Had a bit of a lie in, got up made coffee and did the usual, spoke to ant for quite some time on skype then headed out to see David and Mark and get some petrol. Spent about 30 mins at Davids, had a nice chat then headed down to Hesdin, checked the bank, took some money out for sunday, then went and put some petrol in the car. It was a bit of a squally snowy day so when i got back i cleared a space in the garage and put the car in it, will make things easier.
Went back on line in the afternoon but no there was no ant about, i did a couple of bits around the house then settled down to a bit of tv with the dogs, the fire roaring and all well. I had a nice dinner of sausage and veg then had an evening in front of the tv. Late evening i spoke to ant, he is stuck an extra day in Houston, typical of him, so i need to phone the eurostar and see if he can change his ticket.
Headed off to bed and had a bit of a read, then invited the girls in to the room as it seemed a bit cold in the hall way and we all headed off to sleep
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Saturday, 9 January 2010
friday 8th Jan
We were up at five this morning, and i came down to find the back door wide open and the kitchen absolutely freezing. I made coffee and went to watch the news whilst i waited for ant to come down. We had coffee then set off to the train station at St. Pol, it took ages for the car to de-ice, i really should leave it in the garage overnight, but i am a lazy bugger. When we got to the station the ticket office was shut and we couldn't find the the automatic ticket machine, eventually i found it but there was no way i could print off ants ticket to Lille so we ended up buying another ticket and having a bit of a row. I stormed off to the car and left him at the station and immediately felt bad so stopped the car and got back out to say good bye, just then the whistle blew so i just had time to wave him off.
I got back and made some coffee then went online and did all my bits, i phoned ant a couple of times but couldn't get through. I did get to speak to mum on skype, which is always good, then turned off the computer and watched a bit of tv. I woke up a couple of hours later, the dogs on the sofa asleep with me, all cozy and a little dazed. I decided to give the gym a miss and spend the day with the dogs, poor banjo had a bit of a limp and was feeling a bit sorry for herself and spent the entire day next to me, she is usually a bit more offish, this upset Ruby a little as she is used to hoovering up all the attention due to Banjo's disinterest
I did feel a little guilty about not going to the gym but it is soo cold at the moment and the house was so snug with the girls on the sofa, that wild horses would have had to pull me out of the house, ant will be home for next week so that will get me out of the house to the gym every day, i will have to make up for it then. I cant quite remember what we watched on the tv but we managed to spend the entire day doing it, i made some cookies at lunch time, which were not very good, and spoke to David on the phone. At dinner time i phoned gran and we were on for a good half an hour, then i had the left over ham from the other day with a nice Morrocan style cus cus, very pleasant and quite low fat. An evening of bitty viewing, nothing spectacular, then off to bed with a book.
I got back and made some coffee then went online and did all my bits, i phoned ant a couple of times but couldn't get through. I did get to speak to mum on skype, which is always good, then turned off the computer and watched a bit of tv. I woke up a couple of hours later, the dogs on the sofa asleep with me, all cozy and a little dazed. I decided to give the gym a miss and spend the day with the dogs, poor banjo had a bit of a limp and was feeling a bit sorry for herself and spent the entire day next to me, she is usually a bit more offish, this upset Ruby a little as she is used to hoovering up all the attention due to Banjo's disinterest
I did feel a little guilty about not going to the gym but it is soo cold at the moment and the house was so snug with the girls on the sofa, that wild horses would have had to pull me out of the house, ant will be home for next week so that will get me out of the house to the gym every day, i will have to make up for it then. I cant quite remember what we watched on the tv but we managed to spend the entire day doing it, i made some cookies at lunch time, which were not very good, and spoke to David on the phone. At dinner time i phoned gran and we were on for a good half an hour, then i had the left over ham from the other day with a nice Morrocan style cus cus, very pleasant and quite low fat. An evening of bitty viewing, nothing spectacular, then off to bed with a book.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Thursday 07th Jan
Got up, made coffee and went online, did emails and the blog and cafe as per usual. Ant came down and i sorted out the travel arrangements for his commute tomorrow. After a while on the computer we decided to go out for a walk with the dogs, it has snowed lightly, i took the camera with us and took some shots. When i got back i uploaded the pictures and put them online, had some lunch, had a quick chat with Kendall on facebook then headed out to the gym.
