Saturday

                        

Good Afternoon, not been in the best of moods today Stuart thinks I am just getting moody in my old age. This morning when we arrived our out garden centre there were cars everywhere just for a moment we wondered what was happening then the penny dropped tickets for T in the park went on sale today. Next to our garden centre is the local information office and that's where some of the tickets were on sale. For those of you south of the border this is the largest music festival in Scotland and it takes place about miles away from where we stay near enough for us to be able to hear the music.  I don't usually complain about the festival but today if you could see the mess the queue has left behind you would feel as disgusted as I do . From what I have heard the village is in the same state as one of our local shops had some tickets to sell too. There is a Moto service station here so the people queing had access to coffee etc all night yes they have been queing all night long for their tickets, so its all the paper cups and hamburger holders that are all over the place it looks dreadful, rant over. T. in the Park not till July.
It has been very Spring like here all week and we managed to make a start on the garden one afternoon. What a difference a bit of weeding makes so hopefully we will get out again soon. We had a lot of rain on Thusday and again overnight so all is very wet at the moment.
Am off now to load some photos I have taken over the last week or so hope you enjoy. Love,
                                         
                                     

Friday again

        

 

Good Morning can't believe its Friday already. Its not been a good week here for Stuart and I. At the start of the week I was very tired and really felt washes out. I did not think anything about it just took it easy for a few day and seemed to be OK. Yesterday Stuart was so tired with the added sore throat and the exploding head he ended up in his bed from teatime. Today he is better and has taken himself off to his art class.
While Stuart was in bed I wallowed in two trashy DVD's that came free with the Mail this week you know the type of thing Jackie Collins and a Barbara Taylor Bradford but I really enjoyed sitting there without the disapproving looks as Stu does not like that kind of thing. I still have a few more that I have collected this last year or so and I will have to send Stuart off to bed early again to get caught up.
Not much been happening in this neck of the woods just now just normal run of the mill events. The weather seems to be a bit more settled today after the gales of yesterday.<
Last Saturday when we were up at the garden centre for our coffee we were sitting in the heated conservatory as we always do when a mini storm blew up with rain hail snow and wind it was amazing it was like you were sitting outside but not getting wet or cold as the storm raged around you and the noise was deafening.
That's just about it for today not too much to say just hoping you are all well.

                                                         Love

                                                    
                                                         

Blame Lara Croft.

                

Thank you Donna the perfect graghic.

Good Morning, I cannot believe that it is over a week since my last entry not like me at all but don't blame me blame Lara Croft (Tomb Raider). I have been spending most of my free time trying to get on with the fourth game in the series it can be very difficult at time. Yesterday I had to get Stuart who does not waste his time on games like me other than Book Worm where he is a bit of a whiz to give me a hand as he is more patient than I am but together we got here through the spikes. You had to work back to front with the aid of a mirror and it made it very hard. Enough of Lara don't want to bore you all.
We have had some snow up here too but things are running well and the schools seem to be handling it OK this time. Stuart is at his Art Class this morning as per Friday but I think we are going up to Perth this afternoon.  I bought two new jumpers on Wednesday but they are on the small size so will have to be returned so Stu said he would take me if the weather doesn't turn foul again.
Have been playing chess on line just with Stuart which seems a bit silly but its great fun everytime I log on there a new move from him. Anybody out there play chess? Stuart taught me when we were courting, we have not played for ages so it makes a nice change.
Well, I think that's about it for today will go and get on with the housework. Hope you are all keeping warm during this cold weather.
                                            Love.

                                                    

 

February?

                     

Thank you D. for the graphic.

 

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

Just come back in after a rather cold walk with Stuart. It is very mild today but there is a cold wind now. While walking it was nice to see many snowdrops  crocus and winter aconite out already. Below is a picture of our hellebore. This is the first year we have had this one and we have had two big flowers on it. I bought the plant in Wells next the Sea on holiday last year so I am really pleased with the result.  I had one before, but it died an early death because I had my Dad's dog at the time and it was a favourite spot for the leg cocking leg process. I have a pot of snowdrops just coming out that I rescued from a lay-by. Someone had been digging them up and left some lying about, so I brought them home and planted them up in a tub and they have really thickened up in the two years I have had them.  I know its against the law to dig up snowdrops but they were gong of die lying where they were in the middle of a lay-by. Think that's about it for today not a great deal happening just now so I will wish you good evening.

 

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                                               Love,

                                                                    Joan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saturday Evening.

            

Thank you D. for this graphic I just love this one.

