HAIR TODAY GONE TOMORROW

 WEDNESDAY  - Went to Asda  set off just after nine p.m. got there to find out it was closed they are doing a refurb so the store was not open 24/7 so we went home with no provisions at least it was a cheap shop  will have to go back  tomorrow 

THURSDAY - Downloaded all off the Bad Boys films including the new one  that's just come out 

Trip back to Asda after the failed attempt yesterday . Helen manage to walk not too bad she bought furnishings and decorative pumpkins for the house pottery , cushions and throws as well as night light candles and some food items Cajun  chicken  breasts and jacket potatoes and a pkt of coconut macaroons .

FRIDAY - Went to the doctors over at Meltham Helen had an appointment they have decided to send her for an endoscopy it could be between six to eight weeks before we get an appointment she also needs a Mri Scan booking .

Dropped Bailey of above at the groomers for his wash and cut he is a bit wild looking at the moment £42 I pay £12 for my own hair cutting , Rosie gets her trim next month .

Went to Aldi bought two packs of bacon , packet of ham , tiger bloomer , four cans of pear cider , coffee , brown sugar , milk , max crisps jalapeno and cheese , chili sauce , chorizo , cheese , bottled water , two bags of frozen fish , chicken wings and chicken legs , frozen French fries and frozen chips and a large packet of toilet rolls , dishwasher tablets and washing gel for the washing machine just under fifty quid .

BELIEVE

 FRIDAY - Called the doctors they came to visit Helen at our house again he recommended we use ice packs then heat packs,  we do have a wheat bag that you heat up in the microwave every two hours Helen takes paracetamol x 2 then two hours later she take a 30mg and a 15 mg codeine tablet she was able to go for short walks around the garden but the discomfort and pain are still there the doctor said it could be weeks before her condition gets back to normal if that's the case I cant possible go back to work Monday I will need more time off as I cant leave her by herself when she can hardly stand ,move and walk .

SATURDAY - Went to the supermarket to get the ingredients for a chicken noodle stir fry using teriyaki sauce .Helen still not good but a slight improvement from a few days ago when you are getting up at six am its a long day and driving to the shops a few miles away was nice just  to get out  and break the day up I took the bedding off washed it hanged it out to dry and then put it back on never know which way fitted sheets go and duvets are just a pain .

MONDAY - Phoned work I am taking the rest of the week off annual leave to look after Helen luckily it was not a issue hopefully she will improve throughout the week she is still on pain killers , ice packs and heat patches and is getting slightly better , but it is a slow process .

TUESDAY - Went to see the spiritualist and medium Steve Holbrook it is not the first time we have seen him over the years I think this was our fourth visit he was appearing at the spiritualist church that Helen attends .Over hundred people attended we didn't get a message but others did and what he was telling them was very exact and he hit the nail on the head too many time for it to be coincidence anyone who doesn't believe go and see him he is doing a lot of stand ups in various locations , go see him then decide .

LONGEST WAIT

 TUESDAY - Raining although I did manage to get to walk the dogs in between the rain fall .

I buy eggs from a local neigh bough he keeps hens they had one box of six eggs left I dropped £1.50 into the honest box picked up the egg box only to find out it there was no weight to , it was empty someone had returned a box so it could be reused .I rang his door bell he was ok he had eggs inside I got six eggs breakfast is go. Helen has got pain in her lower back I ordered some heat patches and pain relief gel they will come tomorrow .

WEDNESDAY - Had to call the doctors they came out Helen has sever pain in her lower back right hand side .She cant move and it seems to be getting worse hence a visit from the surgery .She was prescribed some Codeine 15mg and ibuprofen gel to rub in to the region of her pain .this was just after midday by seven o clock that evening we had called and ambulance to take her to the newly opened Huddersfield A&E department  .

As always you get assessed in the first thirty minutes then you wait they gave her pain killers she was on a wheel chair we spent the next ten hours waiting to see a doctor  why are the seat all metal they are solid after a few hours your arse is numb .

I asked for more pain killers not for my bum for Helen which where given  hours later we did get to see the doctor he assessed her said he would give her liquid morphine , paracetamol and two suppository's  great this did not happen for another hour only difference know is Helen is laid down rather than sat in a wheel chair finally we got the drugs  .Then we had a hour to wait for the drugs to kick in then we walked up and down the hospital corridor we did this six , seven times the doctor said he was happy for us to go home not as happy as us ,  He said he would  prescribe the tablets  before he would discharge us .Another hours wait and  finally we got the codeine tablets these where 30 mg .