Did the usual at the gym but came home for a bath instead of showering there. Had an easy going afternoon, watched season six of are you being served, ant napped on the sofa next to me.
We had mince and dumplings for dinner, watched a bit more tv then went up to bed in readines of our early morning.
Did the usual at the gym but came home for a bath instead of showering there. Had an easy going afternoon, watched season six of are you being served, ant napped on the sofa next to me.
We had mince and dumplings for dinner, watched a bit more tv then went up to bed in readines of our early morning.
6Th Jan 10
usual morning, up, put the kettle on, did the washing up, made the coffee, went online, checked emails and did my cafe on facebook. Ant came down and sat and chatted for a bit then we chatted to Jackie on skype who informed us the uk was in panic due to the snow, so we put the tv on for a bit and watched the news and the whole country seemed to have been plunged in to pandemonium. We have had no snow since before Christmas so we have missed out on this. Ant decided to take the dogs out for walk and i got the tickets booked for our internal flights in Australia, so that is everything booked up and paid for now.
We had a bit of lunch, a nice tomato soup with bread for me, then i headed out to the gym again and did just that little bit more than yesterday, it has to be worth it, not that i want to be body beautiful but i dont want to be body ugly. After two grueling hours at the gym i stopped in at Lidl and bought a couple of cartons of milk and then headed home. Ant had the fire on when i got back and the living room was roasting hot, which is always nice. I went on line and had a look at the easiest way of getting him to work on Friday and back on Sunday, phoned Eurostar to reorganize the ticket he should have used when they stopped for the day. For dinner i roasted a nice bit of gammon which we had with some taboulé and potato salad, with plenty left for left overs and a bone for the dogs, it was a win win dinner which we all enjoyed. Ant and i sat chatting for a while after dinner then we watched a program about the relationship between humans and dogs, we had a gin and tonic, watched a bit more tv then went up to bed.
I have to say we are both really missing the smokes, we are still on the nicotine replacement therapy, going back on it has stopped me picking at food, which is good, though ant seems now to be eating more than he needs to. I have been invited out for lunch on Sunday for a friends birthday, which i have accepted but now wish i hadn't as i will be on my own again and have nothing to wear and all that. The days are dragging by and i seem to be getting more and more tetchy with ant, poor bugger is going to be a nervous wreck by the time we eventually get off the plane in Adelaide, i think i may have to go back on the smokes to counter act this.
We had a bit of lunch, a nice tomato soup with bread for me, then i headed out to the gym again and did just that little bit more than yesterday, it has to be worth it, not that i want to be body beautiful but i dont want to be body ugly. After two grueling hours at the gym i stopped in at Lidl and bought a couple of cartons of milk and then headed home. Ant had the fire on when i got back and the living room was roasting hot, which is always nice. I went on line and had a look at the easiest way of getting him to work on Friday and back on Sunday, phoned Eurostar to reorganize the ticket he should have used when they stopped for the day. For dinner i roasted a nice bit of gammon which we had with some taboulé and potato salad, with plenty left for left overs and a bone for the dogs, it was a win win dinner which we all enjoyed. Ant and i sat chatting for a while after dinner then we watched a program about the relationship between humans and dogs, we had a gin and tonic, watched a bit more tv then went up to bed.
I have to say we are both really missing the smokes, we are still on the nicotine replacement therapy, going back on it has stopped me picking at food, which is good, though ant seems now to be eating more than he needs to. I have been invited out for lunch on Sunday for a friends birthday, which i have accepted but now wish i hadn't as i will be on my own again and have nothing to wear and all that. The days are dragging by and i seem to be getting more and more tetchy with ant, poor bugger is going to be a nervous wreck by the time we eventually get off the plane in Adelaide, i think i may have to go back on the smokes to counter act this.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Tuesday 5th Jan
I got up and started on with internet stuff and a coffee whilst ant was still in bed, checked the emails, nice one from mum, did the cafe and then the blog. Ant came down and we had coffee and chat then got ready for David coming round to do some washing. We sat and read for about an hour then i got a bit fed up of waiting and decided to give him a phone. It turned out it was Mark who was coming and he would be here lunch time. I set to and made a bit of lunch, kippers on toast, not too nice, and Mark arrived in the middle of it. I sat and chatted to him for a bit and then headed off to the gym.
