UPGRADE COMPLETED

TUESDAY - First time this autumn the car was frosted over and the fields I walk my dogs looking white Rosie as yet to see her first snow wonder if she will like it probably not she is too low to the ground and has only littlest of legs she is skinny to won't I am guessing she won't like the snow one bit .

Went to Sheffield to Hobby craft also went to Food Warehouse got some frozen pasties and other bits prices still going up .

I finally got my new 8gb of memory delivered today so I went and opened up my MacBook Pro so I could fit the new hard drive and the new 2 sticks of 4gb of memory the only issue I had I couldn't find a screw drive bit for the hard drive retaining screws so I used my Leatherman pliers to undo the four side securing screws new drive refitted the new memory fixed .Put back on the base plate and rebooted it loaded perfect and both items showing up  in "About This Mac" all new items  detected .  It is  like having a new laptop I am 100% totally impressed so much fast at loading programs and web pages amazing . I put the old drive into the caddy that  I bought that is also being detected all is running fine all is good. For the same size hard drive fitting and the iOS installing on Helens Mac book cost over £200. 

I am that impressed how this turned out I am thinking of buying a 17 inch Mac Book 2012 model and upgrading that with a 1tb ssd drive and 16 gb of memory .

MEMORY LAPSE

 SUNDAY - My cable to connect my ssd drive to my MacBook via usb came I formatted the disk and installed Catalina on to it and wow what an improvement it is now super fast I  can't believe how fast it is compared to my normal hard drive disc why the fcuk  I didn't do this ages ago I don't know  its like having a brand new laptop .

Re-installed Vlc and Spotify logged in to YouTube and Ebay as well as Amazon , Instagram , Facebook and Yahoo , its amazing what you are signed in on .

Tomorrow I get my new memory sticks I will put the new ssd drive into my Mac book as well as  the new 2x 4gb sticks of memory . I have also ordered a new caddy for the old  drive so I can access the content on it .

MONDAY - Went to Wentworth garden centre bought a fir tree garland pre lit for the top of the fire surround a table runner and tea towels that where Christmas themed with robins and snow , Christmas is an expensive time of the year .

My hard drive caddy came but no memory its had a lapse forgot to come it will be either tomorrow or the day after I don't want to open up my Mac book anymore times then is needed I am still using the new ssd drive externally for the time being its as good.

For tea we had chicken breast with bacon and brie cheese and cranberry sauce done in freshly baked batons would have been better with fries as well and a pear cider .

Helens inserts for her Filofax also came from Ebay and she as more on the way I might buy a second hand one because of the amount of inserts there will be enough to fill three Filofax's.

MOVED IT

 WEDNESDAY -  Took the back of my Mac Book Pro I have a selection of tech drivers there are three longer screws I marked the holes that these came out of .The inside seem cleaner than I expected a slight bit of dust on the bottom case once I removed it I just wiped it clean it was nearly dust free I will order the new hard drive on Friday if I install it and reinstall iOs ok I will order 2 x 8g of memory once that is fitted and is showing up ok I will order a new battery that will be in the new year hopefully the it will be as good as new or will get terminated to the rubbish bin.

Looks like I am picking my som Guy up so we can get the rest of his belongings from the static home he lived in more than likely it will be Saturday in the morning rather than the afternoon hopefully all goes well .

FRIDAY - Five days off work don't go back until next Thursday will do for me .

SATURDAY - Picked up my  son up from his new home with Helen and we all went over to York to where he use to work and live to collect the rest of his stuff I am glad he took time out and was bothered to go there was somethings from his mother I knew he would miss if he hadn't got them back as he had been left well over six months he was lucky it had not been cleared out .

We got all his stuff apart from a bike and a old hi-fi unit which he gave to one of his neighbours who ia  still working there .

ILLUMINATED

THURSDAY - We had snow at the end of last November I don't think it is cold enough yet but it could all change in the next couple of weeks I will be out with the cameras then I cant wait to get some white out photos , with my cameras and iPhone 

I think we are going to have a chilled out Christmas at home just us and the dogs as its on a Sunday I will be at home.  Next year I might  have to work it as its on a week day not sure what is on the menu we better decide time is flying .

