Ann and I popped round to Karen’s for a ‘Papmpered Chef’ party. We had a good time. Me and 30+ women all in the same room – plus food as well! It doesn’t get much better than that! :))
American Injection!
I visited the Health Centre today to get my initial jabs relating to our holiday in South America. Today it was Cholera and Yellow Fever. So far, six hours later, there hasn’t been any side-effects at all apart from a bruise on each arm.
Roy and Susan here for lunch
Yes, as expected, we are shattered this morning after our late night last night (or early morning, depending on which way you look at it!) Roy and Sue came for lunch. They arrived just at the point where the kitchen nearly caught fire due to over-heating of some oil in a saucepan. …real 2 foot …
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Nabucco/Party I/Party II
NabuccoI went into town to pick up my watch – Nabucco – it looks like they can’t mend it which seems ridiculous! I’m going to write to Raymond Weil to see if they can sort things out. Seems crazy that because they can’t fix the strap, the watch is useless. Party and Party We’re off …
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Paul and Sue for Dinner
We visited Paul and Sue in Rothwell for Dinner. Ann was flying back from Scotland, so it was a bit of a rush! Ann headed there from the A14, whilst i headed there from home.; We both arrived around the same time. We haven’t seen them since June, and it was good to catch up! …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver’s for lunch
We visited Roger, Jane and Oliver today. Oliver’s certainly growing and he seems more confident each time we see him. We stayed until around 3pm and then headed home. We’ll be be seeing them again before Chrsitmas at ours.
Leeds – Christmas Shopping
We drove to Peterborough and took the 8am train to Leeds. The journey passed quickly and we arrived at 9.30. Ann managed to get most of the outstanding presents and Nicki did well too. I managed to get a new ‘penguin suit’ in M and S for the cruise. We ate in a little sandwich …
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Stitches and Curry!
StitchesTook Bon-Bon to the vets to have the three stitches removed. The lump they found was just hardened flesh and nothing to worry about. It could have been caused by a bite from a tic, a flea…but we reckon it was the cat from opposite when they had the fight a few months back. Curry!Nicki …
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Business trip to Sweden
I’m spending three days in Gothhenberg for some business. I haven’t been to Sweden fdor a few years. Nice people, nice food. The weather I think was warmer than England!! I’m staying at the Elite Park Avenue Hotel. Very nice!!! This is the view from just outside my room on the 9th floor.
Sunday with Ralph and Karen
We had a short lie-in. Up and around at 8am! Blueberry pancakes for breakfast followed by a short walk in the pouring rain (but actually quite nice!) Then, a lazy morning catching up with music and newspapers – Perfect!!! Home-made chicken pie for lunch with pear and apricot crumble for afters…. Feet-up until Ralph and …
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Ralph and Karen here…
We met up with Ralph and Karen at Bicester and after a little shopping (little?), they’re staying with us until lunchtime Sunday. Lots to catch up with! Ann prepared a Mexican meal – superb! Afterwards we just chilled out over wine and chocolates. Ralph and I stayed up to watch one of hid DVDs called …
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The Mondeo returns…
Paul brought the car back today after carrying out extensive repairs to the front bumper area. Ann had run into the back of another car at very low speed a month-or-so back. Whilst it was away, I got Paul to deal with the other scratches and give the car a full valet and a professional …
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Rick Wakeman – The Grumpy Old Picture Tour
We went to see Rick in concert at The Derngate tonight. The show was a mixture of his normal humorous banter plus plenty of his back catalogue and some new stuff. He was on for nearly three hours and was excellent! He’s certainly lost none of his keyboard skills and we think he’s at …
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Lights – 1!
At last, we go the lighting track replaced upstairs! The previous version never looked right, and some of the bulbs failed to work. This one is HEAPS better. Mick and Roger did a great job!! The next phase is to have a scurity floodlight fitted outside and then all the outstanding electrical jobs are completed…
Bon-Bon to the vets…
I took Bon-Bon to the Vet’s today. We discovered a small lump on her right shoulder, that initially started off as a wound. When it healed up, the lump was still there. So, I dropped her off at 9.00. At 2pm the Vets said she was ‘OK’ and we could pick her up at 4.30.
