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Tuesday.

Another beautiful day. 

Kev had a doctors appointment so we went down to the precinct first, then got the bus to see Sue and Pete at The Shepherds for lunch. 

Lovely to catch up with them both. Kev is still feeling rough, and I've now started with a sore throat, nice. 

Later on we watched another couple of episodes of Mobland. Very good if you get chance to watch it on Paramount plus. Tom Hardy is in it as well as Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirran. 

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Sunday. 

Work.

Good day overall, busy at first but it had tailed off in the afternoon perhaps because of the football. 

Kev was struggling with this cold/flu thing but Kev being Kev he went to work anyway. 

The bus home was about 10 minutes late, but by then Kev was happy as Liverpool were winning by then. 

By the time we got in, the match was all over by the shouting. The celebrations were starting and some of it was very moving. Kev was made up. I'm pleased for him. Last time they won it was during Covid and they couldn't really celebrate, it was nice to see all the fans partying and the players. 

Monday.

Kev had another bad night, as soon as he lies down he starts coughing. So we had a nice quiet day relaxing. I had my Amazon order of a cotton jumper and collar, and a blind box of the Universal Monsters ones. 

I also had a spiral staircase display come and Kev put that together. I have a few things on it, but I'm saving spaces for other Universal Monsters. I also had another Temu haul with some lovely things including a cool anatomical heart wall plaque and some tentacles for the plant pot. 

Most importantly my new wedding ring came from Kev, my old one broke and the steel one I had to replace it, one of the stones came out. So, I sent that back and Kev ordered me another. It's very pretty. Oh and as you may have seen Sadie had an egg chair come,  I would love one for outside but can't have one. So, we got her one instead. It looks great, and she loves it, she thinks she is Darth Vader in her own death star lol...

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Saturday.

An enjoyable day all tolled. Saw Tony, who looked slightly better, the funeral was Friday. He is still coming to terms with losing Margaret, but I could see good food on the belt, so at least eating well. 

It was busy, perhaps because of the football on Sunday. 

We managed to get the 33 so was home for 5.20 pm. 

An early night as we were both shattered as Kev is still coughing a lot and had very little sleep Friday night, And his sleep patterns affect mine. 

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Friday.

We went shopping for the weekend food, because the cricket was on we avoided Bridgeford. So we went into the city. We got the food from M&S and Kev bought flu and cold stuff from Poundland. We decided to go to Sobar for lunch, then we popped over the road to Forbidden Planet, sadly no Living Dead Dolls, but we did buy a couple of Disney Villians blind boxes. We opened them we got home and I lucked out and got the two I really wanted, Maleficent and The Evil Queen... I was looking for the Universal Monsters ones, but can only see them on Amazon. I've ordered one just to see what I get... I don't really care which I get as I haven't any and I only worry I'll get duplicate ones... 

Kev went to fetch pretzels for tea, getting in practice for Mickey pretzels... 

We got home to a missed parcel notice from Royal Mail, my mini spiral staircase plant holder, so I've arranged Monday redelivery. Instead of plants it's going to hold my little figures. 

I wanted a short sleeve cotton jumper from M&S and they didn't have my size, so I ended up coming home and ordering online once more. It's no wonder people give up trying to get stuff in actual shops. 

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Wednesday. 

Wash day. 

No problems this week as there was a basket over there waiting but Kev put ours in first as whoever it was had just left it there. He thinks it was Mr Busy's cleaner, as she uses the facilities ( for his washing, but also hers, perk of the job obviously) 

Kev wasn't feeling great but he still nipped down to the Post Office with my travel application as we sent it tracked. He got us a salad each for lunch save him cooking. He seems to have like a cold/flu thing, it can also be allergy related. As he does get hay-fever and has done for the last few years. 

I had a Temu haul, which contained my new Poe mug. I'll put a picture up of it. It's ideal for my water at home, as I always have one to hand and I usually have my water bottle from work kicking around, so that can get used just for work. I also had a Shien delivery with a couple of tops in ready for the holiday. 

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Easter Monday.

We decided another day indoors, another nice meal cooked by Kev ( Steak homemade chips, mushrooms and peppercorn sauce ) and a bottle of wine. It was lovely too... I topped up the red in my hair, Kev fixed the catch on my bedside cabinet 

Later on we did the jigsaw that we are doing at the moment which is a wet Paris street. 

Tuesday. 

A gorgeous morning, so we went down to Lady Bay, walking there after getting the bus to the embankment. Of course we went for a coffee and a rest for me before we went shopping. We went to the Range to look for faux tulips but couldn't find them. We did find some new stainless steel glasses ( our old ones,  the design was being scratched off and looked chatty. So out they went as soon as we got the new ones home, these are just plain satin finished stainless steel so no design to come off, winner! We also needed a sauce jug and we found a little creamer instead which is perfect for what we wanted. It's plain white but won't be for long Kev has plans... 

