Yesterday'sPapers .......

Now all my decorations are in place and the lights are on; I also have the light on the coal-effect fire on as that adds to the festive feel.



My only visitor was the daughter of the gentleman who owns the paper shop. She is really charming and chatty. She commented on my Christmas decorations, and I said that, of course, this was not a festival of theirs. She replied that no, their festival, Eid, was earlier on but that they tend to end up with two celebrations as the shop is closed for Christmas and New Year (no newspapers) and she too is to be off work.



She told me that her father has been unwell with a flu-type illness and so she has been helping in the shop after her work, so she will be very glad of the break as she is rather tired. I sent my best wishes to her father and told her that I had described him as a perfect gentleman. She laughed and said that he could be a bit grumpy!



This afternoon I made rice krispie cakes and my arm is rather sore from the stirring. They smell delicious and I hope I can wait until they are cold to put them away in boxes.

Physiotherapy and beyond

Serves me right for wearing my nice pale pink jersey to the physiotherapy exercise class this morning. Not long after I arrived I noticed two black marks on the front. At first I thought they were bits of fluff off my black fleece, but on further investigation, they were not. I then thought they must be Biro marks as we use black Biros to mark up our exercise charts. The physio came over and said she thought they looked more like chocolate! This was a puzzle as I rarely eat chocolate, but later I remembered taking the last biscuit from the barrel - an oat one with chocolate chips!

On my way home I made a quick visit to the garden centre and bought a cheese scone and a bottle of lemon refresher. I buttered the scone and took a mouthful when the fire alarm went off. Everybody out! I managed to wrap the scone in a napkin and grabbed my trolley and duly went out. It all turned out to be a false alarm.

When I got home I stripped off the pale pink jumper and changed into my usual black one. I then put the pink jumper and two others together with a pair of trousers and some underwear.

That's all done now apart from the jumpers which are drying flat on top of a towel on my bed.

I forgot to mention that I had forgotten to take my medications before I left for the class this morning. Lack of analgesia made it more difficult. I am also finding that, as requested, I increase the number of times I do each exercise, I am starting to run out of time before finishing.

Now for a rest and a read of The Times (I have cancelled The Scotsman as it has really gone downhill. I enjoy one columnist and am sorry not to read his articles, but I am not buying a paper just for that.

Bridge, again

It was really nasty and cold this morning, so I wore my fleece to go to bridge. By the time I came home the sun was shining and the temperature was 19 degrees.

There were fourteen pairs there, so one "pair" were ghosts. As usually seems to happen, my partner and I were playing the ghost pair at the first table. So we looked at all the hands that we would have played and bid them.

There was a bit of disagreement about a couple of the bids I made (to put it mildly). However we struggled on and the rest of the hands were fine.

Funnily enough, I think the best hands we were dealt were at the first table.

Oh well....

We finished rather late, but D made me a cup of tea when I got home. She was asking me if I did the Saturday crossword in the Scotsman newspaper and I said I didn't see it now as they changed the on-line version, so I gave it up altogether.

Now she has given me the name of the newspaper shop who deliver, so I am going back to it. It is mostly the crossword I missed, because I feel the paper has gone downhill recently but there is still one regular columnist that I like.