Played squash last night - it was good and I felt fine. We watched the first episodes in the brand new series of Gavin and Stacey and QI and eventually I fell asleep, only to be woken in the early hours by a nagging ache in my jaw. Oh no, not toothache again!
The dentist managed to squeeze me in and did an X-ray of the offending tooth, which showed an abscess building up. I was offered 3 options - antibiotics; attempt to remove and replace filling; or extract - I chose the latter, so here I am, sitting in the office with a mouth full of blood, not really wanting to eat or drink.
I've been given a prescription for antibiotics in case the infection doesn't drain properly and the wound doesn't heal as it should over the weekend. No alcohol either - and tonight I'm going to the Lemon Tree to see the Animals and the Spencer Davis Group - bah!
Francis (Clark) was away shooting the other day down at Fasque and came back with a carload of pheasants, so he's had them plucked and has given me a couple - I've forewarned Jo - let's see what she can come up with!
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Friday 27 November 2009
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Wednesday wishes, woes and worries
Actually, the heading is a bit misleading - I don't really have too much to moan about today - but, if you like, I'll have a go. I'm feeling a lot brighter today, thank goodness. I just felt a bit under the weather the last couple of days, but it seems to have cleared. I actually made it along to the gym at lunchtime and did OK.
Tonight we have Luca again for a few hours whilst his parents do their thing(s). Luca would happily have stayed last night, but he had to go to the dentist with Carole this morning, so she picked up the reluctant one from ours about 7:30 pm and took him home to bed.
Jo's not blogging much - too busy sorting out Xmas etc. She bought 2 new clocks for our middle landing from Costco. Why, you ask? There's already one there. Well, one of them is set to Oregon time and the other to Adelaide time - that's why! Perhaps she'll let you all see them on her next blog posting.
I promised a moan - well, here it comes - banks again! They're playing footloose and fancy free with our business' money again. Trying to get them to do same day transfers without any hassle is almost impossible it seems. They seem to be the only businesses that haven't fully adapted to new technology. They're quick enough to debit you when you're trying to pay a supplier, but does that mean that the supplier gets credited just as quickly? Does it heck as like!
Forgot to report that I finished the Whicker's War audiobook the other day. He's a good writer and narrator, with a clever way with words - even although the subject matter isn't what I would normally want to listen to.
It's all gone quiet out there - come on, you lot!
Tonight we have Luca again for a few hours whilst his parents do their thing(s). Luca would happily have stayed last night, but he had to go to the dentist with Carole this morning, so she picked up the reluctant one from ours about 7:30 pm and took him home to bed.
Jo's not blogging much - too busy sorting out Xmas etc. She bought 2 new clocks for our middle landing from Costco. Why, you ask? There's already one there. Well, one of them is set to Oregon time and the other to Adelaide time - that's why! Perhaps she'll let you all see them on her next blog posting.
I promised a moan - well, here it comes - banks again! They're playing footloose and fancy free with our business' money again. Trying to get them to do same day transfers without any hassle is almost impossible it seems. They seem to be the only businesses that haven't fully adapted to new technology. They're quick enough to debit you when you're trying to pay a supplier, but does that mean that the supplier gets credited just as quickly? Does it heck as like!
Forgot to report that I finished the Whicker's War audiobook the other day. He's a good writer and narrator, with a clever way with words - even although the subject matter isn't what I would normally want to listen to.
It's all gone quiet out there - come on, you lot!
Tuesday 24 November 2009
It's Billy Connolly's birthday today - he's 67 - how did that happen? It's also the birthday of ex-Beatle Pete Best and Donald "Duck" Dunn, bassist in Booker T & the MG's - both of them are a year older than the Big Yin.
It's also an incredible 18 years since Freddie Mercury died - where has the time gone?
It was this week a decade ago that I was on business in China - trying to clear up some of the mess that John Anderson had made out there - check my 10 years ago photo in the sidebar.
So, today, I was in Fraserburgh - not feeling too great - and I got a message from Gary asking me if I could pick up Luca from nursery on my way home. Of course, I agreed - but I don't have a child seat in my car. "No problem" says Gary - and he nipped back to Inverurie and dropped it off at the nursery. It was just after 4pm when I got there - and, of course, it was dark. See trying to fit Gary's car seat in my car, single handed, in the dark? Grrr... I managed eventually and, after showing my ID, off Luca and I went in my car driving back to Banchory and Grannie Jo. It was a bit like spending time with my Dad in his latter years - all songs. My entire memory of nursery rhymes was dredged dry long before we got home. Still, it was fun.
Now we're waiting for Gary to come and pick the little one up - and then we can have our TV back - I can't take much more of In the Night Garden and Peppa Pig!
It's also an incredible 18 years since Freddie Mercury died - where has the time gone?
It was this week a decade ago that I was on business in China - trying to clear up some of the mess that John Anderson had made out there - check my 10 years ago photo in the sidebar.
