Not many people still have video recorders or DVD players but we do and one machine that can do both at the same time, FriendKK knows we do so asked Hubby for a favour. Could he please transfer her last remaining box of precious home videos onto DVDs?
She brought over her box and Hubby found his blanks, all new and still in their cellophane plus a stack of empty cases to put them into afterwards.
Then as transferring each one is done in real time Hubby decided to take our equipment into the office and run it through that TV so it wouldn't spoil our lounge viewing. This meant taking the TV off the wall to get to the place it needed to be plugged into. Plugging in was my job and handing Hubby the tools while he was up on the desk doing the risky bit.
Of course then he had to get used to using all this tech again that he hasn't used since the olden days.
NephewE and his wifeN came to visit, in fact they invited themselves which they have been promising to do for the last three years or so but we could never synchronise with dates and we usually only see them on our big family day at Christmas. Lovely to have just us time for a change.
They came with these beautiful flowers. I'd done a full roast for dinner and hoped to save my aches by doing a lot of the prep on Saturday, although there's still a lot to do with the cooking and entertaining. I sent them home with the Panda toy I'd repaired for his sister that she'd not come to collect and last Christmas I'd forgotten to take to our family day.
Monday I woke very achy. Although his telephone appointment was booked for 11:30am the consultant called at 9:30am, annoying in some ways but actually as it was Monday it didn't encroach on coffee morning, he told me the recent scan result showed the cancer as stable with small shrinkage, so all going in the right direction!
For scans I don't need to change into a gown providing I'm not wearing any metal. It was time to replace the bra I had made years ago and treated myself to bought ones but they didn't fit well at all and would need me to almost remake them to give me any support, plus I hate the climbing into and out of ones that don't undo. Then I found a plastic clip in one of my saved hoards of haberdashery, so found my oldest bra to attack with scissors.
We both went to a local pharmacy to have the next covid jab. It's a walk-in so no appointments needed. Neither of us are old enough but I qualify as vulnerable and Hubby usually gets jabbed too as my carer but the guidelines have changed and he's no longer allowed. The lovely pharmacist read all the guidelines thoroughly and asked me lots of questions about Hubby's health now and past but couldn't find a loophole as we were both cross and agreed it was a totally false economy!
Thankfully no achy arm this time, just felt a little bruised when touched but I could still sleep on it. The next day though I started shivering after lunch and couldn't warm up at all, gotta be the jab, and I even needed my blanket plugged in which didn't do enough. An extra blanket over me on the bed did the trick and I slept it off.
We've had the new wheely bins delivered that the council are issuing and leaflets and instructions on what goes in where and when they will be collected, although not in use till June. So pleased we have the space to store our five out of the way when so many neighbours will have to leave theirs in front of their house.
Didn't realise how filthy that blue bin is until I took this photo.
I'll finish this week with roses, with apologies I can't include their scent...
These were a thank you from NeighbourAB as she'd borrowed a handbag of mine while she was looking for the right one to replace it with.
Now it's May! And warm enough to sit by the pond with a choc-ice (well it has been twice). Enjoy the long bank holiday weekend.
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