Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Lady V & Sir J... Ho-hum !!

Greetings to you all !!

It's another Tuesday, here in England... tho'.... I see one of my readers has logged in from China - so, I'm guessing it might already be Wednesday, where you live !! Anyhoo - you are all welcome..... wherever you live & breathe !!

Here, it's a cold & bright day.... there is stacks of cloud about, but - in the distance, I can make out the beach.... probably too cold for swimming !!

But - if you want to see the actual beach I'm talking about (sort of) then, watch the DVD of 'Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves'..... As the film ends, you can watch Bryan Adams singing the theme tune, while standing actually on the beach !! He is also filmed inland - at a local place..... but, the beach shots are fun !!

Oh well.......

Ah - the family.......

B has just gone out... she has an appointment at our local surgery, for a meeting & then, if she feels up to it, she is going into the gym, for a work out. Yesterday's trip was called off - it was late - especially with the car breaking down... so, she missed it !!  Never mind... she will soon get back into the swing of things !!

So - with ME at work, that just leaves J & I at home.... boy's day in !! No really.... J is here about, someplace.... and I'm here playing more music - nothing different there then !!

While I think about it... today's track of choice is 'Cyprus Avenue' by Van Morrison !! A little story.......

When my ex found me "surplus to requirements" and buggered off.... I agreed, as a one off - to send out any stuff she wanted & after that... everything left behind was mine.  by that, I didn't want her coming back every few weeks & asking for this, that or the other !! So - she sent a list.... and, with the help of a friend, we set about putting everything on the list, into these old style tea chests...... ready for ex-port !!

When we finished - I wrote on the side.... "The good guys always win - even in the '80s". What's that got to do with 'Cyprus Avenue'... well, one of the tapes she wanted back... well, I messed with it - just a bit... by altering the last track. I changed it to the above 'CA'... with it's brilliant last line.....

..... "It's too late to stop now !!"......... which, by that time, it was !! She had left me, for another guy & as far as I was concerned, there was no going back. Such fun....... especially when she wanted to know why her clothes were not in the tea chests !!  Simple really - they were not on the list !! Her loss, not mine...... !!

Tho', I was a good boy - and let a friend of her's come around a month or 2 later, to collect them.... well, the ones I hadn't thrown away or given to the Oxfam shop !! The moral of the story is simple... if you make a list, you better check it thru'...... oh well !!

Oh I love these old memories.... even if I can't remember what I did a week ago.... at least I have the old thoughts, to keep my little brain active !!

But... I mustn't dwell on what was, or what might have been.... My life, for what it's worth, has moved on & on... My ex Wife might be long gone, but I have my little B... My Wife & Dearest Friend & I love her sooooo very, very much !! We've been together 25 years now... and celebrate our 25th wedding thingy, next March !!  Wow... the good guys still win..... even in the new teens !!

Ok - I have to go to my clinic thingy tomorrow... my first stop there, since before Christmas !! Hopefully all will go well, tho'... well, it's been a little gap, since my last visit - so, as always, I'm a little apprehensive !! I know it will all go well - as long as I'm good... things will be fine !! I will keep you all up to date - just incase they find the "missing link" or something mad like that !!

The music of the moment... well, it's back to Roy harper's 'Me & My Woman'. The track of the day, a few hours back.... I'm just playing stuff at random & this just happens to be the track, that's on as I type......

Oh yes.... I'm getting some new Zeppelin shows, at some point soon...... My friend sent me an e-mail, to let me know they are in the pipeline.. or even the post - so, I'm looking forward to getting those !!

It seems like I'm getting 2 shows, from 1977...... one of my favourite years !! That should be great fun..... I will do a run thru' of them, when I eventually get them here & have chance to listen to them !!

I had a lovely e-mail from Lady V this morning.... her & her husband Sir J... well, as far as I can work out, they run part of the Allman's web site - the bit where you order up Cd's & stuff.... so, on Thursday - maybe Friday - this week, B is ordering my copy of the 2012 box
set !! I can't thank her enough for this chance - so, Lady V... when you get the order, please check it out..... I wouldn't want anything to go wrong !! the thought of getting all of the band's 2012 concerts, it's too amazing for words really !!

