Sophie and I took Mum over to the Weston Favell Centre this morning to try and sort out the Nationwide bank account. We spoke to a very sympathetic and understanding manager there who has sorted things out. However, they don't do third party mandates on the account, as Natwest do, so I would need to set up a Power of Attorney to have any control or access to the account. This is a very time-consuming and complicated process and one which I dread having to do!
We had seen Mum's friends Garry and Gloria sitting having a coffee, and once we'd sorted the bank account out, she joined them while Sophie and I popped into Tesco to get some shopping. When we'd finished we joined them for a coffee and had a great chat! For Mum, it was like old times!
Before going back to the care home, we had lunch in Jenny's, a restaurant on the ground floor, and Sophie and I enjoyed a jacket potato and halloumi salad. Mum wouldn't eat anything, which was a shame, and I think she felt a bit sad after catching up with her old friends.
After we'd dropped her off, we returned home where I did some housework - hoovering everywhere, and giving the living room a good dust! It certainly needed it! While I was cleaning, Vince and Sue arrived back from a week's holiday and were very impressed with how the kitchen had progressed while they were away. They loved our stable door as well!
Sophie had been packing for her trip to London next week, and when she'd finished we all enjoyed a glass of Prosecco to celebrate mine and Keith's anniversary tomorrow! We have been married 29 years now, so next year will be our Pearl! Our wine cooler is up and running so it was lovely to not have to pop out to the fridge in the garage every time we needed a top-up. Keith put one of his bottles of beer in there as well!
Sophie and I played Scrabble in our new favourite place! It was bliss to sit there with the stable door open and the new window ajar to catch the cooling early evening breeze. Our bar stools are so comfortable!
We ordered a Chinese takeaway this evening (I think we deserved one!) and after we'd eaten we watched The Dry, a murder mystery film set in Australia. I had read the book ages ago, but couldn't remember any of it, which was a good thing!
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