Saturday (Christmas Eve)

 I got up at 6.40 after a good nights sleep and had 2 eggs for breakfast. Yesterday was pretty dull and all I did was walk to the chemist to pick up my prescription. Son went climbing and H went upstairs to ride his bike. Dinner was leg of lamb with sprouts cauliflower carrots and mashed potato with gravy. It was very tasty. It was a huge leg so we are having the same again tonight. It’s wet again today. Tomorrow we are going to our daughters house for dinner.

Thursday 29th of December

 I got up at 7oclock after a good nights sleep and had eggs for breakfast.  As soon as H came down he made a pot of tea. After we were all ready we got ready to go to Holt we parked the car and walked into the centre of Holt where we had coffee and cake and then went to Bakers and Larners. My favourite shop. We spent ages in there, when we came out we walked back to the car and drove to Sheringham. I was recording my walk on strava but I forgot to stop it when I got in the car. Anyway we parked in Sheringham and went to get some fish and chips we went in our favourite fish shop and they weren’t serving because they had run out of chips. It was going to be half an hour before they would have any more so we came out and went to the next one, there was an enormous queue so we found a third one which was rushed off it’s feet so we just had chips to take away. Sheringham was packed Son and I walked  down to the sea and went for a paddle and a whole lot of people in swim suits ran into the sea they came back out just as fast it was freezing.

Christmas Eve

 This morning we went to our grand daughters to take round the Christmas presents. We saw our great grand children. Nova who is 3and a half was so excited but her brother who is 1 doesn’t know what is going on. When we got home we got ready to go for a bike ride. We did 16.5 miles. One road we went down was badly flooded so I got a wet foot. It was nice to get out though we haven’t been out on our bikes for over 3weeks. For dinner tonight we had rib eye steak, mushrooms, potato wedges, and broccoli 🥦 . I got all the Christmas sweets,nuts, date and figs out . Half are gone already.

Wednesday.

 Today we punt to the garden centre early this morning because I needed a calendar or next year..  As soon as we got home I went upstairs to change and go on the turbo trainer. I did an hour and managed to do 17 miles. I had a wash and then dressed ready to go round our daughters.H had a turbo before we left. Her room looks lovely and they have a huge Christmas tree. We had a cup of tea and a slice of her Christmas cake which was delicious. My piece was extra nice because .H doesn’t like marzipan so he had taken it off his piece of cake and draped it over mine. We went round to get our turkey and it looks a beauty.

Tuesday

 Today we went to Sheringham. We got there at lunch time so we went straight away and had fish and chips and a nice mug of tea. Then we went to a shop that sells gloves where I bought 2 pairs to use on my bike. From there we walked down to the front to look at the sea, the sea 🌊 was right up to the wall so there was no beach at all. This meant I was unable to paddle. We went back to the car and came home calling in at Lidl on the way. I got most of my Christmas salad stuff and veg but I haven’t got my sprouts yet.

Sunday

 I got up at 6.30 and put on a load of washing and then had my breakfast. At 10 o’clock I went upstairs to do an hour on the turbo. I got ready and started my ride. I had been going for about 10 minutes when the thing stopped it said I had lost internet. H came up and fiddled with it and got it going again. I carried on. I did a few more miles and lost it all again. H sorted it again and I carried on. When it stopped a third time I had done 50 minutes so even though H came to fix it I said I didn’t want to do any more because each time I stopped I got cold . When I hah dressed I went downstairs and we had spaghetti on toast for lunch . We had a glass of wine this afternoon and for dinner tonight we had lamb shanks in minted gra,potatoes , cabbage and carrots. 

Thursday

 I woke up at 10 past 3 and couldn’t get to sleep again. I finally gave up trying at 6 o’clock and got up. I made a pot of tea and cooked 2 eggs for my breakfast. I took some stewing steak out of the freezer to make a stew for dinner tonight. At 10 o’clock I got ready to go on the turbo trainer. I did an hour and found it really hard compared to the last time. When I finished H said he had forgotten to put my right weight in so I rode round at his weight which was why it was so hard. When I finished H done cheese on toast for our lunch and a cup of hot chocolate. I made the stew for dinner and it warmed us up a treat .

Wednesday

 I have had a nice day. My sister in law came round and took me out. She took me to somewhere called The Goat Shed . It was really nice . We had a nice catch up too. While I was out H went upstairs to turbo. I had a bowl of parsnip soup with soda bread which was delicious and a capuchino for lunch at the goat shed and tonight for dinner I had chilli con  carni.

