Thursday 13th October 2016
Woke with a start at 0240hrs. Wide awake! The dreams that were so fresh in my mind had evaporated within seconds. Tsk!
Disentangled my body from the £300 second-hand recliner and to the porcelain for a WRHD session. No bleeding again, so that was good.
A look out of the kitchen window. The decision to do the laundry while I was feeling so good, was made. So, I added the jeans and towel to the other stuff in the bag already and popped down to the laundry room with them and the 
coins needed.
I’d noticed a workman yesterday in there, re-drilling the window bars. Now I know what he was doing. He’d opened the window at the top and removed the key, so it now stays permanently open. Condensation problems I thought perhaps? I didn’t appreciate this at all, and the thermometer read 6°c – 42.7°f… not exactly warm this morning. But then again, it is October.
Got the washing going and checked the time on the foyer wall clock 0305hrs, so it should be done by 0335hrs, as I did them on the Quick setting (30 minutes). Up to the flat and started to update the diaries.
0335hrs: Back down with the cleaners and timed it nicely, just finishing as I got it the room. Moved the clothes into the dryer and checked the filter had been cleaned, started it at 0340hrs, so this should be done in an hour.
Up again to the laptop, via a quick WRWW session (Hehe!).
0445hrs: Back down again. Got the gear sorted and folded into the bag. Cleaned the filter out, wiped the machines, bin and sink area and returned to make a cup of tea upstairs.
Did a lot of graphicalisationing on CorelDraw X8 in readiness to use later, then started off today’s diary. A few WRWW’s followed, Tsk!
0635hrs: Took the medications, and cleaned the saucepans that I’d removed the potatoes from.
I was going to get the Crock-Pot going but realised I had not got any vegetables other than onions to use. Decided it would be the last two chicken thighs for fodder today. I can use a tin of the garden peas, already got the potatoes to eat cold, with it, beetroot in the jar ready too. And the bread rolls I bought yesterday. I might have a forage around in the cupboards later to see if I have owt else to garnish it with. But, then again, I have the fish sticks and prawn tails? Decisive is not a word to describe me at all. Tut!
Spent some hours on Facebooking. BJ rang me to get him some raffle tickets at the Tenants Social as he will be late arriving.
Spent a couple more hours WordPressing and on CorelDraw X8. Then off to the Tenants Meeting. There was a decent crowd today, but I forgot (I thought at the time) the camera! Humph! BJ arrived. No Toni today, hope she’s alright. The ulcer started to play up.
After the raffle, of which on our table, Eddy won three, Grumpy Bill two, BJ two, Nice Bill four and me none! Nothing unusual there then. I had a good gabfest, though. Hehe!
I left early to get some Aludrox substitute down me back at the flat. Had a good guzzle and noticed the rain had eased off a lot. So I foraged about and got things ready to go to the Aldi store on Woodborough Road.
Caught the L8 bus. The rain had stopped again, and the trees looked so wonderful.
Up to Mapperley Top and wobbled along to the Aldi store. As I dropped off, the rain came down. Spent ages wondering around the shop and ended up getting some cheese topped rolls, baby beetroot (Very nice as it turned out), Frikadellens, roasting veg and a very naughty Steak and gravy pie with puff pastry. 
Missed the bus back, so limped along Woodborough Road and down Woodthorpe Road. Towards the end of the road, a youth on a four-wheeled mini-bike was belting up and down the road, doing wheelies and circle.
How such a tiny machine could make so much noise, I don’t know. The lad was having a whale of a time. A bit of jealousy crept into my thoughts. Haha!
Turned right down Sherwood Vale hill. I could see the flats in the distance, not my Woodthorpe block, but the Winchester building, mine was to the right, just out of view.
The rain stopped again.
As I hobbled down the road, the L8 bus came up the hill, and the lady 
driver gave me a wave and smile.
That was fun!
To the right, the view was astounding to me. Had to take a photograph of it for us.
At the bottom of the hill, just before I turned right into the woods to go down the path that leads to the 
apartments, there is a path where the greenery that has always caught my attention every time I walk by it. Nothing unusual I know, but years ago the railway line was going along here, and the way the trees and bushes had reclaimed the land had me in admiration of nature once again.
Being a City boy, I’m learning all the time.
Limped down the path and through to the flats and a WRWW.
Put the things away and got the meal going, early today.
I nibbled a beetroot from the new jar when I opened it, and the taste was perfect.
Unfortunately, I didn’t put the lid back on correctly, and the result was another fine mess for me to clean up. Hey-ho!
The ulcer was still stinging a bit, but I’ve had it far worse. It was Anne Gyna joining in that gave me more hassle and pain, again! Huh!
Horrible night.
I had a look in the fridge to see what fodder I might need if I can get out.
