Food, Fun, Family and a Little Bit of Medical........

 
Mmmmmm Chinese takeaway as Son and fiancé came for Saturday evening. It was so hot (I'm talking about the weather now not the takeaway) we had all the doors and windows open and still needed our electric air cooler fan. The heat was probably why I slept so badly, thankfully no plans on Sunday to be energetic for. 

I'd been given a locally caught sea bass that had been sitting in my freezer as Hubby isn't particularly keen so I decided to add a large variety of fish and veg to it and make a fish pie. 

Unlike the supermarket extras the bass was really hard work skinning and boning before cutting into chunks. I'm still working at getting the smell off my hands and keep rinsing from an out of date bottle of lemon juice I keep in the fridge.  Hubby did all the mash which was a big help. All worth it as it was yummy and six portions now in the freezer for other "can't be bothered to cook" days.

Blood test at the surgery was successful but far too complicated. I arrived at my appointment to be told that that nurse had called in sick and they would have to rebook, I explained the urgency of the hospital request and another nurse agreed to fit me into her already busy morning "only a blood test, won't take long" she said. She went online and found the list of what is needed, however it wouldn't print off for her the lab lables as it would only go to the printer at the hospital where they had previously tried last Thursday, this could also be a glitch following the recent IT worldwide chaos. She eventually gave up and decided to do it the old way and wrote everything out manually. Then apart from having to run around the surgery to find a long fine needle getting the four phials filled seemed the easy bit. Phew!

Wednesday morning at Specsavers I had my first pair of hearing aids fitted. In the evening we met up with our usual friends, eating at Prezzo then onto the Grosvenor pub. It was their monthly open-mike music night. I've never really enjoyed open-mike night as it's too loud to have a conversation, I think the aids did improve the clarity a little although I'd have preferred if they had improved the level of talent. 

Thursday friendM had invited me along with her sisters H&T to lunch. Our respective men dropped us all off and met at the snooker club. FriendM has recently moved back into her house at Felixstowe Ferry. We all really enjoyed the huge variety of fresh seafood she served with crusty cheese bread. This is definitely my favourite sort of spread mmmmmm. 

As my contribution I'd made this rhubarb cake. 

Not sure why but it's not supposed to look like this. The rhubarb should be all over the top covered in a sprinkling of brown sugar that once baked gives a thin shiny, crunchy surface. This time the sponge rose above it all but it still tasted really good and I was complimented by everyone. 

Friday and Daughter had to come over for a shower as hers has decided to trip the electrics as soon as you turn it on (she's called her landlord so I hope it gets fixed soon). 

Thursday night was the opening night for A Midsummer Night's Dream by Red Rose Chain Theatre and Friday night we went on Press night as a family. 

Far left with the accordion is R and I'm a very proud Grandma as always. 

The plan was I would go with Son and fiancé (Hubby was dog sitting) and in her car Daughter had M and O. One of my oldest friends friendKK should have met us there but couldn't leave a very sick relative she is caring for as no other family member was available, she'd tried so hard and was so disappointed. Then last minute fiancé decided she wasn't feeling up to coming so we went in one car and Hubby was left dog free. 

It was wonderful as always and my Facebook review read

"We were there tonight and the show was brilliant. The whole cast, super quick costume changes, the puppets, the songs, the humour, the whole atmosphere created that makes the audience clap cheer and sing along. 

I've already tickets to come again. 

Thank you Red Rose Chain 👏"

After the final applause there are always a few speeches and thank yous. This time included the background of how Theatre in The Forest started 25 years ago. Daughter then reminded us that she'd come every year for 19 of them and that R and E were just three years old at their first one and now R is in them! 

So I'm ending this week's with a smile on my face.

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