The new department is really nice , clean and new apart from the chairs in the waiting area its a winner but no matter how clean new and high tech it is with out doctors its a waste of money its a massive waiting game moved from one are to another area just to wait the treatment was fine thank you we are grateful , but the time spent waiting well stick it where you put your suppository's.  

THURSDAY - We drove home stopping on the way to get two sugary jam doughnuts we got home just after nine .

Helen went to bed after a cup of tea obviously the morphine and other drugs will wear off we will see what today brings .a few items we need laxatives codeine bungs you up  I through the Senokot on to the front seat .Then remembered I need dog biscuits so i shut the car door and I went back in to the store I remembered I had thrown my wallet on to the car seat I went back to get my wallet the car keys were also on the seat all of the car doors were locked my car for some reason locks all the doors with in seconds its a pain you don't need to press the fob it just does it  you can be sat in the drive seat and the doors lock the electric ignition wont start you have to unlock the doors with the fob to start the car .

I had to get Adam our next door neighbough  to drive down with my spare key luckily he was in and I got back  in to my car , it was the last thing I wanted to happen but it ended well Adam arrived within five minutes after hardly any sleep I was happy .

LOCKED UP

 MONDAY - Received a phone call from my son he is in jail serving a eight week sentence .I told him I had sent him a couple of emails hopefully he will serve his time get out and never go back freedom is to precious life is fleeting the clock ticks for us all don't waste time .I would hate one day in prison the biggest grip from my son is you are always hungry the food you get is not enough you need to top it up with the items you can buy from the prison store but only if you have money in your account and you have to order a week in advance so there is always a week wait from placing any order , Unlike Amazon its not next day delivery .

Went to visit Helens youngest son he is opening his own Barbers shop  , his premises are quite big with various large rooms all on one floor at the moment they are doing repairs to the roof before putting a plaster board ceiling in the main room .the next big job is floor and wall tiles and painting then a clean up.

We all went to Ikea in Birstall they are ripping the store apart think they are building on to the existing store front , We also went to the Range then to Home sense .

On the way how I went through a Red traffic signal not sure why a lapse in concentration stopped at a fish shop for a chippy tea .They wasn't the best we had been there before a couple of years ago they was not how we remembered them should have got a curry sauce but didn't , got a Dr Pepper instead . 

Below barbers chair in Liam's new premises hopefully be open in the next few weeks he ordered a sofa for the customers to sit on which is a six week delivery guess they make them to order .

 

SECOND BEST

 WEDNESDAY - Came home this morning just before 03.00 am it was raining Helen was up watching You Tube featuring Cheddar Gorge .She would like to go back we went years ago one of the reasons we need a camper van is to explore this island where we live called Great Britain to wake up in different locations chill out on a night counting the stars and waking up listening to the birds .

England through to the final of the Euros its a great result is it coming home probably not but there is always a chance one goal is all it takes .

FRIDAY - Break up after tonight's shift nine days off work will do me the weather wont be great as long as I can walk Rosie and Bailey be ok .Be nice to sit in the garden and chill with a cider .

SUNDAY - Reformatted my laptop it was quite easy not like the old days only took twenty minutea hopefully no more pop ups .Dropped Helen off at Denby Dale Pie Hall they are having a psychic night , I will be watching England lose writing this before the game .England lost 2-1 they played better than the rest of the games they played in the tournament but not good enough anyway we came second runners up I guess its a win of sorts .

IN IT TO WIN IT

 SATURDAY - Went to the Springs shopping mall we both bought a white linen shirt  Helens was £70 from Fat Face mine was £8 from H&M. Bought some fish and chips from Marks and Spencer's to oven cook I also got  some M&S  Piri Piri mayo as well as a scotch egg and pork pir slices with egg .Could fill a trolley up quite easily with all the great food they have on sale. England vs Switzerland was live on the radio .

SUNDAY - Liam Helen's son and his girlfriend Mel came to visit us for the first time we haven't  seen Liam in ages and we have never meet his girlfriend before although they have been together since last Christmas .

MONDAY - Back to work just for a week break up Friday for nine days off to say I cant wait would be a lie , Downloaded Amazon Prime photos have uploaded all the photos of my iPhone as long as you have the live subscription to Prime you get unlimited storage .

