I got up just before ten and came down stairs leaving ant asleep, trundled about for a bit then went online with the usual coffee and flakes, i did the cafe and the blog and then had a look on Adelaide now. I woke ant around eleven thirty and he came down and had his coffee and we looked at a couple of rentals together. We had a bit of lunch, another tuna salad for me and soup for ant, then headed off to Jackie and Tony's, they had brought us back some dog food from the uk, it is much cheaper there, that we needed to pay for and pick up.
We sat and chatted for a bit, Tony suggested i try to find a new bumper for the car and he would help me fit it so i had a little search on line, he also suggested a scrap place out towards the coast. We went to look at the car and he noticed i had a couple of lights out so he helped me get the housings off, this took an age but we finally managed then he lent me a couple of bulbs, i must get a spare set. We headed home after this and had a quiet afternoon, ant snoozed on and i searched online for a new bumper, not to be had for ready cash by the looks of things. I gave up and started on the dinner, a nice roast chicken with sweet corn, lentils and carrots, which ant seemed to enjoy, then i phoned gran, then settled down to the antiques roadshow. Ant tried several times to phone his mam but she was engaged constantly so he eventually gave up.
we watched a bit of the winter Olympics, barracking for the aussie guy in the mens ski cross, to no avail, but it was fun, then ant watched something about the Dankworths and i headed to bed to finish Greg Bearup, i cant help thinking at the end of the book that i know little more about the land of Australia but i enjoyed reading it, his coverage of southern australia was woefully under par. Ant came up and ii handed the finished book to him and we headed off to sleep.
Monday, 22 February 2010
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Sat 20th Feb
I woke just after nine and came down, during the night the garden had turned white, which was a bit of a surprise as it had been quite a mild day, I made coffee and flakes and went online, tried to get hold of ant a couple of times as he should have been back in the uk by now, but to no avail. I did the usual bits online, then ant called at last and we chatted for a bit before i went upstairs and showered, shaved and got dressed. Ant was going to be picked up by Mike at Heathrow so i didn't need to worry about setting off to Brussels, i gave the house a good going over and finished the housework by lunch time.
I had a tuna salad in a tin thing for lunch, not to bad, then sat around waiting for news of thier return, i eventually got fed up and phoned ant, he had met Mike and they were on thier way to the tunnel, i settled down to watch a little tv whilst i waited. I got a phone call from Maggie asking if we would like to go over for dinner when the boys had arrived, i presumed this was something ant had already discussed with Mike so said yes, though i would have preffered a night at home with ant.
I settled back in to my waiting routine and at five thirty ant phoned to ask me to come down, i got myself ready and packed some cloathes in a bag for him, fed the dogs then headed down to Hesdin. I stopped in at the supermarket to buy some diet coke and a box of choccys for Maggie then when to thier place.
we had a very enjoyable evening, with the usual high standard of food from Chez Maggie, the crack was good and the suroundings as comfortable as all get out so all in all ut was a good night, Maggie tild me she had found the tesco wine place at Calais to be really good value, so i will have to have a nip up thier at some point before May and get some decent stuff in the cellar. When we got back ant opened his bag of tricks and got out two new dogs beds, which the girls seemed to find very comfy, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of whisky and a bottle of morgans spiced rum, so that has filled the booze cabinet a little. I poured us a drink each and we sat for a chat for a while but i could tell he was knackered so i sent us all to bed, he was asleep within moments, i followed very quickly.
I had a tuna salad in a tin thing for lunch, not to bad, then sat around waiting for news of thier return, i eventually got fed up and phoned ant, he had met Mike and they were on thier way to the tunnel, i settled down to watch a little tv whilst i waited. I got a phone call from Maggie asking if we would like to go over for dinner when the boys had arrived, i presumed this was something ant had already discussed with Mike so said yes, though i would have preffered a night at home with ant.
I settled back in to my waiting routine and at five thirty ant phoned to ask me to come down, i got myself ready and packed some cloathes in a bag for him, fed the dogs then headed down to Hesdin. I stopped in at the supermarket to buy some diet coke and a box of choccys for Maggie then when to thier place.
we had a very enjoyable evening, with the usual high standard of food from Chez Maggie, the crack was good and the suroundings as comfortable as all get out so all in all ut was a good night, Maggie tild me she had found the tesco wine place at Calais to be really good value, so i will have to have a nip up thier at some point before May and get some decent stuff in the cellar. When we got back ant opened his bag of tricks and got out two new dogs beds, which the girls seemed to find very comfy, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of whisky and a bottle of morgans spiced rum, so that has filled the booze cabinet a little. I poured us a drink each and we sat for a chat for a while but i could tell he was knackered so i sent us all to bed, he was asleep within moments, i followed very quickly.
