21st June 2015 - Just a thought

Thought for the day : "Lately my workout is exercising bad judgement "


Still at VALE 
Back Monday 

 

20th June 2015 - Just a thought

Thought  for the day :"I think senility is going to be a fairly smooth transition for me "




still at VALE
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19th June 2015 - Justa thought

Thought for the day : "Imagine a cell phone that's hard wired to your wall and all you can do is talk on it.  I had one of those "

I know it is not good  - at the  VALE

No posts till Monday ..

18th June 2014 - Just a thought

Thought for the day : "Q. How do you find a Blind Man in a nudist colony? A. It's not hard.""

I know it is not good  - but on the road to VALE

No posts till Monday ..

17th June 2015 - Wards and waffle..

Thought for the day: "I sent the ancestry site some information on my family tree - they sent me some seeds and suggested that I try again... "

A busy day, loading up for our weekend in the VALE - Live roleplay event up in Stoke area, and a call from the hospital saying that they are going to move my mother to the local rehabilitation ward in Llanelli - then the call saying that they were not, and then that they were - and not..

So when I got there for visiting this afternoon I was not really surprised to find all her wordly goods laid out on the bed as she, depressed, tried to work out what was happening ...

The ambulance was scheduled for 4pm - I did not expect it and sure enough at 5.15pm it arrived and loaded five patients to be delivered to their homes around the county - with my mother being the last delivery to Llanelli Hospital - but in her inimitable fashion she was chatty and talkative and won over the ambulance men by the time they got to Llanelli.

 Timing wise I got is completely right... As I parked just outside the hospital car park (to avoid the mandatory car park fees) the ambulance beeped me as it went past - and then stopped to let me on board for the ride for the last 200 yards - they did not have to do that !! Mum was delighted. I was impressed. Thanks to Malcolm and Andy of the Ambulance Service for your bit of extra care !!

So - fish and chips for tea - a bottle of Chateau 41 - a glass of scotch maybe and watching an episode of Lewis .. all a good way to prevent finishing the basics for the trip tomorrow.
Probably will have to get up early !!!

Really have not much interest this evening in finalising "stuff"

 Ho Hum..

Night  - I will be away for a few days at VALE

16th June 2015 - Of Tescos and Transportation

Thought for the day:"The difference between genius and stupidity, is that genius has its limits - Einstein"

Well, it all seems very easy really. The Eurotunnel is 35 minutes across the channel and a campervan willing to travel int he early hours of the night can get across each way for £85 a journey. Not bad really considering I could be taking several people - though in all honesty at the moment I am travelling on my own. But the best part is that I have Tesco Vouchers. Now I know these are not free really, that they are all paid for by the various ruses that Tesco uses to persuade me to buy for them rather than competitors, but the vouchers still mount up and in general we fail to use many of them.

Every so often I think about it and then have a panic look through the list to see if there are any that are about to expire and try to use them before they do. However, in real terms we tend not to remember that they are sitting there until something big comes up. And in this case the "something big" is the trip across to Germany to Drachenfest and Mythodea. So Tesco vouchers can be "boosted" which means that each £10 is actually worth £30. So the trip across the water is costing me £60 instead of £170. I lose £10 in voucher value - but that seems a small cost to pay. AS in reality - the vouchers might have sat there without being used.

From my point of view - there is no actual cost - nothing coming out of the bank or the credit card - just some vouchers - and a couple of clicks on line and an email and there we go ... and two minutes later the confirmation pops into the email ... can't fault it..

The Ticket for Mythodea arrived today - also by email.

So it is all getting a little more real...

Best start thinking about writing some more songs .... or at least practising the ones I wrote last year !

15th June 2015 - Of Woods and Walks

Thought for the day :"I'm going to get my demons some exorcise equipment."

So, some friends went walking through some woods and her shoes leaked - so they decided to buy the woods . About 4 and a half acres I understand . I think this may have inspired Susie as our Sunday afternoon turned into a magical mystery tour round the back of Carmarthen, to find some woodlands that were for sale - 17 acres..

It was a little damp, and my shoes did leak - after all she had not told me where we were going .... It might have been to look at a house and so I had put a clean pair of trousers on...

 But 'Thena seemed to enjoy ..

 There was mixed wood - though much of it was not really accessible at the moment ..

 And a seat for the weary ..

At £49K it is a little steep for somewhere that you cannot put a house.. but it was a pleasant on the way to the hospital..

Still no-one looking at our house yet  - so no real chance of moving...

But mother is feeling a little better today - managed a sit in the chair and six steps with the walker - so a daily improvement

I lift my glass to her ...
Cheers