In Between Days

Tuesday.

We headed to the city to pick up what we needed for the week ahead, and a few bits still for the holiday.

We met up with Sue and Pete at the Slug and Lettuce. It's back open after a refurbishment, there were a few changes, but I wouldn't say it was overly noticeable. Bold wallpaper, a huge disco ball and revamped seating booths and all the seats haf been recovered. 

We had our catch up, and we parted ways. We just made a Cotgrave. Charlotte was here when we got home, and because  we watched Wolf Man the day before, we decided to watch American Werewolf in London. It was good to see it again, and highlighted how good the transformation scenes were for its time. For an 80s movie it still stands the test of time. 

Later on, Kev went to watch the football in the bedroom while I put atmospheric Halloween ambience videos on YouTube while I read. 

All in all a good day. 

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Monday.

Up and ready to go to the doctors ready for my annual diabetes check. Got a really good nurse this time friendy and very positive. She was happy with anything. My follow up will be when I come back from Holiday...

Came back and had a chill out. We watched The Wolf Man, we wanted to see it back when we we saw Nosferatu, but that was when the our Cineworld shut so we couldn't watch it at the cinema. 

It was as good as we imagined, I was impressed with the transformation scenes. Very graphic and reminded me of American Werewolf in London. Worth a watch as its more physiological thriller than horror. Very clever. 

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Wednesday.

Charlotte's birthday.

Kev got the washing done early and Ian picked us up at around 12ish. He drove us and Charlotte to The Magna Charta at Lowdham. There we met up with Lauren who had picked Ian's Mum Dorothy up. 

We had a lovely lunch, and later on went back for tea at Dorothy's. It was all lovely and a nice relaxed gathering. I really enjoyed it. And, it was nice to meet Ian's Mum properly, lovely lady. As Ive said before, she sends homemade cakes for Kev, as she enjoys baking, and Kev enjoys eating cake! 

We got home 8pmish and I sat and read before we went to bed. 

Thursday.

I had my eyebrows and lashes appointment at 10 am at Oh la la, Ian bought us the Aldi shopping a day early, as they are away this weekend. He dropped us off at the precinct for my appointment. We had a walk round the refurbished Heron beforehand and Charlotte and Kev had coffee at Streza while I was being pampered. 

After joining them when I came out we caught the bus to the Gamston Lock for lunch, Kev had a 40% voucher for there, so he used that.

We came home afterwards and continued to watch The Gold ( about the Brinks Mat Robbery in the 1980's) its very good. 

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Tuesday.

Didn't need anything from the city we thought it a good idea to have a chilled day together at home. 

Charlotte has broken up for her holiday, so she came round and had lunch with us, before going early afternoon to buy the stuff for her birthday tea at her Mother in Laws tomorrow.

She came back later to watch the Inheritance final, while Kev was watching the football in the bedroom. 

Cam won overall, and he did at least share the money, which was good of him. 

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Monday.

Although I said recently that I wouldn't mention work, but I do have to tell you that I had my 45 year award. I was not expecting it actually, because of everything that's going on. I've not heard anything by the way. But I think it is time I part company from the place. All that has gone on has ruined things for me. I resent how I've been treated. 

Back to Monday, we did a usual do eff all Monday... although I did my page in my art journal and my junk journal. Read my Bookish on Kindle. We watched the live Lilo and Stitch. It was OK but I prefer the cartoon.

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Friday.

Our 30th Wedding Anniversary.

We got up and got ready to head into Bridgeford to shop and have a coffee. While we were there having coffee, we thought let's go for a meal at Stratford Haven. They have a resident Indian Restaurant in the pub, so we had a curry, both of us plumping for a butter chicken each. WithIt nans, and chips for Kev. It was lovely. Ages since we've had a decent curry. We had a bottle of Prosecco too.

We were so stuffed when we got back we both napped. Kev bought me some gorgeous roses. We had some lovely cards from Carol and Mark, (Kev's sister and nephew ) Charlotte and Ian, and of course I made one for Kev. 

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Thursday.

We had to be up fairly early as we had a guy coming from Metropolitan to check the premises. They look for structural damage, damp etc. It's an annual check, lasts a couple of hours if that, a nuisance, but has to be done I guess. 

So obviously we stayed in. 

We haven't decided what to do tomorrow for our wedding anniversary, we might go out for a meal or Kev might cook something special. The upcoming holiday is for that reason, 30 years is milestone to say the least. So we will see what we feel like. 