Saturday, 20 February 2010
friday 19th Feb
I woke late, 10:40, must have been tired, so went down and did the usual and spent some time online. i had a good long chat with ant on skype, my aussie bank account has been opened by NAB, so that's one less thing to think about. At twelve i decided i would go and do some shopping, i stopped in on David on the way and showed him our holiday photo's and sat chatting for an hour before heading in to Hesdin. I went and bought some fuel for our fuel heater then went and did the food shopping, i had decided to wash the car at le elephant blue, but the cars waiting were round the block.
I headed home and put everything away then got a big bucket of hot water and gave the car a good going over, inside and out, cleaned the Ruby sick off the passenger seat and wiped all the quality plastics with a bit of Zoflora so it smells like a flower garden now. I took the dogs a walk after this and they ran off again, i really need to keep Ruby on the lead as one of these days she will get run over, fortunately they came back. When i got home it was after five, i went online and ant was on again so we chatted a little more. I marinated some chicken in terriaki sauce and griddled it along with some veg and boiled some rice noodles for dinner, the chicken and veg were good but the noodles were not so i ended up chucking them, won't bother buying them again.
Room With a View was on film four so i settled down to watch that, it was quite shocking how young Hellena Bonham Carter looked and how dreamy Julian Sands was in the role, so it was a very enjoyable couple of hours. I tried watching a couple of other things after this had finished but couldn't find anything worth watching so headed up to bed and read for a couple of hours before going to sleep.
I headed home and put everything away then got a big bucket of hot water and gave the car a good going over, inside and out, cleaned the Ruby sick off the passenger seat and wiped all the quality plastics with a bit of Zoflora so it smells like a flower garden now. I took the dogs a walk after this and they ran off again, i really need to keep Ruby on the lead as one of these days she will get run over, fortunately they came back. When i got home it was after five, i went online and ant was on again so we chatted a little more. I marinated some chicken in terriaki sauce and griddled it along with some veg and boiled some rice noodles for dinner, the chicken and veg were good but the noodles were not so i ended up chucking them, won't bother buying them again.
Room With a View was on film four so i settled down to watch that, it was quite shocking how young Hellena Bonham Carter looked and how dreamy Julian Sands was in the role, so it was a very enjoyable couple of hours. I tried watching a couple of other things after this had finished but couldn't find anything worth watching so headed up to bed and read for a couple of hours before going to sleep.
Friday, 19 February 2010
Thursday 18th Feb
We woke at three and i came down to make the coffee whilst ant got himself ready, we sat and watched a bit of the news before heading off to Brussels. The morning was cloaked in a deep think fog when we headed off, i could hardly see the road but we managed to get along and by the time we got to Arras it had dispersed a bit. I dropped ant off on time and headed back, the dogs were in the car with me and Ruby took over ant's seat, a little later i gave her a stroke and felt something wet on the seat, i put the light on to discover she had vomited on the seat, lovely.
When i got home i put the news on and had another coffee and my flakes then went online and did some stuff, NAB had responded to my email so i followed their link and applied to open a bank account, fee free so the hsbc can go fish. Ant phoned to say he had arrived safely and was ready for the off, which was a nice touch; After a little more tinkering on the internet i made some lunch and settled down to watch a couple of films, including a good studio ghibli, the ideal lazy afternoon. I took the dogs out for a walk, and the behaved themselves for a change, i need to get back in to the long walks now things are getting a little milder.
I griddled a couple of pork steaks for dinner with salad, which i still enjoyed, but i had a bit of hunger all night, though there is nothing to eat apart from ryvitas so i couldnt really go mental. I watched tv till eleven thirty then went up and read for a little while before going to sleep.
When i got home i put the news on and had another coffee and my flakes then went online and did some stuff, NAB had responded to my email so i followed their link and applied to open a bank account, fee free so the hsbc can go fish. Ant phoned to say he had arrived safely and was ready for the off, which was a nice touch; After a little more tinkering on the internet i made some lunch and settled down to watch a couple of films, including a good studio ghibli, the ideal lazy afternoon. I took the dogs out for a walk, and the behaved themselves for a change, i need to get back in to the long walks now things are getting a little milder.
I griddled a couple of pork steaks for dinner with salad, which i still enjoyed, but i had a bit of hunger all night, though there is nothing to eat apart from ryvitas so i couldnt really go mental. I watched tv till eleven thirty then went up and read for a little while before going to sleep.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Wed 17th Feb
I got up early and came down for the flakes and coffee, ant followed soon after and i went online to do some bits, i had a look in to aussie bank accounts and found out i could open one from here through the hsbc for a whacking fee, will leave this for a while. Spoke to mum on skype for a while and then phoned tony to see if they were coming down for a visit. After a bit more messing around i put the stew together for dinner, and then ant and i lunch, a ham and mushroom omlette for me with a little side salad, very nice.
Jackie and Tony turned up just after one and we sat and chatted about all sorts of stuff, we showed them our holiday snaps and ant and jackie talked a lot about work. After they left we did very little, relaxed a bit, had dinner quite early then went upstairs and read in bed in readiness for an early night. we let the dogs come in with and tried to get to sleep nice and early, i had managed to drop off when i was woken by a kick from ant, i lay for a short while clinging on to the edge of the bed then got up and put the dogs in thier own beds, there just isnt space for the four of us. We got a poor nights sleep and woke at three tired and grumpy but ready for the trip to Brussels.
