I'm back.......

 
Did you miss me? 
Sorry couldn't post last week, technical hitch, I'll try to catch up soon, meanwhile this week....

Sunday seemed an endless day of washing (took four machine loads) and although it was dry and looked sunny it was still very windy, and to be honest I wasn't in the mood to fight with the pegging out and bringing in on a windy day, so it all went upstairs on the clothes horse in my craft room. 

Busy Wednesday started early with a visit to Specsavers. Hubby received his new specs and spent time having them fitted. I went straight to their hearing centre. Still too much wax in my right ear and their pad test showed some loss so continue with the olive oil spray and back in three weeks if clear enough I need the full test, if not they will clear it. As Hubby was waiting for me quite a while it gave him a chance to look around a lot and decide the peripheral vision wasn't as good as his previous pair, so back to see someone who checked everything and thought it was down to the curve in the frames, so she adjusted that, hopefully that's done the trick. 

Just time for cuppa at home then out again to meet friendsN&T and friendsV&N in West Bergholt for lunch. Food was great though we both tried not to eat too much. Really good to have a long catchup. 

We tried not to eat too much because we were out again in the evening. Our usual Prezzo which was almost empty, then The Grosvenor where we had trouble finding somewhere to sit as it was their open mic night. A few people are worth listening to but lots of them are dreadful. 

As with every year The Red Rose Chain Theatre Company are putting on their Theatre in the Forest for July and August. This year it's 

I will be going with Daughter&O and Son&fiancé in the first week. I'd mentioned it to some friends who were happy to come to Suffolk to see it, so I've booked six tickets (that even includes Hubby who is not a Theatre/ Shakespeare fan) in the third week and they will be sleeping over here afterwards. 

Hubby got a call from Daughter saying she'd lost a windscreen wiper blade while driving on the A12. She came over Friday morning and Hubby sorted that for her while we drank tea and enjoyed our chat. 

I received a hospital letter saying I'm due for my annual CT Scan so I've booked for a blood test next week as requested. I'm so grateful they are still keeping a check on me. 

And so another week has flown by. Hope you can pop by next week as, fingers crossed, I'll be here.

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Enjoying Cheerful......

 
I promised a more cheerful post so let's start with our garden which is very cheerful at the moment. 

Birds are enjoying the new water feature with its little solar pump. The rockery behind it is now planted up and hopefully they will soon fill the space. 

The apple tree is blossoming (why did that pic load sideways?)

There is the promise of a large display of my favourite Lily of the Valley. 

I'm always reluctant to pull the rhubarb early as the large leaves look great, almost tropical, beside the pond. 

And lots of spring colour everywhere. 

Saturday evening we had Son's dog for the evening as Son and fiancé celebrated their 20th anniversary with a meal and theatre performance here in Ipswich. 

Pleased that at coffee morning quite a few of my "ready for the charity shop" books were taken by some neighbours. 

Wednesday we both went to Specsavers for eye tests (didn't seem two years since last time but it was). Hubby needed a slightly different prescription and ordered one pair for collection in two weeks. My prescription hasn't changed so I saved a lot of money not needing new specs, but a little disappointed as I had fancied a change of frames but couldn't really justify the huge cost just for a change. It was pointed out to me that the Macular Degeneration has got a little worse but still can't be treated. I was told to stay aware of any vision changes, eat plenty of green veg and possibly to take vitamin supplements specific for macula care. I'll need to check those with a pharmacists due to having CKD and all the meds I'm on. 

I also went to their hearing department. Lots of questions to answer first, then she looked in my ears and said the left ear has a little fresh wax but the right ear has a lot of hardened ear wax so they can't do the full test. I came away with olive oil ear spray to use till Hubby's next appointment in two weeks then they will check my ears again and make another test appointment if they are clear.  

Wednesday afternoon we had Daughter's dog here for a few hours. When Daughter came to pick her up she stayed for a cuppa. She told us that O was having his birthday party on Saturday evening for about 10 teens and they were all sleeping over. M was nominated as the responsible adult to stay at home and Daughter said she'd come here with the dog and sleep over night too. She says it's to keep the dog out of the way, however, 10 teens would make me want to escape too. Hahaha! 

Looks like it's going to be a warm and sunny weekend. 

Enjoy.

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Mostly About the Jab........

We enjoyed a lovely Easter Sunday dinner with Daughter, R and O. Sadly M has a dreadful cough so stayed home and Son and fiancé had other plans for this weekend. Dinner was a joint effort as Daughter doesn't eat meat so we bought and prepared the lamb joint and provided the gravy and custard, Daughter did a fancy potato dish, the veg and the apple and rhubarb crumble. Daughter also made a yummy dark fruit loaf for afternoon tea. They didn't stay late and all took a plant each when they left. 
 

As it was a bank holiday on Monday we had a very full and noisy dining room with our neighbours for coffee morning with three of them bringing extra special treats, mini egg Easter cupcakes, ferrero rocher chocolates and the yummiest home made ginger biscuits. I cannot deny eating far too many of those biscuits! 

Wednesday morning I had the first (of two) shingles jab. All was fine until going out that evening my arm was quite achy. I mostly sleep on my left arm which was fine but even the weight of the duvet on my right arm was painful so my arm came out, got cold, went back under, hurt, came out.... you get the idea. Up very early Thursday and had a lazy tired day. Back in two months for part two! Hubby and my friends only had one jab so guessing this two part vaccine is relatively new. Thursday evening I couldn't get warm, sitting in the lounge with two blankets and two hot water bottles and still shivering! 

Friday morning and my arm still hurts when I move it, so I'm not moving it unless I have to. I took two paracetamol before bed so slept much better. 

We met friendsL&K for a pub lunch, food was good as was the chat as always. FriendL has also had this two part shingles jab (her second part is next week) and said her symptoms were the same and horrid, she'd spoken to friendBR who said it had been the worst she'd reacted to any jab. So I was actually reassured that what I felt was normal. Still horrid though. 

I'm sure my arm will all be back to normal very soon, but sometimes it's good to have a little moan. I promise to find some cheerful stuff to share next week. 

Hope you have a cheerful weekend.

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