Year: 2019

It wasn’t going to rain in the morning…it did while we were out with Ellie. I think I give up on weather forecasts!

I met Rhys for lunch which was nice as he seems so busy every weekend. We ate at the carvery and then went to Sainsbury’s for some shopping and in their cafe for coffee. Rhys also had some carrot cake. I think he needed the calories as he had been to the gym and also ran 11 miles before he met me.

We bought a sea bass for Mal’s dinner as he missed out on the carvery! It was just being cooked in the evening when somehow I dropped and smashed an entire bottle of balsamic vinegar all over the kitchen floor. Yuk.

Thought for the Day – “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” ~ Conan O’Brien

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My day at Demelza. It seems a long time since I was there with all the bank holidays and Blackpool! We were so  busy, mainly sorting donations. They seemed to keep coming and Fran and I didn’t stop all afternoon. Jack was off at a meeting.

I was quite tired by the time I arrived  home. I’m not used to being on my feet all day!

Thought for the Day – “Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” ~ Mark Twain

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Lou had a spa day and Rhys had a busy day working yesterday and so we had Ollie, Oscar and Josie. First stop of course, the river and the park and then the Co op opened just at the right time to have Mer-maid ice creams!! Ollie even found one of the Thanet hidden rocks and hid it again down at the park.

Ellie then saw Kim, all the dogs know that he has treats in  his pocket and he is a really soft touch!

Lots of nests around and wait until the seagulls start screeching! We did speak to the man who lives next to the river and he told us out of the 15 ducklings on the river, the seagulls have taken 13 of them.

Mal then took them to the allotment which they love helping out down there. Today’s job was laying bark chip on the paths and watering.

Back home and Mal cooked us a BBQ for lunch.

Thought for the Day – “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” ~ Miles Kington

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For a long while Whitstable has been “the place to be” and every weekend you will find it full of DFL’s (Dahn from London) hipsters. Margate has had its turn too. That’s OK as long as you keep to the trendy streets and don’t wander into Cliftonville.  Now the trend is moving to Deal which is now the place to buy property and be seen for the weekend. Interesting!

Mal took Ellie early to avoid the heat and I went shopping. After a real battle with Debenhams over two damaged tops ordered online, I went to Resolver. It is now sorted and I have closed the case. They “do not do compensation” but would make “a gesture of goodwill” if I closed the case. I told them until I knew what this was I wasn’t closing it. The reply came back they would send me a £20 gift voucher (and an apology) which they did. Case closed.  So, this morning I put it towards a new pair of sandals! I suggest if other people have complaints they use Resolver. The problem is nowadays that no one seem to bother and the companies get away with it, time and time again.

We spent the afternoon in the garden.

Later…….

Torin bought me the Spurs top a few years ago.

Well, what can I say they lost!

Thought for the Day – “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world”  ~ Robin Williams

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Today we changed internet providers, of course nothing worked as it should from the start, so Mal spent ages on the phone to them. Our last provider hiked their prices.

We then went out to lunch to the Punch Tavern as they sent me a voucher for a free meal for my birthday.

We called into the garden centre on the way home.

Thought for the Day – “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” ~ Dalai Lama

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We took Ellie for a walk in the orchards. It  doesn’t look as though it is going to be a good apricot season, so many on the ground, maybe through lack of water.

Ellie chased all over the place but we didn’t see any rabbits at all which is unusual. I spotted an oak gall.

They have replaced two fields of orchards with wheat.

In the evening I met up with the Red Hatters and we went to see CATS at Margate Winter Gardens. Let’s say it was OK but it was difficult to actually hear the words they were singing! Plus I saw it years ago in London so this seemed very amateurish! But we had ice creams in the interval. Ladies behind us told us to take off our fascinators! None of them are big and at shows we don’t wear hats on purpose.

Thought for the Day – “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”

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Lou had her car returned, so they went to collect it and then returned my car. I went off to Westwood shopping but it was one of those days everything I wanted wasn’t available in my size/colour/type, even down to the solar lights for the garden as two sets of mine have packed up. I did manage to buy a few plants and food but nothing I really went for.  Some of Mal’s runner beans have been eaten and so he asked me to look for plants but I couldn’t find any! Not a successful shop.

Of course I am watching Springwatch every evening.

Thought for the Day – “Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.” ~ Jon Bon Jovi

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