A good day

 Yesterday was a pretty good day - now that's something you don't often read on my blog!  We spent the morning in Minehead - somewhere we don't go during school holidays, as there's a big holiday camp there and it's overrun with tourists during holiday season.  We just browsed in the shops, stopping to have a coffee halfway through.  I did buy 2 very nice jumpers though.  Husband was clearly having a good day, he was fairly on the ball and I didn't have to keep repeating things, which was nice.  He did have a bit of a lapse when we got home though - we'd popped into the Co-op to get kitchen roll, as we'd run out, and husband saw a pack of 2 cooked chicken thighs that had been reduced.  He said he'd have those with a couple of wholemeal rolls for his lunch (I had cheese, some cucumber slices and an apple).  However, when we got home he put the chicken away in the fridge and promptly got out an unopened pack of ham and some sliced bread to make himself a ham sandwich.  "Erm, I thought you were having chicken rolls?" I asked him.  "Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that"!! - despite having literally just put the chicken away.  Sometimes he cannot keep a thought in his head for even seconds.

There were 2 nice bungalows on the housing list this week, either of which we'd be happy to have as they are both in areas we'd be happy to live.  I've put in bids for both, but so have loads of other people so I doubt we'll get them.  Still, we live in hope.

The garage checked over the car and said there's nothing wrong with it.....I wasn't aware of there being any kind of problem anyway, but husband was being his usual nitpicking obsessive self.  The trouble is, he really wants a 'perfect' car, which with the type of older second-hand cars we buy, he's never going to get.  So long as it works alright, doesn't give us trouble or cost us loads of money, I don't really care.  The mechanic did tell husband he'll need to get 2 new front tyres before the next MOT is due, which isn't until next summer anyway, so that's nothing to worry about.

We found out yesterday that my uncle, who'd been in hospital more or less at death's door for the past few weeks, has rallied round and recovered sufficiently to be sent home - miracle!  He's already survived a massive heart attack a few years ago and has Parkinsons, but he's continuing to surprise everyone.  He's clearly not ready to go yet!

Although I've lost the 3 or 4 lbs I'd put back on a few weeks ago, my weight loss has, annoyingly, stalled since then and I've not lost any more.  I put it down to the fact that I've been eating more carbs recently - potatoes twice this week, pasta yesterday and bread a few times.  So I'm going very low carb again to kickstart the weight loss back up....losing a stone so far is very nice, but I'm not done losing weight yet.  Another 2 stones would be my aim.

Thank you for the lovely and very supportive comments, I appreciate them so much.  Sometimes I just really miss having my sister and my best friend to talk to, face to face.