What a sweaty mess i was by the end of it, i really pushed myself hard, half an hours jogging, fifteen on the bike, fifteen on the cross trainer and half an hour fast walking. The gym was quite busy for a change with a lot of very pretty well built french men posturing to each other to better show off their perfect physiques, and me in the background muttering under my breath and breathing heavily, due to the exercise! I was home before four and i sat and chatted to ant for a while then went online to book our train tickets to Paris for our trip to Aus, only the internal flights to book now. Then we sorted out the weighing scales, the batteries had gone, and had a weigh session, i was not as bad as i thought i would be but still much worse than i want to be.
Ant and i had a long online session in the evening looking at housing in the Adelaide area, rental, buying and building, and he managed to keep his interest for quite a long time. I made a nice bolognaise for dinner which we had with some ravioli. By eleven in the evening ant was struggling to maintain interest in Australian property and we decided to head off to bed, another day done and closer to the 24th.
What a sweaty mess i was by the end of it, i really pushed myself hard, half an hours jogging, fifteen on the bike, fifteen on the cross trainer and half an hour fast walking. The gym was quite busy for a change with a lot of very pretty well built french men posturing to each other to better show off their perfect physiques, and me in the background muttering under my breath and breathing heavily, due to the exercise! I was home before four and i sat and chatted to ant for a while then went online to book our train tickets to Paris for our trip to Aus, only the internal flights to book now. Then we sorted out the weighing scales, the batteries had gone, and had a weigh session, i was not as bad as i thought i would be but still much worse than i want to be.
Ant and i had a long online session in the evening looking at housing in the Adelaide area, rental, buying and building, and he managed to keep his interest for quite a long time. I made a nice bolognaise for dinner which we had with some ravioli. By eleven in the evening ant was struggling to maintain interest in Australian property and we decided to head off to bed, another day done and closer to the 24th.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Monday 4th Jan
Up late, after ten thirty, i left ant in bed and came down, put the heater on and made a coffee. Put the computer on and did the usual, had a good long email from mum, which is always nice, and i started the blog. I did my cafe on face book and had a good look at the Stamford Grand Glenelg, looks like a very swanky joint so i am very much looking forward to that. Ant came down by twelve in the afternoon and we chatted on about stuff for a bit then David phoned, their washing machine is still not working so i said i would pop in for a look on my way to the Gym. Ant and i had a little lunch, was quite nice a roast chicken and cranberry sauce ciabatta sandwich then i headed off to the gym.
I had a look and David's washing machine, it seems to be saying there is a blockage, it was speaking in french! so i advised them to try to clear out the waste water tube, which he did. Then to the gym where i did a good hours work out, quiet again, fortunately, i am not seeing any of the fruits of my labour yet but it will come. After the gym i popped in to Aldi and picked up a new kettle and some other bits before heading home. When i got back Ant had the fire on, which was nice, and we tried the new kettle out, the water tasted a bit funny so we will look at buying a water filter. We sat and chatted for a little bit then i went on line to have a look at how much a first class return on Etihad cost, we were both quite impressed at the first class seat they have, looks nicer than ba, and there was an email from Mark, their machine is still not working so they are coming tomorrow to do some washing at our place.
We had a nice steak pie with mushy peas and boiled potatoes for dinner, made by Ant, sat and chatted for a bit more then watched a little tv till the end of the evening. Hence passed another evening.
I had a look and David's washing machine, it seems to be saying there is a blockage, it was speaking in french! so i advised them to try to clear out the waste water tube, which he did. Then to the gym where i did a good hours work out, quiet again, fortunately, i am not seeing any of the fruits of my labour yet but it will come. After the gym i popped in to Aldi and picked up a new kettle and some other bits before heading home. When i got back Ant had the fire on, which was nice, and we tried the new kettle out, the water tasted a bit funny so we will look at buying a water filter. We sat and chatted for a little bit then i went on line to have a look at how much a first class return on Etihad cost, we were both quite impressed at the first class seat they have, looks nicer than ba, and there was an email from Mark, their machine is still not working so they are coming tomorrow to do some washing at our place.
We had a nice steak pie with mushy peas and boiled potatoes for dinner, made by Ant, sat and chatted for a bit more then watched a little tv till the end of the evening. Hence passed another evening.
