On The Island

A work day, only Jack and I in, well Chris for a short time. We spent ages sorting out Christmas cards on the display shelves. They have to be placed the way we are told!!

A very short walk for Ellie as we had an early afternoon session booked at Waves Canine Hydrotherapy, to strengthen her  muscle tone and legs. She will paddle in the sea but has never swum and so was quite nervous at first but Ellie (who was looking after her), took it very slowly with her and plenty of treats!

After her aided swim, she is then showered to remove the chlorine and also shampooed!

She didn’t seem quite as  tired as we thought she would be when we arrived home.

 

 

The sun was out again, so all the washing out and we took Ellie to Knees Wood. We haven’t been there for a long time and she didn’t walk very far but a change of scene and she saw three other goldies.

We stopped at the Colonel’s Cafe for a drink and sat outside in the sun!

Back home to get some jobs done!

These are our spooky great grandchildren!!

Another win for Spurs which now has taken us up to 8th place!!

We were very pleased with The Voice result. Shame on ITV for dumping Tom Jones!

I woke up to a swollen red face and an almost closed eye and of course an aching mouth! The only thing I can think is it is a result of the masses of anaesthetic Kwok used yesterday.  Not pleasant and it was itching.

I heard from the doctors and they told me to phone East Kent hospital line to check when my “urgent” appointment with the consultant would be. I called…19th in the queue. Eventually I spoke to someone and they told me it would take 24 weeks!! I said I was told it was an urgent appointment and he replied “That is urgent, the normal is 48 weeks!!!” What can you say??

The final of Traitors  in the evening. I was pleased to see Romesh collect half the prize money.

 

Up and out early, a short walk around the cricket pitch for Ellie, well half of it anyway! But it gave her a chance to meet other dogs.

The sun was out again and so I cleared the rest of my jungle of tomatoes. I can’t believe some of them are still flowering! Very strange weather and I have never had such a bumper crop. I now have a massive box full of green tomatoes to ripen but at least I have cleared them all from the garden and can think of planting some bulbs soon.

After lunch I went off to Faversham and had a short while before my periodontal appointment and so called in to see Ali, the manager at Cancer Research there. The Area Manager was visiting the shop and so I made myself known and mentioned the mail I had sent to Head Office and as yet have had no reply. She was very surprised that I hadn’t. We had a very interesting discussion, then it was time for teeth!

Kwok noticed my poppy/Spurs brooch and so the conversation turned to football! It wasn’t until my mouth was numbed and he was working on it he told me he was a Newcastle Supporter.

When I had finished I went back to see Ali, by this time the area manager had left.  We had a very interesting chat together.

Traitors in the evening, mmm, not as good as the last series!

A nice sunny day and so I tried to dismantle more of my tomato jungle!! Still so many tomatoes and masses of green ones, so I have them put away to ripen. Some of the red ones I cooked for dinner, prawn and tomato linguine.

In the afternoon I went to my exercise class and collected my new prescription from the pharmacy while I was in Eastry.

I hadn’t heard from the consultant at the hospital and the doc said to get in touch if I hadn’t heard by now. So, I had to complete an Anima form, painful. I then did another telling them my prescription meds needed ordering. The third thing was to see a doc about my really painful joints. It wouldn’t let me do a third anima form, so I’ll just wait until I see the consultant!  I really wonder how older people than me even cope with all of this!

I then had my optician appointment. Yes, my prescription has changed. I had a very interesting conversation with the optometrist who comes from Iran and told me this country will be on its knees in 5 years time! He is probably correct.

I am choosing new glasses another day.

A real surprise that Arsenal were b eaten by Fleetwood Town and are now out of that cup!