Have your cake and eat it.

After the two days of Christmas, it was back to business as usual for me. The London jigsaw is complete, unfortunately there is a piece missing. I hope the ravenous Beagle did not eat it. 

The Ukrainian folks seems to have a BBQ after Christmas, not on any specific day, so I am not sure when it will be. But my lodger had bought this pack of meat, I think its  pork, that is being marinated. We don’t expect to eat outside, only the chefs tending the BBQ need to be out in the rain.

The new Journal app on my phone is quite good at logging things that I do during the day, which I can then use for any of the blog later on. When I was at the physio Wednesday I told her that I walked around  Windsor and Eton, she then asked me if I was still using sticks, I owned up and thought I might get told off for not using them, but she was pleased. So the sticks are safely put away. I made a new cake, a Victoria sponge, I was very happy with it, it rose well and tastes good. It’s my best one so far! 

I have been doing a few admin things, I have found a new car insurance company that will insure the lodger all year, instead of just four time periods on the policy.  Annoyingly, the quote I got from this new firm was say £750 and when I used a price comparison site they came in at £350. I rang them and they said they would do it at the lower amount. Crazy ! My lodger’s daughter and wife now have their visas so they can come over here and get their UK residence cards. 

I also got the train again to Reading, to buy some better shoes that give me more support. It was a bit windy with rain showers but I was ok. I think a trip to Henley is on the cards soon. 

I walked to the Cosy Nook today to meet two friends, on the way I found our blue rubbish bag that blew away in the strong winds the other day, so I went inside the railway station to get rid of it, as their rubbish bins are emptied more than the ones around our streets 😢. While in there, I met a councillor I know and his two Labradors. One is very cuddly and loves licking your face, the other a bit more circumspect. There was also a lady there, who had had one of these frames on her leg, to straighten it. I then went onto the Cosy Nook  to see my friends, one who has a black Labrador cross of her own, who likes to see me. Then a couple came in, I had to look twice because their black Labrador looks like one, who I know which has moved away from here. They know this Labrador too, and had been puzzled where she was. But this little lady was as pretty as the other Labrador and also liked her cuddles. I then walked back and will visit a friend near here soon.

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