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Oct. 4th, 2007 10:57 pmI went to the cardiology department this morning to have a portable tape machine fitted which measures my heart rate over a period of 24 hours; I have to go back tomorrow to have it taken off. Unfortunately I haven't had a very active day, so my heart rate hasn't gone really high. Still, it did last time and he didn't seem to think that a rate of 163 was too much out of the way!
Just as I'd given up hope of getting it this side of the postal strike, my parcel from Amazon came today. I ordered the new Terry Pratchett and the 2008 diary (Lu Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008), plus a CD of an old record my Pa had which I always loved. It's just been re-released this year. It's Music for Tired Lovers with Woody Herman and Erroll Garner; it was first issued in 1954. I find it as smooth and romantic as I ever did; I'm so glad I managed to find it.. I have to say that, digitally remastered, it sounds so much better than the original recording did, which by the time I heard it had been traipsed about Nigeria for quite a few years, and got scratched and dusty.
Now, I wonder if I can remember the name of that wonderful St. Louis Jazz band he had a recording of.........
I seem to remember that it featured Lizzie Miles. I've googled a bit for it, but so far have had no luck. Still, it took me a long time to find another record of folk-songs from the 60s which I desperately wanted.
Yesterday I took Morgan to the vet for his follow-up inoculation and had him chipped while I was at it. The surgery nurse told me that I would be eligible for 6 weeks free insurance for him, and it looks better than the insurance I already have for the other two, being slightly cheaper and in that whatever happens to him, they won't refuse to insure him throughout his life, providing I don't let the policy lapse. It's for up to £4000, so I just have to hope he doesn't get anything major wrong with him, considering that poor Phoebe's little tooth extraction and saliva gland surgery alone came to over £360 last year.
It's so cute to see him and Bramble together. They've become virtually inseparable, except when snoozing, and even then they sometimes curl up in the same chair, Bramble in the chair and Morgan on the chair arm. Of course, if I see them like that and go to fetch the camera, they've stopped by the time I get back. They spend an inordinate amount of time chasing about play-fighting, and if they don't break something soon, it will be a miracle.
Now that we've finally put the heating on, it's too hot and I have to keep turning it off.
It was a lovely day today and this afternoon John managed to track down a second-hand Lucida wheel to be Lucy's spare wheel. Neither of us likes the idea of being at the mercy of the stupid pretend spare wheel which comes with the car and is only good for 200 k. We have no idea how much it's been used before, or even if it's still OK.
We went out for a sunny little ride in the glorious Autumn countryside to somewhere near Seaton Delavel where there was a breaker's yard which had a Lucida wheel available. So now we have a full size wheel plus a rather good tyre for £15. John had them check it thoroughly before he bought it.
I'm feeling really happy today, even though I'm so broke!
Just as I'd given up hope of getting it this side of the postal strike, my parcel from Amazon came today. I ordered the new Terry Pratchett and the 2008 diary (Lu Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008), plus a CD of an old record my Pa had which I always loved. It's just been re-released this year. It's Music for Tired Lovers with Woody Herman and Erroll Garner; it was first issued in 1954. I find it as smooth and romantic as I ever did; I'm so glad I managed to find it.. I have to say that, digitally remastered, it sounds so much better than the original recording did, which by the time I heard it had been traipsed about Nigeria for quite a few years, and got scratched and dusty.
Now, I wonder if I can remember the name of that wonderful St. Louis Jazz band he had a recording of.........
I seem to remember that it featured Lizzie Miles. I've googled a bit for it, but so far have had no luck. Still, it took me a long time to find another record of folk-songs from the 60s which I desperately wanted.
Yesterday I took Morgan to the vet for his follow-up inoculation and had him chipped while I was at it. The surgery nurse told me that I would be eligible for 6 weeks free insurance for him, and it looks better than the insurance I already have for the other two, being slightly cheaper and in that whatever happens to him, they won't refuse to insure him throughout his life, providing I don't let the policy lapse. It's for up to £4000, so I just have to hope he doesn't get anything major wrong with him, considering that poor Phoebe's little tooth extraction and saliva gland surgery alone came to over £360 last year.
It's so cute to see him and Bramble together. They've become virtually inseparable, except when snoozing, and even then they sometimes curl up in the same chair, Bramble in the chair and Morgan on the chair arm. Of course, if I see them like that and go to fetch the camera, they've stopped by the time I get back. They spend an inordinate amount of time chasing about play-fighting, and if they don't break something soon, it will be a miracle.
Now that we've finally put the heating on, it's too hot and I have to keep turning it off.
It was a lovely day today and this afternoon John managed to track down a second-hand Lucida wheel to be Lucy's spare wheel. Neither of us likes the idea of being at the mercy of the stupid pretend spare wheel which comes with the car and is only good for 200 k. We have no idea how much it's been used before, or even if it's still OK.
We went out for a sunny little ride in the glorious Autumn countryside to somewhere near Seaton Delavel where there was a breaker's yard which had a Lucida wheel available. So now we have a full size wheel plus a rather good tyre for £15. John had them check it thoroughly before he bought it.
I'm feeling really happy today, even though I'm so broke!
