ALL DECORATED

 SUNDAY - Went over to my sisters house for a family gathering in the afternoon only to be told that my brother in law was just getting over for covid which was a red flag to Helen , its Helens biggest nightmare she will infer her parents we did sit out in the garden I had food Helen refused she had a cup of tea and that's all , the atmosphere was heavy I was glad when we left we had decorating to do to make ready for the wallpaper going on Monday .

MONDAY - Took the dogs on their longest walk yet , we did 9 kilometres  I had to keep out so the the Walls could be papered the the paint finished, the stairway landing and downstairs wall all looks really good,  fresh and clean you cant bet new decorated  walls and wood work makes it all looks super fresh and new .

NEED SHEEP

 TUESDAY - Did a little touch up of the bedroom wall that I painted yesterday it only took a couple of minutes .I cooked a freshly made bolognese pizza all using fresh ingredients it turned out ok needed more seasoning but it was fully loaded with mozzarella cheese sauce onions and ground beef if nothing else it was very filling .

WEDNESDAY  - Helen finished the reef for the bedroom wall after buying some bay leave stems dried poppy head pods and thistles the shop we go to charge around £130 for something similar .

SATURDAY - Had a Chinese take away its been awhile had the curried duck with noodles it was very nice to say we went out for fish and chips we took the meal home and it was still hot I did drive breaking the speed limits on the way home , as part of the route home had the roads shut for road works .

SUNDAY - Cut the grass again its amazing how quick the grass grows we need sheep .

MONDAY - Three days at work then I have a long weekend of I don't go back until next Wednesday yippee .

REPAINT

 SUNDAY - Went to a disigner home store on the way to York its on the A64 just aft the Highwayman inn.The layout and the interiors is truly inspiring for anyone want to transform their home of course at a cost .

We went to get a paint they sell we tried to get a mixed at B&Q but because it was a image on a phone the machine cant scan the colour to make a mix because the screen reflects the light so the nearest Neptune store was the one we was going to .We bought 2.5 litres of paint , two hand wash soaps and a hand cream , a stone acorn and a stone bird hopefully the paint covers well .

MONDAY - Used the paint to repaint the bedroom wall behind the headboard of our bed it took a few hours to give it two coats its not the hardest wall to paint like always it takes a long to move things and prep the area ,

 A fresh coat of paint does transform a room even just doing one wall makes a difference to the whole room , I might need to touch up slightly in places my eyesight is not what it use to be specially in bad lighting conditions .It was just a year ago I fixed the framing on to the wall and repainted it a lot happens in twelve months.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE .

 MONDAY - First day back at work or should I say evening it went ok the time went really fast which helped , did what I had to do nothing more nothing less.I was glad to be driving home little dog was waiting for me which is always nice welcome home .

TUESDAY - Helen swears blind that saw a u.f.o in the night sky it was moving like no earthly craft can she saw it appear amongst the star she viewed the appearance with two other friends who where dropping her off it was only just after 22.00 hours ,  they where to o busy being in aw and watching it to film it , each had a decent top of the range mobile phone yet no one  filmed any footage unbelievable .

GOT

 SUNDAY - My daughter came over with Josh and the grandchildren Jenson and Freddie plus she had picked my son up Guy.Its been well over 18 months since we have all been together we went foo a walk on Winscar reservoir the boats were out on the water it was quite warm and the sun out in appearance which made a change and the dogs got their second walk of the day .

They all went back to my daughters house at Stanley Helen and I went to McDonalds for her fillet O'fish meal I went to KFC for my food after we drove over to my daughters house and all meet up again .

Watched some tv the follow on series to G.O.T "The House of Dragons " Helen was getting in to it she has never watched one episode of "Game of Thrones " now she wants to watch it guess I will be watching it again with her .

PLASTIC TREES

 FRIDAY - Last day of my annual leave I had a shower took the dogs out and got back just before the rain started another grey dull wet day.

Dropping Helen of at Holmfirth centre she is getting her nails done be a couple of hours will go to Aldi get some cider and chicken burgers for Helen and some tempura chicken pieces for me .

Bought as Radio sang a "Fake Plastic Tree" that looks pretty good to say its manufactured it cost under £35 and will never die or need watering or shed it's leaves .

Cooked two burgers with onion green and red peppers with cheese slices on top with French fries one of the best dinners I have had for ages simple but good with tomato and chilli chutney and fresh bread cakes .

