Day 7

This is the seventh day that the snow has been piled up around the back of my bungalow. The front has melted slowly but the drifts round the back door have frozen solid and although I swept the first of my 3 steps down into the garden so that Poppy can get out I dare not try to get down the steps as I am afraid of falling. The steps face East and any sun we have had has been during the afternoon so has missed the back of the bungalow. The temperature is due to start going up  from tomorrow, (so the forecast from Wattisham says) so I am looking forward to the great thaw!! I haven't been out walking all week so am a bit stir crazy like most of my blog friends, but the good news is my friend who had a fall is back home now after a month at her daughters and Thursdays pensioners fish & chips has resumed courtesy of her daughter . I usually have a list of jobs to do and some the the things keep getting moved to the bottom of every list, so I am pleased to say that yesterday I cleaned the top of my grill hood. I can't see the top usually as I have shrunk since I bought this cooker and need to stand on the steps to be able to give it a good going over and yesterday I was in the mood !!!!! so I am feeling pleased with myself. Still have things on the list to do but that's for another day!  Poppy is scratching at the door so I had better let her in and begin 7 day snow day. Stay safe and warm, Poppy and Val

It's started

 Yes it's started to snow about  a half an hour ago, Poppy had a quick going out and is now sleeping on the settee as close as she can get to the radiator. I'm wearing my thickest dressing gown and have a large coffee so we are cosy. This week has been all about decorating as R my decorator arrived at 8.am every day, which meant I had to get up at 6am, get dressed sort Poppy out , make the bed, get a tray of cereal and coffee ready, move Poppies tray with food on it into the lounge, she loves that! and then we were trapped in the lounge all day, R and I put masks on every time I wanted to leave the room. I have never watched so much TV during the day, as I don't usually put it on until lunchtime news. A couple of days towards the end of the week we escaped into the garden and pottered about cutting back and pulling out weeds and one day we had lunch in the sunshine.  The hall is finished and looks good so yesterday I did Not get up to the alarm and pottered about all day. My daughter popped over to lend me some more books and a bottle of wine just in case the weather is bad for the next few days, I watched Ipswich Town on the computer and they won 2-0 Happy days, just a pity I have no Florentines left to celebrate with!!!!

I must get dressed now as Morrisons delivery is due this morning and and I must be prepared, so stay indoors, stay warm, stay safe and enjoy the snow out of the window. Happy Sunday from Poppy and me x

Sunny!!!

 Its been cold wet and miserable lately and I haven't been inspired to walk around the village much, but today after a wet and mild start to the day my part of Suffolk had a lovely blue sky and lots of warm sunshine so Poppy & I departed to the back garden for a bit of sunny gardening. I cut down my Buddliea an lightly forked over one of my borders. Poppy meanwhile pottered about and around me and then climbed the fence and sat on my neighbours fence in the sunshine totally ignoring my dulcet tones calling her down. She scampered back when she thought I was going inside without her and then we had a snack lunch of sausage roll and a toasted hot x bun with a coffee. she had sausage meat,  I shared the pasty with the birds and she thought she would help with the washing up by licking the Lurpak off the plate (no interest in hot x bun) & no one wanted to share my coffee!! Fancy being able to have  lunch in the garden on 2 February without a coat on.  All is well with our little world 😀😺

 

I've Had It!!!

At last I've had my Vaccination. Mine was postponed as they did not have enough vaccine but on Wednesday I received a letter asking me to book another appointment. I straight away logged on and booked an appointment for the next day (Thursday)  at 5.30 pm. at the newly opened clinic held in the Gainsborough Sports Centre. I have not driven far in the dark for about a year due to lockdown and having to have a cataract operation  during the summer so I quite enjoyed driving into Ipswich and seeing the changes made in a year. I had to queue for a few minutes and then all went smoothly and I have my next jab in April. I was pleased to get home and Poppy and I celebrated with the last of my Florentines and some Dreamies, I'll leave you to work out who had  what!. Today is my friend Violets birthday so I popped round with a card and guess what, whilst I was at Gainsborough she was at Trinity Park not 2 miles away having her Jab, not that will make much difference to our lives as we really miss our days out pottering round different village, garden centres and the seaside not forgetting adding to our lists of favourite places to eat. we will get back to them eventually and in the meantime today is sunny and bright, and I have a Portal call this evening with all my family in Suffolk and Hampshire. We shall be able to wish Happy Birthday  to my youngest grandson who will be 15 tomorrow. 

