Good afternoon, to all of you....
I hope your Boxing Day is going well ?! It's been a great couple of days - lots of good company & good food, courtesy of my Wife & Dearest Friend !! There were only the 2 of us, here for Christmas dinner, but the M & M's joined us later in the day, for a very light tea. All in all, it was a brilliant day !!
Talking of B - she is over to my left, doing some knitting ...... a thingy for our Grand Daughter, who is due, 2 months from today !! That's come around really quickly.... it wasn't very long ago, that we were told ME was pregnant !! Here's hoping everything goes well, for all 3 of them...... it won't be long now folks !!
B & I stayed here, all of yesterday.... just a quiet day, really. I did managed to get her, a cup of, de-caff, tea in bed...... it was the least I could do for her. She has looked after me sooooo much, this past 12 months + !! It was the least I could do, bless her....... Also, I wanted her to have her gifts, from me, in bed - before she got up & started doing other stuff !!
I was able to get her a couple of Cd's, from Bryan Adams & Adele - both their latest offerings.... plus season 11 of N.C.I.S. on DVD & a couple of books, by her favourite cooks, 'The Hairy Bikers' !! All of the gifts, seem to have been gladly received.... hope so, at least !!
At some point, I'm paying for a couple of subscriptions, to a magazine or two, that she wants......... but, that'll be in a week or two. I'm not sure, exactly, which she ones they are, but I'm sure I'll get told, nearer the time !!
As for me - I was well spoilt !! From the M & M's, I had a big & I mean BIG 'Man Tin' and a load of sweets to put in the thing !! It's going to take me forever, to even scratch the surface on that lot, I can tell you...... there are loads of sweets in the thing...... !!
Plus, they gave me my very own Tribble !! It's a brilliant gift !! I can look after her, while watching the two DVD's they gave me..... 'The Desolation Of Smaug' on Blu-ray (the extended version) + a DVD of 'The Jinx'. I'm really looking forward to watching the latter !! The M & M's keep telling me how good it is, sooooo.......
As for the stuff B gave me..... "Wow !!" - I was really spoilt rotten !! Not only did I get a bundle of sweets, I was given a jumper thingy, the complete Seasons 1-8 of 'The Big Band Theory' + a special Christmas box set....... Also - she gave me a couple of Allman Brothers Cd's.... 'Idlewildsouth' - the new 2 Cd version.... and, the 3 Cd 'Live At The Cow Palace - New Years Eve 1973' concert..... all 4 hours of it !!
The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Wasted Words
2) Done Somebody Wrong
3) One Way Out
4) Stormy Monday
5) Midnight Rider
6) Blue Sky
7) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
8) Statesboro Blues
9) Southbound
10) Come & Go Blues
CD 2
1) Ramblin' Man
2) Trouble No More
3) Jessica
4) Les Brers In A Minor Pt. 1
5) Drum Solo
6) Les Brers In A Minor Pt. 2
7) Whipping Post
8) Linda Lou/Mary Lou
9) Hideaway/You Upset Me
CD 3
1) Bo Diddley/Mountain Jam Pt. 1
2) Save My Life
3) Blues Jam
4) You Don't Love Me
5) Will The Circle Be Unbroken
6) Mountain Jam Pt. 2
I've not had chance to play it all the ways thru' yet - but, somewhere Jerry Garcia joins the band on stage.... not sure when, but it's got to be good !! It's a brilliant album & it's about time, that it was released officially !! Well good !!
Right - I best think about switching off, for today at least....... except for one thing !! I've had an e-mail.....
....... from a guy who hasn't been in touch with me, for about 20 years !! I don't know exactly how move forward, on this one........ He owes me money, he owes us an apology, for wanting to use our bed, to screw with a girl he had picked up, at work - even tho' he was with his 'Wife' at the time and, it was a week before his daughter was going to be our bridesmaid !! Honestly..... where he's been all these years, I have no idea - I don't think I want to know !! Oh well............... !!
I'll have to think about this one - for now, I'm away. Thank you all, for logging in over the last couple of days, I appreciate your time. Now tho' - I will be on my ways... until next time....
Bye Bye
Saturday, 26 December 2015
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Dream Theater & Status Quo... Ho-hum !!
Hi again World's !!
I hope you're all doing this fine Christmas... I was tempted to say Christmas Eve - but, depending where you live, in the Universe, it might already be Christmas Day with you !! Sooooo - I will just leave it at "I hope you're doing Ok" and move on !!
As I type - B is across the road, having a chin-wag with one of the neighbours...... I don't know, just how long she is going to be, so the music is turned down to deafening & I'm hoping our other neighbours are enjoying it, as much as I am !!
A bit earlier - like 8am - we headed towards town, before all the crowds got going. We only wanted a few things, for tomorrow..... but, we thought we best get an early start !! As it was, things went pretty well..... the supermarket was really quiet, sooooo we must of beat the crazies !! That was brilliant, as far as I was concerned - I hate crowds !!
We were actually home, by 11.30 - so that was a bonus !! It meant B could get on with her bit of cooking - a chocolate log, requested by our Daughter (I think) - not much else really...... it meant everything has been done & dusted, really early !!
Changing the subject - the TV is on - quietly in the corner - and they're showing 'photos of Pluto, which were taking earlier in the year. I thought they were fantastic - so much so, that for a very long time, I had one image on my computer 'desk top'...... it was a brilliant achievement, to go all that ways & get such great images !! As I say.... truly brilliant !!
Going on to the music of the moment.... I'm playing Dream Theater's cover of Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' album. I love the fact, that the band did such a great version of it !! I've written about it before - but the tracks are:
1) Highway Star
2) Child In Time
3) Smoke On The Water
4) The Mule
5) Strange Kind Of Woman
6) Lazy
7) Space Truckin'
It is a straight copy of the Purple album.... well good tho' !! Try & treat yourself to a copy..... I'm not sure where you will find it - but, it's available some place or another !!
When B had finished her cooking, I did the dishes, listening to Status Quo's Birmingham concert, from back in the mid 80's. I don't know the exact date, but it was a special TV thingy, followed by the whole concert (I think) being broadcast, on the radio.
