Friday 18th December to Monday 18th January
Sunday 20th December
We’re all still waiting for Winter to rear its ugly head, but we still
have temperatures in double figures. I’ve heard that even Daffodils are opening
out. I don’t mind the warmer weather, but I’m sure we’ll know all about it when
the real Winter arrives.
Today we’ll be attending the club as usual, but this time we’ll be
bringing home a pack of sausages, which we won in last week’s meat raffle. This
is the third time we’ve won the raffle, and long may it continue.
26
December 2015
Well,
Christmas passed as usual and in the usual manner; we popped into the club and,
as you would expect on Christmas Day, it was pretty busy.
For
Christmas dinner we had roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and roast pork, along
with pigs in blankets, of course. Naturally our Alex sampled some too, but not
too much.
27th
December 2015
I
love my Christmas dinner, which usually comprises turkey and all the trimmings.
However, just for a change we bought a good sized joint of beef and pork.
Yesterday we enjoyed cold meat with bubble and squeek, along with pickled
onions, gherkins and Pickled Lily. Lovely!!
Today?
Well, we'll pop along to the club again - well, it is Sunday and it would be
rude not to. At the moment we have rain, but I'm hopeful that it will have
stopped by lunchtime.
Friday
1st January 2016
Well,
the New Year is here and it doesn't seem much different than 2015. Still, I've
done one thing, that I may live to regret, and that's that I've joined
Facebook. Having found umpteen people I know on there and, having also clicked
on the films and music I like, I now have a page full of photos and comments
from people and bands. Initially I was flooded with emails from Facebook, but
they seem to have tailed off now. We'll see how it goes.
Sunday
3rd January 2016
I've
been trying to reset the VAIO to its original factory settings, but without
success. I've tried with a Repair Disc and I've tried using the Product Code
and downloading Windows 7 from Microsoft, also without success.
Having
tried all that I then emailed the man I bought it from and they've asked how
much I want to sell it for. They also told me that they have Windows 7 on a USB
stick, so I may have to buy that first. Unfortunately I will first need to
reset it, because there is sensitive info on that laptop which needs to be
deleted. No doubt they'll make me an offer, I hope.
Monday
4th January 2016
Well,
according to Dave, the man I bought the VAIO from, there's a button, next to
the Power button, that should do the trick. There are actually three buttons in
that area, one of which goes straight to the Web, another says 'VAIO' and the
last one is 'Assist'. Neither of these last two do anything, not even in
conjunction with Ctrl or Shift. So, I'm now back to square one. Our man Dave
does have Windows 7 on a USB stick and I've asked him how much he wants for
that. If I don't get this laptop sorted I'll be stuck with it forever. Failing
that I'll have to take it down to Frank in Harlow.
Thursday
7th January
After
checking up Argos for a new luminous bedside clock, and finding just the thing,
we took the bus into Rugby and called into Argos for that clock. Not in their
catalogue, which made me rather annoyed. So, first thing this morning, I once
again looked on the Argos site and found the same clock there, but I also found
a different on costing £5.00 less, which I then ordered and paid online and
arranged to collect it from their shop in the Homebase store in Daventry, thus
saving myself the £3.99 delivery charge. Job done.
Friday
8th January
This
morning, on the advice of my GP I tried to make an appointment with Northampton
Hospital, but there were none available. What a shame!
Having
already had an in depth eye test at Boot's, with the intention of having new
glasses, I was told I needed a cataract removed. I have also received a letter
asking me to book an appointment for a Retinal Scan, which is an annual event
for me due to my diabetes. This I have now done. At that appointment I will ask
if the cataract removal is necessary right now. Depending upon their answer,
will depend upon if I have the removal carried out now, or leave it for a
while. At the moment my eyes feel just fine, but, what do I know?
Sunday
10th January
After
much deliberation I have now installed Microsoft Office 365. I now find that
previous Word documents, that were written in Word 2007, are now opening in
Compatibility Mode in the new Word 2016. This will probably happen with all
earlier documents, unless I copy and paste from Word 2007 to Word 2016.
Monday
18th January
It
has now been over a week since I brought this blog up to date, which just goes
to show how ‘normal’ our daily lives are.
Now,
having downloaded and installed Office 365, I pinned Word, Outlook and Excel to
the Task Bar. I then discovered that it isn’t possible to open and existing
document and open a blank document at the same time. At least, this can’t be
done from the Task Bar, but a blank document can be opened up alongside the
original, but it must be opened from the Start Menu. Problem solved!
Since
arriving back at Crick at the end of October, we have won six prizes on the
club meat raffle. I didn’t know we had such a large amount of good fortune.
Happy days!
To
my eternal shame, it’s now been a month since I posted a blog and so, although
this one is only three pages long, I’ll post it now and save you the agony of
maybe thinking I had left the country, or worse.
Cheers
for now and have a good week.
Dave,
Sheila and Alex.
