Wednesday

 when I got up this morning I looked at my phone and it said it was 0 degrees centigrade and snowing so I rushed over to the window, pulling back the curtains only to find my phone was not telling me the truth! But it was very frosty. It’s been cold all day. I did a load of washing but I didn’t hang it out. I cooked some beetroot and then got ready to have a turbo. I did an hour and I did 15.1 miles. My back is bad today, it was better but I must have twisted it in the night, or laid funny. For lunch we had a small tin of sardines each and then a slice of fruit loaf toasted. I made a loaf of bread and for dinner tonight we had rice with beef and a black bean sauce. 

Monday

 Yesterday I had a turbo and did some gardening, it’s a good job I did because today it hasn’t stopped raining. It rained all night and it hasn’t stopped today and it’s now 14.10 . I have done several step ups and I have put put the  marzipan on the Christmas cake. For dinner yesterday we had pizza and corn on the cob,followed by baked apples. Today we have got chicken wings hot and spicy. I don’t like them so I am having sausages. We are having jacket potatoes 🥔, fried tomatoes and garlic bread.

Saturday

 When I got up I put on a load of washing, I was going to hang it out but it kept on raining. When we had a break in the clouds I went outside and worked in the garden. I was out there till lunch time. For lunch we had spaghetti on toast and a cup of coffee. After lunch we watched a film and when it was over I did some step ups till bath time. After my bath I cooked dinner, we had ostrich steaks with cauliflower, broccoli, carrots , potatoes and peas. The ostrich steak was so tender, it was lovely. Tomorrow I am going to turbo.

Friday

 I got up at 6.15 after the best sleep I had had for ages. I had my breakfast and we went shopping at Tesco for a change from Asda. After I had put everything away I went up and changed my bed sheets. I got the bins in and emptied the dishwasher. I vacuumed the lounge and did a bit of clearing up and then I got lunch. This afternoon we watched a film it was very good. The weather has been terrible today it’s been 4 to 6 degrees all day. We have had rain and hail and sun and a lovely rainbow 🌈. For dinner tonight we had a chicken stir fry.

Thursday

 today I went to the City. Our daughter came round and picked me up with our great grand son. She parked in the Castle mall car park.  We walk through the mall shopping as we went through. Next we went to Marks and Spencer’s and then to primark. From there we went to white stuff and then to the bank. After that we went to outside the Ivy where they have a huge polar bear. Our great grand son liked it. After that we walked all the way to John Lewis. Then back to Jarrolds for lunch. We did some shopping in there, and her daughter, my granddaughter joined us for lunch , she was working in the City today . When we had finished our lunch which was delicious we carried on shopping, I bought another Christmas present and after that it was back to the car and home. I had a lovely time, the little boy was as good as gold. He sits in the push chair and doesn’t complain and we got him out in Jarrolds to stretch his legs and he is so well behaved. When I got home H had hung my washing out and it was nearly dry. He went to Halfords on his electric bike. Fur dinner tonight we had rice and beef in a black bean sauce. Yesterday’s dinner was leftover stew.

Tuesday

 I am finally over my flu. Yesterday I went for a short bike ride and the day before that I went for a walk. Today I had a dental appointment which went well. We went to Lidl this morning but our son stayed at home. When we got home I was unpacking and our other son came in , I hadn’t even heard the bell.  We all had a good chat and it was nice seeing both our boys together . On Thursday I am going to the City with our daughter and our great grand son. We are meeting his mother for lunch. I hope to do some Christmas shopping. For dinner tonight we had sausages, burgers, eggs, fried tomatoes, and a jacket potato. For dessert we had raspberries and blueberries with cream, yesterday we had stewed apple and blackberries with ice cream.

Thursday

 I put on a load of washing as soon as I got up then I had my breakfast. Next I emptied the dishwasher and put everything away. After that I washed and dressed and vacuumed all upstairs. H turboed and vacuumed downstairs. He told me today he doesn’t think he will drive to the coast again, he too old for long trips he says. He said he doesn’t mind driving me to the supermarket or to our daughters but that’s it. He is 85 so he’s done well. I know if I hadn’t had a stroke I would still be driving. I made cheese toasties for lunch in the air fryer and for dinner tonight we had a chicken stir fry.

Wednesday

 Today has been a good day. I had a decent nights sleep and got up to clear skies. So we got ready and went to Mundesley . We had fish and chips sitting in the sun and washed down with a can of shandy, then we went down to the beach to look for fossils. The wind was blowing a gale but it was blowing out to sea so we were protected by the cliffs. I found a few fossils but nothing spectacular. We stayed there till H had had enough and my hands were numb then we walked back up the slope and had a cup of coffee to warm us up before coming home. 

Monday

 I got up at 6 and had my breakfast, but H didn’t  get up till 8 . We have had loads of rain today and gale force winds. I was going to go for a walk but it wasn’t good enough. So I did step ups instead I also started lifting my weights again. I roasted some chestnuts. For dinner tonight we had chicken in batter and jacket potatoes cooked in the air fryer with peas done in the microwave.

Saturday

 I am feeling a bit better today.( at last). I think it was more than a cold, more like flu. Today is our great grand sons birthday. He is two. We went round this morning with his present and card. He was so excited and ripped off the paper. His sister helped him. His mum had made him a lovely cake, all decorated with dinosaurs 🦕 and chocolate eggs broken as if dinosaurs had just broken out. It was a chocolate cake because that’s what he asked for. I had a coffee and a slice of the cake, it was yummy. I haven’t done much this week because I have not felt well. But I did some gardening yesterday and found a hedgehog 🦔 house. For dinner tonight we had chicken in wine , it was delicious.

Saturday

 I didn’t get up till 7 which is late for me. I still have an awful cough. After my breakfast I made a loaf of bread, and some soup for lunch. It’s the first soup I have made for ages but it was nice. This afternoon we watched an old film ‘ No Country For Old Men’ . I hadn’t seen it before.. For dinner tonight we had southern fried chicken chips and peas.

Friday

 we went to Asda as soon as we had finished our breakfast. Then we went to the petrol pumps and filled our petrol tank and then back into Asda to Mac Donald’s for a coffee while we waited for the chemist to open. As soon as H had got his prescription we came home.when we had unpacked the shopping the sun was out and it looked lovely outside so I decided to go for a short walk. I only did a mile but it was nice. When I got home I planted the rest of my tulip bulbs. I went in after that and we had a coffee and a warm mince pie with squirty cream. I had mine sitting in the conservatory it was warm in there in the sun. We had a tin of soup for lunch, and dinner tonight was rice and beef in a black bean sauce.

Thursday

 I haven’t been writing blogs because I have not had anything to write about. I had either a very bad cold or the flu. I am not better yet but slowly improving. But today I made a Christmas cake. H had to help me because I couldn’t stir it up when I had added the fruit my arm wasn’t strong enough. It’s gluten free so I won’t have to eat it all this like I did the year before last. But it was horrible last year when I couldn’t make one , it just didn’t seem like Christmas. For dinner tonight we had enchiladas with chips and peas. Yesterday we had chicken stew made with the chicken we had leftover from Sunday.