Other than that I made my tag for the swap, read a little, I downloaded that Bookish novel based on the Mark Gatis series on Alibi, so far so good its started well and accurate to the TV version. You can't complain for 99p in any case. That's why I love having a kindle, they are always chucking cheap books at you, Ive found the best thing to do is put what you fancy reading in your wish list and wait a bit, then you find you get posts from Amazon waving them at you for pennies. There are a few exceptions, books by Sherry Roit, Freda Warrington or the Rivers of London series I buy a

s soon as they come out. I used to be the same with Phil Rickmans Merrily Watkins books, but they went off the boil at around book 10, so I don't read them now. Patrica Cornwall was the same, I liked her Kay Scarpetta novels up until I read her dire Jack the Ripper forensic investigation book. It was so bad it made her novels seem less plausible and to be honest I think she had a bit of a breakdown after it was received so badly. But you can't twist facts to fit your hypothesis. I believe the murderer was Aaron Kosminski, but I always like to read others opinions. Hers were so left field and lacking in evidence. She was obviously obsessed with the idea that Walter Sicket was painting his victims before stalking and killing them. Yes he did paint a picture entitled Jack the Rippers bedroom, doesn't make him the killer. You may as well say Lon Chaney senior was Jack the Ripper because he used him as inspiration for the movie London After Midnight. 

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Wednesday.

Up early as Kev needed to get the washing in early as I had an appointment to pick up my new contact lenses from Specsavers in the city. 

Charlotte came too, and Im glad she did as they wanted to send me upstairs for the fitting. She firmly said, No Michelle has her appointments downstairs. 

After a 15 minute wait I got to try them in and they checked the fit. We went for lunch. Back to O'Neil's as the Slug and Lettuce was still closed. They have put the sign back up outside, so st least progress is being made. Hopefully by the time we meet up with Sue and Pete it will be fully back open. 

We got the bus back home, and watched The Inheritance from last night. It's not the best of these type of programs, but it fills a gap until Traitors comes back on later next month. 

Im the evening Kev went to watch the Liverpool match in the bedroom while I had ambient autumn playing on the tube of you while I cuddled Willow and read. 

Kev had bought us a case of Trip from Amazon and I had a can of that. It's a CBD infused drink which basically chills you out as well as being very tasty. We both like them, and replaces an alcoholic beverage for us both. I shall definitely have one before we fly. 

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Tuesday.

We met Pete and Sue for lunch at O'Neil's as Slug and Lettuce was still shut for their refurb.

It was lovely to see them both and we had a good catch up and a laugh. It's lovely to see Sue well again and enjoying her food. 

We tried to find and buy flight socks, to no avail and had to come home and order online! Again! No wonder actual shops are dying. 

We lucked out and got the bus straight outside the pub when we were finished, unlike last time. 

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Monday.

Our usual chill out day after a weekend at work. 

First off I want to report that both of us used those knee cap supports, over the weekend with very positive results, Kev found he wasn't in as much discomfort or pain as usual, not a miracle by any means, but certainly an improvement.

For me it made a lot of difference, usually my knee cap feels like it is shifting, and is really painful... I was able to move around a lot easier, with a good reduction in the pain, and the knee cap moved a lot less. 

I got up and finished my journal page and did a couple of pages in my junk journal too. 

After breakfast, we changed the bedding, fetching out the duvet as we were cold the night before, I wanted to change it over before we come back from Florida as we will need some warmth then. Plus, I always sleep better in cold rooms with warm bedding, just a cosy autumn girl at heart. Ive always loved autumn, colours, curling up with a good book, doing craft projects, while watching rainy, windy and cooler days from the comfort of a warm and candlelit room. 

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Thursday.

We wanted to fetch the food in for the weekend, so we went to the Asda at West Bridgeford, and then we had lunch at The Wolds afterwards. It started out sunny, me needing my sunglasses, but as the morning progressed it got darker and by the time we got to Ryehill Street the heavens opened and down came a deluge of rain. We only had to get across the road to the bus stop, but in that short time both of us were soaked to the skin. It started lightning and thundering as we stood waiting for the Cotgrave. I'm not happy being outside in it, but, I was proud of myself for holding it together and not panicking. Good practice for Florida, the storm capital of the world ( lol!) We got on the bus and no sooner than we had the down pour subsided. By the time we hit Coulston Gate there wasn't a drop or evidence of rain anywhere. We soon found out why. As we peeled off our wet and clingy layers the storm hit here. Heavy rain, thunder and lightning for about 15 minutes. I towel dried my hair put on dry clothes and Kev made a pumpkin spice latte to warm us up. 

