Another quiet day in England...

Greetings World's !!

B is behind me - in the kitchen - and between us, we have decided Archie (our youngest cat) is very, very strange !! As B is cleaning the floor, Archie is doing his best to investi-cat everything around him.... he really is a sweet "kitten" - but, he also has a mean streak in him !!

You can hold him, play with him... even smooth him, with-out any kind of trouble..... then, as if he has found a bit of evil in his cat brain - he will turn & try to give you a swipe with his paw !! He isn't sooooo bad - most times, he doesn't use his claws or anything, it's more of a "play" type of thing !! Oh well - that's today's update on Archie....

How are you all doing this fine & wet day ?! It has been raining now, for the best part of the last week - it's no wonder everything is getting flooded !! Oh well... maybe we will have a better Summer, to dry it all out - yeh, like that's going to happen !!

As I type - B is now sat beside me, drinking some kind of "tea".... I use the word, well - it's not like any tea I ever drank in my youth !! It's just a weak, none caffeine type of stuff, that a lot of Mormons (like ourselves) drink. Personally, I've never been much of a tea drinker...... I always proffered coffee !!

Then - about 7 years ago (now, come to think of it) a food lady, at the hospital, told me to cut back on how many gallons of the black stuff, that I went thru' each day.... so, I just stopped drinking it, from that day on !! I didn't see any point in cutting back - it made more sense to give up, all in way go & face the demon withdrawal symptoms all in one go !! Thinking back, on it - it was kind of hard.... I really did drink shed loads of the stuff..... nevermind... that was then & this is now !!

Back to the family..... as mentioned, B is here with me. ME is out working, until late (I think) - but, she is going straight to M's (her boyfriend) - so, I won't see her for a day or two. That just leaves J - who is working away, at Uni, in Aberystwith .... I'm guessing he is doing Ok - if you're reading this j, give your Mum a text, to let her know how you are getting on !! I know she will be glad to hear from you.....

So - that's the family.....

Well - apart from your's truly..... I'm doing Ok. I got up for a while, this morning, but needed to go back to bed for a short while - mainly, I think, because the pills & potions I took earlier, sort of knocked me sideways !! They do that, from time to time..... it's no big deal, just a bit of a bummer !! The  "good" news is, really, that I have had two great nights sleep !! Now, that is a bonus for me.... some nights, well.......

..... We have a village clock tower & it's bells sounds the hours, every night....... so, some nights, I just lie there & listen to the bloody bell going off, hour after hour !! Now - that is a bummer !! Oh well....

I'm grateful for the sleep tho' - especially as later, I have to go back to the hospital to see the plastic surgery guys again. This time, as probably mentioned yesterday, I'm seeing another Consultant - who is, so I'm told, very high up on the surgeons "Top 100" of all time !! So - that should be a lot of fun...... but, I'll see what he has to say for himself !!

If he wants to give the skin graft another go, so be it... if he's not sure, well.... maybe, just maybe, I'll have a think about. I've had 8 operations, since December 2012 & - to be honest - I am really getting fed up of it all now !! If the guy (this afternoon) can give me a good reason for having another surgery - well, I'll have a think & decide about it later on...... I don't want to have another skin graft, just to have it fall off again - that's too much like hard work, for me !!

I'll see what happens, I guess......

As for the music of the moment...... well, it's a live Cd by Asia, which came out in 2010 (according to the box) and, to be honest, it's not that brilliant !! There are some stand out tracks, on the thing & those were the main reason for getting a copy. The tracks are:

  1) Only Time Will Tell
  2) Time Again
  3) An Extraordinary Life
  4) My Own Time
  5) Open Your eyes
  6) Fanfare For The Common Man
  7) Here Comes The Feeling
  8) Never Again
  9) The Heat Goes On
10) Sole Survivor
11) Don't Cry
12) Heat Of The Moment
13) Midnight Sun

Tracks 1-6 & 12 are, really, the only reason for getting this disc...... there are some good tracks on the thing - but..... I'm a sucker for the old stuff !!

Talking of "old stuff" - I was playing Black Sabbath's last album (I think) '13'.... now that was good !! Too many tracks to pick as a good one, in particular - but, if you get chance to buy a copy, go for it !! I did like the very end of the last track - it merged into the opening of 'Black Sabbath' with the rain & bell tolling !! Well good...... !!

As I've not really been "with it" over the last couple of months... I thought I would give a quick list of the stuff, that I can remember buying recently.... so, in no order what so ever...

'Essentially' - Yes.... a 5 disc box set of some of their later albums.

'Paranoid' - Black Sabbath... the 3 disc set from 2009.

'Perfect Strangers' - Deep Purple.... a 2 Cd + DVD of their Australian tour in 1985.

'Maggot Brain' - Funkadelic.... I heard Gov't Mule do a cover of this - so, I wanted to hear the original.

'Q Music Sessions' - Within Temptation.... B's last & delayed Christmas pressy.

'The 30th Anniversary fan Collection' - The Hooters... a brilliant 4 Cd box set, brilliant !!

'High Hopes' - Bruce Springsteen..... as mentioned yesterday, pretty good collection.

'Apocalypse Now' - Various... two versions of the soundtrack to the film. Both good.

'Songs Of A Lifetime' - Greg Lake... sorry Greg, this one is really bad......

'The Hobbit' & 'The Lord Of The Rings'... a 56 disc box set of Rob Inglis reading the books, well good.

'Live At Bonnaroo' - Warren Haynes.... a great acoustic set, good & get a copy, it's really good !!

Add to those, the Asia & Black Sabbath albums mentioned above - plus all of the ones I've forgotten about & you have a idea of what I've been listening to, over the last month or so !!

Anyhoo - my plans, for the rest of the day...

Well, as mentioned, I have to head back to the hospital.... but, that's not until about 5pm this afternoon - so, it's going to be a long while, before we get home tonight !! Apart from that, I've got to pick up a couple of Cd's from town... and, that's about all !! Another quiet day, here in the wilds of England !!

So - for now, I will be on my ways.... I'm still trying to clear up the table & find a few things !! As always, I thank you for your time, logging in & stuff.... until next time...

Bye Bye