I was so happy last year, to get the 2011 Beacon Box set... and that was only 15 shows.... this new one, well - it's big & I've no idea how many shows there are actually in the box.... but, it's going to be bigger than the 2011 one !!  Oh.... sooooo much music & sooooo few brain cells to deal with all of the music !! Great stuff !!

It won't get here for a few months - but, the wait will be well worth it..... it will give me something to listen to, when I eventually get out of hospital !! It's one month, to the day, when I go back to the hospital & we decide what I'm going to have done...... a big
decision !!

In a nutshell.... I'm going to have surgery on my spine. This can be, as I understand it, done in I of 4 ways...

1) Surgery on my lower spine.
2) Surgery on the mid section of my spine.
3) Surgery on the top section of my spine...

or 4... all of the above.... in one big go !!

I can choose, with the surgeons advice, what to have done..... Maybe none at all, if the chances are bad, of screwing up the whole spinal cord and what have you !!  But, if I have the chance - I'm going for number 4... to get it all over with & take my chances with the
results !!

But - it won't be just my decision - B & the family have to have a say in this one... it's going to really bad, if things go wrong & the whole family need to be in involved with the final decision !! I'm "game on" for whatever comes my way - but, I have to think of the family & their thoughts on the subject !! Plus - The Lord is in my heart & I will pray for his guidance on this whole thing.... tho' I'm keen on number 4....... heck, why not !!

ME tells me, it's really going to hurt.... so, if it's going to hurt.... I may as well go for the whole job, in one go.... I don't want to look back at this, in a years time & wish I had had something else done !!  Let's get it done & dusted - I'm game, so let's do it !!

I'm not going to hold my breath, over all of this...... It was only a few months ago - less than that - when i was really happy, at the thought of not going back into the hospital again, in 2011... then, just a week or 2 later, I was stuck in there, again, for another 2 weeks !!
Bummer !!

Life is good.... we, as a family and on my own, will get thru' all of the above & come out smiling !!  If it hurts, well - I guess it will... but, what the heck... people have worse done and are, in many ways, worse off, than I ever will be.  Life is good & the love of my family keeps me going.... I love them to bits, I really do !!

Anyhoo.... for now, I will away. I read several blogs, by other people, around the World & I've not spent much time, looking at them lately, so... I'm going to spend the next couple of hours, reading their words & listening to some very loud music !!  Life is good.... until next time....

Bye Bye

Monday, 7 January 2013

A Walk On The Wild Side... (well, nearly)

Well Greetings Worlds !!

How is your bit of the Internet treating you ? I'm kind of floating around here - and I'm not just talking about the morphine I take !! I seem to be having a great "run" of music, blasting away thru' the old Bose !! I'll explain about that later... or try to, again.....

But first, the family.....

B has gone into town, mainly to pick up some foodstuffs & put some cash in the bank.....if all goes well, and it hasn't so far today, she will also take in a spell at the gym, to do a little work out thingy !!

She was going earlier... but, the car wouldn't start !!  It turned out, one of the doors wasn't shut properly - so, since she last drove it, a little light (inside the car) had been burning away & that was enough to run the battery down !! Bummer !!

Anyhoo - we called out the AA (we've got a full family membership) and the nice man, in his bright yellow van, came along & got her started !! So - she was a little late in leaving... but, she is on her ways now !! Oh I forgot - she also missed a hair appointment..... so, as I said above.. things hadn't gone very well for my Wife & Dearest Friend this morning !!

As for the rest of the family.... ME is at work again today... she seems to be doing a lot of days at the moment - hopefully she will get a rest soon !! Which just leaves J - who is here keeping an eye on me, incase I need any help !!

I'm Ok tho'....... no need for help at the moment !!

The music of the moment is a brilliant old track by Robert Plant, which was on an old 12 inch single, called 'Far Post'.... it's probably one of my favourite tracks by him, even tho' it's well old now !!

I remember going to see him, in concert, in about 1983....he played most of his 2 albums, so I kept shouting out for 'Far Post'... but, he never played it... oh well !! My loss... it was a great concert tho'.... and, as I say - one of a great run of music, that seems to be playing today !!

I'm still putting the old 'Project 87' tapes onto Cd... hence, the great music !! So many, many memories !! I really am enjoying listening to the old stuff.... Phil Collins' 'Against The Odds' is playing now... from the old 'Live Aid' concert, in 1985.... ah, so many memories & so much music !!