I'd had a Temu delivery while we were out, slippers, junk journal supplies and a silicone band that is supposed to help with knee pain. I've bought two one for me and one for Kev to see if they help walking for longer distances. Don't know if they will work, all good if they do, not wasted much if they don't. Try anything to be honest, when you've never had a day without some discomfort in your legs all your life, you'll give all sorts a go. I'll try it out Saturday at work see if it makes a difference. 

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Tuesday.

We decided we wanted to do something a bit different today so we caught the 48 down to the Riverside retail park and went to Home Bargains. We didn't need much, it was just a bit of a wander round really. We were going to go to the carvery for lunch but neither of us fancied a full on meal. We chose to get the bus back into town and went to KFC instead. I only have popcorn chicken when I go there and only the regular box not the large. 

When we got back home my Temu order came as well as the sunglasses I got on Vinted. Polaroid ones, decent make for the £6 price tag. I want to take two pairs with me to Disney as I have a cataract in my left eye I have to take extra precautions in bright sunshine. 

In my Temu order was a journal a resin style one with a crow on the front. So that I can start my junk journal properly. The pages are brown kraft. Which I can ink easily and stamp on too. I'm really pleased with it as its better quality than I thought for the money. I had vouchers to use which bought it down to £8.95. Bargain. I can't wait to start in it, the theme will be Halloween, naturally as this one will be for me. 

The weather was perfect today, sunny and warm, but not hot. We both went out without coats. It clouded up after we got home, so we timed everything well. Picture is of said journal... 

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Monday.

A lovely quiet day at home. I finished my page and started one in my junk journal. Im trying to do a Halloween themed one, using papers, stamps and dies from my stash. I have a reading journal that I never started and it already had some background images that are ideal for this, but when my next Temu order comes I have a couple that I can use with kraft pages that will be ideal. They are a lot like art journalling, the main difference is I can use a mix of products, it doesnt matter who makes them and I dont have to list them in order to publish them. Ive joined an online group who seems a decent bunch, who like the alternative gothic ascetic and as Tim would say let you do you. You will see some of the pages posted on my blog posts. 

Just putting projects in place ready for when I finish work as I'll have a bit more time on my hands obviously. 

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Friday.

Day in before work. I started my page for next week, cutting out images from magazines, while I was on the phone to the doctors. I was waiting an hour and 10 minutes to book an appointment for my annual diabetes check. 

Charlotte came over for lunch and she had been to the doctors, and said the place was utter chaos, so that explains why it took them so long to get to my call. 

We started watching Slow Horses season 3. It really is good. 

Kev had an email from Disney with our tickets for flights, hotel and parks in it! Great service from them so far! They certainly keep you informed. 

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Thursday.

We decided to go down to the Castle Marina to shop, as we needed to buy food for the weekend and I wanted to check out the Homesense for the few bits Im still looking for. 

There was no luck in finding them and I was very strong and didn't give into my impulses to buy anything else. I was proud of me!

We had coffee at the big Costa there before going into B&M and then Sainsbury's. While we were in there, the heavens opened and a right deluge came down. We took our time getting what we needed. Everything got we had an uber home, and had lunch at home. 

Last night Kev was able to get us a booking at The Beak and Barrel, the new Pirates of the Caribbean themed bar. It wasn't easy, and we had almost given up, but Kev kept plugging away at it, and secured us one for the Thursday of the MNSSHP party... I'm so excited as I didn't think we would be able to get in... 

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Tuesday.

It was a treat to be able to get the bus at Bramble way again after a fortnight of having to walk ever further into the village to catch them. Still having lots of new driver's so buses being late is par for the course. 

We went to M&S to get some fruit and other food bits and bobs that you can only really get from there. 

Then we went to O'Neil's to meet Sue and Pete, it was a good job we had chosen to meet up there as the Slug and Lettuce was shut for a refurb by the looks. 

We had a lovely meal and catch up. Sue bought me a lovely cosy jumper ( it was for my birthday, but hadn't come in time)  its lovely and soft, and will be perfect for the chillier days to come. 

We just missed one bus, and had to wait over half an hour for the next one. 

When we got home we continued watching Slow Horses on Apple TV. It's very good.