From the end of March to the end of September I cannot go anywhere near the roads leading to the beach because he can't understand council rules, and can't read the signs along the sea wall. It's quite heartbreaking to see him wondering why the beach is suddenly out of bounds, as soon as the weather improves enough to swim.
Anyway............this is the first day back and I got up at 6.30a.m., hoping I could take him over to the beach before everyone else arrived, opened my curtains ...............and it was absolutely hissing down! Poor Bumble! I'd show you this sad sight of him gazing out of the window, but the battery on my camera has died! Of course it's just luck he's doing that right now, as he has no idea of the date or the treat he's missed, but it would have made a good picture!
Here's one we made earlier,........... in true Blue Peter fashion. The black strip of fluffiness draped over the windowsill is our cat 'Spooky'............another abandoned scrap we claimed as our own, but that's another story.
A few weeks ago I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere with him really, but along with feeling brighter, I have had a long held worry removed. For over a 18 months now I've been having chest pains, especially in the cold weather or when I walk fast or get upset /stressed. I finally got myself checked out, had an Angiogram, and been diagnosed with Angina. Now I'm on medication I'm feeling much better, not least because the fear of a heart attack has been removed. I should have got myself sorted out much sooner, but my depression just kept saying 'Why bother? Life is pretty miserable anyway.'
Now I know what I have to do to make myself completely well, reduce the stress in my life, and get a move to a place where I have outside access to plant and relax. It will come, I just have to be ready, so I'm saving like crazy now so I can go when the opportunity presents itself!
I get paid once a fortnight and after paying all my bills I have £50 a week left for groceries, pet food & cleaning stuffs. So far this week I have spent £25.85 and so have £24.15 to last until Thursday. I should be able to save some of that, as I have very little to buy apart from milk until then. Out of next weeks money I have to pay out £18.97 for an organic vegetable box, (plus a couple of extras like yoghurt), to be delivered. That will leave me £31.03 out of which I have to put aside £10 towards the next pack of dog biscuits. I buy these once a month as the larger packs are slightly cheaper. Today or tomorrow I have a gammon joint to cook, depends how I feel really as I've a bit of a painful stomach today. But anyway, once cooked, we can have a meal of it and the rest is sliced and frozen to eat over time as either meals or sandwiches. We have a lot of sausages in the freezer, some chicken portions, and some lamb chops. I think I only have pork mince left but I can top that up with some beef and lamb next time I get a supermarket shop. I wish we had a decent supermarket within walking distance, but we only have a Tesco Express near us, and apart from charging extra for everything, their range is abysmal, and what they do sell is often out of stock anyway. In fact it's got so bad I've taken to popping to our local convenience store, again it costs a bit more but despite being half the size it does stock such things as white vinegar, mixed spice and dishwasher rinse aid which can't be found at Tesco. In fact, I had to explain what dishwasher rinse aid WAS to the Manager!
Well, I've spent a long time waffling on today, I'm going to curl up with a hot water bottle now and hope my tummy ache eases. Whether anything exciting happens or not I'll try to be back tomorrow and catch you up on my boring days!
Bye now
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