Year: 2019

Ellie wasn’t very bright after her night with an upset stomach, so we just went for a short walk and on the way home I bought some flowers to put at Torin’s grave. The viola plant I have had there so long is still going strong and we are also planting a rose tree at the side of the head stone.

Early evening I went to Slimming World and received this certificate…

I may not do as well next week as we are away and there is no way I am going to Harrogate and not going into Betty’s for afternoon tea!  I will try for the rest of the time though.

Later we watched Britain’s favourite dog. The Golden Retriever came 9th!! First was a staff and second a mongrel (Cockapoo!!) People obviously don’t know how lovely Goldies are.

Thought for the Day – “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

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Demelza day and it must have been the worst day since I have worked there, what I mean is a total lack of customers and when they did come in they were spending £1 and paying by card!! But we did have a small dog basket and Rhys was only saying the previous day that Roddie has started sleeping on their bed and he should have his own bed now he is getting older.  I messaged Lou and she said yes they would like it. I then had visions of me carrying it home on the bus. Lou said she would collect if from the shop the following day. When I went out for lunch I by chance saw Tariq so I persuaded him to take it home for me and he did.

I think Roddie likes it!

We had broken windows in the shop. Someone had kicked them in over the weekend, along with a couple of other shops. A homeless person reported it to the Police, the young guy has been arrested and is in custody. He was drunk and “didn’t know what he was doing”. He has since watched the CCTV and can’t remember a thing!

I don’t know whether Ellie ate something she shouldn’t have done on her last walk but she was up half the night being sick. I had to keep getting up to let her out.

Thought for the Day – “Be careful with your words, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.”

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Lou went running, training for the London Marathon even thought the weather was awful and it was her birthday! We went over to their house. Tariq was home, so really nice to see him. We went out with them all for a birthday lunch and met Maddie and River at the pub. Ollie made the cake and it was delicious.

Back to Lou and Rhys’s and Sol and his girl friend arrived once they had finished work.

We watched the Spurs game….oh dear, too many injuries and looks as though there isn’t anyone who can score a goal!

Thought for the Day – “The secret of living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.” ~ Tibetan proverb

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A much nicer day and so a long walk with Ellie.

My gums were jangling a bit after the hygienist the previous day.

In the afternoon Violet and Tris came round and stayed for dinner. Tris has now moved from London back to Margate.

Thought for the Day – “Be open enough to see opportunities; Be wise enough to be grateful; Be courageous enough to be happy.” ~ Steve Maraboli

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I went to the hygienist, my least favourite treatment so I take pain killers before I go! She was very nice. This was the first treatment, I have an infection. I have prescription mouthwash and have to go back to her for another lot of treatment , when my gums have calmed down, in two months time.  I am also being referred to a specialist.  Penny the dentist came in to have another look and said she would really prefer not to give me antibiotics and has told me how to cope with it.

Coincidently Rhys had a dental appointment too, he has two cracked teeth. He goes to a dentist in Whitstable.

Tariq is back home from his Marine travels and waiting for his next posting.

Torin’s headstone is now in place and I am very pleased with it. We went to have a look in the afternoon and then gave Ellie a run on the (dog) park opposite our house. It is ideal, so close and all the other dogs come and play there and everyone cleans up. It’s not huge but so handy for us and then only another minutes walk to where Torin is layed to rest.

In the evening we watched the Man U v Arsenal game. A good game and surely they will give Ole Gunnar Solskjær the job now!

Thought for the Day – “It was only a sunny smile and cost little in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

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We were up early as I had a dental appointment at 9 am in Canterbury. Canterbury traffic is horrendous so we allowed an hour and a half for the journey. Mal came with me and he took Ellie for a run in the nearby park. The dentist scored my teeth for pockets in the gums and next step is to see the hygienist. The receptionist said they happened to have a cancellation tomorrow, why wait? I booked it. So back through the mad traffic again tomorrow.

A bit more relaxing in the afternoon as I had an appointment at the hairdressers. Well, I thought so until I went to the cash machine to withdraw some cash, only to find my balance had gone down considerably.  I phoned Mal in case he had used my account card by mistake, no he hadn’t.  I ended up spending an hour in Nationwide in Deal. They showed me the withdrawals. I had been hacked. Clever, a small amount first and then larger ones paid to a German company. I had no choice but to stop the card. We have a joint account too so I was still able to get cash out but it all took so long. The girl in the bank gave me a telephone number for the banks fraud department. After I had my hair done I went home and called the fraud department. She then told me they could have done it for me when I was in the branch bank!!

This is the second time in a month or so I have had problems with my account. Things like this really drain me. I am not as resilient as I used to be.

Thought for the Day – “There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand – without you even speaking a word.” ~ Yasmin Mogahed

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We had some snow overnight but the little we had all disappeared very quickly.  We were going to the beach but changed our minds to a local walk and then went out to lunch in Canterbury to Chom Chom. Their red Thai curry is so good. As you can see there weren’t many people in there!

After lunch we went to the art shop as Mal wanted to buy an easel for his drawing. He has started a new course, keeps him amused!

I heard from Cruse, there is a long waiting list. My time will come but at the moment they are contacting people from last summer!

Thought for the Day – “The problem is people are being hated when they are real and being loved when they are fake.” ~ Bob Marley

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