Month: November 2017

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It was so windy during the night. Thankfully we brought a lot of the things that were around the garden indoors before we went to bed.

Once again the weather forecast said no rain and we got wet walking Ellie!

We started looking at different areas to house buy so we went to look at several areas in Deal. Out of quite a few we only really liked one area. There is also a cottage in Minster that we like and we used to live in that village but it is another place people say has changed a little, a bit more crime than their used to be. We then went on to Sandwich and from the outside saw a house that the area just seemed right for many reasons. We even spoke to a lovely guy at the local community centre. I am not saying too much because even though we both like it and haven’t even looked inside, we don’t want to be disappointed. 

As we were in Sandwich, we had a Groupon voucher for Charlie’s Bistro and it runs out in a week and so we went in and had lunch. It’s a nice place right on the side of the river. We seem to have a few vouchers for different places and have forgotten to use them, so we really should get organised.

The moules I had were really delicious.

A pub we walked past had this sign outside…..

On the way home we went to the household waste dump to drop off the broken microwave. Opposite is a place that hires out skips and they always have a sign up saying “Free Firewood”, so we called in there for wood for the log burner.  Well, we couldn’t believe it when we drove in, so much wood and a few people with “17” reg cars. We were laughing saying we are a bit like gypos collecting free wood but no, the extremely wealthy were there too. We came home with three large palettes which Mal can cut up. 

Thought for the Day – “If you smile even if you are feeling bad, the actions of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy.” ~ Candace Bushnell

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The sun was out even though it was windy so it was another lovely walk. The best therapy dog walking otherwise I think I would be staying indoors a lot more.

We decided to go into Canterbury as I was feeling a bit fed up. I managed to find a new jumper, also a couple of Christmas presents and we had lunch at Ambrette. I love this restaurant which is normally quite expensive but for loyalty card holders (and I am one) they have an offer until the 30th November three courses at lunchtime for £9.95. The food is just excellent. Obviously they entice you in for the quiet time of the year knowing you will spend money on drink! I have never seen a tiny diet coke (200ml) before. It didn’t give you the quantity on the menu but that was £2.95!

I think Mal’s small beer was about a fiver. I can’t complain the food was well worth at least double we paid. The food is Indian with a French influence. I told Rhys we had been there and he said he had visited twice and didn’t have a good experience either time. In fact they went to the Margate one and it was so cold Lou didn’t take her coat off. What a shame. 

Thought for the Day – “I like to pretend that everything is alright. Because when everybody else thinks you’re fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you are not.” ~ Ann Landers

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It was a really nice morning so a long walk for Ellie, this is coming back down our lane, very autumny.

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A day at Demelza. I love it as I have said before all the staff get on so well. Today we had 5 students helping out from Canterbury College. I popped out at lunchtime only to come back to Heather sitting on a chair with her leg up. She was eating a banana, dropped a bit and slipped on it!! You couldn’t make it up. Poor Heather, she is older than me and seems to have had no end of health problems poor thing. The worst thing is her house was struck by lightning in the night a year ago and it really has affected her health.

There was also a new lady volunteer in the afternoon. That was rather unfortunate because all she talked about was her husband dying and her mother dying and remembrance stones she was having made etc etc.. Not her fault, I said nothing. Not easy.

Jack was trying to sort out the Christmas meal . finding a date that 16 of us could all make! 

I guess because I put on a face when I am at Demelza, it all comes out later in the day, usually bed time. As Rhys keeps reminding us, it will never go away, we just have to learn to live with it.

Thought for the Day – “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi 

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It was a lovely sunny day but we went to Botany Bay and it was freezing! Ellie loved it though. She loves the sea and also burying her ball.

From there we went on to see Mal’s sister Marion. She is doing well and managing very well. Back home and we quickly put the joint of beef in the oven ready for our Sunday roast with Lou, Rhys, Ollie, Oscar and Josie. Ollie has had a chest infection but thankfully was feeling better. 

We had lunch and then played games, it was good fun.

Mal ordered a Karcher window cleaner as the windows here are permanently dripping, may be something to do with the damp cellar and an underwater spring. He did make us laugh as he started cleaning the windows to try it out.

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I went shopping. It’s getting too busy now on Saturdays. People have started their Christmas shopping. I didn’t hang around long. Apart from being busy I also kept seeing foods that Torin loved so just bought the basics needed for tomorrow and came home.

Mal stayed at home waiting for our microwave to arrive. I have to say Currys were excellent, they delivered free and came within the hour slot they said. It is huge, much bigger than our last one and more powerful.

This however is unlike Amazon. We are members of prime and Mal ordered a DVD player as we left ours in Cyprus. Next day delivery for Prime but no, it then changed to say it would be delivered on Tuesday! Needless to say Mal went straight on to Amazon chat. The result of all that is that they have given us a £10 voucher!

For some unknown reason Ellie has fallen out with her spotty dog. She has had all these toys for about 9 months and just carries them around. Today she decided to bite it’s nose off and pull all the stuffing out! I’ve no idea why. Our last retriever kept his for about 3 months and then shredded them so I guess she has done well. I have quite a lot in reserve that I have bought from Demelza!

We watched the Spurs game…a bad result.

Thought for the Day – “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind and the third is to be kind.” ~ Henry James

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Such a lovely sunrise over the fields so another long walk for Ellie. The first frost of the winter for us. I really love taking photos of the “big house” opposite, it just looks so lovely.

We went past Hatchers Farm and bought some vegetables. They have an honesty box there and their vegetables are so cheap and fresh!

We spent the afternoon trying to sort more things. It really isn’t easy sorting Torin’s things and there are a lot of Scarlet and Jack’s clothes here as Torin was always buying them new clothes so they looked nice. Has to be done.

We have an Aga log burner, it’s not very big but throws out loads of heat.

Thought for the Day – “Look for something positive in each day even if some days you have to look a little harder,”