2007 - For and Against

I've been sitting here thinking about the last year and wondering if I liked it or not. To be honest, it has been a bit bad and a bit good. We lost our Top but managed to keep Clio through her parvo virus. I had a couple of weeks in England at Easter and Brian attended his son's wedding earlier this month.

We managed to acquire English TV, a freezer and a hoover.........several other electrical devices hit the dust! Both of my budgies died as well as Ken, the egg.

Well, that's my year in a nutshell.

Happy 2008 everyone xxx

Can't Blame the Gremlin

I awoke well early this morning, made myself a coffee and settled down at the computer to check on this and that. By the time I was ready for coffee number two, I'd seen a game advertised on msn. One of those free for an hour jobbies.

Well comfy and settled in my chair.................then my monitor packed in!!

It had been creaking and groaning for a week or so and as I've had it for six years I can't complain. Thankfully, Caron had a spare which I can use until we get another.

My main worry was that it would get chucked into the spare room alongside the rest of the defunct electrical items that we tend to keep 'just in case'. After a bit of nagging, it was taken to the wheelie bin on the corner. Either, it was rescued by some enterprising soul or it's just been collected by the muck truck. Bless it!

As for my game, I'm well hooked. Will I pay twenty dollars for the rest of it? Happen not.

Lovely Day and Lovely Dinner

I'm really stuffed! Dave cooked our dinner to perfection and all we could do afterwards was flob!!

We met up at Bar San Juan and spent an hour or so with a few friends, Bernard and Maz included and then walked up to Caron's house for dinner.

Not a lot left of Tommy Turkey!


Charlotte had fun as you may imagine. Just look at her posing with her pressies.


Thanks to Dave and Caron for such a lovely day and Merry Christmas to all xxx

Done and Dusted

The decorations have been up for over a week, cards have been posted or handed out and now the shopping has been finished. What now?

Twenty years ago we would have been out partying or down the pub with our mates. Tonight's excitement was watching the last ever Parkinson. Old age creeping up perhaps?

Mainly Weather

It has been a funny sort of week. Hurricane warnings, thunder, high winds and torrential rain. It was glorious this afternoon and now the rain again!

At least it saves the local council having to water the poinsettias. They do look lovely and I reckon that seeing them is one of the nicest things about Christmas.

I'm not a great fan of the festive season, especially now that I live so far away from my family. We are going to Caron's house this year and Dave is cooking the turkey. Guess who is in charge of the trifle?!

The Boy Did It!!

I've really enjoyed my first experience of the X Factor and haven't missed a programme. It was so good to see that Leon won as he has been my favourite all along.

Cheers, tears and tissues..........oh dear!!

Poor Tosh

I spoke to my brother earlier and it seems that our Tosh died a couple of weeks ago. He never liked me even though I've known him from a kitten but it's sad to know he's left us.

Actually, it could have been me this evening. I was walking across the road towards the shop when this car sped around the corner. I had nowhere to go and remember looking at the driver's face. Thankfully, this Spanish chap grabbed me and pulled me against a wall. The car just sped off.

I was shaking like a leaf when I reached the shop, bought my jar of coffee and ran home. I was so scared.

Rubbish Rovers!

We rushed back to the village after bowling this afternoon so that we could catch the Blackburn v West Ham match. It wasn't one of the best games that I've seen and we did sort of suss that it would go either way with a sneaky goal. On the whole, the game was pretty boring and I didn't even spot my brother in the crowd!

The Wanderer Returns

He says that he has trench foot, influenza, jet lag and hypothermia but apart from all that he had quite a good time. I almost forgot the biggest moan........beer at almost three quid a pint!

Both Brian and Sam said that Simon and Karen's wedding was lovely and they had a really happy day. I'm hoping for some more pics from Simon in the near future.

I got pressies! A box of Black Magic that sneaked it's way in. Not being a romantic type, he just left it in the kitchen! A new cross stitch pack too!

Thankfully, he managed to repair the telephone cable which that evil puppy destroyed and all is well with the world.

A Little Lonely But........

I'm doing fine on my own and the novelty of doing exactly as I like is well good. I can also eat when I like and cook what I like. Sausages, chips and mushrooms for tea.........all fried together in the same pan!! Frozen chips at that! Boiled spuds are banned this week. What can I concoct tomorrow?

A couple of my mates amazed me today. 'Are you ok?', 'Are you scared at night?', 'Come around to eat' and 'Ring at any time during the night should you need us'. It's nice of them to care but it made me wonder if I should be scared........no, I'm ok, I can cook in one pan and I'll be asleep in the middle of the night!

I took Clio back to the clinic earlier today and it was bedlam in there. Three dogs had been given poison last night by some evil soul and it was touch and go for them. It was one of those scenarios that make you wonder if you might be dreaming. One dog was being sick whilst another looked like it might be breathing it's last. Three or four people were crying and in the middle of it all was a woman with a turtle in a box. I hung around long enough to check that it would be ok to take Clio back on Monday and got the hell out of there.