I am currently the highest bidder fingers crossed I win it .

SATURDAY  - Ordered a new black kitchen mixer tap for the kitchen sink  the one we have is only a couple of years old and its dripping taps from B&Q are not that great in my opinion .

Went to Wakefield Trinity centre Helen bought more soaps from T.K.Max both liquid and bars in fancy paper colourful  wrappings .We went to the Wetherby Whaler fish and chip , scampi with salad and chips , one portion of baked beans bread and butter , and one tea and one bottle Coca Cola £33 no wonder it was half empty it was only half past six .

Finished watching the Sky second series Gangs of London it was very violent and very graphic and hopefully totally over the top .

SUNDAY - Won a different camera than the original one I was bidding on which went for £71 I think  the one I won is a a better camera its a Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ20 I won the bid for £43 including p&p.

Cooked a Sunday roast beef dinner we had it late afternoon early evening with carrots and swede , green cabbage roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings Helen cooked a apple crumble and a apple pie we had the crumble with pouring cream .In the evening we watched Mr Hariggan's Phone it was ok nothing too scary we had no kids knocking on our door trick or treating , if we have loads of sweets they don't come if we don't have sweets guaranteed they will come  .

THE PAST WAS NOT THAT BAD

 MONDAY - Went back to the garden centre at Wentworth Helen bought a magnifying glass with a decent lense and a wooden handle as well as two led battery candles and a pottery house the lights up the windows when you put a tea light inside it , on the way home bought fish and chips for tea .

Had a call from my son we should be picking up his gear that he hastily left at the farm when he moved out he is now  living with an old school mate .Hopefully this will give him chance to get and keep a job and sort his life out ,

In the past quite a few years ago I had a compact Panasonic Lumix camera I bought it with some of the money that my parents left me unfortunately I lost it it was over two hundred pounds and I bought a spare battery and case to go with it . I was gutted to say the least when it went I never replaced it .

I am now bidding for one on Ebay I think it was the next years model up from mine but looks the same design just better spec including a higher mega pixel as well  .It  looks like its hardly been used hopefully I will win it and use it instead of my phone . Hopefully I will win it .

I was looking through some old photos on my Blog in Google archive a lot was using my cameras I have owned and where not taken using a smart phone I also watched a You Tuber King Jvpes and the $10 dollar sleeper camera it made sense to buy a second hand camera . If I win it I will by a second battery and a case for it and a decent sized memory card .

Another thing I use to have and miss and had in the past  is a separate MP3 player same agin I use my iPhone mainly because I use Spotify but I am sure I can get a player which I can download Spotify to will have to look in to it as well as a stereo speaker dock .The past was not that bad for gadgets I think we expect a lot more when really what we had was enough to get excellent results .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US

 THURSDAY - Break up for six days we are going to watch the Watcher all seven episodes hopefully get some chocolate and Coca Cola not sure what else I am doing would like to go buy a new laptop thinking of a Acer iNto or tug laptop .

It is my birthday this Sunday not sure what I will do not sure I am having my bottom dentures realigned so I cant really eat for a week so eating out is a no go .

FRIDAY - Helen has bought me a Leatherman skeletool in black and silver I has a Leatherman wave years ago until it got wrecked may I add  not by me  , it arrives Monday .

First day off had a lazy day took Rosie and Bailey out for a mid morning walk the weather is not great .

Have films to watch Mel Gibson in Bandit  , Nicholas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent , and Emily the Criminal as well as the Netflix series The Watcher .

SATURDAY -Went to Wentworth garden centre bought a Buddha's head water feature its has a led light and water flows down from the top of his crown it is meant for in or outdoors it was quite loud we put sponges inside to dampen the noise 

Took the dogs for a walk on the moors five minutes from our home we are lucky to have so many great  walks so close to where we live .

SUNDAY - Below is the Leatherman the Helen bought me for my birthday it arrived today on my birthday so the timing of the delivery was perfect I will have this forever its a perfect gift to keep for years I am a twin so happy birthday to the both of us . Cooked a roast chicken for dinner I went out to buy it I also remembered to buy  the cranberry sauce .My Son also called to wish me a happy birthday .

SWORDS AND MORE SWORDS

 SUNDAY - We went to the Royal Armouries its great its free to gain entry we parked in the multi storey car park close bye and had time to walk around the docks looking at the apartments we lived in very nostalgic to be honest I would have preferred to walk to granary Wharf and check out the area see what's changed plus its a nice walk up th river/canal bank will have to go back .

The Royal Armouries have not really changed its displays since it opened if you have been ten years ago unless there is a exibixthian on then you will see nothing new although it is possible not to see everything the first visit parts of it could have done with a good clean speciallysome of  the windows saying that it is free , and a great collection from around the world .Special if you like swords and more swords some of the armour looked difficult to put on never mind fight in it .we only spent just over two hours as we had a haunted house to go visit it Rothwell.Had a McDonalds on the way tried a cheese burger was cold and hard to eat washed it down with a coke .

CLARENCE DOCKS REVISITED

 MONDAY - Thinking about Christmas its always a special time of the year not sure what we are doing regarding dinner if we are eating on our own or going out the only invite we are likely to get is from my daughter .There are already mentioning a shortage of turkeys no doubt the price will go up in the next few weeks .