Sick of the weather summer is not happening the few days of sun is not enough its cold most days  it should be a lot warmer like the England football team and English politics its totally depressing .

In the next day we should hear who has won the camper van we entered the raffle months ago and its finally getting drawn on the 18th of July .Helen wants to go to Cheddar , Scotland and Ireland which suits me fine .

SENT HOME

 MONDAY - Back at work for my first shift wasn't too bad went fast enough four to go break up a week this Friday for another week off . 

TUESDAY - Went to work left  half hour early bad diarrhoea I went three times in the space of a couple of hours and it was getting worse each visit that  I made to the toilet . Plus I was getting stomach pains .

WEDNESDAY - Sick day the policy states got to be diarrhoea free for 24 hours , its 48 hours if its combined with vomiting , or so I thought .

Helen ordered some protein drinks to drink instead of eating  a a meal she ordered enough for twenty eight days to shakes a day .She also sent  samples of her for a sensitivity test  to be done they test for over 600 hundred different things from allergies to intolerances , both the shakes and test had a great saving a quarter of there normal price .

THURSDAY - Went back to work only to be told to go home as it is 48 hours clear not 24 hours and when I mentioned I was still loose was told to return Monday if fit to do so .Who am I to argue .

ITS A WIN

 SATURDAY - Won thirty pounds on the lottery so i put it all back did the Lotto , Euro Millions and thunder ball I have quite a few games over the next week fingers crossed.

  Its amazing how fast time goes when your not at work . Went to Golcar to drop off the lawn mower and wheel barrow we borrowed to do the garden .Had a small bottle of beer and a beef and spring onion sandwich .Went to Bolster farm shop bought to individual cheese cakes for only £2.50  ,  rum trifles and various bread cakes plus a out of this world quiche win win .

SUNDAY - Chill out day did naff all did some beef in the slow cooker , with dumplings and pancakes six and a half hours in the making twenty minutes to eat it .

FIRST BARBIE 2024

 MONDAY - Went over to my Daughters house got there just before midday the sun was hot clear blue skies .We stopped on the way to buy some hedge cutters and a new spray attachment for the hose .

We cut down a load of overgrown bushes , ivy entwined with some other bush and two giant palm trees over fifteen foot tall which we also  trimmed back the lower leaves and there was loads of waste .We filled the brown bin  to the top as well a dozen green bin liners but the garden looked better , and the electric  horning that sits over the patio doors actually had room to extended out .

Josh came home from work and fired up the barbeque we had sausages , burgers , belly pork , chicken skewers and kebabs our first barbeque of the year and the first barbeque they had in their new home .

The best thing about no twilight shift is i can sit in the garden and see the night gradually get darker and see the solar lights we have scatted about the garden magically turn on , sometimes it the simple things that make the day special a added can of ice cold cider helps too .

FRIDAY - Speed awareness course completed was up really early .Took the dogs out just after six a.m it was cold .Got to the course venue at quarter past seven the course started at eight a good seventy five percent where men it was over just after eleven it was informative it made sense and I learnt a couple of things I didn't know prior to the course so and it was enjoyable not a total waste of time going , but hopefully I will never need to do another will cant for the next three years .

NINE DAYS

 FRIDAY - Had some disturbing news regarding my son Guy if he carriers on doing what he is doing he will be dead before me , He is only 31 years old he has made bad life choices and he his heading on a path of destruction , with no way out . Until he decides that he needs professional help there is little or nothing at anyone can do for him .

Break up a whole nine days off got a few films to watch and a few audio books to listen to and a few eBooks to read and a few cans of pear cider to drink .

My Daughter arrived safely home from her wedding in Mauritius she is back home in her new house.

SATURDAY - Helen had readings in Halifax on the way back home we did some shopping before going to McDonalds we drove past Fox Valley the take away is just before you get on to the south bound stretch of the M1 heading for Sheffield .

SUNDAY - Went to the Springs outlet Helen bought some stuff from Fat Face and Next got a good discount using my blue light card .

HAPPY EVER AFTER

 THURSDAY - My daughters wedding on the Island of Mauritius went fine .The only snag was  they couldn't do a live feed the Island had no wi-fi so it was not possible but videos and pictures were soon online for us all to see .The location and ceremony was perfect they were both extremely happy may they both live happy ever after , forever and a day .Looking forward to their return to their new home they got before jetting off for their wedding.