The tracks are:
1) Intro - God Save The Queen
2) Caroline
3) Roll Over, Lay Down
4) Black Water
5) Little Lady
6) Don't Drive My Car
7) Whatever You want
8) Hold You Back
9) Rocking All Over The World
10) Over The Edge
11) Don't Waste My Time
12) Dirty Water
13) Forty-Five Hundred Times
14) Big Fat Mama
15) Roadhouse Blues
16) Rain
17) Down down
18) Bye Bye Johnny
It was for the Prince's Trust charity.... and Charles & Diana were in the crowd, to lend some support - long before they split up & Charles married his second wife... small 'w', on that one !! Moving on....
I have no real plans to do anything, this afternoon...... maybe play a few more albums, or just kick back & watch a bit of TV. I'm not really sure, what I'm going to do..... it's just going to be a quiet & peaceful afternoon - that's going to be the plan, at least !!
Sooooo - I'll wish you all, a very happy Christmas & hope you're going to log in next year & read my words... it's always good to know, that you're out there !! I'm not really sure what 2016 is going to bring.... other than our first Grandchild - that's going to be a very special moment & that's for sure !!
So - have a great Christmas.... I will return, as & when time permits. My thanks to you all.... until next time...
Bye Bye
I hope you're all doing this fine Christmas... I was tempted to say Christmas Eve - but, depending where you live, in the Universe, it might already be Christmas Day with you !! Sooooo - I will just leave it at "I hope you're doing Ok" and move on !!
As I type - B is across the road, having a chin-wag with one of the neighbours...... I don't know, just how long she is going to be, so the music is turned down to deafening & I'm hoping our other neighbours are enjoying it, as much as I am !!
A bit earlier - like 8am - we headed towards town, before all the crowds got going. We only wanted a few things, for tomorrow..... but, we thought we best get an early start !! As it was, things went pretty well..... the supermarket was really quiet, sooooo we must of beat the crazies !! That was brilliant, as far as I was concerned - I hate crowds !!
We were actually home, by 11.30 - so that was a bonus !! It meant B could get on with her bit of cooking - a chocolate log, requested by our Daughter (I think) - not much else really...... it meant everything has been done & dusted, really early !!
Changing the subject - the TV is on - quietly in the corner - and they're showing 'photos of Pluto, which were taking earlier in the year. I thought they were fantastic - so much so, that for a very long time, I had one image on my computer 'desk top'...... it was a brilliant achievement, to go all that ways & get such great images !! As I say.... truly brilliant !!
Going on to the music of the moment.... I'm playing Dream Theater's cover of Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' album. I love the fact, that the band did such a great version of it !! I've written about it before - but the tracks are:
1) Highway Star
2) Child In Time
3) Smoke On The Water
4) The Mule
5) Strange Kind Of Woman
6) Lazy
7) Space Truckin'
It is a straight copy of the Purple album.... well good tho' !! Try & treat yourself to a copy..... I'm not sure where you will find it - but, it's available some place or another !!
When B had finished her cooking, I did the dishes, listening to Status Quo's Birmingham concert, from back in the mid 80's. I don't know the exact date, but it was a special TV thingy, followed by the whole concert (I think) being broadcast, on the radio.
The tracks are:
1) Intro - God Save The Queen
2) Caroline
3) Roll Over, Lay Down
4) Black Water
5) Little Lady
6) Don't Drive My Car
7) Whatever You want
8) Hold You Back
9) Rocking All Over The World
10) Over The Edge
11) Don't Waste My Time
12) Dirty Water
13) Forty-Five Hundred Times
14) Big Fat Mama
15) Roadhouse Blues
16) Rain
17) Down down
18) Bye Bye Johnny
It was for the Prince's Trust charity.... and Charles & Diana were in the crowd, to lend some support - long before they split up & Charles married his second wife... small 'w', on that one !! Moving on....
I have no real plans to do anything, this afternoon...... maybe play a few more albums, or just kick back & watch a bit of TV. I'm not really sure, what I'm going to do..... it's just going to be a quiet & peaceful afternoon - that's going to be the plan, at least !!
Sooooo - I'll wish you all, a very happy Christmas & hope you're going to log in next year & read my words... it's always good to know, that you're out there !! I'm not really sure what 2016 is going to bring.... other than our first Grandchild - that's going to be a very special moment & that's for sure !!
So - have a great Christmas.... I will return, as & when time permits. My thanks to you all.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Stone The Crows - 'Teenage Licks' Ho-hum....
Hi again World's !!
Is your bit of the Universe as cold as it is here ?! B & I went into town, just a little while ago & it was blooming freezing.... really bone chilling !! Oh well - we're home now & the house is soon to be filled, with the smell of fresh baking !!
My Wife & Dearest Friend, is behind me, in the kitchen, getting various things together, ready for baking. Today's food of choice is going to be mince pies, an apple pie & some home made sausage rolls !! The whole lot will be ready, in just under 2 hours.... MMmmmmmm I can't wait !!
As mentioned, we went into town, mainly to get a few bits of food stuff... the supermarket was teaming with people !! It was really crowded - it made it hard work, just getting around, in my wheelchair, very hard work !!
Nevermind - we got what we needed & came home...... We will have to go into town, tomorrow, at some point - that's not going to be a lot of fun !! I'm guessing it will be wall to wall people, but.... !!
The plan is to leave here, as early as possible - then get into the shops, as early as the Lord permits & then come home. It's not going to be a lot of fun - but there are just a few fresh things, that we are going to need, in order to keep us going over the 4 days of the holiday's.... Friday, thru' to the Monday, when hopefully, things will have quietened down a bit !!
Time will tell, on all of that - it sounds like a plan, if it works that is !! I do love it, when our plans work out.... but, this time around, I think we might find it hard work, getting it all together, with-out forgetting something !! Oh well....
I've mentioned B... ME (our Daughter) 'phoned earlier & their plan is to come over, sometime, on Christmas day.... that will be nice, as we've not seen the M & M's for a little while now. Bless them - they work soooooo very hard, they need to take a chill-ax pill, at some point & just relax !!
As for Christmas - it's only 2 days away !! It's come around so quick this year.... it seems to have caught up on me, just a little bit. I'm glad, with the benefit of hindsight, that I had the last surgery 3 weeks early. If I had gone with the original plan, I would have most likely been struggling to get out of the hospital, in time, to celebrate the holidays !! Nevermind - I'm home now & it's looking good, for the New Year !!