In the Fulton Store, I got some discounted fodder and items they have not had in stock for ages. Blackcurrant ice-cream lollies, Snickers Flapjacks, Large cans of garden peas and some cheese sticks that were made with cheddar cheese and were so tasty! (Just couldn’t resist nibbling a few at the bus stop later) Heavy in calories tough, I imagine. (Guilt)
Blackadder episode where Edmond was Court Marshalled? Haha!
Arrived back at the flat and tended to the desperate need for another WRWW. I put away the bought fodder and got the lamb and vegetables cooking.
The meal was another success after my many failures of last week, anyway.
Had a couple… well, alright then, six chocolate biscuits.
Paid the lady and out and onwards to the Asda-Walmart Store. Passing this window display en route:
Paid the gal at the checkout, and for some reason struggled with carrying the bags out and up the hill to the bus stop? Felt winded, and Arthur Itis was complaining about it. Hehe!
I had a good while to wait for the bus.
eight minutes.
When the bus got to the ring road island, there was no traffic whatsoever about!
What had happened apparently: It was time for swap-over for the bus drivers, and one of the buses had conked out!
Got in and tended to a WRWW, then sorted the purchases out and stored them in their appropriate places. Got the vegetables in the saucepan and simmering away, laptop on for a bash on Facebook, then updated this
Did some CorelDraw X8 graphicalisationing, then got the fodder ready to consummation.
The sky from the kitchen window looked so beautiful, as the evening descended. I say descended, is that the right word?
Down again on the lift, through the foyer and to the laundry room. The door on the right in this photograph here on the right like. I fink?
thingamabob. Called in the Community Shed and gave Deana and Julie some nibbles. To the bus stop, many tenants waiting for the bus, but not in a talkative mood today.
Nipped down a floor and to the end of the mall into Tesco and got some lamb, Boczek, and chicken thighs.
As I limped down to the slab square, there seemed to a lot of buses in the traffic jams?N
The Slan Square itself was being prepared for some special event.
I took this shot on Long Row, of a Watson Fothergill designed building above the shops on the ground floor.
The sky is getting awfully dark now, and it is definitely going blooming colder here!
The meal was ready, served it up and salivated while I ate it!
Popped onto the scales after much preparations and wily cunning tricks beforehand, and it was down 1lb (Well, nearly practically, and approximately almost!) compared to yesterday. Ahem!
I nipped into the kitchen to check on the Crock-Pot vegetables progress and add som seasoning to them now they were warming up and took a photograhicalisation of the skyline and Tree Copse.
But I’d forgotten I took it and did not include it in yesterday’s post.
Posted the diaries, did some more graphicalisationing for the TFZ site.
Readied me and limped out for a walk to Sherwood to get some bits, taking in the Copse on the way back to the apartment. No mega-limps today, just a steady walk down the hill to the shops, then a slightly more constant struggle back up to Woodthorpe Park, and down through the Copse and out and further down to the flats.
Set off along Chestnut Walk to Winchester Street Hill and right down to Mansfield Road.
Up over the hill and right into Woodthorpe Grange Park. Spent a while looking at the dogs enjoying themselves.
bushes by nature lovers during the day, and drug addicts during the night.
As I made my way down the path, I picked up some empty pop cans left by the local yobbery presumably – Swines! A few pace further on, I collected two empty wine bottles? High-Class yobboes around this neck of the woods it seems?
walking their owner.
myself going over. Humph!
I did feel a fool!
on the table.
Took the medications and checked the cooking progress and got the meal ready.
I found a photograph on the camera that I’d missed off from the Goose Fair Album. Hehe!
My eyes bigger than my stomach tonight.
Set out along Chestnut Walk to the end and right down onto Winchester Hill.
I spied the roof on the National Laundry buildings on the hill. Now V
that is behind me now at last.
right into Gregory Boulevard passed the island with the Giant Goose on it as is usual and over the zebra crossing.
all.
put the camera away from taking the milk shot.
Took some photographs of food stalls to put on the TFZ site later.
The feet and knees were pretty bad as I climbed the hill and down, the up again into the City Centre.
I got into town and called at the Poundland Shop and had a look for bargains, as I had a while before the L9 bus was due.
I noticed that Clinton Street was in its usual cram-packed with shoplifter…, no, I am shoppers condition.
Took the medications.
So, no hot water for shaving, Humph and Tsk! Washed by using the Shower spray into the sink – but that was not too hot either.
Then got the fodder readied.
As I climbed the gravel footpath hill passing the tree copse, I noticed on the right, the grass had what looked like straw spread over it.
indicated the change of season to me.
Waiting at the bus stop also, were three lady tenants.
Went into the kitchen to have the midday medications. In the distance down below were three men, apparently in difficulty with some kind of agricultural or gardening machine.
Getting the meal early today.