Year: 2020

I went to Birchington, to the butchers. He has amazing deals and excellent meat. I also managed to dash in and out of a charity shop and buy 2 new teddy bears for Ellie. She does love to play with bears! On the way back I called into Home Bargains for some garden things.

They have 4 aisles of Christmas things already! Well, I guess it is September!!

My shopping is very quick nowadays. It is no fun in crowds and also wearing a mask. If it is too busy, I don’t bother.

Thought for the Day – “Life is all about how you handle plan B.”

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I met up with the Red Hatters at lunchtime and we went to a new place, Italianata Glasshouse. It was really nice because it is outside in the gardens and they made us 3 tables of 6.

It was so nice seeing all the girls again and we also had two new members. Sadly we couldn’t do much planning apart from lunches out together and then a question of somewhere large enough for us to space out. I don’t think we will be wanting to sit out in gardens for too much longer.

Thought for the Day – “To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect. You just have to care.” ~ Mandy Hale

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We took Ellie to Stone Bay. She played with all the other dogs and in the sea as well. The sky looked as though a storm was in the distance but nothing!

We then went to DIY shops on the way home in search of damp sealant for a tiny corner of the conservatory.  Fourth store lucky!

Thought for the Day – “ Two things that deprive us of happiness –  Living in the past and observing others ” ~ Paulo Coelho

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We walked Ellie and she had plenty of dogs to play with.

It is the last day for the Eat Out government offer and we had booked for the George and Dragon. I think it is now our favourite Sandwich pub and a bonus, it is dog friendly. It really is the best dressed crab I have had in a long while, so of course I ordered it again. They did not disappoint. We had a wander around Sandwich on the way home as it should have been Italian weekend, cancelled of course, but they made an effort and had a lot of stalls all around the town.

Thought for the Day – “Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.”

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We took Ellie to Minnis Bay for her walk. She started panicking in the car thinking it was going to be another 6 hour journey and I think she was relieved when we arrived at the sea! My goodness it was rough and windy, perhaps not the best day to go but she enjoyed it.

I spent the afternoon cleaning the conservatory, a proper clean now it is not in excess of 50 degrees in there!

We were pleased to see “Strike” back on the TV.

Thought for the Day – “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full with confidence.” ~ Charles Bukowski

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A quick trip to Westwood as I had ordered a coat from Debenhams and had to collect it. It looked too big and I really am fed up with not being able to try things on, then have to bring them home and then  take them back again. So, I took it to the Ladies loo, tried it on….too big so immediately went back to the counter for a refund!!  That saved another journey.

In the afternoon we went to the allotment to do some picking and weeding. At least the weeding is easier now the ground has had a soaking.

Hopefully we will have some grapes, they are quite small at the moment. There are also loads of apples.

Thought for the Day – “Always stand up for what you believe in ………even if it means standing alone.” ~ Kim Hanks

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Mal took Ellie and I went to get some shopping. I bought a small table lamp to replace one that had broken and then went on a search for coffee filters as I have been looking for them for the last week. Nowhere seems to have them. I noticed queues had started again, so very quickly bought what I needed and went home! Shopping is no pleasure nowadays. I couldn’t believe the queue outside Clarks shoe shop, I guess all the kids needing school shoes and parents waiting until the last minute in case the government change their minds again!

Well, we had a LOT of rain in the afternoon, in fact some streets in Deal were flooded and several shops closed.

Thought for the Day – “When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them. It may take a second to say but for them it could last a lifetime.”

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