The Bees Are Going !!!

Greetings Worlds !!

So, about 2 summers ago, a swarm of honeybees flew in & made a home for themselves in our roof space (well, just below it).... today, a man came & we have worked out a way to remove them to a home with a beekeeper.  She has wanted them since she first saw them, but...... how to get to them !!

So, the plan is now to erect a platform.  From there our bee lady can climb up & grab them - once the roof section has been removed.  A 'big' job, just to get to some small creatures !!  For me, I would leave them there, but we can't get the back of the house painted with the bees living where they are - or get the window cleaner around there..... everybody (but us) seems to be afraid of them !!  Oh well........

The music of the moment is Simon & Garfunkle's 'Live On Stage' set from a few years back - not exactly sure when...... yep, a bit quiet for me - but a good listen all the same.  BUT, tonight is the Robert Plant concert !!!  Sure am looking forward to that one..... the live stuff I picked up a few days back has been a good listen, but..... tonight's going to be good - well, I hope so at least !!

Must away.......

Bye Bye

Music Music & MORE Music !!

Hi Worlds...

It's been a great week for music.... so much new stuff !!  Along with the Band Of Joy album, that has just come out - I've picked up a 'live' 2CD set + a 'live' DVD..... really good !!  Plus on Friday, there is a Band of Joy concert on the radio - why, oh why, couldn't Zeppelin have been so generous to the fans ?  Never mind....

On top of the above - I've been watching a brilliant Roger Waters DVD - from his 'Wall' show in Chicago last month.... it's really good - great quality & well played !!..........

..... Also, but not least - there is a new Bryan Adams CD out on Monday - already ordered for B + an Allman Brothers DVD from Woodstock '94.  The latter is not new, but will be worth a watch - a great band !!

Apart from the music - the family have been pretty good..... nearly all of us have had colds of one sort or another (hence the delay between posts) but we're on the mend now - I hope !!  So life has been good !!

Not much else happening - tho' our Bishop came over again last week - that makes two visits in as many weeks & more than the last Bishop made in two years !!  Oh well - life has been good.......

Bye Bye

It's cold out there.....

Greetings Worlds.....

Went into town today - it was soooo cold out there !!  I probably felt it worse as I was in my chair - not moving around - so couldn't keep warm...... oh well.

B is out for a few hours - leaving me in the hands of the kids.  ME is over the worse of her cold & J... well, J is J - little to add really !!  The cold bug is still in the house... ME passed it on to B & in turn, I seem to be coming down with it now - thanks for sharing guys !!  Never mind......

Last week, I spent some time at the hospital (again)...... they found some new ways to test parts of my body that I didn't know existed before !!  I think they - the staff - enjoy their work too much !!  Never mind - I passed the 'tests' & now it'll be back to the powers that be to see what happens next.  Life goes on.......

The music of the moment is the Tom Petty live set I picked up a few weeks back - 3 cds of great music.  In a while I'll be back onto the Gov't Mule set.... while B is out, I can give it a good listen.  Tho' having said that, she has put it on her iPod thing - so she must like it a bit.

Oh well must away...

Bye Bye

Gov't Mule

Hi Worlds.....

Yesterday I sat down & transferred the Gov't Mule DVD over to CD .... it has come out really well !!  There are soooo many great tracks on the DVD & to be able to play them thru' the Hi-Fi is brilliant..... of course, I could just play the DVD thru' the amp - but this way I can listen to it out & about !!

I never really got into Mr Haynes 'Mule' - being an Allman's fan, I should of..... but this DVD/CD set has really got me hooked... maybe I'll pick up some more of his stuff along the ways - we'll see.

OK ... today ain't such a good day !!  ME is in bed with a heavy cold & really feeling it... poor thing.   I don't care how old your kids get - it's still hard seeing them poorly !!  ME will be 20 in February - so..... oh well !!

B is out this afternoon - meeting up with her cousin in town.   She (B) has got over the worse of her dentist visit last Thursday.... we missed Church on Sunday - it didn't seem right, with B in pain, to drive over 30 miles...... the Lord will probably forgive us this time around.

