Yes, I am going back to the pool on a fairly regular basis these days again. I used to go quite often, then, gave that up due to work, and recently joined a gym. But sessions on the bikes and treadmills seemed to have given me a pain in the hips, so sadly I have had to give that up.
So it was back to the pool again. I need to try and lose a bit of weight and the exercise will do no harm at all. I am enjoying it, but after laying off for while it is taking a little time to get back into swimming again. I have been doing about ten widths, and then building up to twelve and today fourteen. There is no points in doing myself an injury as it is meant to be good for me!
So today, being another nice day, I decided to clean the car. I have purchased some 'Williams waterless wash' with carnuba wax in it. This is a product I have used many times before on other cars, and always with a good finish. So today, it was time for my Peugeot to get the treatment. I spent a good part of the morning cleaning the outside of the car and a little while ago, I did the wheel trims.
It is a damn good car, and probably the best I will have, so I want it to look its best for as long as I can. Check out the photos below and let me know what you think.
Peace and quiet at the moment as my son is in Ibiza on holiday for a week. Getting suntanned and drunk I would guess, but that is the sort of holiday he likes.
Well so much for keeping up this blog on a daily basis! It has been over two weeks since the last post. Mary was very ill and has been on antibiotics and steroid tablets to get rid of a water and chest infection.
We had to cancel the holiday that we had planned to the Netherlands as she was just to bad to go. Thankfully she is getting over it now and I am going to rebook the holiday today. We have not lost a penny on the holiday thankfully and I will book with the same hotels as they were very good over the cancellation.
I still have not taken a single photo with my new camera. I am itching to get out and take something with it but due to Mary's illness and other things I have not managed to get out.
What I have been doing is reorganizing the house. All the rooms except one are now cleaned and sorted and the last one I will finish off this week. We both have a lot of clothes to get rid of that we no longer use and that has to be sorted. I am giving away a lot of stuff using 'Freecycle' and Mary prefers to take hers to the charity shops.
We have treated ourselves to a new wide screen TV and Blue-ray player. The TV is only 37" which is not massive these days but our room is quite small and it looks huge. It did not look so big in the shops, but the picture is excellent.
Well retirement has finally come around. It is the 31st March today and I finished on the 29th. That was quite a day saying goodbye to a lot of people that I have worked well with in years.
I have arranged a drink at our club on the 2nd April and quite a few will be coming along I have been told. It will be quite a night because that will be the last time I will see many of them. I will go and say hello ocassionally of course but I have got along with many of them over the years.
So far retirement has consisted of house cleaning! I have left a lot of things 'until I retire' but now I have to get on with it. I want to get it sorted out over the next couple of weeks and there will be a lot of stuff to take to the tip for recycling.
We have arranged a holiday in Holland for week in April to go and see the flower gardens. That will be a nice change and we are both looking forward to it.
Hopefully I can update this blog on a more regular basis now I have the time.
We have to visit the Royal Glamorgan hospital today to see my sister-in-law. She was taken in yesterday as she had a bad fall and broke her ankle. It has been pinned and she will need another operation tomorrow.
The weather has turned wet once again and of course I had to put washing on last night hoping it would be dry! I now have a stack of wet washing to dry so I hope that it dries up later.
What a boring blog this is today! But the days are slowly counting down and I will have to see my bank manager as soon as I get the final figures on my pension to sort out my bills and see how much I have left.
I am trying to get a holiday in Holland organized for April but the hotels are bloody expensive at that time of year. We will have to sort something out and I have written to Henny, a friend over there to see if she can suggest anywhere.