SATURDAY - Helen's cousin Craig came round to visit with her cousin Sharon and her auntie Doreen they stayed a few hours we all went to Compo's fish restaurant in Holmfirth .It was the first time w have been since covid hit in 2019 it had been renovated and looked more modern and stylish the chips had increased in size and the fish decreased some what but still as nice especially the Chinese curry sauce  ,

SUNDAY  - Went to the first place we ever lived together when we left the Travel Lodge in Leeds city centre .We spent our first months at McClintock House on the ninth floor which was handy for my job at the hospital and my job at  construction skills learning centre which was just over the road .It was more magical at night when it was a light up and the lights reflecting of the night black water.It has changed new restaurants have opened others have shut . When we lived there the casino was opening up and the clothes shop All Saints there was also a decent coffee shop I think there was also a Starbucks which If I remembering  rightly ,It ws also nice walking to the bridge we used to meet on and the back streets walking along the canal we need to go to the Air bar as we use to go there every dinner time when we was living apart with our other spouses .We meet on the bridge then go to the bar for food and drink .

SLOW COOKING TWICE

 FRIDAY - Went to Fox Valley shopping outlet went to the Pet at Homes bought some gravy bones two stuff toys two Kong toys and a jar of peanut butter a bag of dry dog food and some chews cost £41 .Went to Home Bargains bought Fixodent x 3 , Steredent x2 , cig filters , battery lights some all surface spray cleaner  cost £31 then went to the local farm shop bought 600g of steak mince a joint of pork and 2 x braising steaks a sausage and tom sandwich and six bred cakes a swede and three carrots some hose fat and a baking apple cost £40 over £110 how money goes fast than it comes in .

SATURDAY -After having just over four hours sleep I was up out of bed .Took Bailey out fo this morning walk to be fair it was a nice autumn morning. Put the braising steak in the slow cooker with onion carrots swede and potatoes . In the afternoon we meet some friends on Saddleworth moor at a old abandoned cottage we have been there numerous times before the weather was still fine the sun was out the clouds of the moors where viberant we only stayed a few house before heading home to a tea of slow cooked beef and veg we had it with pancakes .

SUNDAY -We went over to wish Helens father a happy birthday he is 81 we bought him the usual bottle of There Barrel Brandy big size will last him a week if lucky . Before leaving the house we put a joint of pork in the oven to slow cook we was going to be out for a few hours .

Arriving home did some sweet potatoes , carrot and side mash and Yorkshire puddings the pork just feel apart when trying to slice it it was very nice took no chewing .

STICKING WITH IT

 SUNDAY - Had scrambled eggs and cheese for breakfast it was ok I did manage to eat most of it cant say it was filling but at least it was breakfast .Went over to Helens parents stopped at my local petrol station the gas has got up 2p a litre hopefully it does not rise again .

MONDAY - It is still a pain eating although it is getting slightly better it is no way easy all I can do is stick with it try different foods and see what is best .I have not had a full English breakfast since my teeth removal I have not had a sandwich I find biting hard I find it painful and hard to bite down into food chewing seems to move my dentures or make them loose .Cant get wound up got to think positive that it will improve its not been a week yet .

Everyone at work loves them they say I look younger they look great which they do I just cant eat with them hopefully this will improve if not I see my dentist next Tuesday .

Think I need to buy more fixodent  and more steredent and mouth wash as  clean them daily if not more I between I use use salt mouth wash to try and keep food particles from losing under the plates its a full time job all I do is think about food and what I would like to eat .

FISH 'N' CHIPS

 SATURDAY - Mouth and gums feeling slightly better than they have done its not been 48 hours so it is early days for things to be all back to normal had a fish cake for dinner over the last couple of days I have had limited food I did have a steak beer chips and onion rings for my tea on Wednesday night with a massive chocolate eclair for desert and a full English breakfast on the morning before having my teeth extracted  I must have known .

I keep rinsing my mouth out with a salt water solution to help the healing and refresh my mouth I hat the taste fo salt water but it does help healing then I will gladly do it .I have stock dup on Fixodent and cleaning tablets and mouth wash hopefully I will always have a supply in I will keep a tube of Fixodent in the car because you never know .

I cant wait until I can sit down and eat a proper full course meal without any issues I cant really fix my dentures down until a few days and my sockets have healed until then I can only use Fixodent at certain points I don't want the sockets to get infected or that would delay healing and mean antibiotics just have to grin and bear it at least when I smile I am doing it with a full set of teeth .Still cant believe I had sixteen teeth out in one sitting never again .

Picked Helen up from Slaithwaite she had been doing readings from half ten in the morning and had finished at Half past five in the evening it had been a busy day for her .

We drove down the road again to Saddleworth we where not that far from the spot the police are searching for the remains of K.B the forensic tents where still on the moors as far as I know as of yet they have found no human remains 

Had fish and chips for tea I ate better then previously I put plenty of vinegar and tomato ketchup on and did end up with bits of food behind my plates VERY strange and so annoying .Dining at being at home I went upstairs to clean them off and rinse my mouth .It wouldn't be so easy if we had sat in a restaurant to eat them are my dining days out , over .

Cant believe its is October already how the year as flown bye summer gone Autumn is here and winter just around the corner another year passed how time flies .

K.B

 FRIDAY - Last night was not too bad the better dentures feel better than I though they would it will take a few days I cant rinse mt mouth due to the gaps left by the pulled teeth form clots if I do I can stop the healing process and risk of getting infection . I can test blood I don't even feel hinged I had a cool coffee and later and some soup .

Cant really chew gad some mash and braising steal all mashed up its like being a infant again hopefully time will heal and over the next few days things will settle down .

Heard that a skull had been found on Saddleworth moor the  police and forensic teams where out digging the weather was dire with winds and torrential rain we drove past we had to we have been going to the the moors for years we was there only a few days ago we have walked where they are now digging we could se the tents and the place cars and other vans at the location they couldn't have picked a worse day we also saw news and film crews with there cameras it will be a few days if the are doing DNA tests before we know for certain if it is human remains and if so it it Keith Bennett .The photo below taken by Helen has we drove back up the hill .