When we got home ( we got the 45 bus back into town which saved us walking back) and then the Cotgrave. I'd had a letter from Nottingham transport saying that I needed to re-apply for my bus pass this year as they were no longer just renewing them automatically.  Ten frantic minutes of finding my PIP paperwork, copies of my passport and council tax bill and a passport style photo. Luckily for me Kev keeps all paperwork in files so he was able to find it all while I filled in the forms. It can go in the post tomorrow after Kev's done the washing. 

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Saturday. Work.

Started slow, but by 11.30 am it was heaving. 

Saw a lot of my regulars, including Tony, who looked a little better, but was still choked up, his neighbours are taking him lunch on Sunday, which is kind of them. It was good to see him buying stuff to make meals for himself.

Margaret came in and her son has invited her for lunch, the first time since she lost her daughter. Pleased for her as before he hasn't bothered. 

Val came in, her husband was away, he is a retired bus driver and volunteers to drive disabled youngsters to the seaside, so he is at Skegness this weekend. 

The day was pleasant enough and thanks to Jane who organised someone to take me off in time to get the bus, which in turn allowed us to get the 33. We were home for 5.15pm. 

Charlotte popped round later and had bought us an Easter Egg to share, and Willow some dreamies as her Easter treat. Very kind and thoughtful of her. 

We had a fairly early night as both of us were knackered. 

Easter Sunday.

What a perfect lovely day. We got up around 8.30am, which is a three hour lie in on the day before. I woke up feeling great, Willow was happy to see me pottering around in my PJs as it meant no work. Sounds mad, but she knows...Happy little girl, lots of cuddles and purrs! 

Had watermelon for breakfast as we were having a roast for lunch, and we wanted to balance it out with a lighter start. 

The Lamb roast was lovely, Kev does a great Sunday lunch, but we don't get one very often with being at work. It's too much work when we get home, and as we don't get home until 6.15 pm or later if the bus is late, we would eat until much later and I don't like to eat late. 

Kev watched the football in the living room and I went to the bedroom and did some of the jigsaw. 

I did have a little chocolate, and had a slice of Sam on Toast  (Waitrose) not much but very nice if you've not tried them. And not over sweet, as I find anything over sweet I can't have anymore as my taste buds have changed. Which is no bad thing. 

Charlotte popped round later and we chatted played a game, a lovely relaxed end to a perfect day off.

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Good Friday.

Kev went in extra at work, so he was up for 5.30 am. I rolled over in bed and slept once he'd gone until 8am. Willow came and snuggled on my legs, bless her. 

I got up and had breakfast. Ian came with the shopping, always a big help him bringing the pop, water and cat litter. Anything heavy that would pull Kevs arms off, and it's so much cheaper at Aldi too which saves us money too. Always grateful that he does that for us. 

Later on once I'd hoovered, washed the pots and tided up, I had a message from Sue saying she had bought us 6 packs of those cocoa rich tea biscuits that we found in Heron. We asked her on Tuesday to look in Tesco for them as we can't find them anywhere... We love them with our morning coffee and they aren't too sweet or heavy. They bought them over later on very kindly. Lovely to see them, as it always is. 

After they had left I had a light lunch and tidied up, I then settled down to watch some stuff on YouTube. I had notifications that the trainers I'd sold on Vinted had arrived with the buyer, hopefully all will go well and my money will transfer on Sunday. 

I'm going to put it to another pair of trainers from Fitville as I love my others and while I have the chance and extra room since my clear out I might as well get. They are also on an offer and free shipping which is always a good time to purchase footwear I can actually walk well in. 

I also had a Temu order come, sadly a couple of things were damaged, and I sent photos of the items to get a refund. Which to be fair I got immediately. I didn't have to return them, so I took a trip to the bin with them.

Kev got home around 5.30pm. We had a nice chilled evening and an early night.

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Wednesday.

Wash day. Mariola put her washing in first, then buggered off out effectively stopping anyone else using the washer. Kev however just waited until it was done, took it out and dumped in a basket. It's not like she didn't know we do ours on a Wednesday! It's a bloody nuisance that she chooses to ignore the rota. Kev is more placid than me, hence why he goes over with the washing, I'd lose my rag... 

The weather started of dull and windy so he put the washer in the dryer rather than outside. We stayed in and I did some crafting, a page and a card background. 

Later on we did the jigsaw we started Monday, and being the masters we are it was complete! It was however only a 500 piece one... 

Thursday.

Gorgeous day so we went down by the canal to do the shopping for the weekend. We stopped at Costa for a coffee, I actually had an iced tea and Kev had a frappe. 