Just staying with music... the track of yesterday has to have been 'Junior Dad' from the 'Lulu' Cd, by Lou Reed & Metallica. I've no real reason, for my choice... it just hooked on to me yesterday & I played it a couple of times - so, that's the track of yesterday !!

Today's track of choice... well, it has to be Roy Harper's 'Me & My Woman' !! I love this track & it's playing as I type...... I think it's the 4th time I've played it today... so..... more another day....

Yesterday, well... being a Sunday, I would of liked to have gone to Church... but, we no longer "belong" to our old Church... read earlier posts, for the reason why... well, we didn't go - so, that's about the end of it really !! I think we'll start attending another Church... just so that we can keep going, even if it it is not exactly in our area !!  Time will tell on that one, I guess......

I did do something really off the wall, yesterday tho'........

To try & explain......

I usually get around, in my wheelchair. It's one that I push myself - not electric or any thing as new fangled as that... anyhoo, a few days ago, I asked B to help me, go for a little walk - just to the end of the close & back. It was only a few yards... maybe 150 metres or there about...... nothing major !! Anyways - yesterday, B wanted to go down to the local shop.... and I decided to walk a little of the ways, with her !!

I didn't go the full distance - but, just down the hill, to a bench thingy, where I waited for her !! I guess it was about 500 metres in total... but, I really am happy with myself, for managing to do it !! I was completely knackered, by the time I got home !!

In the end, I landed up in bed, to sleep it off... but, for me, it was really a long walk & I'm kind of proud of myself, for doing it & everything that went with it !! One of our better neighbours saw me & told me, I would be racing another neighbour around soon.... I don't think I'm up to that, just yet... but, I enjoyed the walk !!

Ok - I must away.... things to do & what have you. So, I thank you, as always, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...

Bye Bye

Saturday, 5 January 2013

We need to be strong, for each other !!

Well Greetings Worlds !!

It's Saturday here in England... and it's not been too bad a day, weather wise.  B & I went into town this morning, well - just about noon... and it was quite warm. I had to wrap up, but I was well hot come the end of the trip !!

The main reason for going in, was to sort out our home & car insurance... which both come due this month. Much to my surprise, both had come down this year !! I did consider contacting the Pope... it must be a miracle, to have something go down in price, rather than up !!

Never mind - it's all sorted now.... While we were in there, we went & did some shopping - that didn't go down... the food bill seems to go up & up, with each passing week !! But, we have to have food... so, we're screwed anyways !!

It's been a good day really... When we came home, B wanted to do some baking, so I took the chance to transfer another tape over to Cd. In a ways, that's wrong.... I'm still only part ways thru' tape 2... but, I've completed 2 Cd's... all very complicated !!

As time goes along, the tapes will have longer tracks - so, that will make the whole transfer thing, a lot easier. When I started doing these tapes, back in 1987 - they were just a bit of fun. Then, along with the guys I worked with & - in a way - the driving force, behind the whole thing... well, it was decided to do 42 tapes, in total.... so, taking one track per day (over a whole year) divided onto 42 tapes - well, it all became a a real work of the heart !!

For the reason behind the 42 tapes, well... we were all into 'The Hitch-hiker's Guider To The Galaxy' & hence, as the answer to the "meaning of life" question, was 42... it had to be 42 tapes !!  All completely mad... but, so much fun !!

Listening to the tapes, over the last few days... I can remember exactly why most of the tracks - well, the ones I've heard so far - were put onto the tape !!  I can't remember what I did yesterday - but, I can remember stuff from 26 years ago !! Completely mad !!

Enough about music - for now..... "The family" !!

B is here beside me... she has done the baking (I think) and has now started onto something else. J is here, upstairs someplace in his Hobbit Hole... which just leaves ME... who spent the night at M's place. Both of them will be here later, for supper. I'm not sure where the 3 cats are... but, that's the family !!

I'm not sure what is happening tomorrow.... I know we won't be at Church, so - I'm guessing we will have a quiet "at home" day !! The whole Church thing, well - it has become a little distressing, for me at least !! But, I have to be strong over this......

.... B went thru' a lot, while I was stuck in hospital, before Christmas & no one, from The Church came to her aid. She resents that & I really do agree with her feelings. Sure, people did come into the hospital, to see me.... but, as a family - well, we feel, The Church let us down !!

