Davina's diary

[Maid Marion]

They call that ethanol over in the States,
I bought a product called ethanol shield for $5 from Walmart to add to gasoline at the end of the lawn mowing season to delay gas going bad. I used to run the lawnmower dry at the end of fall but with climate change I'll do a mid-winter mow to clear the year of leaves and other debris that accumulates.  We didn't get much snow so I'm mowing every four days to use up all the gas before it goes bad.

[davina61]

Strange that an hour after my call to internet provider its working again! They did say they could do me a better speed for less than I am paying at the moment, I wait to see.

[davina61]

Made pasta for lunch, blended a ripe tomato with some tomato puree and fried it in olive oil. Chucked in some spinach and cooked broad beans, cooked pasta and green pesto. Was okay, rest of the spinach was cooked with garlic and a dust of cayenne as per one of my recipes.
 Lemon beef Balti to cook in a bit, very simple.

[Gina P]

Sounds delish!

[davina61]

Well after spending £25 I cant afford on a McAfee update even after getting on to the tech team it wont work, downloaded optimizer and it says loaded but when I try to do a clean up it tells me to down load and install before it will work.GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I hate computers---------

[Lori Dee]

I have always had issues with McAfee. I have tried others for a while. However, my research has shown that the in-house Windows Defender does just as good a job and works seamlessly. I empty my cache every time I log off the internet (which is many times a day) and have never been infected. If you are using Windows, maybe try uninstalling McAfee and see if your problems go away. You can always reinstall it later.

[davina61]

Summer has hit the UK at last, 27C forecast here today. It was hot in bed last night, temp on the read of the thermostat touch screen for the on suite said 23C in the middle of the night. Threw the duvet of a few times.
 Clear blue sky this morning, nice day to clean the workshop and do some body fill work (not really)

[davina61]

Car said 32C , I was pooped by 3pm after rubbing down filler. Still that bit is done now. Shopping tomorrow again, hope they have some ice cream left!

[davina61]

No ice cream or pudding but I do have frozen cherries and mango, suck on that will cool me down

[Maid Marion]

I use a Chromebox for Internet security.  My Internet hosting also provides five copies of MaCaffee.
But basically a box just for the Internet.

[davina61]

Weather has cooled off, 20C today and breezy. Might get a better nights sleep! Cant decide what to get for dinner when I go shopping, fish is expensive and that just leaves chicken, lamb ,pork or beef. Will search my recipe books for inspiration.
 Builders came yesterday and fitted new facia boards over the rotten originals (bodge job) and started to scrape the loose paint off the doors, that will be another bodge then with a dodgy coat of paint with a 6ins brush!! They still need to put guttering up as well.
 Blue pleated skirt (thats lost its pleating) and a simple top today for shopping I think.

[davina61]

Bought bone less chicken thighs, making an Indian stew. I was still undecided so I got dill, spinach and chillies to make chicken and spinach, just have to wait till the frozen thighs defrost. Plenty of time as have chicken stew to last me 4 days!

[davina61]

MacAfee is peeing me right off now as the VPN is blocking me logging on my hot rod site so I have to turn it off every time and in between pages and I cant upload pics now. Looks like an uninstall coming on.

[davina61]

Managed to turn the VPN off, that has cured a load of faults!! Hygienist at the dentist this morning, oh dear she said looks like I have a lot of work to do. Well its been 10+ years since I had a dentist, cost me £45 to get them sand blasted  (ok its a water jet). £45, not bad for 5mins work (robbing whatsits and thats on the NHS)
 Cold wind today and cloudy, 18C as well.

[Oldandcreaky]

Hey, D. Sorry about your choppers.

[Lori Dee]

I like the sand-blasting analogy! My hygienist told me that is essentially what they do, but the "sand" is baking soda. It is just abrasive enough, removes stains, and leaves fresh breath. I use it occasionally when brushing my teeth.

[Gina P]

Managed to turn the VPN off, that has cured a load of faults!! Hygienist at the dentist this morning, oh dear she said looks like I have a lot of work to do. Well its been 10+ years since I had a dentist, cost me £45 to get them sand blasted  (ok its a water jet). £45, not bad for 5mins work (robbing whatsits and thats on the NHS)
 Cold wind today and cloudy, 18C as well.

Me and computers don't get along. I can build a house, fix a motor in a car, rebuild a tractor motor, but those dang computers elude me. Luckily I have a son that's a wiz at those things and I call him when ever I have a problem.
  When I started transitioning, one of my first concerns was to get my teeth fixed and started on invisalign braces. That meant I had to brush my teeth several times a day as well as flossing. Now when I go to the dentist for a cleaning it painless and I don't get the lecture about needing to floss more. And I can smile more!

[davina61]

Snail pace internet again, think another sherty phone call needed!! Anyways did a bit on the Austin again then called in on Deb to give her a light fitting to hold a shade up. Beans are coming on and I managed to pull some weeds up. Then she said lets go see my dad, good job he is just over the road and a bit up a lane. He was out, Debs said he will be at my sisters so we went to see. Thats just back up and across the road and up another lane, yes there he was so we stayed for a bit and had a good natter. Back home and I made a lemon drizzle cake to use up 2 lemons, recipe said one lemon so its quite sharp. Nice!! Cooked it in the air fryer and its spot on, watched the GP sprint race and qualifying for tomorrows GP and as there is nothing on worth watching (well that I like) Glastonbury. Cyndi Lauper and now Kasabian.

[davina61]

Had to reboot my internet box and restart laptop to get on here! Anyways its working now, overslept big time again so gave up going to mums and down the unit. Mum had been staying at sisters for a few days and had not told me so good job I didn't call in yesterday. Was not worth the trip to workshop as it would have been midday when I got there and had to be back to cook dinner at 3, chicken and spinach. Made the spinach/dill/coriander puree ready ,recipe fore note says they like to add any green veg to it so have green beans and broccoli to throw in. That will save doing a separate veg dish. 

[davina61]

Looks like the 3 hot days was our summer, dull, cloudy and rain all week. As long as its dry for the blues festival I will be happy. Have to "suffer" 2 weeks of Wimbledon tennis on the BBC telly so its a good job I dont watch much on that channel.
 Weird dream last night being chased by someone with a chainsaw, it was funny as it was an electric one and they ran out of cable!!
 Pinch, punch first of the month, have to mark up my calendar with all the stuff going on in July. Voting on the 4th (choice between a load of useless twats) ,mammogram on the 17th and Blues festival 19-21st and then steam rally the next weekend.