I wrote, yesterday, that we were expecting a visit from one of the lady's from Church.... as it turned out, 3 of them showed up !! To be fair - 2 of them came around, with-out knowing the 3rd one was coming... so, when the original lady came, the 1st 2 left us in peace !!
I was glad of that - I find it hard, when there are lots of people around - so to have 3 of them, in our living room, was a bit too much for me..... As it turned out - we had a nice evening & it was good to have a chat & stuff.
It's put our minds, a little more at ease, about returning to The Church services, on Sundays. How often we will go, well... that's something that will go, the way it goes.... depending on my health & stuff......
Moving away, from The Church - onto the music of the moment !!
As I type, I'm listening to the 'R40 Live' DVD - which I wrote about a few days back.... so, I won't list the tracks again. You can get them, by reading one of my posts, from a day or 2 ago.
But - in the mail, this morning, I received another Allman Brothers album !! This one is called 'Mycology - an Anthology'. As the title suggest, it's a kind of best of. I've got every track, on the Cd - but it didn't cost me anything...... mainly as I bought it, using my bonus points, which I've built up with Play.com. Ok - they're still very slow in delivering things, but... !!
The tracks on the Cd are:
1) Good Clean Fun
2) Seven Turns
3) End Of The Line
4) Get On With Your Life
5) Nobody Knows
6) No One To Run With
7) Back Where It All Begins
8) Sailing 'Cross The Devil's Sea
9) Midnight Rider
10) Every Hungry Woman
It looks like a good selection... and I'll give it a play, sometime later. I'll let you know how it goes. But, there is another album - which I was playing last night, that I wanted to mention..... and that's Stone The Crows 'Teenage Licks' from 1971.
I went up to the Royal Albert Hall, in London, to see Canned Heat & the Crows were the support band - playing the Cd, brought back a load of memories for me !! It's a good album - especially 'One Five Eight'. It's probably my favourite track.... if you get chance go & give it a listen !!
The tracks are:
1) Big Jim Salter
2) Faces
3) Mr. Wizard
4) Don't Think Twice
5) Keep On Rollin'
6) Ailen Mochree
7) One Five Eight
8) I May Be Right I May Be Wrong
9) Seven Lakes
I did have the album, on Lp - but to get it on Cd was quite a bonus for me !! Like I said above - check it out, if you can, it's really good... well, I think so, at least !! I do like my old albums, as long time readers will know !!
Right - I better think about signing off, for today.... things to do - well, not really !! I have to clear off, one of the shelves, sooooo that will take me a few minutes or so. It's in a right mess & I need to sort out the various Cd's that are on it.
Sooooo - I'm away for today.... as always, I thank you all for logging in & for reading my words. If any of you want to comment on what I write (good or bad) I would love to hear from you !! Now tho' - I must away....... until next time....
Bye Bye
Is your bit of the Universe as cold as it is here ?! B & I went into town, just a little while ago & it was blooming freezing.... really bone chilling !! Oh well - we're home now & the house is soon to be filled, with the smell of fresh baking !!
My Wife & Dearest Friend, is behind me, in the kitchen, getting various things together, ready for baking. Today's food of choice is going to be mince pies, an apple pie & some home made sausage rolls !! The whole lot will be ready, in just under 2 hours.... MMmmmmmm I can't wait !!
As mentioned, we went into town, mainly to get a few bits of food stuff... the supermarket was teaming with people !! It was really crowded - it made it hard work, just getting around, in my wheelchair, very hard work !!
Nevermind - we got what we needed & came home...... We will have to go into town, tomorrow, at some point - that's not going to be a lot of fun !! I'm guessing it will be wall to wall people, but.... !!
The plan is to leave here, as early as possible - then get into the shops, as early as the Lord permits & then come home. It's not going to be a lot of fun - but there are just a few fresh things, that we are going to need, in order to keep us going over the 4 days of the holiday's.... Friday, thru' to the Monday, when hopefully, things will have quietened down a bit !!
Time will tell, on all of that - it sounds like a plan, if it works that is !! I do love it, when our plans work out.... but, this time around, I think we might find it hard work, getting it all together, with-out forgetting something !! Oh well....
I've mentioned B... ME (our Daughter) 'phoned earlier & their plan is to come over, sometime, on Christmas day.... that will be nice, as we've not seen the M & M's for a little while now. Bless them - they work soooooo very hard, they need to take a chill-ax pill, at some point & just relax !!
As for Christmas - it's only 2 days away !! It's come around so quick this year.... it seems to have caught up on me, just a little bit. I'm glad, with the benefit of hindsight, that I had the last surgery 3 weeks early. If I had gone with the original plan, I would have most likely been struggling to get out of the hospital, in time, to celebrate the holidays !! Nevermind - I'm home now & it's looking good, for the New Year !!
I wrote, yesterday, that we were expecting a visit from one of the lady's from Church.... as it turned out, 3 of them showed up !! To be fair - 2 of them came around, with-out knowing the 3rd one was coming... so, when the original lady came, the 1st 2 left us in peace !!
I was glad of that - I find it hard, when there are lots of people around - so to have 3 of them, in our living room, was a bit too much for me..... As it turned out - we had a nice evening & it was good to have a chat & stuff.
It's put our minds, a little more at ease, about returning to The Church services, on Sundays. How often we will go, well... that's something that will go, the way it goes.... depending on my health & stuff......
Moving away, from The Church - onto the music of the moment !!
As I type, I'm listening to the 'R40 Live' DVD - which I wrote about a few days back.... so, I won't list the tracks again. You can get them, by reading one of my posts, from a day or 2 ago.
But - in the mail, this morning, I received another Allman Brothers album !! This one is called 'Mycology - an Anthology'. As the title suggest, it's a kind of best of. I've got every track, on the Cd - but it didn't cost me anything...... mainly as I bought it, using my bonus points, which I've built up with Play.com. Ok - they're still very slow in delivering things, but... !!