Added to the whole thing, about not being in the Taunton area, anymore - it's been a bad few weeks for us.... sod that, it's not been a bad few weeks, it's been a bad few months, for both of us !!

If you put the whole next surgery, into the mix.... well, it's more important to focus on the family, our family... more than what The Church !! I know the next surgery - in May - might not actually happen, but... if it does... well, we'll need to be strong, for each other.... & not worry about what The Church is doing !!

Ok - before I go... the track of the day !! I'm settling for a track called 'Only One Woman' by The Marbles. It came out so many years ago, I think in the 1960's.... and the reason, for having chosen that for today, comes back to our trip into town today.

As we were going along the road... the guy on the radio... played a new song, which as soon as I heard it, sounded like something you would of heard, on 1960's TV shows - it really did sound dated !!  But - it did remind me of my chosen "track of the day" !! So - that's how it came about.... for today at least !!

Right... I must be on my ways !! ME & M have just got here.... so, the whole family is "in the house" !! Must away... until next time...

Bye Bye

Friday, 4 January 2013

'Crossroads'

Hi again !!

I've decided today's track of choice is going to be 'Crossroads' by Don McLean..... I'm not 100% sure if that's how it's spelt, but... !!

Anyhoo - I've been working on transferring the old tapes (Project '87) over to Cd & the above track really stuck in my mind !! So... that's today's bit of music.

More another time..... until next time...

Bye Bye

Rock & Roll, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life"

Greetings Worlds !!

It's another Friday here in "Old England"..... question, how can a country be classed as "old" when, there are people like me, who are finding new parts of it, all the time ?! Ok - I don't get out much, anymore - but.... I'm sure if we went someplace today, I would see something "New" !! So - the question really should be.... how can things new, still greet us, in a country we've grown up in ?! All too heavy, this early in the morning !!

Nevermind.... it's the end of another week... well, almost & I'm sat here 'home alone' (until J gets out of bed) listening to the fantastic Grateful Dead and their 'Closing the Winterland' 4 Cd set.  I'm only onto track 3 - I doubt if I'll listen to the whole thing, but.... it's a great way to open the day with !!

ME is at work, another 8-8 day for her... J - as I say - is in bed... which leaves B... who has made the decision, to go & see her Dad !!  Long story, made short....

B's Dad wants to sell his 3 bedroom house, and move into a 1 bedroom apartment place.  He's pushing 300 years old & is - so he says - finding the bigger place too much..... me, well - he is kind of aged, but... I think he wants the cash, more than he wants to move !! Nevermind... that's up to him !! I will say this tho' - whenever he has cash - he spends it quicker than a hot knife thru' thin butter !!

Anyways... this has caused a split in the lovely B's family.  B has said - and I agree - it's his place & it's up to him, what he does with it !! Her Brother, on the other hand, is more about money, than a tight banker looking at the end of year profits !! He is totally against the house sell - mainly as he's a jerk, but also... if the big house gets sold, there will be less in the pot, when B's Dad finally passes away !! The Brother is really only interested in one thing - the cash - he really couldn't give a damn about his Dad's needs or wants..... just the bottom line & how much he'll get out of it !!

So...... B has been invited up to see her Dad.. as he wants to give her a load of stuff, making sure it gets passed down the family line, rather than - thinking about his Son - it getting sold on !! B has gone up - as I say, at her Dad's request... but, I'm sure there will be more to all of this, as the days go on... time will tell, I guess !!

Right... I didn't post anything yesterday.... I had a very weird one, indeed !! I had to go down to the Dr's - here in the village - at about 10.20 in the morning.... which was fun !! It was the first time I had seen him, since I had come out of hospital.... and, more importantly, since he said, there was nothing wrong with the last x-rays, he had ordered !!

For those who have not kept up with the story.....

My Dr had ordered some x-rays & decided they were fine.  A very short while later, another Dr saw me & i was sent into hospital, for more x-rays.... from there, I had 2 weeks, stuck in the hospital.... + a very upset Consultant, who was kind of pissed, I hadn't been sent to see him before !!

Nevermind... yesterday went well. My local Dr was all full of "sorry's" for this, that & the other... and put me on some more pills, as per the hospital's request. So - I have 4 more pills to take, everyday..... this time, the pill version, as well as the liquid version of morphine. Honestly - I'm spending more & more of my days, stoned out of my brain !!

