TGIF :-) 160307

Hi Friday peops
Happy ‘Red Nose’ Day - couldn’t find a nose but am wearing a red thong in lieu :-) Hope your week has been full of good stuff. Mine was mixed - I’ve been a roofing apprentice :-), first responder :-(, am officially an OAP - ‘optical aged person’ :-( and finally today a companion for two old dears :-) - who I treated to a special trip to the garden centre - we know how to be extravagant in Brum - and as always ended up spending more than they did??

Last weekend I was Peter’s little helper - putting a new little conservatory roof on his mom’s ‘lean to’ - which is going to be her little artist’s bolt hole - you wouldn’t believe how many permutations there are for two pieces of twin wall polycarbonate and a glazing bar - Indeed I quickly glazed over - only coming to when Peter had one of those ‘Home Video Clip Horror’ moments and fell through the step ladders - I didn’t laugh… honestly :-/

His penchant for shock entertainment continued on Tuesday when we went out to grab lunch - baguettes and rather large Capuccino Muffins - and he suggested settling ourselves onto a bench on the ‘peaceful’ A38 shouting above the roar of 6 lanes of traffic watching the World go by…..when the World came to a screeching thudding halt - a motorcyclist had flipped a lady right into the middle of the junction of Oak Tree Lane/Bristol Rd - she was out for the count - and he’d crash landed - so Wonder Woman, knickers hoisted, lunch stuffed in pockets ran over - and (here’s a handy note for you all if you are considering a flip manoeuvre like this one - always do it in the vicinity of a hospital) - when I got there a lovely calm doctor had it all under control, and the next to arrive (bizarrely enough) was an old nursing colleague Chris from my ITU days - in ITU gear - so all a bit surreal - I learned later that both were significantly injured but it was hoped they’ll make a good recovery - quite a relief as my baguette had lost it’s charm - tho I think the flattened muffin has taken up less thigh space - so that’s good news coming out of bad?
Spec Savers this week have declared me 'old' - but rather than go for the bifocals I’ve got two pairs - one for driving - might even be able to read signs now - and one for close work - so I don’t get them muddled I have a pink pair to match the car (what else would you expect?).
Hope you all have a great weekend

Love from Kimmie OAP x