The tracks on the Cd are:
1) Good Clean Fun
2) Seven Turns
3) End Of The Line
4) Get On With Your Life
5) Nobody Knows
6) No One To Run With
7) Back Where It All Begins
8) Sailing 'Cross The Devil's Sea
9) Midnight Rider
10) Every Hungry Woman
It looks like a good selection... and I'll give it a play, sometime later. I'll let you know how it goes. But, there is another album - which I was playing last night, that I wanted to mention..... and that's Stone The Crows 'Teenage Licks' from 1971.
I went up to the Royal Albert Hall, in London, to see Canned Heat & the Crows were the support band - playing the Cd, brought back a load of memories for me !! It's a good album - especially 'One Five Eight'. It's probably my favourite track.... if you get chance go & give it a listen !!
The tracks are:
1) Big Jim Salter
2) Faces
3) Mr. Wizard
4) Don't Think Twice
5) Keep On Rollin'
6) Ailen Mochree
7) One Five Eight
8) I May Be Right I May Be Wrong
9) Seven Lakes
I did have the album, on Lp - but to get it on Cd was quite a bonus for me !! Like I said above - check it out, if you can, it's really good... well, I think so, at least !! I do like my old albums, as long time readers will know !!
Right - I better think about signing off, for today.... things to do - well, not really !! I have to clear off, one of the shelves, sooooo that will take me a few minutes or so. It's in a right mess & I need to sort out the various Cd's that are on it.
Sooooo - I'm away for today.... as always, I thank you all for logging in & for reading my words. If any of you want to comment on what I write (good or bad) I would love to hear from you !! Now tho' - I must away....... until next time....
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Transatlantic & other stuff !!
Greetings World's !!
How is your bit of the Universe treating you, this fine wet Tuesday ?! It's not very nice, outside, as I type - the rain is pouring down !! Ok - on the upside.... it's warm, but still wet !! Nevermind....... I'm happy inside the homestead, keep myself happy, by typing various e-mails & stuff like that + of course, some loud music, to keep me awake !!
We're still debating, whether to go shopping today, or tomorrow. I think tomorrow is going to win, as we don't really need anything special - well, nothing that won't wait that is !! Time will tell, on that subject, I think... depending on what B thinks we might need !!
Right, I've not written since Saturday.... so, where have I been ? Nowhere, is the only answer I can give you & that's a fact. I don't really like posting on a Sunday, if it can be avoided, anyhoo.... and, as for yesterday...... well.....
.... I wanted to wait, until today !! Main reason for that being was. I had to go back to the hospital (again) yesterday afternoon, to see one of my Consultants. The good news is, she has given me an open appointment !! That means, I don't have to go back to see her, unless things get too bad & I can't put up with it anymore !!
By "it" - I mean my Chrohn's disease and all that goes along with it !! Ok - it's never going to get to the point, where it's gone completely away, but at least, the Consultant was happy enough with my progress, to let me decided what I do next, type of thing !! Great stuff - and a real bit of good news, to end the year on !!
Now all I have to do, is get the pain to go away, every other day & my life might get back to some kind of normal.... well, normal for us at least !! Oh - then there is the back - but since the metalwork was removed, that seems to be going from good to even better.
The last infection level, I had tested, was down to 10 - so that's as normal as it's going to get & that's a fact !! Ok - I've had a 6 - but, what the heck.... life is getting better, as the year is coming to an
end !! It's great to end on a high note & I go into 2016, with-out any planned operations.... brilliant !!
As for the family.... Well B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is upstairs, changing this, that & the other. Later tonight, we have a lady from The Church coming to see us, sooooo B is getting everything as tidy as she can, for her visit.
B likes to keep the house, as clean as she can - but, when someone is coming around, she goes into overdrive & gets things, just the way she feels they ought to be !! Bless her - if people can't take us, the way we are, that's too bad. It's not a show home - we live here, sooooo people should put up with us, as we are !!
As for the rest of the family - well.... I'm hoping we will see the M & M's over the Christmas - which is only 3 days away !! Wow !! That's come around quick & that's a fact !! Today - according to the news, was the shortest day of the year.... I always thought that was the 21st of the month ?! It's all good.....
Right, the music of the moment.
Well, I've moved from Dream Theater 'live' albums, onto Transatlantic's 'Kaliveoscope' 3 Cd set, from last year. I guess, it was a natural progression, to move from one band, to the next.... Mike Portnoy being, or having been in both bands...... anyhoo, the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Into The Blue
2) My New World
3) Shine
CD 2
1) The Whirlwind Medley
2) Beyond The Sun
3) Kaleidoscope
CD 3
1) Neal & Roine Duet
2) We All Need Some Light
3) Black As The Sky
4) Nights In White Satin
5) Silvia
6) Hocus Pocus
7) Medley: All Of The Above/Stranger In Your Soul
I've written about this album, before... it's well good & you should go out & get yourself a copy, just as soon as you see one on the shelves. Treat yourself.... it's really good !!
Staying with music - I'm still waiting on 3 Cd's from Play.com...... they're always quick to take your cash - but, too slow in my opinion, to deliver the goods.
Ok - I know they're busy at this time of year, but they always seem blooming slow, compared to Amazon. Oh well...... it's only a couple more Allman Brothers albums + the latest Joe Bonamassa live set, from a month or two back. It would be nice to have them, this side of Christmas, but I'm not holding my breath !!
Right, I must be on my ways...... things to do & such like. Actually, I'm going to tidy up the dreaded computer table again !! It always seems to catch up on me & get cluttered before I get around to giving it a once over. Nevermind - I want to sort out the Cd's, so I may as well start with the table !!
Thank's to you all, for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
How is your bit of the Universe treating you, this fine wet Tuesday ?! It's not very nice, outside, as I type - the rain is pouring down !! Ok - on the upside.... it's warm, but still wet !! Nevermind....... I'm happy inside the homestead, keep myself happy, by typing various e-mails & stuff like that + of course, some loud music, to keep me awake !!
We're still debating, whether to go shopping today, or tomorrow. I think tomorrow is going to win, as we don't really need anything special - well, nothing that won't wait that is !! Time will tell, on that subject, I think... depending on what B thinks we might need !!
Right, I've not written since Saturday.... so, where have I been ? Nowhere, is the only answer I can give you & that's a fact. I don't really like posting on a Sunday, if it can be avoided, anyhoo.... and, as for yesterday...... well.....