We went in B&M and bought a few things another flower ball hanging basket for outside to replace the winter hanging basket that was still out there. We also bought some fake sunflowers in a pot to go in Regan's head as the plant that was in it was almost dead. Kev re-potted it in the hopes of saving it and moved it to the kitchen as he thinks it will survive better there. We also got a long handled dustpan and brush so that when Kev does Willows tray he doesn't have to get down on his knees anymore to sweep up and spilt cat litter. 

After that we went to Sainsbury's at the Marina and got the roast veg for our Easter lunch. I also managed to pick up some more Saline solution and lense solution from there too. 

We came out and ordered an Uber home. 

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Tuesday.

We went to meet Sue and Pete for lunch in town, and as usual

there was a bus drama! One bus had broken down by the Gamston island, and everyone on that bus got onto ours. 

I sometimes think I'm actually dead, and because they don't know where to shove me ( I don't believe in Heaven and Satan wouldn't have me in Hell because I'd take over!) I'm stuck in this sort of Purgatory in the Rushcliffe triangle, where Cotgrave buses disappear never to be replaced and you are forever waiting for a bus. It would make sense. More sense than what is happening with the actual buses in Cotgrave! 

Anyway, we had a lovely lunch and catch-up with Sue and Pete, shared a coctail, and then got on the bus to West Bridgeford. We went to buy another suitcase ready for October, from one of the charity shops near the Test Match pub. Brand new, and cost £40. It's a hard shell case, and is the same size as our existing case. After we had got that we nipped to Okende for a coffee and sat outside. 

We got the 33 bus back as the Cotgrave bus was a 30 minute wait, as there was one bus down still. 

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Saturday.

Work. We had a decent day travel wise, the first bus from Cotgrave was running late according to the digital display, but the driver was Dave and he managed to pull back some time and was only a couple of minutes late. He did talk our ears off like, explaining how he done it. We thanked him non the less as we got off. The trams weren't working as they are doing some repairs, and are only going up the hill and back down apparently. However, we did get a regular driver who told us to jump on and he dropped us off at Royal Centre, saving me a walk up the hill. Kind of him.

Work was busy, but enjoyable, apart from as I had guessed last week my regular customer Tony came in and told me his wife had passed away the Saturday before. I teared up, and so did he, he looked awful, and said he felt lost. He's looked after her for 12 years every day, mostly just him and his friend and neighbour, who sat with her while he nipped out to shop. Bless him, I gave him a quick hug and told him his next job was to look after himself. I hate to say it, but I doubt he will, and even though he deserves a bit of rest and relaxation after all he has been through, looking after her was probably all that's been keeping him going. It's just so sad. 

Sunday.

Work.

It was a challenging day. I think I got every awkward customer on the books after my regulars. 

Hard work and I kept my cool in some very trying circumstances. As an example of one of the customers being awkward,  guy puts a huge bag wild bird seed on the belt. He says nothing, I go to pick it up to scan it and the seed pours out of a split on the other side of the bag that he obviously knew was there! Fuckwit could have said, it's got a hole in it, I rang my bell to get a replacement ( which we hadn't got) he then said that's why he picked it up as it was the last one there. He said it was my fault that I hadn't noticed the split seam on the back of the bag. I just smiled and said nothing, as you do, inside my head I rammed the whole bag down his throat and choked him. It took me and Julie about 10 minutes to clear the belt scanner and floor of bird seed, yeah thanks Richard, if you wanted a rise out me, you didn't get one. 

But this is why I believe that when I'm not at work I have no patience left, I use it all up in those two days at work, leaving me with a no tolerance level when it comes to mixing in social situations. 

Anyway a few more situations ( I haven't the energy to list others) that I got through, I was glad to see the back of that shift. 

We got to the Cotgrave bus stop to find it was running 10 minutes late, Charlotte and I decided to make fun of this, by saying we were going to have new jobs as bus mystery passengers. We have mystery customers come into work and rate service and customer satisfaction levels, so why not bus company ones? Trent Barton would have no chance with us two, the scores would be very poor indeed, especially for the Cotgrave! It kept us laughing on the way home and stopped us getting wound up by the obviously nervous, unconfident driver that was behind the wheel. 

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Friday.

We went into Bridgeford as it was a lovely day and we needed food for the weekend. We went to Okende for coffee first and Kev bought some freshly made bread from their bakery. 

We had a look around the charity shops, not for anything in particular, just a nosy round then we went into Iceland and M&S. 

We got on and 33 bus back home as the Cotgrave's were once again running haywire it seems. 

After lunch ( we bought ready made salads from M&S) We went in the bedroom to clear out the top cupboard in the wardrobe. I've outed a few pairs of shoes and put a couple on Vinted to see if they go. Now I found those Fitville trainers and shoes I won't be looking elsewhere, and sandal wise I have those Oncai ones so I'm good. I bought two pairs of those by the way, just in case they disappear... 

