Amused and Amazed.......

 
This one kept Hubby busy for a long time, can you see how many people are crowding that beach? And the WASGIJ ones don't follow the picture on the box! 

Daughter came over on Tuesday as she had a strange car noise when she turned the steering wheel, well all Hubby had to do was open the bonnet and close it again for the noise to disappear. Now they are both head scratching wondering what caused and cured it. 

I went for a blood test this week and as we pulled into their car park another car had just parked and the driver was getting out. Hubby parked quickly but really badly and said "I'll repark when you beat that woman with her stick" hahaha! 

Another Doggy Day Care afternoon when Son and Fiancé did a little more Christmas shopping. I've had two small deliveries this week but really must get into gear with getting our Christmas gifts and food shopping done, although all my cards are written and ready to post.  

Good thing about having Son here briefly is he could help Hubby get the Christmas stuff out of the loft (saved me helping) as this weekend is the only free time R and O have to start their long held tradition of making our house festive. I'll put photos in next week's post. 

Nearly Ho Ho Ho time...... what's next on my list? 

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Good News Week........

 
Very early start last Saturday as M and O were off to a comic convention/ exhibition thing in West London so Hubby took them to the station just after 7am. Daughter and R are already away in different places so we are on Doggy Day Care again

When Hubby picked them up from the station late afternoon they were both grumpy and exhausted from hours of queuing only to be told it was mostly cancelled. They had paid for tickets, travelled and queued for nothing!

It was announced on the Red Rose Theatre page that their play Ungodly, which has just finished its London run, has been nominated for two Offie Awards! 

As I was lamenting that our beautiful tulip tree on the drive had now lost nearly all its leaves I was more than adequately consoled when I noticed our beech tree. It has been too cold for me to venture into the back garden for ages so this was a stunning surprise. 

Call from the consultant said the results of last week's CT Scan show some improvement as the tumor has shrunk a bit YAAY, not improved enough to allow me to reduce the dose but good news makes it more tolerable!

Hope you've had a good week.

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Cosy and Comfy.........

 
Another jigsaw completed (almost all by Hubby). 

CT Scan this week went well. Hope I don't have to wait too long for the results. 

Soda bread with caraway seeds. Yummy.

Another day was lemon puffs mmmmmm

Friday was a bit of Doggy Day Care when Son and fiancé wanted to make a start with a little bit of Christmas shopping. Fiancé still gets tired easily. 

Been nice having a quiet week and while I had the time I sorted some old stuff and got totally absorbed in old letters and events of my past. 

Enjoy your weekend.

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Reluctantly Quiet........

 
My favourite sign of autumn is definitely when our tulip tree turns gold. 

Problem for me this week is an annoying and very persistent cough plus I've lost my voice down to a very croaky whisper, not ideal for a week with two hospital phone calls and two social evenings out. Hospital said this is probably another side effect as I've no other symptoms and done a covid test which was negative. Let's hope it's another temporary problem. 

As friendM was on holiday on her big birthday there was a slight delay for us four to have a meal together to celebrate with her.

We ate at The Felixstowe pub we used to use so much in the past and that meant we could round off the evening at friendM's home to see the changes she had made there. 

Wednesday our usual gang plus friendHS. Afterwards to the snooker club and us three girls chatted while all four men bonded at the baize and laughed which was good to see. 

Not much else has happened, especially as I've lost a lot of sleep coughing, sorry Hubby! 

So that's it, but if you couldn't hear me I'm happy to repeat myself.

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Definitely Not Scary........

 
Didn't really notice the extra hour in bed as Hubby did a good job of changing all the clocks before, and there are a lot of them. 

Coffee morning Monday and blood test on Tuesday and yes that's how exciting it gets at the moment. So I've started my next book, Unruly by David Mitchell and just two chapters in I'm enjoying the history flavoured with David's observed nonsense. His style reminds me a bit of Ronnie Corbet when he told his stories to camera and there were so many asides and digressions that you almost forgot where it was going until he cleverly brought it back on track. 

I'd never get a handshake on Bake Off but I'll insist the lumpy lemon icing on top was intentional *wink*. Lemon curd centre for a vanilla sponge and it was yummy. 

This Halloween we decorated the outside of the house just enough so the trick-or-treaters knew they could knock. Neither of us are into pumpkin carvery. 

Unfortunately the little battery lights in the window didn't show up very much. 

Quite a few dressed up children did knock and were sweetly rewarded. Hopefully by next year I'll have something better in the window. 

We finished our week with a couple of days as Doggy-day-care.

And now it's November which actually is a bit scary! 

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