.... I wanted to wait, until today !! Main reason for that being was. I had to go back to the hospital (again) yesterday afternoon, to see one of my Consultants. The good news is, she has given me an open appointment !! That means, I don't have to go back to see her, unless things get too bad & I can't put up with it anymore !!
By "it" - I mean my Chrohn's disease and all that goes along with it !! Ok - it's never going to get to the point, where it's gone completely away, but at least, the Consultant was happy enough with my progress, to let me decided what I do next, type of thing !! Great stuff - and a real bit of good news, to end the year on !!
Now all I have to do, is get the pain to go away, every other day & my life might get back to some kind of normal.... well, normal for us at least !! Oh - then there is the back - but since the metalwork was removed, that seems to be going from good to even better.
The last infection level, I had tested, was down to 10 - so that's as normal as it's going to get & that's a fact !! Ok - I've had a 6 - but, what the heck.... life is getting better, as the year is coming to an
end !! It's great to end on a high note & I go into 2016, with-out any planned operations.... brilliant !!
As for the family.... Well B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is upstairs, changing this, that & the other. Later tonight, we have a lady from The Church coming to see us, sooooo B is getting everything as tidy as she can, for her visit.
B likes to keep the house, as clean as she can - but, when someone is coming around, she goes into overdrive & gets things, just the way she feels they ought to be !! Bless her - if people can't take us, the way we are, that's too bad. It's not a show home - we live here, sooooo people should put up with us, as we are !!
As for the rest of the family - well.... I'm hoping we will see the M & M's over the Christmas - which is only 3 days away !! Wow !! That's come around quick & that's a fact !! Today - according to the news, was the shortest day of the year.... I always thought that was the 21st of the month ?! It's all good.....
Right, the music of the moment.
Well, I've moved from Dream Theater 'live' albums, onto Transatlantic's 'Kaliveoscope' 3 Cd set, from last year. I guess, it was a natural progression, to move from one band, to the next.... Mike Portnoy being, or having been in both bands...... anyhoo, the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Into The Blue
2) My New World
3) Shine
CD 2
1) The Whirlwind Medley
2) Beyond The Sun
3) Kaleidoscope
CD 3
1) Neal & Roine Duet
2) We All Need Some Light
3) Black As The Sky
4) Nights In White Satin
5) Silvia
6) Hocus Pocus
7) Medley: All Of The Above/Stranger In Your Soul
I've written about this album, before... it's well good & you should go out & get yourself a copy, just as soon as you see one on the shelves. Treat yourself.... it's really good !!
Staying with music - I'm still waiting on 3 Cd's from Play.com...... they're always quick to take your cash - but, too slow in my opinion, to deliver the goods.
Ok - I know they're busy at this time of year, but they always seem blooming slow, compared to Amazon. Oh well...... it's only a couple more Allman Brothers albums + the latest Joe Bonamassa live set, from a month or two back. It would be nice to have them, this side of Christmas, but I'm not holding my breath !!
Right, I must be on my ways...... things to do & such like. Actually, I'm going to tidy up the dreaded computer table again !! It always seems to catch up on me & get cluttered before I get around to giving it a once over. Nevermind - I want to sort out the Cd's, so I may as well start with the table !!
Thank's to you all, for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Saturday, 19 December 2015
More Dream Theater & chocolates ?!
Hi again Everybody....
It's another Saturday - the official end to our week....... I know other customs & beliefs have things differently, but - it's a Saturday. I hope all of you - on which ever World, you happen to be living on - are having a good day !!
Life here is going on & on...... things are moving along - altho' I'm still playing the Game Of Thrones, as far as my health goes !! I could do with-out all of that hassle.... nevermind !!
Two things I wanted to write about today.... one to do with family & one to do with music - first tho' 'The Family' !!
As I type, B is here beside me, in our living/rec room..... heck, it's all we've got, sooooo we have to make the best of it !! Anyhoo - B's put up our 12 inch Christmas tree & a few decorations, around & about the place. The tree is a "live" one - growing in it's own pot & it's grown quite a bit, since last year !! In about 15 years, it'll be really tall..... that should be good...
The thing I wanted to write, concerns our Son - J....... I go thru' life, trying to keep a low profile (well I have this last couple or so years) & I openly admit - I've done some wrong things... hence J hates my guts !!
When I tried to offer him the chance to have his stuff stored, he wrote a few comments, to B via text.... which I would not want to write here, but I've never been a ducking bar steward - sooooo where he got that from, I have no clue. Of course, you have to rearrange the words, but you get my drift ?!
The final straw for me, was when he only wanted to meet up with B.... I did stay away, at his request, but that really was the last straw.
Yet now - he has sent us joint Christmas pressy's..... go figure !! The guy hates me - yet sends me a box of chocolates. I give up - I doubt that I will understand him, ever again.... but, it's been his choice, all the ways thru'...... this could be the last time, that I mention him, sorry about that !!
As for the music thingy....
I'm listening to Dream Theater's 'Live Scenes From New York' 3 Cd set & they played a tune, that I know I have here 'live' on another Cd.... but I can't remember which one it is !! Of course - I didn't think to look what the title was, as it was playing & now I can't even remember what the track was ?! Oh well - that's life, I guess !!
The tracks on the Cd are:
CD 1
1) Regression
2) Overture 1928
3) Strange Deja Vu
4) Through My Words
5) Fatal Tragedy
6) Beyond This Life
7) John & Therese Solo Spot
8) Through Her Eyes
9) Home
10) The Dance Of Eternity
CD 2
1) One Last Time
2) The Spirit Caries On
3) Finally Free
4) Metropolis Pt. 1
5) The Mirror
6) Just Let Me Breath
7) Acid Rain
8) Caught In A New Millennium
9) Another Day
10) Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo
CD 3
1) A Mind Beside Itself
(I) Erotomania
2) (II) Voices
3) (III) The Silent Man
4) Learning To Live
5) A Change Of Seasons
The tracks numbers on Cd 3 are a bit chaotic - but I've listed them, as they are on the Cd..... all a bit strange really !! It's a long, long collection - but all worth having in the collection !! Go & treat
yourself !!
