NEW TECH

 TUESDAY - Doctor as issued me with a sick note for two months I hopefully won't need to be off for that long I want to go for my MRI scan and see the results before I make any decision on my return to work.

Went over to Sheffield to Ikea bought some furnishings for the home had some meatballs and sauce .

 WEDNESDAY - Drove Helen over to Meltham she had a couple of readings to do mid afternoon , she also had readings to do before and after her trip over to Meltham .

THURSDAY - Boring wet dull grey day went to Wentworth bought some apples to make an apple pie did a spaghetti bolognese for tea did not have any hard cheese oops grated some normal cheese togo on top did home made garlic bread did it with pappardelle wide pasta strips .

FRIDAY - Bought Titan Fall 2 for my X-box one might get it Monday . Just seem the Mac Nano which is basically a key board with a computer built in you just need to mirror it to a monitor or t.v you can also use a iPhone as a track bad not sure what the price is but doubt it will be cheap . It has a Touch Bar 2tb ssd 24gb unified memory and  m2 chip and 8hours of battery life .https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=VeQHlIyPq5w&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yankodesign.com%2F&feature=emb_logo

HAD OUR CHIPS

 SUNDAY - Went over to visit Helens son Ste he lives in a high rise in Leeds but is doing ok for himself he is getting organised and doing his best to get the flat carpeted and painted throughout he has a new companion a dog called George who looks permanently sad .He is also very heavy for his size its quite deceiving .

After leaving we drove back home went shopping at Asda bought a long sleeved black shirt and a new pair of black jeans for the burial I have to go to for a work colleague Crisanto . Bought a joint of  beef brisket for Sunday lunch with swede and carrots and potatoes . I also bought two 40 packet boxes of both dog and cat food and dog biscuits .

The chip pan deep oil fryer arrived it looks ok and and hopefully will make great tasting chips we had an electric one too much hassle cleaning it this should be a lot easier .

MONDAY - It was trying its best to snow this morning it didnt lay but for a few minutes there was white stuff falling .

Cooked chips for tea next time I think I will make them chunkier they was a bit dark but they all got eaten .

Helen has readings until ten tonight catch up on some t.v and You Tube .

LOST AN HOUR

SATURDAY - Went to the local Pub for our tea we  both had our usual order of beer battered fish and triple cooked chips we had to move tables once that we were seated because it had been reserved because of this they knocked the price of the drinks off our bill which suited me , it was for the inconvenience of getting uprooted we had not even place dour order we just had our drinks on the table .They was way too much food , I did my best I did leave some of the thick cut chips .

Latest purchases on Amazon  I bought a 4" inch chef knife its very sharp , I also bought a black leather seats for it so I can store  it safely.Also my X-Box one game came after playing it for a hour  I don't think I am going to get into it will try some more  I get bored too easy . I ordered some laminate A4 sheets for Helen and a new ceramic fryer with a basket and glass lid .I also bought a 16gb usb drive I load it with films to watch on the t.v.I also ordered a heavy duty stapler and staples .

Finished watching " The Last Of Us " roll on series two started watching "The Mandarlorian" watched four episodes so far pretty good .

SUNDAY - Clocks move forward by one hour just to throw your body clock out of sync .

HOUSE PAINTING

 TUESDAY - Went to the hospital for my x-ray appointment for some reason I read the time wrong it thought I had to be there for 08.30 in fact it was 11.30 I was three hours early .I went back home and had a sausage and bacon sandwich and another coffee. Got back on time I was in and out within thirty minutes and will get the results within the next week to ten days.

I have a burial to attend on the 3rd of April its been awhile since I last attended a funeral specially with someone I have known for the las thirteen or so years .

WEDNESDAY - Went to the garden centre to buy another two hares that's four that we have had everyone loves them as they look lovable and are not that expensive at £25 each .

Helen painted her dolls house all of the walls and the windows the roof left as they were I  waxed the the rocking chair  that we bought last week .

NO MORE SLEEPS

SUNDAY - Went over to Acaster Malbis after going to the garden centre and buying a hanging basket cone and and a planter already full of plants and flowers of course it is mothers day and we was going to see Helens mother .

We got home just after seven p.m I cooked  us some fish fingers nine to do three  sandwiches one and a half sandwiches each with salt vinegar and tomato sauce it was spot on.

.MONDAY - My X-box game arrive din the post "Metro Redux " hopefully I can get into it .

Went shopping bought two massive 30 day matured steaks for tea the dogs and cats will eat any that's left I also bought some French  fries and salad stuff do Helen and threw in some battered onion rings I also bought six more packets of coffee from Aldi the coffee they I sell is ok I like them both the Italian and French  and its only £1.69 a bag and to be fair I like it its a nice drink I have a dozen packets to get through no sleep forever  , I also bought more milk and sugar and another two Malteser Easter eggs £1.25 for the egg and a packet of Maltesers good value or what . 

NON EVENT

 THURSDAY - Was up at six a.m once again took the dogs out for their morning stroll .Cooked myself a small breakfast after i had made a cup of tea for Helen and a fresh coffee for me . Its raining gain and  its dull and grey , roll on summer .

