Bat Out Of Hell

With tea polished off quite early last night, Debbie suggested we go to Matalan at Parkgate, Rotherham especially as we had some money off vouchers from our last trip. We arrived and Debbie grabbed a trolley.... we never have a trolley there, just a basket, getting a trolley in a clothes shop means some serious shopping is about to start.

Debbie got loads more nice tops and a new pair of trainers, I got a couple of pairs of jeans, but the next size down to what I am currently, with the diet going so well. When we got to the checkout, the lady on the till pointed out the small print on the vouchers - to be used in December! Bugger!

When we got back home, we tried everything on, my jeans did fasten but only just, I've quite a way to go in just three weeks and it is a bit of a concern. So there I was, for half an hour, going like a bat out of hell on the exercise machine!

We did try looking at blog land later but either Blogger or Haloscan was having an off day and didn't want to come out to play so we switched the thing off and watched some telly instead. American Werewolf In London was just starting and despite being tired I ended up watching it to the end even though I have seen it about ten times before.

At last it's Crunchie Day and for the first time in a few weekends, our time is our own with no wedding plans left to sort out and no Christmas or any other kind of shopping required!

Paul

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Springing Leaks

We let Zippy out of his cage last night for half an hour, the problem with this is that Lucy gets over exited, just sitting, laying, jumping and whining next to the cage the whole time. When it was time for Zippy to back in he was having none of it, sticking stubbornly to the outside of the cage while Debbie and I took it in turns to try and coax him back in. While this was gong Lucy was dancing around on the chair like a possessed puppy and when we told her off the inevitable happened, piddled all over the place. Sheesh!

So, we got that cleaned up, put Lucy in the kitchen and got Zippy back in the cage .... eventually. Then walking in to the kitchen to set the nutter on four legs free, Misty had decided that the litter facilities weren't up to scratch and took a leak next to the door. This time it was Debbie who was possessed, stomping off to the shop for a big bottle of disinfectant ..lol..

After we got the place back in order and all the animals were chilling out, we managed to get on the computer for an hour or two. One of the things we've done is to sign up to Flickr so we can display some of the older pictures in the side bar. The ones showing at the moment are from our old Xanga site, our first attempt at a blog early last year. I will get around to adding some dates and descriptions to each photo ....honest ..lol..

Paul

Wandering Scales

Last night was one of those nights when the computer is just not destined to be switched on, instead we sat down and had a good read, not a good book or anything, that's going a bit too far ..lol.. Debbie read the TV magazine for next week along with the latest issues of two women's mags, while I read two photography magazines, looking at all the models ... of cameras obviously.

It was getting late and I think because we'd tried for the first time to do diet days in a row, eating only fruit and veg, we were both feeling it bit, not so much peckish but it was taking it's toll, so we raided the fridge! We're still going on with the diet, although we've changed the rules slightly so we're eating the same but the fruit and veg is spread out a bit more evenly.

We learned last night that you should always get weighed in the morning, we tried the scales in every corner of the house, getting a different weight every time, but all more than they should have been.

This morning, we nervously jumped on the scales to find we've both lost another 3 pounds, so that's almost a stone for each of us in 3 weeks!

Paul

Late Night Boot Shopping

We were out of cat litter when I got home yesterday so in one movement, I had my coat off and back on again! They're going through two bags a week and we have to get the expensive stuff because Toddy won't entertain any of the cheap wood, clay or paper based stuff ..lol..

In the post we got a flyer from Matalan which showed some nice tops at nice prices, so after tea we went down for a shufty. Debbie came back with two pairs of boots and three nice tops while I got a pair of gloves and a watch.

I've not been wearing a watch for ages, using the mobiles for the time instead. We were a bit stuck at the hospital at the weekend though with the mobiles off and only two hours on the car. Luckily there was a clock on the wall that Debbie could see from where she was sitting, the alternative was for me to try reading the time on the nurses fob watches as they walked past which could have lead to me being escorted out early ..lol..

