Tonight we are going out as a family with friends and neighbours for a meal and a dance (disco style) at a local Chinese restaurant. Both the boys will have their girlfriends with them, but, our friend Dave won’t have company after his latest lady friend did a runner and headed off home while he was playing badminton yesterday afternoon. She was weird - which seems to sum up all of Dave’s ladies but hopefully he’ll learn from this episode and stick with less complicated examples of the female race. That aside, we have taxis booked to take us down town so we can all drink as we like. The restaurant is the May Sum in Babbington Lane, Derby which is that rare place – one that the whole family likes, and is recommended if you are in the area and like buffet style, serve yourself food with lots of options and the chance to go round the hot plates as many times as you like.
Fred (he lives 2 doors down the close) has spent today trying to clean out the inside of his car after his dog was sick in the back of it. That dog is greedy and so fat! Perhaps Fred will stop over-feeding it now. Boy did that car stink.
Earlier today Andy got a call from Mum as Sue was on the phone learning all about Dave’s runaway lady. Dad had slipped down out of his chair so the two boys went down and pulled him back up into it. He sleeps a lot, but, thankfully that allows Mum some rest from his otherwise constant demands. She has to feed him and hold cups so that he can drink, in fact, he now is totally reliant on her and the carers that visit twice daily for everything.
On a happier note, with the Christmas card that we got from Jo & Richard there was a short epistle summarising their year, how the girls are getting on, Richard and his business(es), family and so on. Seems like some things never change (family relationships) while others develop and move on. The two girls appear to be doing well with their studies (a good thing) but appear to be into horses (hmmm…) and acting as free stable girls to Richard’s sister Christine (so she’s not changed then!). As ever we wish them well and hope that just perhaps, we can get to see them sometime soon in the future as I now struggle to remember the last time we saw them.
Total curve ball here – I got my car insurance renewal through which I thought a bit steep at £460. A bit of shopping around on the internet (using MoneySupermarket.com ) and a few phone calls on 0800 numbers and I moved to another insurer getting better cover and protected NCD all for £313. That’s better!
Christmas through to New Year has been a family affair. Boys in, boys out, boys and girls in, boys and girls out and various combinations including family and friends. In between I’ve found time to keep up-to-date with the chores, ferry folks about in Dad’s Taxi and re-decorate the master bathroom which was in a bit of a state with peeling wallpaper and general shabbiness. Just need to put a blind up, touch up some silicon sealant round the hand basin and behind the bath taps and the jobs done. Probably do those little jobs next weekend – I like having something to look forward to!
I found the time to ring Don & Liz in Colchester the other night and had a good old chat with the man. He's not been in the best of health through this year and has appointments with his GP for some tests to hopefully get to the bottom of his troubles early in 2008.
Sue got a phone call from Graham's wife to say that he had been taken into hospital (the DRI) on Christmas Day as he couldn't breath and he's been diagnosed with pneumonia. The ultra sound scan showed that it has got a hold of most of his upper torso and he will be off work for 8 – 10 weeks. Get well soon Graham is our message. It’s a shame you can’t go on that holiday in January but there will (hopefully) be another day and time for that. Health has to come first.
I haven’t bothered to do anything about the failed headlight on my car, other than decide that it’s time to change it for something cheaper to run. Top candidate at the moment is a Vauxhall Astra as I quite fancy the 150bhp diesel version – just need to decide on 3 or 5 door. I’ll probably go for the 5 door as it’s more practical and one of the things I hate about the Mercedes is the enormous doors that come with having a 3 door. I also like compact and the 3 door coupe version is longer than the 5 door hatchback. Still, no need to rush so I’ll give myself a month to find one I like – February is a quiet month in the motor trade so there should be some opportunity for haggling a better deal.
Anyway - time to get shaved, showered and dressed up in the glad rags for tonight's little effort. Happy New Year to one and all.
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