Put some piano hinges on Helens dolls house nothing is ever straight forward got there in the end she is painting it so it be fine no small enough screws the door was thinner than the rest of the house so had to file the screws down once they had popped through the front .

FRIDAY - Was up just after ix again its getting to be earlier each day at least I am going to bed earlier which makes up for it .

Took the dogs out only return had two coffees before deciding what to cook for breakfast .Need to get some more chilli jam but the local farm shop has not stocked up on it , and currently have none to sell pissed off .

SATURDAY - Went to Northampton on a ghost hunt it use to be an asylum many years ago it is now a museum and a park we got down there just after five p.m and went to the Abington Pub for tea and to meet up with the others I had chicken masala rice nan bread and onion bhajis it was ok . The hunt was not that good  it was a none starter a bit boring a non event once you explored it seemed a bit pointless its not what we expected we was only sixty odd miles from London . We left early it was supposed to go on  until one a.m we left at around half past eleven for a two hour drive home .The dogs where glad to see us .

SPICED OUT

 WEDNESDAY - Went over to Slaithwaite to HD Seven Salon to get our hair done Sophies did Helens colour and cut and Will cut  mine thank you both .

Whilst I was waiting for Helen I nipped out and bought the spices and onions to make a curry for my tea thought I would try and do an authentic Indian chicken curry well as authentic as a Yorkshire man can do  but if I never try I will never know .Got some beef burgers as back up just incase .

Cooked the curry it went ok it was pretty good way off perfect but none went to waste need to work on the sauce make it more moist and creamy will have to have a second attempt also I could do with a hand blender I also added turmeric and onions not shown in the picture I had it with rice and nan bread .

I will check more online recipes for next time as they say practice makes perfect so they say 

READY TO ROCK

 SUNDAY - Went over to see and meet up with some friends in the afternoon we had afternoon tea with creamed scones with fresh cream and strawberries .They have a fantastic dog called Simba it is a Leonberger  and is bigger than me when it rears up on his hind legs to give you a hug but is totally friendly and has a great temperament  but I wouldn't want it sleeping on the bed , it would need one of his own .

MONDAY - Went over to Helens son apartment its in a big old house and he has one of the top two  apartments his is the biggest by far. It's only one bedroom with kitchen/dining room and living room all combined he lives there by himself it's way big enough . There is a separate  shower room all through out  its all new the fittings and fixtures decorating is just all been done before he moved in it looked well .

He bought us all a Chinese from the local takeaway I had duck curry with soft noodles the best yet the duck was very tender and the sauce quite hot all in all a very decent meal .

TUESDAY - Went over to Rotherham to pick up a wooden rocking chair it was advertised on Facebook market place £30 looked brand new and is made from solid pine  so we went on 50 minute drive to  check it out and to buy it if we liked it it was spot on we pair for it and put it in the car it went in easily enough and  drove back  home it is now in the corner of the room ready to rock .

HOUSES AND FIRES

 SATURDAY - The snow as been cleared off the road out of the estate its been piled up at the side of the roads of peoples drives and paths .I can see such huge mounds of snow taking forever to melt in to the drains .I manage to walk the dogs on the clear parts of the roads slipping only once we got to the field where we walk round but it was still too deep so we went back home .

Helen had seen a dolls house advertised locally and she wanted to go to see it .It was for sale in Honley a few miles away , the house looked pretty good one of the hinges had come off the bottom door on the left no major issue fixing that so we ended up buying it .She is going to re-decorate it and maybe put in some lights but to be honest putting battery operated tea lights inside would be as good .

The transcender for the fire came its what makes the fire put out steam that in the colour of the lighted back ground and the fake logs make for a realistic fire .it was a Chinese copy and it worked we have a realistic fire once again I wouldn't recommend anyone getting one its been a pain .

AMAZON HEROES

 FRIDAY - Got up to more snow I think this is the worst snow we have had since we have lived here .If I wasn't already on sick I be phoning up saying I am snowed in. No cars are leaving the streets as far as I can see.The snow is deeper than the height of my dogs so no walks today it's way too deep plus one is white I never would find him .

Guess its a lazy day of You Tube and reading and listening to some podcasts not much else to do be a miracle if Amazon deliveries get through or the post it is minus one degrees and the snow is still coming down but it is very fine .

AFTERNOON - The sun is out and its melting the snow if we don't get anymore it should go pretty quick over the next few days .

Did a roast chicken dinner for our tea with carrot and side mash , sprouts and roast potatoes , stuffing and home made Yorkshire puddings with a red wine gravy took a couple of hours .

Heard through a work friend a worker who cleans the operating theatres on a night as sadly had a heart attack/stroke and he is not likely to survive the next couple of days its very sad news he is quite a bit younger than me its upsetting I won't get to see him again I am on sick leave so I have not seen him the last few weeks but he will be remembered. 

Finally got my orders from Amazon toilet rolls we won't run out now and a industrial stapler so much easier than shopping thanks to the drivers that deliver our Amazon you are if not life savers at  least make our lives easier and better thanks for braving the snow you are all true heroes .

