£1,000 on electricity !! It's not all my fault !!

Greetings Worlds Of Internet Space !!

It's a dreary wet & windy evening here in England - it's been pouring with rain nearly all day !!  Never mind - I'm in the house & keeping dry so, I ain't complaining too much !!

I spent quite a bit of the day sorting out DVD's - putting them into some kind of order... they were really messed up !!  Now, they are in an A-Z type of thing.... as best I can figure at least !!  I had 4 or 5 boxes here & put them into those.... not the pre-recorded stuff - just odds & ends we've taken off the TV over the last few years. If I had to sort all of the discs out, I would be doing it for months on end !!  As it was, I found loads of stuff I had forgotten about - forgotten we had recorded & what have you......  I'm not sure we'll ever watch some of it ever again - but, it's there "for the looking" !!

Right - as I type... the ladies of the house have gone out.  B has gone to a gym class & she is going to drop ME off at her boyfriends house on the way..... I'm guessing she will pick her up on the way home.  M (the boyfriend) is still having car problems, so ME has gone to see him...... tho' - there is a live football match on tonight, so I'm not 100% sure he will want the company !!

So - with the ladies out, that leaves J & I here alone with the cats.... who hate the wet even more than I do !! J is upstairs... having eaten supper & done the dishes... so, I'm here in the living room on my own !!  Never mind - the music is nice & loud, so that's not so bad !!

As I type, I'm playing Gov't Mule's 'The Deep End' Cd's...... I'm only on Vol. 1 at the moment... but, the night is young !!  I like the 'Mule's' live stuff and have to remind myself from time to time, that I have some studio albums as well !!  Oh well - I'm enjoying it & I highly recommend any of their stuff, so check them out !!  Even B likes Warren Haynes vocals & that is saying a lot - for my Wife to admit she likes the music I play !!

We have been watching the birds (in the garden) today... we think they have chicks somewhere.  Every now & again, they come into the garden, take some food from the feeders we have out and then fly off with a big mouth full of stuff !!  We're guessing that they are taking it to feed their babies.... either that, or they are going to be very fat by the end of the month !!

We know when there are chicks in the garden, the Mum's & dad's help them with the food.... picking up scraps & feeding them to the young ones.  A guy in Church, a while back, said he didn't have any birds in his garden.... he should come here & see our lot !!  Oh well........  It's nice to see them tho' - B has spent many a year, feeding them & getting them used to us.......

The music of the day has been very off the wall - from Deep Purple 1970 concerts, thru' to the Mule I'm playing now.... it's great to have a good listen to various things, with-out thinking too hard about it !!

I found a Zeppelin concert from today... April 18th - this time from Phoenix, Arizona in 1970...... I seem to have a lot of the 1970 American tour, anyhoo... the tracks are:

CD 1

1) We're Gonna Groove
2) Dazed & Confused
3) Heartbreaker
4) Bring It On Home
5) White Summer - Black Mountain Side

CD 2

1) Organ Solo
2) Thank You
3) Moby Dick
4) Whole Lotta Love

I'm pretty certain it's not a complete concert.... I'm also pretty certain that I've never played it before !!  It's here in the collection, but - judging by the dust on the cover & the fact I didn't know I had a copy.. well !!  I honestly do not remember playing it at all - oh well, it's all good !!  Somebody must of given it to me at some point & - with my brain (or lack of)... well, I've forgotten about it !!  As always - don't buy bootlegs... buy the official stuff instead !!  It's usually far better quality...... well, sometimes at least.......

I think tomorrow, B is taking J in to town, to have a visit to the dentist...... so, I might go along for the ride.  As you know - if you are a long time  reader of my words ("Hello" to my Russian & German & American readers again today) I do not mind going to the dentist - it offers me no fear at all !!  But, tomorrow, J is having a couple of his teeth 'filled' and as he hasn't had that done for years, it will be interesting how he "takes" it !!  I'm surprised he went in the first place - but, I'm guessing - he figured he better get them (his teeth) looked at before he got too old to care about them !!

While he is in the office - we might go shopping & pay some bills - you know, the stuff we seem to do every time we go into the blooming town !!  We had our electric statement in the post today - we've spent exactly £1,000 on electric, since our last statement !!  £1,000 - where did that go ?!!  Never mind - it has to be paid, we can't live in the dark all the time !!  Besides - I am not going to miss out on playing Cd's & stuff, just because the cost of electric has gone up - again !!

I just went upstairs, to see which cats are in.... our oldest is stretched out across the landing - above where the heating pipes on thru' the floor & one of the babies is on our bed.  The other baby, I've just let in the front door - she is a bit wet, but not so bad !!

The weather is easing - from the window (upstairs) I can see across to Wales & also that the tide has come back in........ on 'our' little bit of sand.  We call it that - but, we hardly ever go there now-a-days, mainly as I can't walk so far as I could !!  It's only about a 15 minute drive - but, it's no so much fun now....... maybe, when the summer weather finally reaches us, we'll go down then !!

We keep thinking about going out for a few days or a week, in one of our tents......... just to something different !!  Apart from our trips to Exeter & Birmingham, we really went no where last year !!  Anyhoo - we will see how the "Sun Gods" treat us & maybe get the tent out for a few days or so !!  We will wait & see - I won't be going to any concerts this year..... the Gregg Allman concert, well - that is about it for me folks !!

I see the Allman's have just done another Beacon run in New York & last weekend (I think) they did the Wanee Festival in Florida - so, maybe - just maybe - my Wife & Dearest Friend, might allow me to have them..... tho' - I very much doubt it !!  She knows I would love them - but, this year, with surgeries twice since November.... well - not only do I need to get my health back together, but.... well... we will see how things go !!  Don't put my order to one side, just yet Lady V...... I need to get past B first !!  Ho-hum !!

Oh well, I better be away now..... I'm typed out..... mainly I guess, as I've not taken my 7pm meds !!  It's now 30 minute late & hence I'm not really with it any more - bummer.... I will away & be back another time, until then....

Bye Bye