I've finished the book and I loved it all the way through; it was a long book!
Always smiling
My Life, Family and things good and bad!!
Thursday, 8 May 2025
IMV A very good book!
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
A phone call from Urology!
Thank goodness for our garden, its keeping me sane,, yesterday I had a telephone appointment with the Urology Consultant. The appointment was made 10 days ago, and I've been dreading it. It was with a different Dr to the one I saw in March. I was half expecting him to say, as I've been on these low dose anti-biotics a month, they'd see me next week for the cystoscopy! But no, whew! He explained that my lab tested urine sample showed a bug, that was resistant to the anti-biotics I'd been given. So he was writing to my own Dr to give him the results and for a prescription for a different anti-biotic. So see how that would go, with a possible appointment for the procedure in two weeks time. I feel more positive, because this will cover me through and after the cystoscopy.
I didn't sleep well the night before worrying about the phone call..
So I hoped to sleep last night, especially as I'd spent the afternoon in the garden.. we have a lot of seedlings to plant and I mean a lot.
I've planted the cosmos in a pot like last year and we have planted Dh's sweet peas in a pot with a rounded tall cane support and the Verbena Borealis we planted n one of the flower beds, but there are lots more to plant.
My seeds have done me proud, but it means I have a lot as well as veg to plant!
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Monday, 5 May 2025
Two different brothers.
Did you see the interview with Prince Harry.. far for me to say, but he sounded like a young man who has lost his way. He said his father the king didn't want to know him. Did you hear him say he was sorry? I didn't so, although he says he wants to return here, he says to his country. Here to the country he turned his back on, left and then wrote a book criticizing his family.
I think he might have to do some serious groveling and even then he might not get the answers he is now asking for.
His wife Megan is starting all sorts of new ventures, as though there's not enough in her life. While his brother William and Catherine love to show their children, the Sussex's are keeping theirs off camera.
Given a choice I'd chose Will and Kate every time. Mum and daughter, on Charlotte's 10th birthday.
Sunday, 4 May 2025
Buzzing and oh no, no power!
We had a super Saturday starting off with a visit to town. The sun was shining and even at just before 10:00 am, the temperature was 14.5C
Saturday, 3 May 2025
Could you live without technology,
M&S, The Coop and now Harrods; the loss of power in Spain and Portugal, all indicators of how reliant we are on technology.
Could we live without it? I don't know, I'm pretty reliant on it myself.. we order our food on line, I buy things I can't get locally on line, my meds are ordered on line and when I want to know something I look it up on line. So I am reliant on technology, more than I thought.
Could I live without it? When I was younger perhaps, although it took me several goes to pass my 2nd Class Guide badge where you had to light a fire with just 2 matches and twigs!! Ha ha.
I've read a lot of Apocalypses books and the main thing is water, so we always have supplies of bottled water. Did you realise you need power, so your water runs out of your tap, I think I did but hadn't given it much thought.
When I was still teaching and computers were first introduced, one Children's program, was setting up a Civilization and the children had to think what they would need. A water supply being the first so their 'dens' had to be near a river etc, a good program and I used to play it myself after school!
There is this book reduced to £99 from £140 but evidently its well worth the money.
The Book. The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization - Inspirational Science Books for Adults - Unique Artifact - Knowledge Encyclopedia with Over 400 Pages of Detailed & Catchy Illustrations.
Friday, 2 May 2025
Scorchio, Mimms and a Book on Thursday afternoon.
Whew tis 'ot! Our weather station is registering 29.5C and the sensor is on the north side of our bungalow, on the patio SW facing, its 35C!! The small screen of the weather station has on it a little man, who is clothed according to the weather; today he's in the teeniest teeny, tiny pants! We've just had cheese and biscuits and a cold drink, not alcohol. that would be awful for my bladder! I've had a Mimms, a mock Pimms. It's sugar free lemonade and a table spoon of Balsamic vinegar, with slices of fruit.. hits the spot for me; a Slimming World drink.
I have the fan cooling me down. I'm a bit itchy, not just because its hot, but because we had baked salmon and green salad for lunch and I have an allergy to prawns and fish, but I can cope with a bit of head itching so aren't giving it up. I've dressed for the weather, a cotton tee shirt fabric dress and no waist slip! We're having to water the garden, but we always do, we're not going to let our trees and shrubs dry up. Although we have a meter we're happy to pay, we don't spend our money on anything else, plants and care of our garden. May be books as well!
I'm reading 'Homecoming,' by Kate Morton and I'm loving it. I may have read 'The Lake House.' but so long ago I can't remember.
And I'm really excited because she's written loads, more for me to read! I can't believe I've not read her books before.. this was a kindle offer. Although I like real physical books, I love my kindle. So easy to read, you can enlarge the font, and mines back lit so no need for a light at night and easy to carry around and light weight to hold in bed.
What would we do without books? Me? Perhaps some more house work. When I was a young mum I used to dust and vac every day!! I must have been mad, and must have worn the carpet thin! Thank goodness I came to my senses! These days I say to Dh, this carpet cost over £1,000 we're not wearing it and us out!! So once a week is enough and the carpet never looks as though it needs a vac!
We've had some rumbling, thunder? But the sky's still blue and the sun's shining.
Hope you've had a pleasant afternoon too!
Chrisxx
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Peaches or coconut?
Not what you would expect, but our coast land is rich in nature. Locks Common is a wild and beautiful place with wild flowers in between the rocky out crops.
Loads of people walk this path to Sker beach, the distance is 5km-8km both ways..on a fine day a beautiful walk.