Also - go & buy yourself the Rush '40 Live' Cd which I mentioned yesterday.... it's well good !! Ok - I'm bias, but it's still good !! Maybe a few tracks from the 'Signals' album... well, a few more tracks would of been good, but... it's still a great bit of music !!
Right - I must away... I have to wrap one of the 2 pressy's I've got B for Christmas !! That will only take a few minutes, after that, I don't know what I'm going to do !! Oh well - thank's for logging in & reading my words..... until next time.....
Bye Bye
It's another Saturday - the official end to our week....... I know other customs & beliefs have things differently, but - it's a Saturday. I hope all of you - on which ever World, you happen to be living on - are having a good day !!
Life here is going on & on...... things are moving along - altho' I'm still playing the Game Of Thrones, as far as my health goes !! I could do with-out all of that hassle.... nevermind !!
Two things I wanted to write about today.... one to do with family & one to do with music - first tho' 'The Family' !!
As I type, B is here beside me, in our living/rec room..... heck, it's all we've got, sooooo we have to make the best of it !! Anyhoo - B's put up our 12 inch Christmas tree & a few decorations, around & about the place. The tree is a "live" one - growing in it's own pot & it's grown quite a bit, since last year !! In about 15 years, it'll be really tall..... that should be good...
The thing I wanted to write, concerns our Son - J....... I go thru' life, trying to keep a low profile (well I have this last couple or so years) & I openly admit - I've done some wrong things... hence J hates my guts !!
When I tried to offer him the chance to have his stuff stored, he wrote a few comments, to B via text.... which I would not want to write here, but I've never been a ducking bar steward - sooooo where he got that from, I have no clue. Of course, you have to rearrange the words, but you get my drift ?!
The final straw for me, was when he only wanted to meet up with B.... I did stay away, at his request, but that really was the last straw.
Yet now - he has sent us joint Christmas pressy's..... go figure !! The guy hates me - yet sends me a box of chocolates. I give up - I doubt that I will understand him, ever again.... but, it's been his choice, all the ways thru'...... this could be the last time, that I mention him, sorry about that !!
As for the music thingy....
I'm listening to Dream Theater's 'Live Scenes From New York' 3 Cd set & they played a tune, that I know I have here 'live' on another Cd.... but I can't remember which one it is !! Of course - I didn't think to look what the title was, as it was playing & now I can't even remember what the track was ?! Oh well - that's life, I guess !!
The tracks on the Cd are:
CD 1
1) Regression
2) Overture 1928
3) Strange Deja Vu
4) Through My Words
5) Fatal Tragedy
6) Beyond This Life
7) John & Therese Solo Spot
8) Through Her Eyes
9) Home
10) The Dance Of Eternity
CD 2
1) One Last Time
2) The Spirit Caries On
3) Finally Free
4) Metropolis Pt. 1
5) The Mirror
6) Just Let Me Breath
7) Acid Rain
8) Caught In A New Millennium
9) Another Day
10) Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo
CD 3
1) A Mind Beside Itself
(I) Erotomania
2) (II) Voices
3) (III) The Silent Man
4) Learning To Live
5) A Change Of Seasons
The tracks numbers on Cd 3 are a bit chaotic - but I've listed them, as they are on the Cd..... all a bit strange really !! It's a long, long collection - but all worth having in the collection !! Go & treat
yourself !!
Also - go & buy yourself the Rush '40 Live' Cd which I mentioned yesterday.... it's well good !! Ok - I'm bias, but it's still good !! Maybe a few tracks from the 'Signals' album... well, a few more tracks would of been good, but... it's still a great bit of music !!
Right - I must away... I have to wrap one of the 2 pressy's I've got B for Christmas !! That will only take a few minutes, after that, I don't know what I'm going to do !! Oh well - thank's for logging in & reading my words..... until next time.....
Bye Bye
Friday, 18 December 2015
Rush... 'R40 Live' Ho-hum !!
Well "Greetings" World's !!
How are you all doing this fine Friday afternoon ?! I hope it's warm & dry with you all.... unfortunately, it's cold & wet here in England's South-West corner. We catch the rainfall, as it comes in, off the Atlantic & up thru' the Bristol Channel. We can't really moan - when it's dry & warm here (about one day each year)...... well, it's pretty good !!
B & I went into town. this morning - only to pick up some stuff for the moggies - and one minute, the Sun is out - then, on the return journey, it's over cast & wet !! Not good !!
Nevermind.... we're home for the rest of the day. Tonight there is the Church Christmas get together - but, I don't think either of us are that keen to attend. There will be too many questions asked & too few answers to give. I could say "Why haven't you bothered with helping us, over the last 2+ years"....... but that would be mean of me...... kind of !!
I think we will attend the Christmas Carol service on Sunday, but we will have to wait & see how things go, on the day. Hopefully I will be well enough to go - mainly as B won't go on her own !! We will have to see what happens, I guess..... time will tell !!
Right - back to this morning - I've had 2 trips to the local Dr's surgery. Going once is bad enough - to go twice.... well..... that's life !!
My 1st visit, was to see my local Dr..... I'm struggling with the pain control at the moment & we had a talk to try & sort it all out. Of course - it doesn't help that I did a bit of work, in the spare room this week !! It didn't hurt too much at the time.... but, now.... !! Oh well, that's life - as I've just said !! If all goes to plan, I will get put back on some drugs, that I used to have, in the hospital - but, it will take a few days to sort itself out.
We also talked about a review, that I'm currently under, concerning my general state of health...... It's a government thing - where they try & get as many people as they can, off of the "claiming" type of thing & "back to work".... He said it all - "You're too sick to work" & that's about that !! We will have to see how things go !!
My 2nd visit was to see the nurse, to have my dressings changed again. If all goes well, after the Christmas holiday's, I might be able to have the dressings changed twice a week - down from the 3 times a week, it's at now. That would be good !! I still have a hole in my back - but, it's getting smaller each week.... sooooo, less dressings are needed !!
At the moment, things are healing well & my blood infection levels are down to about the 13 mark, sooooo, every thing is looking really good, going into 2016 !! Hopefully, when our Grand Daughter is born, I will be allowed to hold her, with out the risk of me giving the baby anything nasty !! That's something that will make my day - being able to hold the baby..... time will tell, I guess !!
