Druids and drink driving

Well the, almost, last Saturday before Christmas has passed by. Cat has gone roaring off to meet some chap somewhere near Stonehenge, not a druid. She left here yesterday at four and arrived there just after eight, we have heard nothing more since.

We tried to do our normal shopping in Peterborough, but were unable to get beyond the outskirts as the roads were so busy even at nine fifteen in the morning. We turned around and went to March instead, much easier. It was a bit cooler yesterday, about 6C and today is about the same, if not cooler, perhaps winter is on its way. The days are getting much shorter now, dark at 4pm.

The new cooker is quite good at heating up pasties, nothing ambitious yet as it is not in position, I pity the poor plumber on Monday when Liz starts to phone him. She has gone off with her little prayer mat in the boot of the car and is no doubt praying for a plumber to come on Monday.

We went out to March again last night for a couple of drinks with Cherry and Steve, their pictures are in the halloween ensemble. We had a pleasant evening, discussing their upcoming nuptials and the trickled off home at eleven, closing time for the pubs. On leaving the town of March we came accross flashing blue and red lights, the police, I thought there had been an accident, wrong. They were stopping traffic. The policeman babbled something about the drink driving campaign and had I had anything to drink tonight? "yes a couple of beers" "Would you mind pulling up next to our vehicle and stepping out a moment?"

They then almost seemed to have a fight over who was going to breathalise me. I once again got a whole spiel, which included something about green amber and red lights, I gather green was ok and red go directly to jail. I must be getting deaf in my old age. I was told to blow in the tube and only stop when he told me, I ran out of breathe before he told me, so I had to try again, I managed to get a green, I guesed that was a pass as we were sent on our merry way, thank goodness they did not test Liz she might have got a red, on second thoughts...... na they are probably gone by now. Thus ended the day.

New cooker

Well we finally received our new cooker last night at seven thirty. The delivery went past the house without Liz noticing, so I had to phone them to find they had missed the house, their satnav did not have our address on it, huh and the house has only been here since 1939. I had to give them my own directions, "past the hall slow down and look for the woman leaping up and down and waving frantically on your right, congratulations you have reached your destination!".Much better and more accurate than any satnav and interactive too. The cooker was soon stripped of its wrappings, by the frantic woman, but has had to stay in the middle of the kitchen floor to await the arrival of a plumber to fit it. The thing has a plug for the electric bit, but the gas is a little more tricky, if I was to connect it the fire brigade would have to evacuate the whole of East Anglia, before I cooked my breakfast.

Well this is only the start soon there will be other pictures, I was just a little tired after the last effort.

We are going to a small wedding on the 23rd, with Louise acting the bridesmaid, so with a bit of luck there should be some glamour pictures, I bet you can't wait?

This is all a little tiring for someone my age

The Start

Hi folks, this is only the beginning. There will be more soon.

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our new cooker, it should arrive tomorrow. I suspect that Liz will be like an Olympic runner out of the starting blocks. She will probably start her bake-athon as soon as the cooker is connected. It is dual fuel with an electric convection oven. Next week could see us all putting on pounds.

The fluffy cat is trying to eat everything and was quite interested in some jam doughnuts this evening. She is not top of the popularity stakes at the moment, as she had a lovely roast beef the other day. Cat was not impressed when she asked about dinner and was told it was in the cat!

We were told to be out on Friday so we went and saw the new Bond movie, it was really great and Liz even managed to stay awake all the way through, a new record.

Louise has finished her exams so we are holding thumbs. She and Matt have moved into their new home and are gradually filling it. They have fridge, freezer, microwave and now a washing machine, just waiting for their cooker and larger TV the 9 inch one isn't quite big enough!


Liz is going out to dinner with some girls from work, so I will have to see if one of my girl friends is available. She has tried on three tops, all looking good, but has finally settled on one after asking my valued opinion, and ignoring it until I gave the correct response.
That will do for starters, more soon