Asthma Clinic, flu jabs and shopping......

I've been to the Asthma Clinic today at my doctor's surgery, and whilst I was sitting in the waiting room there was a woman sneezing all over the place and a bloke coughing and spluttering for England...I might have been fit and well when I got there, but it won't be a surprise if I'm not struck down with some sort of virus after that.  Also, since the last time I was there (in about October), they have now set up a new signing in system in the reception area...you have to input your date of birth, and initials onto a touch screen.  So in my view you end up touching a screen that someone who is obviously germ ridden has input their information on to...seems a bit daft to me in a doctor's surgery, when germs can apparently thrive on surfaces for up to 48 hours.  Oh dear...GOW (grumpy old woman) syndrome rearing its ugly head again.

I had my flu injection whilst I was there because I get it free with having asthma...my arm is now aching, but I suppose it's worth it.

I then went straight to my daughters and she ended up persuading me to go into York with her..AGAIN.  It has been a very blustery day here and very cold.  Little Noah was all warm and snuggly in his pushchair.  We had lunch at ASK and then called in the Designer Outlet on the way home...I am now home again and resting my tired old feet.

The amount of water on the surrounding fields on the way in to York is really bad...I just hope it doesn't rain too badly for a while to enable some of it to drain away.

The green green grass and a chilling Sunday

It absolutely persisted it down last night...but whoopeeeeeee the snow has complete disappeared and everything looks green again.  I just feel so sorry for the poor folks who have flooding because of the quick thaw and all the rain...I just hope we have a long stretch of dry weather to enable the ground to dry out a bit.

It's so terrible about the deaths of so many people in the nightclub in Brazil, so very sad for the loss of so many young lives.

I had a bit of a lie in this morning and have just had a lovely peaceful day listening to music, reading and doing a bit more de-cluttering.  I have put out the bins, eaten some of the Hotel Chocolat chocolates my daughter bought me yesterday and that's about it really.  As much as I am so grateful for the chocolates though, I just can't resist them and won't be able to rest until they are all gone...I have made my daughter promise that she will not buy me any more now until at least Christmas.  It is confirmed "I am greedy".

I am just about to go and have a root through the the fridge to see what I want for dinner and then it's pj time and catch-up on stuff I have recorded on tv.  I have a new candle that I am about to light shortly...it smells glorious already and it isn't even lit yet.

I love days like this, when you can just please yourself and nobody else.

Grandma's on babysitting duties today.....

Well, the snow really did come down with a vengeance last night here in Yorkshire...great big fat snowflakes.      Plus, because it was quite windy the snow drifted quite a bit and even though the council gritter had been up and down the main road a couple of times the snow soon settled...at least it made the traffic slow down a bit.

I woke up this morning to beautiful blue skies though, and the snow was already starting to thaw...rain is supposedly on its way too, so hopefully that will get rid of the snow...however, I do worry about flooding as the land is so saturated and the water has nowhere to go.

I showered and got dressed early as I had said that I would babysit for little Noah today...my daughter and her OH were going into town to look at a Nexus tablet for her.  They arrived at 11.30 am and collected him at around 3.00 pm...he was a little angel and full of smiles, but he certainly didn't want to go to sleep even though you could tell he was whacked...hopefully he will sleep well tonight.  My daughter did buy a Nexus, and is looking forward to playing with it later once Noah is asleep.

I was debating having a chinese takeaway this evening, but I can't be bothered to get the snow off the top of my car, I am being lazy and just waiting for the rain to wash it off for me.

So what shall I have instead  


Ooooooh and my daughter bought me a box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates today...yum yum.

Power Cuts......

I've just had a pottering about type of day today...ironing etc.  I have finally managed to get the bed and quilt dry from when the hot water bottle burst last weekend whilst my friend was here, and now the bed is all freshly made up again with clean sheets.

I've wasted a lot of time on-line too today...sometimes I just wish I had never heard of the internet, it just drains away my time when I could be doing something more productive.  I put my hands up, "I am addicted".



