A little spending spree

I went through the kitchen drawer and decided to treat myself. 

I ordered a potato masher, potato peeler and 3 wooden spoons.

I have a drawer full of other stuff that Steve will never use, measuring spoons, cookie cutters,  etc. All of these I shall take with me when I move. But I will leave the equipment that Steve will use.

The cupboard under this drawer is full of cooking equipment, there is a small food processor and a hand mixer, mixing bowls, cake tins and plastic storage boxes, these I will also take. I'm hoping to start cooking and baking again when I move.

I've ordered a pack of large storage bags,they should arrive today, I shall start filling them and stash them in my wardrobe.

Steve has stopped me doing many things that I enjoyed cooking and baking, socialising and leaving site to name but a few. He likes me in the flat watching TV and that's it, unfortunately I can't watch TV for long before my eyes get sore and we have so few channels, there is very little on that I want to watch.

Finished blanket.

The finished blanket is very heavy and should make a nice warm cover on cold nights.

Unfortunately I'm now bored out of my brains and need to find something else to do.

A message for Cindy

 Hi Cindy, I'll let you know as soon as I know.

One tin at a time.

Y'day I shopped in Dunelm I bought a tin opener, two pillows, a Christmas bauble and a mattress protector, a thick one that I can sleep on, in case I move before I've got any furniture. Any furniture I buy will be second hand, there are a couple of charity shops that sell furniture that I will visit, but I need to know where I'm going first.

I'm desperate to leave here so I will move as soon as I can even if it means having no furniture to start with. Apart from Beano and my personal effects all I'm taking from here is a mirror, coffee table and bedside cabinet.

I'm also stocking up with tinned food, every week I order one or two tins of food with our supermarket delivery. I have plenty of pasta, rice, pulses, oats, herbs and spices. I will organise a supermarket delivery when I move but I'm not sure how long it will take for me to arrange an internet connection.

Gout!

I'm suffering from gout, it's something that flares up now and again.

It's painful and inconvenient and it's made worse by Steve  regularly shouting at me about it.

Steve can't bear anyone to be ill or in pain as it detracts from his need to be the centre of attention.

He keeps telling me to go to the Dr, I did when I first started getting gout. The Dr said that gout was self limiting and to take paracetamol if I found it painful.

Obviously Steve also developed gout short!y after I did, he also went to the Dr, he was given medication for the gout and  co-codamol for the pain!

Keeping busy.

 I'm keeping busy by making a crochet blanket, I'm using the yarn I purchased at the Jumble Sale for 50p. So far I've used less than half the yarn. The blanket may be ugly but it will be warm, I'm going to back it with a flannelette sheet.

Fireworks.

Beano couldn't settle y'day evening, there were fireworks being set off and they were bothering him. He kept pacing, whimpering and looking towards the window every time there was another flash or bang.

He's never bothered about fireworks before but he definitely seemed unsettled. 

There have been fireworks going off for some time round here staring with Diwali on 20th October. Beano took no notice of them or the fireworks this evening. I wonder what it was about y'days fireworks that upset him.

When I returned from walking him this morning a neighbour was packing her car. I stopped to chat to her as she had her two dogs with her and Beano likes both of them. She told me they were going to Bournemouth for a week to get away from the fireworks. Don't they have fireworks in Bournemouth?