Must go now as Morrisons are delivering tomorrow and all I have ordered so far is cat food so someone in my house has got their priorities right. 

Stay safe and warm as it is getting colder this weekend. Speak to you soon. from Poppy and Val.

Mother Christmas

 I know, I know it's nearly the end of January but this weekend I have been feeling like Mother Christmas. My grandson bought me an oversized fleece hoody which he said was all the rage this year. It is a red fleece with the inside lined with white fleece and is very roomy. it is supposed to be worn over your clothes (I think) and I do so with my black trousers, red toweling socks and the fleece which comes down past my knees  I am   cosy &  warm, and look like Mother Christmas.🎅🎅. the weather here has been wet, slightly snowing, and very cold so this weekend I am pottering about indoors , keeping my fingers crossed that nobody rings the doorbell!!! I didn't put it on until the Morrisons delivery man had been, didn't want to freak him out especially as he had bought me some Florentines, (my favourites). Poppy & I have had a snoozy afternoon and she is still snoozing after her tea whilst I am watching Man Utd. v Liverpool. so if you see Mother Christmas about in Suffolk you'll know I have got the call and am rushing to get my jab. 🎅🎅🎅. Bye from Poppy and Val

Vaccine? what Vaccine.

 Still haven't heard a new date for my vaccine, which is made me feel a bit down as I was happy to get the appointment and now feel a bit dejected. As I don't have any control over it I am putting it to the back of my mind and getting on day by day, even though some friends have had theirs. Suffolk has only vaccinated 36 % of over 80s the lowest in the country . 

Several sunny days this week and I have walked along the river Gipping to Hazel wood and yesterday walked through the churchyard and round in a circle via Vicarage lane and Ship lane. I have been to the fish and chip shop nearby and was happy when I was told to wait in my car and they would wave to me when it was cooked. They did and very nice it was too. Poppy and I spent a short while in the back garden  tidying up one of the borders then we spent the afternoon in the sunny lounge she was snoozing and I read the paper and talked for an hour to my s. son Robert who I haven't seen since the summer. I did not let Poppy out until it was dark and so this morning when I drew the curtains discovered that the fence at the bottom of the garden had been replaced during the afternoon. A surprise, and also I was surprised and pleased to have 2 parcels this week. My daughter sent me some books as she knows how I am missing the library and my other daughter sent me one of her beautiful handmade cards and also 2 twin packs of Hartleys sugar free jelly chrystals which she found in her local Coop and I have not been able to get from Morrisons order since before Christmas! so I will be making several bowls of jelly with fruit in and some whisked up with yoghurt. I do like to have a dessert with my meals. I am off to sort out the fridge and cupboards as Morrisons are delivering, tomorrow. Poppy loves to poke her nose into everything and she will get into any cupboard if I don't watch her. Stay safe and warm this weekend love from your friends Poppy and Val

Disapointed

 I was so pleased on Wednesday to be able to book a vaccination appointment which should have been next Tuesday BUT yesterday afternoon I received a message sayin my appointments have been cancelled due to vaccine supplies, didn't say they had run out or whatever. They will text me when new appointments are made, so goodness knows when that will be. surely they knew how much the would have 5 days in advance. Typically Suffolk was well down on the list to get the vaccine,  as we usually are back of the queue for nearly everything, new roads, housing, grants etc. I shall have to wait with patience as hopefully someone who needs it more than me get theirs.