Monday, 4 January 2010
First post for a new year
Hello again all, sorry i have neglected this for so long but i had fallen in to a bit of a malaise with the onset of winter and the necessary hibernation that that involves here. Nothing has particularly changed since my last post, the house is still up for sale, no one has been to see it, we have had to drop 30,000 euros off the price which will have a bit of an impact on our future house buying choices but we want to get moving.
The one big change since my last post is that we have both stopped smoking, i can't say it has been an entirely smooth experience and we have fallen off the band wagon a couple of times, most notably on boxing day where we smoked a whole packet of Jackie's ciggies. A consequence of giving up smoking is that i have put on weight, not something i really needed to do, so am now very unhappy about the way i look. Ant, of course, is very supportive and is still as randy as rabbit, telling me i am the sexiest thing ever and that kind of thing but it is a big stretch of the imagination.
There was a point where the lack of anything to do, the lack of movement on the house, the weight gain, money, and the situation with ant's work all came to a big head and started to really get me down until finally ant raised a huge argument in the car and forced the issue in to the open and we worked out a couple of solutions, starting with me going to the gym, firstly to give me something to do and secondly to get some weight off.
Christmas and new year were as disrupted as normal at our house with ant returning from Japan on Christmas day and me going to pick him up from Heathrow, then us being stuck in a squalid little room at Heathrow for new years as he was on two hour standby. I was quite unwell at new year with a touch of glandular fever that has more or less lifted now, though i can still feel the swollen glands slightly.
Ant was sent on a trip on new years day and i drove back to France alone, but at least the festive period is now over and we can start looking forward to our great trip to Australia in January. This trip is almost mythic to me at the moment and until it actually comes off i can hardly believe it is going to happen. With the strikers threat still hanging in the air i don't even know what will be happening in three weeks i can just hope that we get there. This is the big difference when you are traveling on a staff ticket, you can't just book it the look forward to the event coming you have the constant worry that at any point in the chain of flights you won't be allowed on the flight because it is full and then what are you going to do, anyhoo i am not going to let it get me down, i will just slavishly check the flight loads on a daily basis.
Well now that's all there as background for the everyday i can start!
Sunday: Ant was due back from a trip to Denver. I got up in the morning and went online for a while, i had a bit of a swimmy head for some reason and was feeling quite dizzy. Ant phoned to let me know he was in the uk and was making his way to Dover. I got off the computer and made a start on the housework. The dishwasher gave up the ghost a few weeks ago so all the washing up is being done by hand now, which i am quite enjoying. Ant had initially wanted to replace it but i said we are not paying two hundred odd euros just to throw something away in however many months.
I have to say out hot water fountain has turned out to be a bit of a disappointment as it spits stuff all over the place, which is not good when you have stainless steel tops as it stains them and it is a bugger to get off, so that will have to go, i have seen a kettle in the Aldi freebie paper for 9 euros so will get that on Monday. I put together a nice stew with a brisket joint i had picked up cheap in Tesco on new years day and left that going in the slow cooker.
I had the housework done by mid afternoon so dollied myself up ready to pick himself up, i am dressing in black a lot these days to disguise my figure, not that it works unless the room is dark! and then had a bit of a relaxing afternoon. Himself phoned to let me know he would be getting in to Boulogne at 8.45 in the evening so i had plenty of time to sit about and wait for him, which i did. There were two lovely old episodes of the Simpsons on the latter being the one where Lisa has a crush on her male supply teacher, this is such a well written emotionally troubling episode and i was sat with very moist eyes throughout.
I set off to pick himself up and took the dogs with me in the car, i had not put any fire on as i would be out for too long so thought it better they came in the warm car than sit in the cold house, and it is a little company as Ruby sits on the front seat upright looking out of the window just like a person. When i got to Boulogne i went to the car ferry and ended up in the ticket sales line, then i spotted the foot passenger bus as it headed out of the port so i had to back out of the port and try to figure out where it was going. I eventually found him at the old port, picked him up and we headed home. We got back just in time for 'La Vie En Rose' the film of Edith Piaf's life, which we actually have on dvd, but he wanted to watch it anyway. I put his dinner together and he had a glass of wine. After dinner i gave gran a phone and we chatted for a bit, then she chatted to ant. By eleven it was clear he needed to go to bed so i sent him off upstairs and left him to sleep for a while. I watched two new episodes of Family Guy on BBC 3, they really should make more of the fact they have the franchise, then headed up to bed.
more of David's exciting adventures tomorrow? You'll have to come look to find out, it's like blog roulette
The one big change since my last post is that we have both stopped smoking, i can't say it has been an entirely smooth experience and we have fallen off the band wagon a couple of times, most notably on boxing day where we smoked a whole packet of Jackie's ciggies. A consequence of giving up smoking is that i have put on weight, not something i really needed to do, so am now very unhappy about the way i look. Ant, of course, is very supportive and is still as randy as rabbit, telling me i am the sexiest thing ever and that kind of thing but it is a big stretch of the imagination.
