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?

Blanket

Its been noisy here today, Betty's family have been making a start on clearing her flat so there has been a lot of banging and crashing. I know Betty kept a lot of cash in her flat so they were probably looking for that.

I went to the summer house this afternoon, Steve was out which means I get chance to talk to people. Unfortunately Steve arrived back in site whilst I was still chatting to the neighbours so he's now sulking, still it means it's quiet!

I've made a  start on turning the yarn scraps into a blanket, a lot of the yarn is very thin, probably 3 ply. Because of this I'm doubling the yarn as I work so it should be warm and it's growing quickly. There is a lot of white yarn so I'm using one strand of white and one strand of colour, it won't be a pretty blanket but it will definitely be warm.

I might back it with a brushed cotton sheet to stop any cold draughts creeping in.

Betty.

My lovely friend and neighbour Betty who was so kind to me and who took me out despite being shouted at by Steve has died this morning.

I have lit a candle for her.

Spending spree.

I went to a table top sale yesterday and I spent £5, I had a great time.

What did I buy?

A little knitted neckerchief, £3, it's very soft, not itchy and keeps my neck warm. This was brand new, knitted by the stallholder they were available in an assortment of colours. I chose one in dark dusty pink.

A small white milk jug 50p

Two large plastic cereal containers, 50p each

Two bags of wool scraps, 50p for the two of them.

The jug and the cereal containers will be useful when I move, the wool scraps will be made in to a crochet lap blanket.