LISTENING TO - "Austin' - Post Malone .

WATCHING - "Insidious Red Door".

READING - "Verity , Colleen Hoover.

PODCAST - "Lights Out".

THINGS

 MONDAY - Yep its fucking raining again feels like a bank holiday I have this week off I want a holiday refund its been a shit two weeks .

Decided to do a favourites list my favourite things from films to Books to food to T.v things change as you get older but some things remain the same .Things you do when boredom set in .

1.True Romance .
2.Pulp Fiction.
3.Casino. 
4.Goodfellas.
5.Face Off.
6.Man On Fire. 
7.Dark Knight. 
8.Rear Window .
9.Into The Wild .
10.Raiders Of The Lost Ark .
11.The Great Escape.
12.Thunder Bolt & Lightfoot.

Also going on the pen drive my ten favourite alums I have owned and listened to on a regular basis .

1.Exodus - Bob Marley and the Wailers.

2.Bride Over Troubled Waters  - Simon and Garfunkel.

3.That'll Be The Day - Various Artists.

4..Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse. 

5.X&Y - Coldplay.

6.Final Straw Snow Patrol.

7.Resurrection - Tupac. 

8.College Drop Out - Kanye West. 

9.Introspective - Pet Shop Boys.

10.Purple Rain -Prince 

11.Picture Book - Simply Red.

12 .Back To Black - Amy Winehouse.

My favourite books I have read over the years all of these lists are in no particular order .

1.Papillon - Henri Charriere

2.Revelations From The Memphis Mafia - Alanna Nash.

3.Manson - Niel Emmons.

4.Chickenhawk - Robert Mason. 

5.The Traveller - John Twelve Hawks.

6.Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

7.Along Came A Spider - James Patterson.

8.Temple - Matthew Reilly.

9.Go Ask Alice - Anonymous .

10.Al Capone - Luciano Lorizzo.

11.Run Baby Run - Nicky Cruz.

12.Kes A Kestrel For A Knave - Barry Hines.

TUESDAY - Highlight of the day was getting my haircut and have chicken pieces with chorizo sliced fries and a bottle of cider .Wedid get a bit of sun so i mowed the lawns front and back of the house .Helen finally went to the the toilet there was no blood she has sent of a poo sample via her doctors be a couple of weeks before we get the results back .

My favourite foods in no particular order .

1.Fried Chicken legs with fries and sweet chilli sauce.

2.Fish and Chips with scraps.

3.Full English Breakfast with Black Pudding.

4.Chinese Curried duck with noodles and chips and prawn crackers and onion rings .

5.Doner Kebab no salad with chilli sauce .

6.Braised steak with dumplings.

7.Meat Ball pizza with green chillies .

8.Sauasgae Mash and Baked beans.

9.Sunday Roast Beef dinner with Yorkshire puddings.

10.Lasagne with garlic bread and fries .

11. Chicken Tikka Masala with basmati rice and garlic nan bread .

12. Beef burger with cheese and fries.

WEDNESDAY - Woke up to very dark skies I cant take the dogs out because its too wet so they are both pisse dog as well as I , taking the dogs out is not a choir it gives me time to think and contemplate all the shit in the world and to reflect on life in general its amazing what you can put right when you are in your comfort zone even if it is only for a hour a day its therapy .

My top favourite drinks in no order .

1.Peanut Butter milshake .

2.Dr Pepper.

3 Coffee.

4. Cider.

5.Disaronno and Coke.

6.Fresh Orange Juice with bits.

7.StarBucks - White Chocolate Moccha .

8.Polish Mead .

9.Odd Cup Of Tea.

10.Bannana Milkshake .

11.Jack Daniels and coke.

12.Irish Coffee.

THURSDAY - Is supposed to be fine need to escape to the coast get fish and chips and waffles and ice cream .

My favourite desserts and snacks I will always enjoy 

1. Chocolate fudge cake with pouring cream .

2. Cheese cake with ice cream.

3.Fresh Strawberries with ice cream.

4.Apple pie and pouring cream or ice cream.

5.Jam Roly poly with custard.

6.Tiramisu.

7. Eton Mess.

8.Short bread biscuits.

9.Walkers Cheese and Jalapeño crisps.

10.Kit-Kats .

11. Chocolate digestives.

12.Reeces peanut butter cups.