FRIDAY - Went to Ikea at Sheffield to buy a new rug for the living room as  Rosie as chewed the one we have  we keep cutting the strands back and it is not looking too good  so Helen has the money for a new one its different than the one we have and the edges are over stitched hopefully will remain that way .

Helen also wanted to buy a new Christmas tree a green only one it is pre-lit with 300 lights we will need a bigger loft we have four tress to fit up there a slim one a 7ft green with snow effect on the branches a half tree and the new 7ft all green tree hopefully no more .

SATURDAY - Put the icicle lights up around the front of the house was just able to do it using step ladders and some stick on cable clips from our next door neighbour Adam took around thirty minutes twenty to untangle them and ten to hang them .

We then did the room tree or Helen did we know its early but wtf its up to us hopefully Rosie leaves it well along .

SUNDAY - Went out for Sunday dinner to the Fleece at Holme we have been there before the food is really good I once again had the steak and ale pie with roasties and a Yorkshire pudding it was was filling the pie was better than the one I had last week we meet Julie and her husband Peter we decided for Christmas dinner we would go to a Indian restaurant for a curry  in Wakefield we will cook a turkey either Christmas Eve or Boxing Day 

WATCHING -  House of The Dragon , Really enjoying the story line its as good as G.O,T.

NEW OLD SHELVING

 Found a brand new pocket Filofax in my draw I bought of eBay a few years ago I am going to get a diary insert for it and some note pages and plastic wallets and start using it .

THURSDAY - The weather is wet and windy the last few days twicw it has been a no go taking the dogs out they miss their daily walk and to be honest I do , it wakes me up if I feel groggy which is most mornings I walk the dogs then home I have a coffee and cook breakfast its a broken routine if I don't do this .

Put the scaffold board shelving up in the bathroom the brackets came I cut the sboars to lenght using my chop saw it can cut up to a ten inch width .I stained them fixed the brackets positioned the shelves and screwed the shelfs to the brackets just over a hours job .They look good even If I do say so myself .The hollow wall is always suspect when it comes to fixing objects they sent some black inch and a quarter screws and white  plugs they where only a 6 diameter but they seem to tighten alright the holes in the brackets where not counter sunk hopefully they are secure enough in the weeks to come .One of the boards as the metal strap nd end strap left om and is also stamped at the end with a serial number into the edge of the wood I'm my opinion adding to the overall character .

OUT FOR LUNCH

 SATURDAY  - Went to B&M bought some coffee pods for the Dolce Gusto its been a while since I bothered d, I also got a large jar of Kenco and some Nescafe cappuccino sachets alright for coffee for a while .Helen bought two white boxes for the toilet rolls one for each toilet I assembled them whilst I was cooking tea .

SUNDAY - Took the dogs on a long walk took my bridge camera out the battery went dead I only took twenty or so photos . For the picture below where from my iPhone a great back up and to be honest as good .

We went out for lunch for Sunday dinner at the Boshaw Trout we had booked it last week .We went with a couple of friends Julie and Peter I had steak and ale pie with tripled cooked chips and peas the rest  had the Sunday lunch option Helen had the roast beef brisket nd we all had desert it was £90 for the four of us.

WATCHING - 28 Days Haunted and House of The Dragon .

HIGHS AND LOWS

 FRIDAY - It's been a uneventful few days take the dogs out every morning go to work come home , shower go to bed when it was Wednesday I thought was  Thursday and Thursday  I thought it was Friday and Friday I am thinking its Saturday not sure why there is a glitch in the matrix perhaps .

Yesterday we shared some great fish and chips we ate them in the car I bought us a bread cake each that was the high point of yesterday . the low point Helen broke her rosary beads she has had them years since we first got together they where my mums we need to repair them the links are so fine my eyesight so not  .

Bought a new camera strap for my Lumix bridge camera its black and white canvas and its really cool it only cost me a fiver but the quality pretty good a greta find thanks Ebay .

LISTENING TO - Stormzy. 

WATCHING - Smile the latest horror film of 2022.