MISS TO MRS

 SATURDAY - Went to Dobcross garden centre Helen bought a few more plants and grasses she also bought a solar water fountain for £24.99 , hopefully we get to see it work the amount of sun we are getting is a joke its June feeling like January. Driving through Uppermill we saw a new fish restaurant we are planning on checking  it out in the next couple of weeks posh fish and chips .

SUNDAY - Went to Pie Hall at Denby Dale to see a couple of spiritualist they was ok we got there at six and it lasted a couple of hours the last half hour was open circle where anyone with a message can speak out ,Helen gave out a message to one of the spiritualists she was spot on the woman was impressed .On the way home we stopped at a pizza take away shop and got pizza and chips half and half of course i got doner meat and chilli's it was very good better than the last take away pizza we got from Holmfirth .

MONDAY - Received a Face time video  call from my daughter in Mauritius she was by the pool sipping cocktails in another four hours she will be married .Yesterday she was swimming with dolphins today m a few hours time on a beautiful tropical island with white sands , blue seas and palm trees Miss will become a Mrs .

MAURITIUS

 MONDAY -The fine weather we had over the weekend has disappeared back to cloudy skies with a threat of rain .Mind you would I really want to go to work if it was red hot do I really want to go to work anyway .

Found out two tradesmen I use to work with back in the day have  both died very depressing makes me want to change my life do things go places before its too late ,maybe its too late already scary thought .

After going to my daughters house yesterday made me realise my son is never going to get married never have a decent job with  a decent income or  house own a car or travel anywhere  because of his addiction ,its hard to understand how my daughter got it so right and my son so wrong guess its down to the individual .

TUESDAY - My daughter Tuesday flew in to Dubai from there made it safely to Mauritius  got to the hotel in the early evening so text me to say she was there .Hopefully she has a very enjoyable stay .

HOUSE'S PLANTS AND A GUITAR

 FRIDAY - The weather is not improving I have a weeks leave on the 24th of June maybe the sun will appear for a few days and we can have a barbie in the garden so far we have had zero out door cooking .

Still not heard anything from my son its heading for six months without and contact cant understand his logic , no one has heard anything from him .His sister gats married next week and he has shown no interest in getting in touch with her .

She is also moving house hopefully it all goes through today its a five bedroom three bathroom house built at the start of 2000 quarter of a century ago .

SATURDAY - My daughter and he husband to be Josh got the keys to their new house let chaos ensue very stressful but also happy times moving into a new property .

Helen has nine readings to day two in the afternoon and seven in Almondbury later tonight be after midnight when she finishes .

SUNDAY - Went to Dirt Cheap Lants at North Anston Sheffield it is basically run from a house with loads of tropical plants for sale to the general public  ranging from a few pounds to hundreds of pounds Helen bought a couple of Cordylines .

After putting the plants in the garden we waited in Helen had sold her guitar I bought her years ago for £180 the man arrived at two paid the cash and left with a very decent Yamaha electric acoustic guitar .

We went to my daughters new house its five bedrooms three bathrooms over three floors the kitchen dinner is L-shaped with loads of storage we had a McDonalds with them helped Josh put two TVs on the wall hopefully they stay put hollow walls don't think they will move .The house is better than the photos its ideal there is major dislikes the area is near to the main street for shopping and the countryside for walking their dog Bee is just down the street an ideal combo.

Naughty us on the way home we went to McDonalds got five chicken stipes fries and a coke Helen got a fillet of fish meal with coke we got home just before nine o clock another weekend gone too fast .

UPROOTED

 SUNDAY - Went over to see Helens parents blasted their patio while they went out to some local garden centres .The sun was out and for a change the sky was blue and it was hot .Just the right sort of afternoon to be messing around with water .

MONDAY - Did our patio again with the power washer got rid of some old marks and stains looking a lot better hopefully the sun lasts throughout the week .

SATURDAY - Went over to Leeds the M1 was shut due to a serious crash involving multiple cars we was going to Tong garden centre we ended up spending £125 on plants and sand stone rocks .

Had fish and chips for tea from the local chippy 

SUNDAY - Went over to my sisters house for a family gathering all the family was there apart from my son Guy which was upsetting .They had put a spread on burgers , chicken , pakoras and other nibbles cuscus and salad and strawberries and profiteroles .We ended up digging up a plant they didn't want they are redoing the garden it was hard work digging the Fatsia Japonica even harder getting it into the car but we did it eventually .

