13.01.2025 Not written in stone.

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  Monday 13th 27F/-3C [8.30] A hard, white frost coating everything. Clear sky with a few, small, pink clouds in the east. Promise of sunshine.

 Up at 7.20 after a very quiet night. Doctor at 10.30. 

 I have finally photographed and labelled all the [8] tablets I have to take each day. The bottled tablets are easy to check. The foil sealed tablets much less so. One has to be opened before the contents can be identified. Leaving a spare tablet looking for a home.

 This is made worse by changes from the original prescription. The pharmacy [apotek] doesn't always stock the same tablets. They ask every time if I want a cheaper version. How am I to answer? They never give the prices of each manufacturer's version. The Prasugrel had to be drawn in because I have run out. I'll make a better picture later. This is purely for my identification purposes.

 9.00 29F/-2C. Much cloudier and still no sunshine. The car is more white than Trafalgar Blue. Now 62F/17C in the room from a 60F/16C start. The stove is going well. I had better have my shower. 

 9.30. 30F/-1C. First glimpse of brightness through a white overcast. Showered and sprayed the car with de-icer. In that order. It is really cold out there in the South Westerly breeze. 

 9.45 Ready to go.

 12.15 Returned from a chat with the doc and a blood test. Renewed prescription & restocked with tablets at the apotek. I shall be providing a blood pressure report in a couple of weeks. After a fortnight to stabilize my new blood thinning, prescription regime. 

 I did some online homework and checked the paperwork provided with the washing machine. Then rotated the washing machine on its platform/table. Removing the transport safety bolts went fine. Followed by fitting the blanking plugs. I attached the hoses and then returned the machine to face forwards. 

 Having the face-plate instructions in English was a nice touch. Sticky labels with different languages were enclosed. There is still zero interest from local plumbers in connecting the machine. Neither of the two websites, supposedly connecting consumers with three local tradesmen, produced a single offer.

 Dinner was fish fingers with pasta, peas and tinned tomatoes. I got the water content just right with the tomatoes. Not too dry this time. After pouring the pan into a large sieve. 

 The fish fingers should have been cooked in 15 minutes at 220C in a pre-warmed oven. According to the instructions on the packaging. They proved to be slightly overdone. I shall use 200C x 15 minutes next time. Then adjust accordingly. The oven pre-warming is catching me off guard when it come to the other ingredients. Obviously I should start with the oven and prepare the rest as it is warming. The mini-oven was never pre-heated and often failed to cook properly in the allotted time.

 

 

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