Rugby Cup-Final
Janet, Jo and her sister Sharon joined us to watch the Rugby cup-final. It was a good game…and a shame we lost! Jonny dun great!
Cat on Lap!
Well that’s a surprise. Bon-Bon jumped up onto the settee and then snuggled down on my lap – that’s a first! We would have thought that Biscuit would have been the one to do this as she’s been on my lap before…
Holiday – Peasenhall, Suffolk – Day 4
Another lazy lie-in. Nice! Lee wasn’t feeling 100%, so Ann and I went exploring together. Weather-wise, it started warm, but got colder as the morning progressed. First stop, Saxmundham. A bit of a half-horse town. We parked in the Somerfield car-park and looked around the Church – St John’s – mentioned in the Doomsday Book. …
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Holiday – Peasenhall, Suffolk – Day 3
We had a lazy lie in until 7.45! That’s unheard for us two! A quick look out of the window revealed a very wet day ahead. Maybe::: A civilised breakfast of cereals, toast and coffee set us up for the day. The weather brightened up considerably, so we decided to drive to Southwold. It’s a …
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Holiday – Peasenhall, Suffolk – Day 2
We both slept very well. Sometimes a change of location does that for us. I think we might have slept for longer, but we were all a little concerned about the heating and whether it be working when we woke up – luckily it was! We were both up around 7.30 – which is a …
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Holiday – Peasenhall, Suffolk – Day 1
We left around 10.45 heading for L and B’s to pick them up. It was a slow journey over there and we didn’t arrive until 1.30. A great lunch from Lee – Bacon and fried potatoes with cauliflower cheese. After coffee we tidied up and left around 3 o’clock heading for the holiday cottage. We …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver for lunch
Roger, Jane and Oliver popped in for lunch on their way back from Chester. Ann created an excellent soup – ‘Parsnip and Honey’. Yum Yum!
A patter of tiny ink-tanks!/Meal with David and Val
I managed to purchase a Canon Pixma 5200 from Amazon for less that 40 quid! OK it’s a discontinued model, but its print quality and speed is excellent! Perfect for Ann’s office downstairs. This means that she’ll be able to print stuff without having to go upstairs to retrieve the document (that’s where the other …
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Up North… (ish)
Drove up to Teesside today in preparation for running a Workshop for ‘SembCorp Utilities’ tomorrow. Wow! What a massive site – I needed a map to get to the training centre!! Stayed at the Premier Inn, Middlesborough South.
AGM for The Old Croydonians
Off to the AGM for The Old Croydonians today as well as catching up with Mum in Bromley. Ann should have accompanied me, but the specialist she’s been seeing for her tummy pains rang to say he wanted to see her. The only day was today at 9.30. Fortunately, the Specialist said that the tests …
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New carpets
Our carpets that we ordered from John Lewis came today came today. Steve and Jaimie did a great job at fitting them and it took them from 9am until almost 3pm to finish the job. The beige carpets have served us well – 11 years! But what with the human traffic and muddy paws from …
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Route(r) 66
Well it’s Router 546(i) v6 actually, but that wouldn’t have worked as a headline would it? 🙂 My ISP Demon wrote to me and offered to reduce my internet bill by £2 a month – and offered me a new router for just over £20. It arrived today and after a small problem with the …
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Ann’s Barium Meal
Not one of our most enjoyable meals! 😯. Ann had a further test today – this time is was a barium meal – to find out what these stomach pains are. We won’t get the results for a few days.
Lunch
Met up Steve S for lunch in Oundle. His gardening maintenance venture seems to be taking off!
Web-site check/Cinema with Jo and Janet
Popped over to see Julie who’s designing a web-site for a friend. A few tweaks here and there and it should be OK in a few days. We picked up Jo and Janet to see the new Jodie Foster Film ‘The Brave One’. It was a really good film. A little like the ‘Death Wish’ …
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