Yesterday, the ladies of the family, went up to see the relatives.... B's Aunt was really pleased to see them both again..... she loves her adopted Grand Daughter !! Once again - oh well.... !!
Right - 'The Music Of The Moment' !!
I'm glad to say - I'm playing the latest Cd/DVD from Rush - 'R40 Live'. It came out a very short time ago, here in the UK, and it's been well worth the wait, it really has !!
The tracks are:
CD 1
1) The World Is.. The World Is...
2) The Anarchist
3) Headlong Flight
4) Far Cry
5) The Main Monkey Business
6) How It Is
7) Animate
8) Roll The Bones
9) Between The Wheels
10) Losing It - with Been Mink
11) Subdivisions
CD 2
1) Tom Sawyer
2) YYZ
3) The Spirit Of Radio
4) Natural Science
5) Jacob's Ladder
6) Hemispheres :Prelude
7) Cygnus X-1/The Story So Far (Incl. Drum Solo)
8) Closer To The Heart
9) Xanadu
10) 2112
CD 3
1) Mel's Rockpile - with Eugene Levy
2) Lakeside Park/Anthem
3) What You Doing/Working Man
4) One Little Victory
5) Distant Early Warning
6) Red Barchetta
7) Clockwork Angels
8) The Wreckers
9) The Camera Eye
10) Losing It - with Jonathon Dinklage
So far, I'm only up to the beginning of Cd 2.... but, it's all well good !! 'Losing It' was a big surprise.... I've never heard it done 'live' before, as the band - I think - have never played it on stage before (?). As for Cd 3... tracks 4-10 are so called 'bonus' tracks. Hopefully they will be good - to have a decent live version of 'Hemispheres' .... even if it's only a truncated version, that would be good !! I'll let you know, as & when I get around to listening to it.
Oh - I forgot, last night, B took me in to see the Christmas lights in Taunton & to a bit of shopping. The lights were a bit of a let down, but HMV was good & Father Christmas is going to be extra nice to me, this year !!
B picked me up a couple of Allman Brothers Cd's + a DVD collection from 'The Big Bang Theory' guys. All of which have been put to one side, until Christmas Day !! It's Ok - I wasn't expecting to get them - one of them in particular - sooooo waiting will not be much of a problem !! I can wait.... just for a few days, at least !! Ho-hum......
Right - Christmas day is one week away... a week from today !! It's come around quickly this year..... it seems to have caught up with me, all of a sudden !! I guess, being stuck in hospital, for 4 weeks into November.... well, I guess you all know what I mean ?! Christmas comes around fast & that's a fact !!
For now tho' - I will be on my ways... things to do & stuff like that. As always, I thank you for your time & for reading my words.... until next time....
Bye Bye
How are you all doing this fine Friday afternoon ?! I hope it's warm & dry with you all.... unfortunately, it's cold & wet here in England's South-West corner. We catch the rainfall, as it comes in, off the Atlantic & up thru' the Bristol Channel. We can't really moan - when it's dry & warm here (about one day each year)...... well, it's pretty good !!
B & I went into town. this morning - only to pick up some stuff for the moggies - and one minute, the Sun is out - then, on the return journey, it's over cast & wet !! Not good !!
Nevermind.... we're home for the rest of the day. Tonight there is the Church Christmas get together - but, I don't think either of us are that keen to attend. There will be too many questions asked & too few answers to give. I could say "Why haven't you bothered with helping us, over the last 2+ years"....... but that would be mean of me...... kind of !!
I think we will attend the Christmas Carol service on Sunday, but we will have to wait & see how things go, on the day. Hopefully I will be well enough to go - mainly as B won't go on her own !! We will have to see what happens, I guess..... time will tell !!
Right - back to this morning - I've had 2 trips to the local Dr's surgery. Going once is bad enough - to go twice.... well..... that's life !!
My 1st visit, was to see my local Dr..... I'm struggling with the pain control at the moment & we had a talk to try & sort it all out. Of course - it doesn't help that I did a bit of work, in the spare room this week !! It didn't hurt too much at the time.... but, now.... !! Oh well, that's life - as I've just said !! If all goes to plan, I will get put back on some drugs, that I used to have, in the hospital - but, it will take a few days to sort itself out.
We also talked about a review, that I'm currently under, concerning my general state of health...... It's a government thing - where they try & get as many people as they can, off of the "claiming" type of thing & "back to work".... He said it all - "You're too sick to work" & that's about that !! We will have to see how things go !!
My 2nd visit was to see the nurse, to have my dressings changed again. If all goes well, after the Christmas holiday's, I might be able to have the dressings changed twice a week - down from the 3 times a week, it's at now. That would be good !! I still have a hole in my back - but, it's getting smaller each week.... sooooo, less dressings are needed !!
At the moment, things are healing well & my blood infection levels are down to about the 13 mark, sooooo, every thing is looking really good, going into 2016 !! Hopefully, when our Grand Daughter is born, I will be allowed to hold her, with out the risk of me giving the baby anything nasty !! That's something that will make my day - being able to hold the baby..... time will tell, I guess !!
Yesterday, the ladies of the family, went up to see the relatives.... B's Aunt was really pleased to see them both again..... she loves her adopted Grand Daughter !! Once again - oh well.... !!
Right - 'The Music Of The Moment' !!
I'm glad to say - I'm playing the latest Cd/DVD from Rush - 'R40 Live'. It came out a very short time ago, here in the UK, and it's been well worth the wait, it really has !!
The tracks are:
CD 1
1) The World Is.. The World Is...
2) The Anarchist
3) Headlong Flight
4) Far Cry
5) The Main Monkey Business
6) How It Is
7) Animate
8) Roll The Bones
9) Between The Wheels
10) Losing It - with Been Mink
11) Subdivisions
CD 2
1) Tom Sawyer
2) YYZ
3) The Spirit Of Radio
4) Natural Science
5) Jacob's Ladder
6) Hemispheres :Prelude
7) Cygnus X-1/The Story So Far (Incl. Drum Solo)
8) Closer To The Heart
9) Xanadu
10) 2112
CD 3
1) Mel's Rockpile - with Eugene Levy
2) Lakeside Park/Anthem
3) What You Doing/Working Man
4) One Little Victory
5) Distant Early Warning
6) Red Barchetta
7) Clockwork Angels
8) The Wreckers
9) The Camera Eye
10) Losing It - with Jonathon Dinklage
So far, I'm only up to the beginning of Cd 2.... but, it's all well good !! 'Losing It' was a big surprise.... I've never heard it done 'live' before, as the band - I think - have never played it on stage before (?). As for Cd 3... tracks 4-10 are so called 'bonus' tracks. Hopefully they will be good - to have a decent live version of 'Hemispheres' .... even if it's only a truncated version, that would be good !! I'll let you know, as & when I get around to listening to it.