I only started them yesterday... but, so far... they are making me a little sick, in the guts !! I hope the feeling will pass, as they seem to be tackling the pain, but - that's not a lot of fun, if you feel like crap !! We'll see how things go, I guess....

So - feeling a little poorly, I gave up on posting & headed to bed, for what I thought would be a short sleep... but - in the end, lasted for a few hours !! Nevermind...

Anyhoo - I didn't write about yesterdays "track of the day"..... It turned out to be an old single, by Kevin Johnson, called 'Rock & Roll, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life'. I was probably the only person in the World, who bought this, back in about 1973.... but, I really loved it !! Then, yesterday morning, when I woke up - the radio was on - in the kitchen - and they were playing it again !! So - that had to be yesterday's track of the day..... as yet, I've not found one for today.... but, it's early yet !!

News on the whole thing, about Church..... we've had phone calls & text's.. e-mails & cards, all from Church members over the last few days or so !! I think the word is spreading, we're not overly happy at the moment !! I will keep you posted on that... as it goes along !!

Ok - my plans for today...... I've spent a great load of time, sticking stuff on the Ipod's ready for my next stay in hospital stay - but, I want to take a break to day, so.... I'm going to try & put some tracks, from the old 'Project 87' tapes, over to Cd !! I can't do them all in one go.... but, I think I will make a start on them !!

If nothing else, I can maybe do one or two tapes... it will be fun to get going on them....... well, I think it will be !! if I don't make a start, it will never get done... and that's for sure !!

I thank you all for logging in... a big "Hello" to my friend in Russia... and the rest of you... until next time...

Bye Bye

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Therion & a very strange dream.. Ho-hum..


Hi again, everybody !!

How are your first days of 2013 going ? Mine are carrying on, where they left off, in 2012 !!  Feel like total crap & - looking on the better side of life - the music is louder & rockier !!  Can't be bad really....

The ladies of the house, have gone out shopping - I think they have headed up towards Bristol... not really sure on that one.  B wanted to go early (tho' it was ME's idea) so, it was done & dusted.... then she can take it easy for whatever remains of the day !!

That just leaves J... who is behind me, as I type.... plus your's truly, home alone !!  Hence the music is getting louder, by the minute !!

It seems we are having some Internet problems, so.... I'm not sure if these words will actually get posted or not - that's beyond me, I'm sorry to say !!  As for as computers are concerned, if I can't fix it with a quick bang, on the side of the main box thingy... well, I kind of give up !!

Not to worry...

The music of the moment has been Therion's 'live Gothic' 2 Cd set.... Cd one is almost at an end - so, I'll just let keep playing, onto Cd 2..... it's really loud !!  To stop waking the neighbours up too much, I've put the headphones on (for a while at least).... time to turn it up a bit louder I think !!

Tonight - being a Wednesday, we usually have a visit from our Church teachers.  However, as we don't seem to have a Church at the moment, I've e-mailed one of them & asked him not to come over tonight !!

It might sound a bit "mean"... but, I can't see any point in having lessons, about our Lord - or going to The Temple.... especially as we're not going any more !!  That is to say - as we no longer are part of the Church, that we've been a part of, for all of lives - in the Church... well, I don't see any point in any part of it.. I will no doubt  be "wrong" - as far as others think.... but, this time... I really have had enough !!

Onto other things.......

This years "Project"..... today's track of music, can really only be one thing....... 'Dreams' by the Allman Brothers Band. To try & explain........

Last night, I had - you've probably guessed - this really weird & strange dream. It featured stuff, from sooooo many years ago, well - I can't really put it all together !!  Part of it, was living at my folks house, some furniture that belonged to my Grandfather (who died in about 1961)... including some stuff, that I remember he had - all very weird !!

Add to that... there were some guys, who I've not seen in so many years + some thoughts about my ex-wife & her plans in coming back to England.... yep, it really was a nightmare !! Never mind....

The strange thing... if the dream itself wasn't strange enough.... I didn't think about it, not until I started playing an Allman's concert from September 1971, which featured a 19 minute version of 'Dreams'. Oh well... so, that's today's track.... even if I never get around to putting all of this stuff down, on paper, tape or Cd.... at least, I've written about it here !!

Onwards...

My thanks to all of you, who have logged in today... from America, thru' Europe and on to Malaysia... thank you all for reading my words - who knows, I might write something interesting, one day !!