It's her birthday on Wednesday, so I'll buy her something nice ..... we'll see what we find  - 21 again !!!  It's the last birthday of the year - next one will be J in February...... time move on & so must I.

Life goes on.....

Bye Bye

A Good Day !!

Hello Worlds.......

Yesterday was a GOOD day......

Not only did our new Bishop come and visit, but a brilliant lady came to update my physical needs & to see if B needed any help in any way, with caring for me.

The upshot of her visit is that I might be getting a new wheelchair !!  If it happens, it will be fantastic as - hopefully - it'll have big wheels !!  My current one has just a set of small ones, which makes it very hard to move myself around....... big wheels will give me sooooo much more independence !!  It'll be great !!!!!!!!

The Bishop visit was very nice - it was the first time to our home & was a kind of 'introducing' himself type of thing - even tho' we have known him for a few yeras now.  A really nice guy & we're glad he came around to see us.  Hopefully we can have a longer 'indepth' talk the next time we see him - there are a few things we're not too 'happy' about at Church & we need to speak to him in private about those.

The family are all out at the moment.  ME is at Uni, B is out walking & J is out cold - still sleeping..... I've not even seen any of the cats yet this morning - tho' Merry did climb into bed in the middle of the night !!  He sleeps on the bed & sometimes, we think, he gets cold.... so he climbs in on our electric blanket.  He never stays for more than a few minutes - just enough to wake us both up !!  Oh well........

The music of the moment is Gov't Mule's 'Deepest End' DVD & life is good......

Bye Bye

Music, Music & More Music !!

Greetings Worlds & anybody else who might happen across these words !!  You're always welcome to say "hi" - even if you hate my words, I could use the joy of knowing someone is reading this dear blog of mine !!  It's been 6 months now - I'm getting lonely !!

OK, 'tis a Monday & the music Gods have been good to me this weekend..... not only did I get the new Neil Young album, but after a quick trip to the record fair - I've come home with another Grateful Dead live set + a brilliant Tom Petty 'Fillmore' set from 1997 !!  I'm in music heaven - it's been a while (at least a week) since I've heard something as good as this !!  Even the new Robert Plant is growing up me.........

The Neil Young album is a little short at 37 minutes, but well enjoyable..... the Dead set from 1993 is over 3 hours - as is the Tom Petty set !!  Great stuff.... especially the way the Petty Cd's cover not only his own stuff, but also, plenty of cover versions.... even B likes it enough to put it on her iPod thingy - must be good !!

Add to all of this excitement, this weekend was Conference & that was great - to be able to hear the talks, live as it happened..... wonderful stuff !!  Luckily we were able to record the 4 sessions that were broadcast, so we can re-visit them over the coming months !!  Maybe not for everybody, but for us it means a lot........

As for the family..... J is upstairs having his yearly shower & the ladies of the house are out shopping.  ME had to take the hire car back today, so she is back to driving her own wheels now.... so, to give it a run, they have gone to the 24hr ASDA.  Why there I don't know - there is some logic to it I guess, but it's lost on me !

I had to visit the doctors (again) this morning for a check up & on Wednesday, I have to go down to have my yearly flu' jab... B is having one as well - as my carer, she likes to be on top of things + she hates having the flu'.......  Then on Friday, it's back to the dentist again - B has to have a tooth out !!!  Bummer - it's the first time she has ever had one out, lucky lady I say !!

Oh oh - I forgot - on Thursday night, out new Bishop is paying us a visit !!  His first trip here EVER !!  What he will make of us I don't know.......  he did want to come over at 8.30pm !!  But, I had to point out to him, that B gives me my last meds' at 7pm & by 8.30pm I would either asleep of so out of it wouldn't matter !!  He's coming over at 6.30pm - so I shouldn't be too stoned by that time !!  I'll try to be good !!

Maybe he wants us to do something within the Church - or he wants us to stop doing something in the Church.  Maybe my blog has upset too many people !!  We are not your average Mormons - we follow the teachings of the Church, but maybe we've been naughty in some other way !!  Time will tell !!

Anyways - I must away..........

Bye Bye