I also outed a few bags, none of my loungefly back packs obviously... 

It certainly felt good to clear it out and now I know exactly what I have and where it is ... 

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Wednesday.

Wash day and also Lash and brow day too. My appointment was for one pm so we went down the precinct for 11.30 am and had lunch at Strezza before I had to go in. It was a bit chilly but when the sun came out it was warm. So that and the kids being on holiday from school made it fairly busy. 

It took about 45 minutes to do my brows lashes and top lip wax. Very happy with the results and me topped up for 4 weeks. 

We had a coffee once I was done, I'm sure the staff at Strezza thought Kev and Charlotte had took root. It was good of Charlotte to keep Kev company while I was off being pampered. 

My new dies and embossing folders arrived from Sizzix via FedEx as well as my Salvaged Petina Oxide ink so tomorrow I'll have a go at making that card I fancied trying... 

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Tuesday.

We went down by the canal. We walked from the train station and then went to Costa and had a coffee and a sit down for me. We went to B&M and got a few bits including a new floral ball for outside to replace the winter hanging basket. 

I also bought some trainer socks, as did Kev to go straight in the case. 

The hair straighteners were rubbish by the way and were returned this morning. Instead Kev went halves with me on a more expensive pair which had come by the time we got home and they are rechargeable and much better than the previous set. 

When we had rested for a while we got the cases out and put away all the bits and bobs we have bought for the holiday so far. 

We still have some much stuff to get rid of but we are doing it slowly. Charity shop drop offs not just sticking it in the bins. I still need to do my shoe storage and edit down my footwear. Now I've found sandals I can wear, trainers and workshoes from Fitville that hold my feet in place and are comfortable for longer walks, like the trainers I wore today for down by the canal, I wouldn't have managed to do that in boots etc. Even then I was done in by the time we got home, and I was in a fair amount of pain overnight with my muscles. But it will help to build up my endurance for Disney ( yes, I have a wheelchair but I want to do some walking, and the most painful thing for me standing still, so being able to sit then will help no end. 

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Sunday.

Had a few days off from blogging as I do now and then. Work. Busy day, because the sun was shining and people bought bbq stuff, and picnic stuff, grabbing what they could of the early spring sunshine. 

Most people were in good mood, and there was less Sunday Zombies. 

This week the buses were on time both ways and it was a relief to not have to have a stressful journey.

I've ordered a usb hair straighteners to take away with me on holiday. Rather than pack my GHD ones these will be easier to pack and the rooms have mainly USB charge points. If they work okay I'll keep them just for holidays. Trying to get things I'll need slowly, so by the time we go I'll have what I need. 

We watched the previews on YouTube of the new Epic Universe at Universal Orlando, and although we won't be visiting this time, it might be a possibility in the future, if this trip goes well. We will see. Dark Universe is a big pull for me, obviously because it's themed to all the classic monsters, but this year the park will be manic with it just opening, so it would need a separate trip in a couple of years for it to settle down. 

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Wednesday. 

Hair day, as well as wash day. Kev got the washes done and pegged it outside as it was a beautiful drying day, windy, dry and sunny if a little cold. I was at the hairdressers for 12 noon. We walked down taking our time, Kev dumped all the glass ( we don't have a glass bin, so it all has to go in the bins at the leisure centre in the village) and I got there in plenty of time for my appointment. 

Amanda as always did a fab job, I won't see her for 8 weeks now as she is on holiday in Egypt in between. 

When I was done Kev was waiting for me and we went in Streza for a drink while we waited for Charlotte who was having a mani/pedi at Oh-La-La. Once she was done we all ordered a late lunch. I had stuffed mushroom with stilton, really nice. 

Charlotte was very happy with her nails and pedicure. She said they had massage chairs you sat on while they did it, I might have to book a p

edicure now it's getting to sandal season. 

We got home and I'd had a parcel from Temu, just bits and bobs I'd ordered, I'd got some faux tulips for my lips vase, but they came damaged so I claimed my money back for those, and various bits of stationary. 

Later Kev went to watch the football and I sat with Willow all snug with candles lit and watched some blogs on YouTube and read a little too... 

Also I forgot to mention I received my gift from Dyans new release ( a lovely stencil!) My name was pulled randomly out of a hat! I shall enjoy using that, how kind... 

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Tuesday.

Another day Another bus ride battle. We deliberately left early to get into town. One bus had gone missing obviously in the Rushcliffe triangle. We got into town and went on the tram to Tesco and TKMAXX we got a lemon scented candle for the living room, it really does smell like fresh lemons. 

We went to meet Sue and Pete for lunch at the Slug and Lettuce. It was lovely to catch up and had a nice meal and a couple of cocktails. I love our meet ups. 

We managed to get home OK despite there being another trainee driver on the Cotgrave.