When we got back we had a quick look at blog land and then an even quicker look at the weather charts, I tend not to linger over them much if there's no snow in the offing. We had I'm A Celebrity on for all of 10 seconds, the titles a bit over the top now with the only people recognisable being the hosts Ant & Dec, I think now everyone has seen the show, only flagging ex celebs are prepared to give it a go, to try and re-launch their career.

Paul

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Another Long Weekend!

We watched Children In Need on Friday night, Debbie sensibly gave up the ghost before the end while idiot me stayed up until 2.30am and ended up having one too many beers in the process!

On Saturday morning, Debbie's sister and nice came over for the Bridesmaid's dress fitting, her husband came along too but stopped behind with me while they went to see the dress maker. It all went well and the dresses look fabulous, Debbies dress is going to steal the show though, we'll post lots of pictures after the big day :-)

On the way back they'd spotted a car on a forecourt so we all had to trundle back over there for a closer look. We were hoping to take them into town but they had problems with the car so when we got back from car place they set off back home. We nipped into town for a few bit and pieces, including the elusive white tights that Debbie's been looking for everywhere over the last few months but I'm now happy to report that we found some!

For tea we popped out to KFC for a huge box of chicken and by the time we'd got back and polished it off, we could hardly move.... I love this diet! As soon as I felt able to get of the sofa, we put on a new film, Around The World in 80 Days starring Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan with a whole host of other stars popping up all over the place. We're not huge Steve Coogan fans but we thoroughly enjoyed the film with Jackie Chan being as funny as ever.

On Sunday after calling at the supermarket for a trolley full of vegetables, we went to see Dad, he's managed to get us a load of glasses for our toast at the wedding. They'll all need washing and I'm guessing I'll have to be supervised on this one or limited to drying as glasses seem to have a habit of flying out of my hands when I'm at the kitchen sink ..lol..

After dropping the rattling glasses off back home, we set off to the hospital to see Grandma, Debbie got her a balloon on the way in while I cased the joint, seeing if would could escape with that bottle of helium ..lol.. Grandma was in good spirits and is having the nurses in hysterics as well as keeping the nurses on their toes ..lol.. She's looking better now than she did when she went in and that morning had been for a little walk to the window and back so it's looking good for a speedy recovery.

We were both exhausted when we got back so I popped round to the Chinese while Debbie got some drinks on the go before we sat down to watch a film on telly, the title of which I've forgotten as always but it was about a boy who looses his Farther and enters a dog sledge race across the snow and ice. It was a fantastic film and literally had Debbie on the edge of her seat when they approached the finish line.

Back to work now for five long days before another fun filled but hopefully not as tiring weekend.

Paul

Waking up with the snow this morning!

There's Snow On Them There Hills!

Well, what an exiting and busy night we had! Debbie called me from Sheffield to say that the rain had turned to snow there, I had to wait nearly another hour before it turned to snow here just before home time. The drive home was amazing with the snowflakes driving down through the headlight beam. It's years since we've had snow like this in November and we're both hoping that it's a good omen for the coming winter.

After tea we went over to the pub that's running the bar for our wedding, the roads were getting worse but still passable if you didn't drive like a lunatic and trust me, there were some about last night. We've got every sorted out now, Debbie's quantro and I've got a three barrels of beer although I might just have to share those with everyone else!

Setting off back we took a detour and headed along the Stocksbridge bypass going towards Woodhead over the Pennines but we soon turned back, the roads were getting worse it wasn't really worth it to take pictures in the dark. Instead we went to the car park outside the church where we are to be married in 28 days time and took some pictures of the trees and bushes heavily laden with snow.

The snow stopped falling at about 8pm as the skies cleared to allow the temperature to drop even further. This morning it was -1.6c (chuffin freezing) when we got up and everything was frozen, including the wipers to the windscreen which were a bugger to sort out!

Paul

There be snow on them there branches!