2022

Time to let go

We had some blinds fitted today in the livingroom window, patio window and in our bedroom window and this meant there was no room for the lamp that has sat on the cill for many years…

The lamp was old and broken so I decided to throw it away tonight even though it has sentimental value I treasure memories today a lot more than a physical things.

The lamp was the first present I ever bought Von when we started going out together. It was in the window of WMC and as I filled up with petrol she said she loved it so I went and bought it for her. It’s a good memory because it made her happy but I now feel I no longer need the lamp to remind me of the smile it put on her face.

Its not about things or stuff its about memories and what’s inside

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…and I would drive 200 miles?

I drove for 7 hours today because I was required by VetPartners “my bosses” to go to York where their Head Office is to see the new technology they intend to install in all Willows Surgeries. It was an interesting meeting actually and sort of worth the effort but realistically the only thing that couldn’t have been viewed on a video meeting was actually 6 lines of code!

Sitting in traffic for 3.5 hours there and 3.5 hours to get home was so demoralising and stressful, I couldn’t have a job that required a commute of any distance at both ends of my working day, it would send me over the edge I just couldn’t do it!

The other problem is that working from home has made me very comfortable my working day starts and ends at home I see my family all the time and I love it, so to be out of the house today for almost 12 hours working was a real culture shock.

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Annoyingly Poorly

Been struggling a little bit over the last couple of days with no energy and bad guts and a headache, not sure why but its annoying. These symptoms are the same as I had at Christmas when we all had Covid so I took a test tonight because I am due to go to York tomorrow for work, it was negative.

Anyway I am off to bed now at 10:30 feeling rough there’s no point laying here on the couch

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I promise Lizzy, honestly!

A beaming Mommy waved a phone in my face this morning, I was on the phone working from home and she would never do that unless it was important but she was persistent and the smile was a big one so I put my call on hold….

….having scan read it and congratulated her I went back to my call and I had to wait to find out why it took less than 2 weeks not 6 months like they said?

Turns out 6 months is a possibility but if you’re application is a good one then there’s no reason to make the person wait! So barring the formality Mommy is a British Citizen just one more reason to be immensely proud of her!

As always by the time I’d finished work she’d organised a date at Crewe registry office 13 years after we were there to get married and also a meal afterwards at Crewe Hall, again a nod to 13 years ago, for a meal like our wedding day. Like I would have expected she intends to take Reagan and Lincoln out of school so we can watch her ceremony as a family and spend the day celebrating together!

Oh Happy Valentines day dude!

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Glossing & Baking

Superbowl Sunday was spent glossing the newly finished living room skirting boards and baking. Finishing the skirtings were my goal weekend so that we can move back into the living room and I was doing great by today (Sunday) while Mommy and Lincoln went to church leaving Reagan to bake her cake for the church bake-off so I was in the living room Reagan was in the kitchen.

Reagan had watched YouTube videos and had a vision in her mind of how her cake was going to look and a sponge recipe by Mary Berry to work to but as soon as there’s a hurdle when it isn’t going as she saw it in her mind the wheels come off. So as I painted away she came to me because her mixture was lumpy so we got the mixer out and cured that the next issue was uneven cake baking.

Some tears and everything is ruined so again I stepped in and we got a completely new cake mixed and in the oven and the stress levels were lowered. Mommy walked in and helped out with the decorating by taking her to get flowers as a finishing touch

The judges were wrong this was the best cake but alas its their opinion is the one that counts but like I told her sometimes its about the journey not the destination so its important to enjoy what you do…she nodded but didn’t agree she was gutted.

By the way, I finished the skirtings!

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iGEL Posturepedic we just want a bed?

Why can you buy a bed without a mattress and why are they so damn expensive?

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90 Days

Its now 90 days since I last had a drink “a milestone ” you might say? Below is how Jamie celebrated with 0% alcohol beer, she offered me a taste and I flatly refused. It concerns me that tasting beer would trigger me…. maybe it wouldn’t but why risk it when I don’t crave the taste. She has tried 0% wine too but I have no interest in it, my go to beverages are coffee, camomile & honey tea, Lucozade and if I go out I tend to drink Coke or fizzy water and I’m OK with these and don’t need anything else

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I’ve quit drinking…

“Quit smoking and people congratulate you. Say I’ve quit drinking and people think you’re weird?” @KP24 Kevin Pietersen 2022

It’s so true, I am getting braver about telling people I’ve quit drinking because it’s been 89 days since I last had a drink so I feel I can say 3 months which is significant enough time to back up the 3 words?

The thing is, so many peoples reaction is to look at me like I have grown another head they just think it’s weird exactly like KP says! Yet I say I gave up smoking so long ago I can’t even remember when it was 20 years – 25 years dunno I get a pack on the back and a well done haha?

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Bake off

We sat eating our tea tonight just talking

Reagan “I am taking part in a bake off competition at church on Sunday. I am going to make a normal two layer chocolate cake but then cover it in fondant and decorate that with fine icing with hearts”

She told us Erica was taking part too

Reagan “She is going to make a great big cup cake!”

Lincoln “Isn’t that just a cake?”

We both looked at Lincoln and burst out laughing Oh yeh I guess it is ?

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Why?

I love having a dog, it’s man’s best friend and Billy lives up to that 99% of the time… I love taking him for a walk and playing with him and when we are at home I love just having him around me but at night he disappears into his cage in the kitchen and doesn’t come out because he has something, something he thinks he shouldn’t have like a sock or a piece of litter ffs?

No idea why but its disappointing to sit in the living room at night and he is in his cage scared to come out because he has something so his cushion infront of the roaring fire sits empty

Why?

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