Tuesday

 I haven’t anything much to say.  H got on well at the hospital yesterday and we managed to take the 2 toilet 🚽 things back that the hospital lent me after my stroke. They went round the toilets so I could go to the toilet on my own and then hold on the handles to get up again. They told me when they gave them to me there was a number to ring on the side of them to ring when we wanted picked up . When we rang the number we got funny noises but nobody ever answered it.When H took  them in to the hospital he said I’ve brought these back can I leave them here they said where did you find them. He said I didn’t find them they were given to my wife by the stroke ward.

We had stir fry for dinner tonight. Last night we had chicken potatoes and peas. We were going to have fías and chips yesterday when we left the hospital but we couldn’t find a chip shop that opens Monday lunchtime.

Sunday

I laid in bed till 8 o’clock this morning because I knew how cold it was going to be. When I went downstairs it was -6 degrees centigrade. A year ago today it was 11 degrees centigrade. I wrapped some Christmas presents today, it is a nightmare I can’t break the sellotape like I used too and I kept losing the end . One present took me almost an hour to wrap and I have loads more to wrap and they don’t look like my wrapping. We had a fish pie for dinner tonight with broccoli and leeks.

Saturday

I am up early this morning because H has got to have his covid jab at 8.40. I said I would go with him. We have to leave at 8. We had a nice meal out yesterday. I had scampi and chips because I struggle to cut meat up. H had a gammon steak. For pudding I had the sundae of the day and it turned out to coffee flavoured with banana 🍌 in it. It was delicious. I washed it and down with a pint of cider. My scampi and chips came with peas but I said on peas because I tend to choke on them and they said would I like some salad instead I said that would be lovely and it was. All we had for tea was a cup of tea and a packet of crisps.

Friday cold

 Yesterday we woke up to a covering of snow ❄️ and a temperature of-2. Today the temperature was -1 and raining the rain is freezing as it lands and the conservatory roof is a frozen sheet of ice. Yesterday afternoon our electric fire went wrong we fiddled about with it and don’t know what we did but we got it working again. Thank goodness, what a time to go wrong. Today H is taking me out to lunch. It’s my birthday treat. So tonight I won’t have to cook a meal we will just have sandwiches. 

Wednesday

 Last night I had the worst night ever. When I went to bed I took a glass of water with me. I was still awake after 2 hours so I put my bedside light on to have a drink. Hanging over my cup was s spider 🕷. It was one of those spiders that look like a skeleton it had a tiny body and long legs. H was asleep so I daren't wake him so I laid there all night awake ,turning the light on at intervals to see if it had moved. It didn’t, but every time I had a hair go across my face I had to check. I told H this morning and he said I should have woken him. He went pu with a glass to get it for me but when he saw how ( small) it was he said he would have been annoyed if I had woken him up for that.

Monday

 I got up first and made a pot of tea. I cooked 2 eggs for my breakfast and then H came down. He poured the tea. Next sos got up we all had a talk and it was decided that the track would be too muddy so we decided we wouldn’t go out on our bikes, so I said I would ride upstairs I did 16.2 miles in an hour. H went on next  and did the same amount of miles as me but did it 14 minutes faster. Son got ready to go home after lunch, and we won’t see him any more till Christmas. We had fish and potato wedges and baked beans for dinner.

Sunday

 I. haven’t done much today.After I was dressed I walked down to the letter box to post a birthday card. I hugged a tree while I was out.. I had a Barth and washed my hair. Fo r dinner I did lamb chops ,lambs liver, sausages, roast potatoes, broccoli and carrots. I am writing this in bed 🛌 while watching tv and son has just brought me up a bowl of roast chestnuts 🌰 

Saturday 3rd of December today is my 84 th birthday.

 I got up at 7 after a good nights sleep. I got some wonderful gifts and saw all my children. Also our eldest granddaughter brought our 2 great grand children round. They are a laugh a minute.we all had a drink and a piece of Birthday cake 🎂. Tonight for dinner we had chicken and chips corn on the cob and peas.

Thursday

We got up and went shopping as soon as we had finished our breakfast. After I had unpacked and put everything away we had a coffee and then I went into the garden and filled my garden rubbish bin ready for the bin men tomorrow. H called me in when it was time for lunch. We had a toasted crumpet oozing with butter. I didn’t go out again after lunch I sat and read my book instead. I wrote six more Christmas cards and wrapped two more presents. For dinner tonight we had chilli con carne.