MONDAY - Booked my speed awareness course its at the end of next month save me getting the three points on my clean license .Planted the Japanese Japonica hopefully it likes its new home .

FINED AGAIN

 SATURDAY - Drove Helen to Saltaire she had three readings to do it was a hours drive I had to be careful for the speed cameras , a letter from the poilice notice on intended prosecution for a speeding offence I was coming home from work the speed limit changes from forty mph to thirty mph it was 02,30 in the morning and i was tired and not paying attention I got flashed  by the speed camera the letter stated i was travelling at 35 mph I pass this camera every night for the last four years I know its there never mind I have zero points on my license for now , the joys of motoring .Every time I have zero points which i had from Novemebr last year before the year is out I end up getting points back on my licence .

GARDEN UPDATE

 SATURDAY - Back to the local garden centre bought the last two eight foot sleepers roughly eight by four inch once they are cut that's all the wood working completed no more lugging timber about .

Loaded the car up with more garden waste that's another job that should be fully done on of the bags stunk to high heaven it was pungent not sure why.

Helen had readings at four o'clock  at Meltham the rubbish tip is also located in Meltham it shuts at four she had reading at home to do between eleven ant two cool get to the tip then drop her of for her reading at four we left at ten past three .The road out of Holmfirth was closed for a parade we had to detour time was running out I had to get the smelly bag of garden waste out of the car .Long story short we made it and got rid of the waste why is it when you are in a rush you always get the worlds slowest driver in front of you but we made it never less made it .

Went to the supermarket on the way home after dropping Helen off bought cider coke and Dr Pepper also bacon and chicken legs going to pig out in the garden in the sun . 

SUNDAY -Bought another 12 bags of compost and five bags of natural tree bark and a red  Cordyline . Arriving back home unloaded the car and started putting down the  weed barrier and the bark chippings on top was supposed to get thunder storms yellow weather warning it's late afternoon and it's 21degrees could have had a barbeque , It is red hot , cold cider weather .

RAKE AND BARROW

 SATURDAY - Bought another 10 x 50 litre bags of compost from the garden centre we also bought four freshly baked pork pies for tea so not just got a load of muck .They had some nice parasols .

MONDAY - Started taking the grass up used a rake to rip up the turf that was on netting it took a few hours o get it all up and into bags to take to the tip all the grass is up there is over 30 bin liners worth of soi land turf and worms .

TUESDAY - Laid out the weed liner pegged it into the ground and started to bring the stone chippings from the front of the house to the back one ton of stone and a couple of dozen barrow loads the stone chippings were in place I would have been struggling without the wheel barrow - Bought another two sleepers and six bags of Yorkshire cream stone chippings we are putting a four by four planter into the middle we will need another two sleepers and another eight bags of stone and some bags of plum slate .Made the base of the centre planter it was stained it black to match the rest of the sleepers .

WEDNESDAY - Brought the Japanese acer from the front of the house to the rear garden also moved the chiminea and water feature .Went to the tip get rid of the old turf netting and soil .

BLACKED OUT

THURSDAY - Bought another three sleepers will need another two to make eight in all that will complete all of the troughs .I also gave them the first coat of black Cuprinol duck back black which makes them stand out even more .

FRIDAY - All the sleepers are in position and are went to the garden centre bought 15 x 50 litre bags of compost the lad loading the car put us an extra two in hopefully this will be enough to fill them up .I need to give a wood a second coat of black then add the linier and then the tree bark .

Then we need sort out  anew water feature and then the pots and plants ferns etc .

TRUGGING ON

 THURSDAY - After years at work I have finally been given a fleece to wear only took fifteen years .

FRIDAY - Unscrewed the two wooden seats and table and part of the veg trug took the timber to the tip to recycle .Will have to get rid of the soil/compost before I can dismantle the rest of the trug .

SATURDAY - Re-designing the garden putting in some new sleepers moving others finally getting rid of the grass the amount of rain we get its never been a great lawn its half mud half grass .We have used enough grass seed to reseed Wimbledon tennis court  .We have bought a liner and will use a stone gravel to cover it .We are also changing some of the plants and erecting a wooden arch hopefully it will only take a few days .That is depending on the weather .

SUNDAY -Helen is out working I went to pick up the liner and three eight foot 10x4 sleepers which I just got into the car. Dismantled the rest of the trug it was surprising how much soil was contained inside this will do to fill in the new sleeper areas ,to the old timber to the tip before it closed at four o 'clock..