Right - with Therion's 'Grand Finale' blasting away... I better be away, for now at least !! I want to transfer some Within Temptation tracks, over to the Ipod thingy...... I'm nowhere near to filling it up yet (the 2nd one) but, I want to get as much stuff on the thing, as I can...... If I don't go into the hospital, for another 5 months, at least I'm all prepared, music wise !!

Must away...... until next time...

Bye Bye

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

A New Year & A New Project !!

Well Greetings Worlds !!

I hope your bit of the Internet Universe has treated you well, these past few days !!  It's January 1st 2013 - what about that then !! My last day of the old year, well - I won't be too graphic, but.... I spent the past 48 hours, either in bed, or wishing I was !! Honestly - not the best way to see out the old year !!  Never mind... to fill in, just how bad it was..... I actually had to cancel a trip to the Dr's.... as I was too sick to go !!  Not good !!

"No" !!  I had not been drinking or anything.... so, it wasn't the demon booze that got me !!  I just had some kind of bug & it knocked me to football fields to the left & then back again..... never mind !! Dr B, did her usual great job of looking after me.... making sure I was awake, when I wasn't & everything along those lines !!

Talking of B... she is helping ME, doing a bit of a "clean up" in the little ones room.  She - ME - has just worked 2 nights on the trot & really didn't feel too keen on doing her room - so, in came B, to the rescue !!

The house smells of baking, as I type.... B has been busy for most of the morning.  Mince pies, sausage rolls, various sponge cakes & everything.  Looks good & smells great !!  I wish I could eat more of her cooking - but, that's not such a great idea !!

So - with the ladies of the house, in ME's room.... that just leaves J, hiding out in his Hobbit Hole. He came down, a short while ago - second breakfast.... but, he has now gone back into hiding..... Later, he is going over to our neighbour's house, to help sort out the central heating..... not so much, the heating, just the time clock.... P (our neighbour) doesn't seem to know how it works - so, J is going over to help out.

So - that just leaves me... here, listening to a 5 Cd Barclay James Harvest set. It's all very weird....... but, as I had the 2 Lp set - read my post, from sometime late last year - I thought I would hire this thing the library. It's Ok - but, if I tell you, it has several of the tracks, repeated, over & over... well - as good as those tracks are... it takes a bit of listening to !! Never mind.....

As my long term readers will know.... I spent a great part of last year, listing various Led Zeppelin concerts, which I have collected over the years. Well, altho' I didn't cover all of the concerts (in the collection) I didn't really want to do the same, all over this year........ tho', as I get new ones, I'll no doubt fill in the details....

.... but, this year - i wanted to step back, about 26 years !!

As you will know, I did this tape collection, all listed from the days of 1987. As I intend, to transfer those tapes to Cd... I've decided to do something similar for 2013.  I'm not going to record the tracks - but, just write them down & then, if I feel like it, relate those tracks to you, my readers !!

This might sound totally dumb... but, I hope it will come out Ok - besides, I only thought about this, a few minutes, before I started this post !!  To explain.....

As I've been feeling a little crap this morning - the ongoing effects of yesterday - I was transferring some more albums, over to the older of my 2 Ipod thingy's. Well - the very last track & I'm not making this up... was Greg Allman's 'Starting Over'... from his 1997 (I think) 'Searching For Simplicity' album.  So - that's the first track, of what I will call 'Project 2013' !!

It's an apt track... to "start over" again.... so, why not !!  Wish me well, on this one.... I think, as the year goes on, I'm going to need all the support I can get.... especially if I actually do have surgery !! Life is good.... so, no point in moaning too much about it !!

Last night, as is usual... we pulled back the curtains & watched all the fireworks going off - right up thru' the South of Wales & back thru' to the more local places. Luckily, the weather was clear - so, we had a great view !!  As I said before - life is good !!

Before I go.... we are starting the year off, in a bit of a pickle.  We didn't go to Church on Sunday, as we are no longer part of the Church, that we have been going to, these last 5+ years..... well, we didn't know where to go !!  As I say.... a bit of a pickle.... but, it has confirmed my thoughts of the last few years, we won't be going to Temple !!

Ain't life good.... ?!

I must away.... I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words, I hope 2013 will be the best year it can be, for all of you..... until next time...

Bye Bye