Jackie and Tony turned up just after one and we sat and chatted about all sorts of stuff, we showed them our holiday snaps and ant and jackie talked a lot about work. After they left we did very little, relaxed a bit, had dinner quite early then went upstairs and read in bed in readiness for an early night. we let the dogs come in with and tried to get to sleep nice and early, i had managed to drop off when i was woken by a kick from ant, i lay for a short while clinging on to the edge of the bed then got up and put the dogs in thier own beds, there just isnt space for the four of us. We got a poor nights sleep and woke at three tired and grumpy but ready for the trip to Brussels.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Tuesday 16th Feb
I woke about nine and came down, had coffee and flakes and did my online bits, ant came down but said he was feeling a little unwell, he had a sore stomach. After he had coffee we headed in to Hesdin to post a letter and drop in on Maggie, we chatted to her for a little while then headed over to David's for a coffee. When we got home i made some lunch, a nice crab salad for me and a bowl of veg soup with a baguette for ant.
After lunch ant decided he would go back to bed, so i made sure he was comfy and tucked in with woodruff the poorly bear. I went to the garage and started sawing up a few of the branches we have sitting in the out building, after about an hour i stopped and took the dogs for a walk, no hares today. When i got back i set the fire going and settled down with caravanistan for a couple of hours, most enjoyable. I called ant down about six and set too making the dinner, a griddled salmon steak with cuscus, which was nice, then we had a night in front of the tv, a nice docu about Oliver Postgate and a docu about Skippy the first Aussie mega star. We headed up to bed and i read ofr while then we went to sleep.
After lunch ant decided he would go back to bed, so i made sure he was comfy and tucked in with woodruff the poorly bear. I went to the garage and started sawing up a few of the branches we have sitting in the out building, after about an hour i stopped and took the dogs for a walk, no hares today. When i got back i set the fire going and settled down with caravanistan for a couple of hours, most enjoyable. I called ant down about six and set too making the dinner, a griddled salmon steak with cuscus, which was nice, then we had a night in front of the tv, a nice docu about Oliver Postgate and a docu about Skippy the first Aussie mega star. We headed up to bed and i read ofr while then we went to sleep.
Monday, 15 February 2010
Monday 15th Feb
I woke at about nine thirty and came down for my coffee and fiber and watched the news for a bit, Ant phoned to say he was back in the uk, his flight to Brussels wasn't for a few hours so he was going to do some work on his up-coming tests. I set to on the housework, it felt quite good giving the place a good once over, when i finished i went online and did the usual stuff, then looked up the Port Arthur Massacre, mentioned in Caravanistan, i was really shocked i was not more aware of such a huge and shocking event. Ant phoned to say he had a seat on the flight so i bundled the dogs into the car and we set off on our five hour trip to Brussels and back. Ant and i chatted away in the car about all sorts of things on the way back and it passed very quickly, Ruby kept pushing her way to the front for a stroke then getting put back whereas Banjo was her usual independent self.
When we got home ant sorted out a bath for himself whilst i set the fire going, after the bath we sat chatting on the sofa for a bit then ant noticed a car slowly passing the house, it passed again and then came back and pulled up outside the gates, i got up and went out, it was a french man asking about the house, he basically wanted to have a look round so after a bit of discussion i agreed and he, his wife and small child gave the house the once over, they seemed quite impressed and i said they must get in touch with the estate agent to visit again. This created quite a flurry of discussion once they had gone though we are trying not to get excited to avoid disappointment, but at least someone has been through the door now.
I made dinner, a small piece of very lean steak with stir fried broccoli, leeks and mushroom, and asparagus, it was quite enjoyable but the steak was a little over done. After dinner we sat and chatted for about an hour then it was clear ant was tired so i sent him up to bed and sat and read for an hour then went up too, ant was out for the count so i followed his example and went to sleep.
When we got home ant sorted out a bath for himself whilst i set the fire going, after the bath we sat chatting on the sofa for a bit then ant noticed a car slowly passing the house, it passed again and then came back and pulled up outside the gates, i got up and went out, it was a french man asking about the house, he basically wanted to have a look round so after a bit of discussion i agreed and he, his wife and small child gave the house the once over, they seemed quite impressed and i said they must get in touch with the estate agent to visit again. This created quite a flurry of discussion once they had gone though we are trying not to get excited to avoid disappointment, but at least someone has been through the door now.
I made dinner, a small piece of very lean steak with stir fried broccoli, leeks and mushroom, and asparagus, it was quite enjoyable but the steak was a little over done. After dinner we sat and chatted for about an hour then it was clear ant was tired so i sent him up to bed and sat and read for an hour then went up too, ant was out for the count so i followed his example and went to sleep.
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