So, today, I was in Fraserburgh - not feeling too great - and I got a message from Gary asking me if I could pick up Luca from nursery on my way home. Of course, I agreed - but I don't have a child seat in my car. "No problem" says Gary - and he nipped back to Inverurie and dropped it off at the nursery. It was just after 4pm when I got there - and, of course, it was dark. See trying to fit Gary's car seat in my car, single handed, in the dark? Grrr... I managed eventually and, after showing my ID, off Luca and I went in my car driving back to Banchory and Grannie Jo. It was a bit like spending time with my Dad in his latter years - all songs. My entire memory of nursery rhymes was dredged dry long before we got home. Still, it was fun.
Now we're waiting for Gary to come and pick the little one up - and then we can have our TV back - I can't take much more of In the Night Garden and Peppa Pig!
Monday 23 November 2009
Monday again - last week in November
We're almost in to December now - Thanksgiving in the States this Thursday, then St Andrews Day next Monday. I also just realised how busy my social diary is getting - I don't have a free Friday night until January now! This is my schedule:
Jo "did a Carole" and looked the other way when I tried to take a photo:
We got home at a decent time, but there was nothing in the house, so we decided to go out. Jo suggested the golf club, but I thought it was too wet to walk there and back again, so we went to the Tor-na-Coille - my first time there for a while. My last time was about 5 years ago when I had a meeting with she-whose-name-we-don't-mention-but-is-now-believed-to-be-living-in-Laurencekirk, in a vain effort to mediate. The time before that was the time of the fire - 2000?
Anyway, the place looked old and tired, but they are planning to re-decorate - in fact, they've started - and we heard they have a new chef starting - Watson, whose name is the restaurant, is leaving after umpteen years service.
On Sunday, I went to the golf club ready to play, but a very heavy shower put most of us off and we headed home. I wish we'd been more patient as it turned out to be a lovely morning in the end. The consolation was that I was at home when Kelly Skyped - it worked fine on Jo's PC, so it must be wireless network issues that cause the problem on my laptop.
So, apart from footy on Friday night, I haven't had much exercise, so I'm looking forward to squash tonight.
- 26th November - KGV project progress meeting
- 27th November - Lemon Tree - Animals/Spencer David Group
- 28th November - Pittodrie - Aberdeen-Rangers corporate hospitality
- 28th November - McWhinnies for dinner
- 1st December - Swine Flu jabs!
- 4th December - Lemon tree again - Blockheads
- 5th December - Firhill (possibly) - Thistle v Dundee
- 9th December - Edinburgh - Scottish Govt offices
- 11th December - St Andrews Bay
- 18th December - Xmas night out at the Milton
- 21st December - Board meeting
- 24th December - Dave Williamson's birthday football match
- 25th December - Xmas!
- 26th December - Anniversary
- 1st January - Ne'erday
- 2nd January - Off to the Kenmore Club, Perthshire for 4 days
- 9th January - Arsenal - Everton (possibly)
- 15th January - Headbang (possibly)
- 30th January - Inverness - battle of the Jags
- 7th February - Murrayfield - Scotland-France
- 22nd February - Marrakech - for a week's golf
- 19th March - USA for 3 weeks
Whew! I'm tired just thinking about it!
Jo and I went to Glasgow on Saturday (by train) and met up with Barry, Helen and Dawn and went down to scatter my Dad's ashes at the cemetery grounds - under a tree, beside where we had scattered my Mum's ashes 7 years ago.
We had soup and sannies back at Foxbar afterwards and then got dropped off at the Buchanan St indoor shopping centre - it was tipping it down by then. I was looking for a jacket and a car jacket, but couldn't find anything - too many "fashion" shops according to Jo - so we just caught a slightly earlier train home. We had a (rubbish) tea/coffee at Queen St and admired the Victorian glasswork:
Jo "did a Carole" and looked the other way when I tried to take a photo:
We got home at a decent time, but there was nothing in the house, so we decided to go out. Jo suggested the golf club, but I thought it was too wet to walk there and back again, so we went to the Tor-na-Coille - my first time there for a while. My last time was about 5 years ago when I had a meeting with she-whose-name-we-don't-mention-but-is-now-believed-to-be-living-in-Laurencekirk, in a vain effort to mediate. The time before that was the time of the fire - 2000?
Anyway, the place looked old and tired, but they are planning to re-decorate - in fact, they've started - and we heard they have a new chef starting - Watson, whose name is the restaurant, is leaving after umpteen years service.
On Sunday, I went to the golf club ready to play, but a very heavy shower put most of us off and we headed home. I wish we'd been more patient as it turned out to be a lovely morning in the end. The consolation was that I was at home when Kelly Skyped - it worked fine on Jo's PC, so it must be wireless network issues that cause the problem on my laptop.
So, apart from footy on Friday night, I haven't had much exercise, so I'm looking forward to squash tonight.
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