Well
what a start to the year for Ros! Wednesday the 11th January 2017 Ros
thought she was having a heart attack pains across her chest took her to the
doctors they saw her straight away did blood pressure tests & ECG all clear.
They thought it was an oesophagus spasm.
Saturday
14th Ros got up out of
chair at 10pm & said I am going to bed I will let Beau out. I was finishing
off watching a program & switching everything off. I then thought Ros has been
a long time I walked out the back door flood light switches on automatically
& there stood is Ros crying with blood over her face! I said what the hell
has happened, I don't know was the answer! Looks like you have fallen over, she
smashed her glasses, cut above her eye brow, face, arm & knee were grazed her
watch was broken. She was more upset breaking her glasses! She is 5ft 9 got
osteoporosis so could have been a lot worse thankfully no bones broken. Outside
the back door is a tarmaced parking area I think she hit it face down. On the
Sunday took her to Bideford Minor Injuries unit & on Monday took her to
Barnstaple A&E for a CT scan but they did not give her one due to
radiation! Checked blood pressure & another ECG all clear, they think she
got up to quickly. She had a black eye & other bruises on her shoulder arms
& legs. Really shook her up for a few days & lost her appetite so it
was soups for evening meals. She was a little
nervous when she went out at night into the garden but I was watching her from
the house I also watched her get up in the mornings once she is on her feet.
Had to get her new glasses she was using 10 year old ones which did not help
her eye but it was them or not see at all. Her old ones were only 12 months old
a cost we could have done without, but glasses can be repaired quickly bodies
take longer. We looked a right pair with our silly glasses on I was wearing my
ex BT safety glasses due to the coating on mine breaking down only 2 weeks out
of guarantee! Again just over 12 months old.
In
March went on holiday to Polperro stayed in a barn 4 miles outside of Polperro
on the Sunday the brakes failed! Thankfully managed to get the car back to the
barn the 4 mile lane from Polperro was very narrow & full of pot holes
hence why they split the brake pipes. On Monday recovery truck to Liskeard
after a 5 hour wait the garage said will not be done today! okay, have you got
a courtesy car NO was the reply, you will have to take bus or train back to
holiday let. 1-1/2 hour bus ride to Polperro then a taxi to the barn got in at
5pm L next day had
taxi all the way back to Liskeard so with final bill £180 & only done half
the job! To top of the week Ros slipped in the en-suite room bruising her side
so we came back a day early was glad to get back home. Car went in on the
Monday for the front pipes to be changed was another £112 bill should have sold
the car years ago we have had so much work done to it nearly new!
In
April had a week in Malvern visiting my mum still in a care home now over
£5,000 a month in costs & it is sad to see her like she is.
In
May had a fabulous warm sunny week Watchet. We wanted to ride on the longest
stream train ride in England was not disappointed. Walked on the ex-mineral
line. Watchet harbour was great had amazing sunsets as well. The boat museum
there is very interesting. Rented a cottage in the village but one night the
guy next door started to play very loud rap music! So I went into the kitchen
turned around the speakers on the stereo put on a crap music station &
turned up the volume full blast then closed the door he got the message after
an hour he stopped only happened once, looking at him must have been on
benefits. Said to Ros we are a magnet for bad neighbour’s L
In
July had a very emotional weeks visit to Worcester managed to get a late
booking with an extra day as the funeral was on a Friday & we were able to
leave Beau in the cottage in Upton. Sadly it was for our niece funeral only 34
years old picked up a virus which damaged her vital organs it also killed her
heart she was doing well on life support machine in the QE & was 2nd
in country to have heart transplant then sepsis set in & she bled to death
through her lungs so the doctors made the decision to turn off machine, so very
sad. All happened within 3 weeks! She was a lovely girl, just brought her first
house with her partner, she was a manager in housing with the council & had her
life ahead of her. She had a wicker coffin & a humanist burial, no vicar
all done by a celebrant. Her dad was the grave digger in St John cemetery &
they did lived in cemetery house for many years so she is laid in the cemetery
where the two girls used to play & learnt to ride their bikes.
Only
managed a few hours in Malvern on the last day Thursday, wanted a wee &
used the toilet by the theatre walked in on 2x 50 year old men having a hand
job off a scanky old bloke they quickly turned around trousers around their
knees. I walked over to the cubicle as I came out the scanky man was outside I
told him to f*ck off as I got outside the men were talking to each other in
cars then drove off. Ros said why do they not do it in their own homes I said I
expect they are married & the wives do not know what is going on! Tried to
report it as I was worried if a little boy had walked in on it! but police
station not open. When we got home did ring West Mercia police & reported
the incident they will step up patrols in the area. I remember they closed down
the toilets in West Malvern road when we lived there due to the same reason
Motorway
journey was a nightmare again took us 6 hours to get back home. I got off at
Bridgewater & took the coastal run back home.
Couple
of weeks ago I was cutting the hedge in the meadow on what we thought was the
nicer neighbour anyway it was 4 metres tall so I asked can I reduce it to 2
metres as I have a new chain saw the wife said but you will have to throw
the stuff back over to your garden as husband is too busy! After spending 2
days cutting & clearing there was a large amount of his brambles so I did
not throw that over & left him some small logs to have a fire in his garden.
Well the next day I could not believe what the small mind twat had done! He
threw the brambles over the hedge & the small logs & other items I was
fuming. There was Ros & I thinking we would get a thank you, or a
bottle of wine or chocolates but no nothing. I said to Ros it will not happen
again! I saw him in his van he smiled I just hope I gave him a dirty look. Last week after hanging out the washing to dry first sunny day in a long time he lit a filthy smoking fire, I was covered in smelly smoke getting in the washing.
To top the year off we had a mouse in the utility room he/she managed to get into the washing machine and nibble a rubber hose so we had a water leak all over the floor! I stripped down the machine & awaiting a new part in 2018.
Today 31st December had a drain blockage which I have just cleaned out!
Anyway
that is our year & will not be sad to see the back of it.