There was a point where the lack of anything to do, the lack of movement on the house, the weight gain, money, and the situation with ant's work all came to a big head and started to really get me down until finally ant raised a huge argument in the car and forced the issue in to the open and we worked out a couple of solutions, starting with me going to the gym, firstly to give me something to do and secondly to get some weight off.
Christmas and new year were as disrupted as normal at our house with ant returning from Japan on Christmas day and me going to pick him up from Heathrow, then us being stuck in a squalid little room at Heathrow for new years as he was on two hour standby. I was quite unwell at new year with a touch of glandular fever that has more or less lifted now, though i can still feel the swollen glands slightly.
Ant was sent on a trip on new years day and i drove back to France alone, but at least the festive period is now over and we can start looking forward to our great trip to Australia in January. This trip is almost mythic to me at the moment and until it actually comes off i can hardly believe it is going to happen. With the strikers threat still hanging in the air i don't even know what will be happening in three weeks i can just hope that we get there. This is the big difference when you are traveling on a staff ticket, you can't just book it the look forward to the event coming you have the constant worry that at any point in the chain of flights you won't be allowed on the flight because it is full and then what are you going to do, anyhoo i am not going to let it get me down, i will just slavishly check the flight loads on a daily basis.
Well now that's all there as background for the everyday i can start!
Sunday: Ant was due back from a trip to Denver. I got up in the morning and went online for a while, i had a bit of a swimmy head for some reason and was feeling quite dizzy. Ant phoned to let me know he was in the uk and was making his way to Dover. I got off the computer and made a start on the housework. The dishwasher gave up the ghost a few weeks ago so all the washing up is being done by hand now, which i am quite enjoying. Ant had initially wanted to replace it but i said we are not paying two hundred odd euros just to throw something away in however many months.
I have to say out hot water fountain has turned out to be a bit of a disappointment as it spits stuff all over the place, which is not good when you have stainless steel tops as it stains them and it is a bugger to get off, so that will have to go, i have seen a kettle in the Aldi freebie paper for 9 euros so will get that on Monday. I put together a nice stew with a brisket joint i had picked up cheap in Tesco on new years day and left that going in the slow cooker.
I had the housework done by mid afternoon so dollied myself up ready to pick himself up, i am dressing in black a lot these days to disguise my figure, not that it works unless the room is dark! and then had a bit of a relaxing afternoon. Himself phoned to let me know he would be getting in to Boulogne at 8.45 in the evening so i had plenty of time to sit about and wait for him, which i did. There were two lovely old episodes of the Simpsons on the latter being the one where Lisa has a crush on her male supply teacher, this is such a well written emotionally troubling episode and i was sat with very moist eyes throughout.
I set off to pick himself up and took the dogs with me in the car, i had not put any fire on as i would be out for too long so thought it better they came in the warm car than sit in the cold house, and it is a little company as Ruby sits on the front seat upright looking out of the window just like a person. When i got to Boulogne i went to the car ferry and ended up in the ticket sales line, then i spotted the foot passenger bus as it headed out of the port so i had to back out of the port and try to figure out where it was going. I eventually found him at the old port, picked him up and we headed home. We got back just in time for 'La Vie En Rose' the film of Edith Piaf's life, which we actually have on dvd, but he wanted to watch it anyway. I put his dinner together and he had a glass of wine. After dinner i gave gran a phone and we chatted for a bit, then she chatted to ant. By eleven it was clear he needed to go to bed so i sent him off upstairs and left him to sleep for a while. I watched two new episodes of Family Guy on BBC 3, they really should make more of the fact they have the franchise, then headed up to bed.
more of David's exciting adventures tomorrow? You'll have to come look to find out, it's like blog roulette
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