Friday 29 May 2020

Grandad and Grandma AKA Grand-dude and Sam-mar


So - it was yesterday that Lissa had her baby at 6.37am.  I had stayed up until 4am and then was awake again just before 8am - so yesterday I was knackered!  I found it difficult to do much because I was so tired.  It was my day off too and Andy was working int eh basement all day on a work related music thing, so I was pretty much on my own.  The weather was gorgeous, but as I have found before its pretty boring in the garden on your own as you can't even go on your phone or laptop because you can't see the screen!

So, I just sat here and basically messaged with Lissa and looked at the baby pictures she sent!  Ada is such a cutey!!

I was woken up early by our guests thundering up the stairs (about 8am) I am sat here now - Friday - 9.34am and Lissa has just told me that she is going to video call me in a minute!  So I'll get to have a proper look at the baby!

I can hear Andy getting up too.  

So - my computer just died! Thought it had completely given up - not had this computer long either - AND my phone died too - keeps freezing and I have to restart every time I use the camera - I went for a walk outside and took this pic b4 it all froze....

Nope - the picture doesn't exist...

Nevermind.  So Lissa was going to video call me when everything died...then she was having a check up - then I had a shower - now she is waiting for the midwife!  So we'll get there eventually.  Apparently the cheese and pate I ordered for her will turn up today - kicking myself now for now ordering myself some too!!

Yesterday I put a swing up in the garden that I had ordered - I received it and then had to wait again because I had to order some stuff to be able to attach it to the tree.  I have got it all up but I ordered a child's swing so my butt only just fits in and it is a bit painful so I am going to have to order another one!!

So - I just got off a video call with Lissa - was awesome to see her and Ada!  We spoke about the birth, and how wonderful it is to have your baby! She also said - and ppl might hate her for this - that her belly has just gone flat and back to normal again (mostly) lol.

We were saying how she looks like the pic she had done of the scan - look at this:



Lissa was saying how she can see herself in Ada - I'm struggling - to me she looks so much like Antony...saying that - I think I can Lissa in her in this pic:


Although this pic is awesome cos her her tiny cute foot - I also really like how cute her face looks in this one too!!

Right - I'm off to make bread - I'll update this post again later today.

So - bread turned out well!

 NOT

This was a new recipe I tried - I was dubious to start with!  Its not good because it is so difficult to buy bread flour atm - any flour actually!

We braved our local shop and managed to get supplies!

Then - we made our way into the garden - and spent the afternoon there!  Weather so gorgeous atm!  Andy had a work thing where they had all recorded music stuff and it went live from 4.30pm - he had done a video and he was singing Zombie - his was really good - not all of them were lol - but all better than I could have done!  I was sat on our swing chair - and I had a video call - at first for a little while with Paul - and then for over an hour with Helen!  It was nice to be able to do that - especially as Andy was pre-occupied!  Helen told me all about a memorial thing she did with all the kids in the family - for my dad.  We both ended up a bit teary talking about the kids getting upset and telling their own stories about grandad.  I think it was an awesome thing she did for the kdis.  Unfortunately - only Candice contacted Helen afterwards, none of the other parents said anything to her.  Don't know if this means that they didn't think it was a good thing that they had did or whether they just haven't thought to thank her...

During the day I also received lots of lovely baby pics! which is awesome - she really is a very good looking, gorgeous baby!



We had a couple of burgers on the BBQ - and then eventually came inside - when I couldn't hack the heat anymore - but I think it was still after 6pm.  A little later we got on the Oculus and killed Zombies with Helen and Paul! I wasn't up for it really but it was so much fun!!  I quit about midnight - knowing I had to get a decent sleep ready for work the next day :-( 

A great day though.....




Coronavirus figures for the past week


I', going to write up on here about the coronavirus and write a separate post about the day!

I have neglected the figures lately - possibly because I didn't want to think about it and have had better things to talk about - like becoming a grand parent yesterday!

But - here are the figures I have - I've not been very good at collating them!!

Wednesday 20th May
Total world cases: 5,037,019------------------- 100,779  increase 
Total fatalities:  329,137------------------------ 4,653 increase
UK total: 251,290-------------------------------  2,472 increase 
UK Fatalities: 35,704--------------------------- 363 increase

Thursday 21st May
Total world cases: 5,142,326 -------------------105,307  increase
Total fatalities:  333,987------------------------4,850  increase
UK total: 250,908------------------------------- -382 increase 
UK Fatalities: 36,042---------------------------338  increase

Friday 22nd May
Total world cases: 5,251,028 -------------------108,708  increase
Total fatalities:  339,341 ------------------------ 5,354 increase
UK total: 254,195--------------------------------  3,287 increase 
UK Fatalities: 36,393---------------------------- 351 increase

Sunday 24th May
Total world cases: 
Total fatalities:  
UK total: 
UK Fatalities: 

Monday 25th May                                           (2 days worth of figures)
Total world cases: 5,442,802 ------------------- 191,774 increase
Total fatalities:  346,254 ------------------------  6,913 increase
UK total: 259,559--------------------------------- 5,364 increase 
UK Fatalities: 36,793----------------------------- 400  increase

Wednesday 26th May
Total world cases: 5,617,440 ------------------- 174,638 increase
Total fatalities:  351,065 ------------------------ 4,811 increase
UK total: 265,227--------------------------------  5,668 increase 
UK Fatalities: 37,048----------------------------  255 increase

Thursday 27th May
Total world cases: 5,741,122--------------------123,682 increase
Total fatalities:  357,355------------------------- 6,290 increase
UK total: 267,240---------------------------------2,013 increase 
UK Fatalities: 37,460----------------------------412 increase

Thursday 28th May
Total world cases: 5,811,649------------------- 70,527 increase
Total fatalities: 359,994------------------------  2,639 increase
UK total: 269,127------------------------------- 1,887 increase 
UK Fatalities: 37,837--------------------------- 377 increase

wow that took ages and was confusing!

The UK total cases have come down....