Oh - I forgot, last night, B took me in to see the Christmas lights in Taunton & to a bit of shopping. The lights were a bit of a let down, but HMV was good & Father Christmas is going to be extra nice to me, this year !!
B picked me up a couple of Allman Brothers Cd's + a DVD collection from 'The Big Bang Theory' guys. All of which have been put to one side, until Christmas Day !! It's Ok - I wasn't expecting to get them - one of them in particular - sooooo waiting will not be much of a problem !! I can wait.... just for a few days, at least !! Ho-hum......
Right - Christmas day is one week away... a week from today !! It's come around quickly this year..... it seems to have caught up with me, all of a sudden !! I guess, being stuck in hospital, for 4 weeks into November.... well, I guess you all know what I mean ?! Christmas comes around fast & that's a fact !!
For now tho' - I will be on my ways... things to do & stuff like that. As always, I thank you for your time & for reading my words.... until next time....
Bye Bye
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Dream Theater 'Score' and other stuff... Ho-hum
Greetings World's !!
How are you all doing this fine blurry day ?! It's another Thursday here in England's South-West corner and I'm home alone for a few hours. B & ME have gone to visit her Dad & Aunt + to do a bit of Christmas shopping as well.... sooooo I doubt if I'll see either of them for a few hours at least !!
That means I'm here, listening to music & doing the odd little house hold bits & bobs. I've already done my dishes !! I usually put off doing them, until the last possible moment - but, not today !! I wanted to leave things done & dusted early !!
So far, it's been a quiet kind of day.... I got up about 11am, came down the stairs & got on with things. So - it's now heading towards 12 noon & I can relax for what's left of the day !! It's not much of a plan, but it's all I've got !!
As for the music of the moment - well, that's Dream Theater's 'Score' live 3 Cd set. I'm on a Dream Theater live album kick, at the moment - playing them all, thru' out my days. I've still got a few to go - but.... The 'Score' tracks are:
CD 1
1) The Root Of All Evil
2) I Walk Beside You
3) Another Won
4) Afterlife
5) Under A Glass Moon
6) Innocence Faded
7) Raise The Knife
8) The Spirit Caries On
CD 2
1) Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2) Vacant
3) The Answer Lies Within
4) Sacrificed Sons
CD 3
1) Octavarium
2) Metropolis
I've got as far as 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence' at the moment.... a really great 'live' track, especially with a full orchestra, backing the band...... it really brings the whole track (40+ minutes) out to it's best. Ok - I've got odd tracks, from the this album, on other live sets - but, this version is a bit special !!
Staying with music - I've worked out, what my New Year's resolution has to be !! I have to try & sort out all of our Cd collection !! Ok - I've tried before - but things are sooooo messed up, at the moment, with Cd's here, there & everywhere - I have to try & put them into some kind of order !!
Coming out of the hospital, this last time - after being away for 4 weeks, I can't find anything !! Sooooo - I really have to put things right & sort them all out. It'll take me months to do - but.... that's my New Year's resolution & that's a fact !!
I wrote above - about this being a blurry day..... I'm struggling to see the computer screen !! It's stupid - but my eye are sooooo messed up this morning, it's dumb !! But - it does mean, that this is going to be a very short post, sorry about that !!
As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words....... from the USA - right thru' Europe & out the other side !! It's great to know, that you take the time. I must away.... until next time...
Bye Bye
How are you all doing this fine blurry day ?! It's another Thursday here in England's South-West corner and I'm home alone for a few hours. B & ME have gone to visit her Dad & Aunt + to do a bit of Christmas shopping as well.... sooooo I doubt if I'll see either of them for a few hours at least !!
That means I'm here, listening to music & doing the odd little house hold bits & bobs. I've already done my dishes !! I usually put off doing them, until the last possible moment - but, not today !! I wanted to leave things done & dusted early !!
So far, it's been a quiet kind of day.... I got up about 11am, came down the stairs & got on with things. So - it's now heading towards 12 noon & I can relax for what's left of the day !! It's not much of a plan, but it's all I've got !!
As for the music of the moment - well, that's Dream Theater's 'Score' live 3 Cd set. I'm on a Dream Theater live album kick, at the moment - playing them all, thru' out my days. I've still got a few to go - but.... The 'Score' tracks are:
CD 1
1) The Root Of All Evil
2) I Walk Beside You
3) Another Won
4) Afterlife
5) Under A Glass Moon
6) Innocence Faded
7) Raise The Knife
8) The Spirit Caries On
CD 2
1) Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2) Vacant
3) The Answer Lies Within
4) Sacrificed Sons
CD 3
1) Octavarium
2) Metropolis
I've got as far as 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence' at the moment.... a really great 'live' track, especially with a full orchestra, backing the band...... it really brings the whole track (40+ minutes) out to it's best. Ok - I've got odd tracks, from the this album, on other live sets - but, this version is a bit special !!
Staying with music - I've worked out, what my New Year's resolution has to be !! I have to try & sort out all of our Cd collection !! Ok - I've tried before - but things are sooooo messed up, at the moment, with Cd's here, there & everywhere - I have to try & put them into some kind of order !!
Coming out of the hospital, this last time - after being away for 4 weeks, I can't find anything !! Sooooo - I really have to put things right & sort them all out. It'll take me months to do - but.... that's my New Year's resolution & that's a fact !!
I wrote above - about this being a blurry day..... I'm struggling to see the computer screen !! It's stupid - but my eye are sooooo messed up this morning, it's dumb !! But - it does mean, that this is going to be a very short post, sorry about that !!
As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words....... from the USA - right thru' Europe & out the other side !! It's great to know, that you take the time. I must away.... until next time...
Bye Bye
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