We have also had a power cut this afternoon for a couple of hours, so actually that curbed my internet browsing for a while.  Of course, the heating went off so I was sitting here with a fur throw over my legs...fortunately it came back on again before it got dark otherwise I would have had candles everywhere.  I just hope it doesn't go off again tonight.



Well more snow is on its way tonight...booooooo.  The upside is it is getting milder over the weekend and it will all thaw again.



I think I had better go and find myself something to eat now just in case the power goes off again.

Toodle Pip

Well, I am truly shopped out.....

I usually go shopping on one morning of the week into York...I set off at around 8.45 am and am back by lunchtime  I thought I would go today,  however, my daughter rang this morning to say that she wasn't going to toddler group as there was a sickness bug going round and could she come shopping with me...so we set off at 9.30 am and I arrived back home at 4.30 pm...phew.  My daughter could shop for a living, and I hate shopping.  I know exactly what I am going for and that is it...all this window shopping malarkey gets on my nerves.  We have been in nearly every shop in York (probably), and then we went to Sainsbury's Cafe for some bits and bobs and had lunch there.  It was awful.  Fish covered in a batter that resembled doughnut batter...yuk, and the cutlery was filthy too, goodness knows why they can't make sure it is clean.  I have forgotten most things I went for and forgot to get some cash out from the cashpoint...oh well.

One good thing, was that little Noah behaved impeccably well throughout the whole day and has been a joy.

I love my daughter very much, but I don't love shopping with her....argghhhhhhhhhh.  Now my son's type of shopping suits me down to the ground, he knows what he wants, gets it and then comes home again...no messing around.

I shall get my pj's on soon and settle down with my feet up, and what is more I shall pour myself a large gin and tonic.

Give me my specs back.....

Well, the forecasters got it wrong AGAIN...I don't really know why I bother listening to the weather forecasts.  It was supposedly going to be very frosty last night, but I awoke to the snow on the roof thawing and drip dripping on to the patio...ah well.

My daughter has been for lunch with little Noah, and he has been chuckling away merrily...unfortunately he is going for his second lot of injections this afternoon at 3.00 pm, so he might not be chuckling away then.

I went up to the little shop in the next village to me this morning, and one of the staff in there was absolutely full of cold and was sniffling away...the thing is she was busy stacking the fridge with foodstuffs etc, and whilst the food is wrapped, I really don't think she should have been working today in that state passing her germs around.  The shop is only small and is quite busy, so everyone is in close contact with one another...grrrrrrrr, it just makes me angry as a lot of old folk use the shop too.  Rant over.

Here's a picture my daughter took of Noah wearing my specs.......



Just going to make a chilli now, I shall have some for dinner, give some to my daughter and freeze some for another day.

P.S. My daughter has just rung to say that Noah had an injection in each thigh, and didn't cry once...my brave little soldier.

Hair day.....

I got up this morning and the sky was blue and the sun was shining...hooray.  After a coffee I went outside to clear the paths of snow and to clear the snow from my car as I needed to get out of the drive later to go to the hairdressers.  I put salt down afterwards to try and keep the paths frost free...apparently it is going to be very very cold and frosty here tonight.

I had my shower after clearing all the snow and put a chicken breast in the oven to make myself chicken sandwiches for lunch...very tasty it was too.

The roads into town are totally snow free, but when I got to the car park in front of the hairdresser's where I usually park, it was full and I had to park in another car park which was still covered in snow and ice...I had a very treacherous walk in my stupid boots which don't really have much grip...why I put them on I'll never know (stupid me).

I feel much better now my hair is once more looking half decent...I had made an attempt to cut my fringe myself with the kitchen scissors a couple of weeks ago, and Dan, my hairdresser said that I had made a reasonable job of it (I think he was just being polite).

On the way home I called to see my daughter and little Noah...he was giggling like mad at me, he finds me hilarious for some reason.  My daughter said she felt really tired because Noah wakes quite a lot during the night and only really settles well when she takes him into bed with her.  She had tried several times to get him to settle in his cot but he was having none of it...so unfortunately he ended up in bed with her, and whilst he sleeps really well she doesn't.  I had a coffee and a little play with him and then came home.

Just had a lazy pizza for tea.