Here we are December 29th 2011, seasonal celebrations are almost over, surprisingly I've been very cheerful this year. Had some great news when I visited the doctor's yesterday, my bp which was an average 148/88 has dropped to 122/87 which almost had the Practice Primary Care Nurse dancing around the room. She was the one that I saw last year to have my op wound dressed and the one that started me on the 'Well Man' program back in February. It was the first time she'd seen me since then, she said she didn't remember me until I mentioned my broken arm and was it really 18 months ago? Of course this prompted her to go back through my file, "am I really pleased with myself for losing all that weight? am I doing plenty of exercise?" Felt like shouting back "Of course I am you silly woman! Why do you think I'm still doing the diet thingy?"
Managed to get the Apple TV up and running after trying to move it to another pc and messing things up (thanks for the help Bristol IT section leader :-) ) Pauline is getting used to her iPad2, finding some of the apps very useful! Can't figure out yet why Pauline can't watch the films on her iPad but we'll get there.
Thursday 29 December 2011
Saturday 17 December 2011
Well worth the visit!
Last weekend I made my annual Christmas trek down to Bristol with the presents, it was great seeing everybody again especially nice to see how well the grand children are progressing. Had a consultation with the local freelance Apple Inc. technician, most fruitful as I have purchased Apple TV2 and a 2Tb external hard drive, had a few pointers on how to manage it, most enlightening. Managed to get lots of 'free' films during the stay and TV programmes too. As usual though the visit wasn't anywhere near long enough.
Had the old heartstrings pulled a bit on the Sunday before coming home, asked Thomas if he wanted to see Gran next time I came down and I got an answer I wasn't expecting.... " I want to see Pop and Gran Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday all the time!"
I think at the ripe old age of nearly thirty two Kris has decided he's too old for motor cycling in cold weather, it's far too cold for his bones to stand. Bit of a relief in some ways with how much at risk motor cyclists are without the added dangers of icy roads and so on. My Dad was a motor cyclist, I can remember the anguish my Mum went through when he had his accident on black ice in 1963(a really bad year, we had snow right from December through until March) we didn't know what had happened, only that he was very late getting home from work. Sadly the injuries he received although only minor at the time caused problems that eventually killed him at the age of fifty one in 1973.
Going out for a Christmas drink with some mates from the airport on Tuesday night straight from work, we'll also be celebrating the fact that Mandy (my 'work daughter', I'll tell you the story behind that title when I see you, if you want to know) has like me, finally managed to find another job, working for DB Regio.
Looking forward to Christmas and some more visits to Bristol in 2012!
Had the old heartstrings pulled a bit on the Sunday before coming home, asked Thomas if he wanted to see Gran next time I came down and I got an answer I wasn't expecting.... " I want to see Pop and Gran Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday all the time!"
I think at the ripe old age of nearly thirty two Kris has decided he's too old for motor cycling in cold weather, it's far too cold for his bones to stand. Bit of a relief in some ways with how much at risk motor cyclists are without the added dangers of icy roads and so on. My Dad was a motor cyclist, I can remember the anguish my Mum went through when he had his accident on black ice in 1963(a really bad year, we had snow right from December through until March) we didn't know what had happened, only that he was very late getting home from work. Sadly the injuries he received although only minor at the time caused problems that eventually killed him at the age of fifty one in 1973.
Going out for a Christmas drink with some mates from the airport on Tuesday night straight from work, we'll also be celebrating the fact that Mandy (my 'work daughter', I'll tell you the story behind that title when I see you, if you want to know) has like me, finally managed to find another job, working for DB Regio.
Looking forward to Christmas and some more visits to Bristol in 2012!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)