READING - Camera operating instructions ,

SECOND SHOOTER

 MONDAY - Thinking of getting my Mac book upgraded have picked out a new ssd hard drive 480 gb along with  16 gb of memory and a new battery the total cost of the parts is coming in at just over £125.Thats if I fit it myself , i think I can , well hopefully I can if I fcuk up its a new laptop.

Cooked a slow joint of pork will have it around four o clock before I leave for work .

Me and Helen might eventually be getting married if we do it will be a very low key event Her , me and two witnesses and if the dogs could be witnesses would suite me fine .

This Christmas is the fifteen one that we have spent together from a city apartment in the centre of Leeds in 2007 to a stone built house in Holmfirth in 2022 , How the time has flown how things have change how events have occurred and the path we walk down has changed direction and branched off leading us where it will .

This will be the forth Christmas that my ex wife will not see how the time has flown its so fcuking scary there is not enough time if you live until a hundred never mind if live ends prematurely too much shit to do too many pictures to take .

TUESDAY - My camera from Ebay arrived it looks in  mint condition and works just fine I  will charge the batteries and read the manual hopefully I will learn how everything works  , I will get a better neck strap for it and might get a case but its ok for now I have taken some photos and they are good enough in fact they are excellent I am a happy snapper once again . It connects to my pc fine and downloads the photos pretty fast and if I upgrade my Mac book it will be a lot faster.

TAP TAP

 THURSDAY - The new kitchen tap is fitted it took just fifteen minutes more or less a straight swap no mess no fuss and its working fine most of all no more dripping or at least for now .

ALWAYS FIREWORKS

 SUNDAY - Went for a walk with the dogs both had their new harnesses on I walked fathe rthan I planned the sun was out and I went on a walk that Rosie had nor walked befor e, it was longer than I remembered .

But the sun was out the fields lush green and the trees changing to reds and browns to say it was a fantastic morning was an understatement an added bonus I had no cats following me they where both at home .

These where taken on my iPhone I did not have the pocket Panasonic with me as I was not planning on walking this way I took loads more photos but cant put them all in this post a lot more photos on my Instagram at the following https://www.instagram.com/bobyea16/

Went over to Helens parents in Acaster Malbis on the way home I saw the first fireworks for the 5th of November I got engaged years ago on the fifth so if nothing else there would always be fire works , I was right 

NOW MORE FOCUSED

 FRIDAY - Bought a pay now camera of Ebay its a Panasonic Lumix DMC - FZ7 the box has been opened but the camera as hardly been used  it also comes with two batteries and a memory card it is only 6 million pixels with  12 x zoom and with delivery as well it was still  under forty pounds . It should be with me for Tuesday .I had a Lumix bridge camera years ago as well as a Fuji Finepix bridge camera which did excellent pictures .My first digital camera was a Canon A300 which I was very happy with .

SATURDAY - Went and bought the dogs new harnesses and collars we also bought them a new bed I was looking at getting a new extendable lead will look on Amazon .

Cooked a lasagne for tea with chips and home made garlic bread .

ARRIVED EARLY

     MONDAY - Checked my lottery ticket for Saturday night I had won thirty pounds for three lucky numbers half way there its the highest amount I have won on lottery ticket since I started playing it in 1994 we thought it be so easy to win that it be just a matter of time lol how naive I was lol .

2 x beef mince. 

2 x onions 

I x cabbage 

3 x carrots 

1 x bag frozen scampi 

2 x fresh chicken curries .

I x large Lurpack  butter.

I x brown bread 

1x white bread 

1x 40 packet box dog food .

I x pouring cream {still got apple pie to eat }

I x fresh orange juice 

2 x lasagne sauce tomato 

2 x  lasagne sauce white 

I x frozen mash 

4 x canned tomatoes 

The above just over £50 prices keep going up every week money goes less further than the week before .

WEDNESDAY - Went to the hair dressers had my hair cut by Will it only takes fifteen minutes went to put the lottery on for the Euro Millions this Friday night £131 million its more than enough I would share it out if I won such a large amount be rude not to .

Got home my Lumix camera I won on eBay for £43 had arrived it came with two batteries and a 2gb sd card and its scratch free and works just fine highly impressed when new this camera cost £350 .

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 .