I thought it was about time to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and put in a fresh entry. It has been a very cold week up here as it has been for all of the UK but yesterday afternoon we had just picked up Ellen (Have changed our day due to her being chosen for an Art Group at school)  and the sun came out and the wind dropped and there was just a hint of a Spring evening about, it only lasted a short while but just nice to see and feel what is to come. Today we were out for our coffee this morning and it was really mild, I thought we woud have a short walk to stretch the old legs this afternoon but wish I had'nt as it had turned very cold and windy and Stuart got a pain in his chest. It has gone away now but I had sort of talked him into going as he was quite contented watching sport on the telly. It made me feel very guilty doing that to him, thankfully he is OK again and the pain has gone.
Have been a bit occupied this week with my Tomb Raider IV and really enjoying it ,am getting on well trailing about Egypt and the Tombs etc.
We have been discussing starting to decorate the Kitchen, what a thought that is but it is needing done just thinking what to do at the moment so we shall see.
Looking forward to seing the skating tonight and wishing I could still do that but with the pains I get in my hip I have no chance, still I enjoy watching.
Really struggling for something to say but will have some nice pictures for my you next time.  Take care and stay warm.     Love,
                                 
                                                 

January DOES bring the snow.

               

Good Morning at last we have some real winter weather its snowing heavy at the moment. It came on about 7am as far as I can make out, have just come back from our local wee shop as we were in need of milk and bread and of course a paper for Stuart, I don't think he could survive a day without one.
Have had a busy week as I told you last week with the addition of another Audiology appointment yesterday as I had to be measured up for new moulds and the audiologist did not have time on Monday when I was there.
Think I mentioned in my last entry I was going to get my Playstation out of the loft. Stuart got it down for me on Sunday but we had a lot of bother getting it tuned in to our portable always have done but this time it would not hold the signal. I had decided to get another portable just for the playstation as they are very reasonable in price nowadays so on Monday after my hospital appointments we went to the retail park a bought a nice little one. What a difference not having to trail it back and forward from the kitchen to the lounge every time we want to play.
Yesterday was having a look in the game shop not many of then stock games for PS1 nowadays but this one does used games.  I choose one a snip at £2-99 and took it to the cashier only to be told they are BOGOF just now so did'nt I do well. So with with all the games I had plus two new ones I am all set so it can be bad weather and I will not get fed up a all, not meaning to be selfish but I do love to play. Have cleared the memory card so I will have to start all the games again quite an undertaking. So off now to see how I get on with Lara Croft in Egypt, 'Tomb Raider IV' for those of you that are not as silly as me.
I have been trying to play games on the PC but online you can't save your game and it gets to me still love my Book Worm but I have that on disc so I get a save on that. Will go now bye bye,   
                                  
                                                

Rain Rain and more Rain.

                              

There is just not another graphic that I have that sums up this week as well as this one. It has been a terrible week it has been raining almost all week with the exception of Wednesday which was a lovely day. Even today the wind is down a bit but it is still blowing hard there are even waves on the bird bath.We have done all our usual things this week and had Ellen for the day on Tuesday, she did not go back to school till Wednesday.  She brought here scooter that Santa brought with her and it faired long enough for us to get out for a walk/scoot in the afternoon so that sort of tired her out a bit she is such a live wire its hard to keep up at times.
A few days before Christmas Stuart had an email from an old friend with whom we had lost touch about 14 years ago. He had seen an entry Stuart had made in a local birdwatching web page and put two and two together and took a chance that it was Stuart he was emailing. We arranged to meet him yesterday and sat for 3 hours chatting about this that and the other. It was great to see him again looking well as he had been ill and nearly lost his life just like Stuart.  I took a picture of the two of them together but it is blurred like my Christmas pictures were. Think I have been holding the button down too long, and that has been making the flash go off twice. Nothing else has been happening up here not been out much with all this rain and wind hoping for a better week next week.
Have booked in for a perm next week as my hair is a nightmare just now sit for ages trying to get some shape into it  in the morning and I just have to go out for two minutes and it is straight again have lasted 11 months since my last perm so have done well but January always seems to get the better of my hair.
Hospital appointment on Monday for my HRT review.Have been trying to cut down very slowly as instructed and am down to half the dose but it is very hard. I also have an appointment with Audiology to have a service on my hearing aids so will have a busy day on Monday and Tuesday.
Have been passing the time playing games on the PC but am thinking about getting another portable TV so I can get my playstation set up again.  Don't like to play it in the kitchen where our portable is set up and it is an awful scutter tuning in everytime I want to change from one to the other.
Think I have rabbited on about nothing long enough so I will close now hope you have a pleasant evening, us, we are going to watch the Harry Potter on the TV as we have not seen that particular movie so am looking forward to that.
Bye for now,
                                        Joan.