WATCHING - " La Brea" and "The Last Of Us "

LISTENING TO -Lee Child audio book "Better Of Dead "

HARRIET

 WEDNESDAY - Helen bought a new ornament for the window Harriet the Hare we bought it from the local garden centre it was very reasonable price and is over 18" tall with jointed legs  .

 

I cooked a shepherds pie with carrot , swede and peas I also did chips and Yorkshire puddings we hadbit with bread and butter pudding there is some left over for tomorrow .

It started to  snow late afternoon and  during the night it was snowing when I woke up Thursday morning

cars are already struggling to get ut of the street if I wasn't off work I would be phoning in due to the condition of the roads around where I live doesn't  look like the gritters have been out .

THURSDAY - Snowed most of the day Helen went out with a tape measure 7" in places I ordered some toilet rolls of Amazon we are down to three rolls I cant get out of the street the farm shops don't sell toiletries food only .Will w make it they get delivered Saturday I had a Amazon delivery today it didn't get through the snow .

ITALIAN X 2

 MONDAY - Did a smoked ham carbonara with double cream and white wine fresh parsley and thyme I also used chestnut  mushrooms the wine was the cheapest Aldi sells I dint think I used enough I also did home made garlic bread cakes for afters I did bread and butter pudding just in case there was not enough stodginess and just in case there was not enough calories I had a cloudy apple cider .

Forgive the presentation does not effect the taste I think next time I will use less cream and more white wine .

I found out today I can have a MSI scan my hips are  titanium so its fine .

TUESDAY - Bought a new kettle we have been using a pan to boil the water I have been singly Sage .

Bought a pizza for tea we had half and half I had spicy cheese , beef and green jalapenos. 

HAPPY BDAY

 FRIDAY - Took the dogs out Bailey had his grooming session yesterday he looks top G .I played some Bob Dylan tracks whilst Bentley my cat followed us the whole of our walk  .

On getting home I cut up the potatoes , carrot and swede and throw them in to the slow cooker with the braising steak tea will be at least six hours in the making .

SATURDAY - Went food shopping bought a couple of chickens and a couple of packets of mince for a lasagne and shepherds pie as well as bacon and sausages I also bought more smoked haddock and a couple of packets of ground coffee for the Sage coffee machine  .

Have downloaded some Lee Child Jack reacher books I don't know if you need to listen to them in any particular order will have to see .Fancy also Tom Clancy Jack Ryan audio books to listen to .

SUNDAY - It is my grandsons 8th birthday Monday we got him a Manchester City dressing gown not sure why Man City .We went round in the  afternoon and had some slow cooked chilli co  carne with  jacketspuds and cheese there where a few of us there my daughters dog is called Bee she was very well behaved she is a very good natured dog should have took Rosie too .

GIVE ME HEAD

 THURSDAY - I was reading some posts from way back when I left my wife .I was living at my sisters house with her and her husband Alan I was extremely grateful .I left all my worldly good at the house ei shared with my to be ex-wife , it didn't bother me the main thing I wanted was my custom built pc.

Everything I owned all my worldly goods and possessions was all  in one large black head sports bag all my worldly goods including my iPod loaded with my favourite singers and songs .I felt free I was happy I had nothing the main things I had was my bag and two decent paid jobs both  through the week Monday to Friday starting at seven in the morning finishing at nine at night .

I remember the first things I bought was a LG Viewty  phone with a touch screen which was the first time I had a phone on a monthly  contract and a Logic-3 stereo speaker doc for my iPod Nono which was ok for the price , what more was there I needed .

I was paying zero board to my sister and brother in law and was totally free from everything I could pick up my bag and go anywhere my whole life was in one bag .I was happy to be alive it was a great couple of months I was answerable to no one , and was free to come and go as I wished .

My son is on his own at the moment he does not have a job he has very little of anything. In the house he lives in  is very basic . He can cook if he has food to cook  and he can shower to keep clean that's  if he has hot water a which  is a blessing as he is on a pr payment metre  He has his  own very small  bedroom . Apart from clothes and a cheap mobile phone he has few other possessions like me he is starting with nothing or very little once he gets a job he needs to spend wisely get his necessities sorted .The only way hopefully for him  is up . I started with nothing but I had two jobs which helped , a paid job is more what he  needs more than anything . I believe in him if he puts his heart and soul in he can accomplish everything .

MORE TIME ON SICK

 TUESDAY - Go to see the doctors tomorrow see what he says about my potential slipped disc in my lower back it has improved but its not as it should be if it moves it could leave me needing spinal surgery and I could loose the use of my legs I be a cripple I rather have Tim off work so it has more chance of healing or at least not risk it getting any worse I know there is no guarantee but if abstaining from work is advised then I will remain on sick .

WEDNESDAY - Went to the doctors I  was given another sick note until the 28th of March that's a full month off work which was not what I was expecting obviously I cant afford to but my back and discs under any strain wether it be pushing lifting or moving I am also getting referred to hospital for electromyography to test my nerve respond . I cant have a Msi scan until my doctor consults my surgeon to see what metals where used in my hip replacements if it is titanium I should be ok to have the scan , I think I am also looking at normal x-rays being under taken at some stage in time .