Into 2024

New years day was quiet, the sun was out but boy it was chilly. Lamb was very tasty, not enough left for a full meal, so pressure cooked the bones and whats left of the meat to make scotch broth. Simple egg and chips for supper.

It poured with rain all day Tuesday, cleaner here so everything was nice and clean. Trying to sort out the decorator coming to do the sitting room. We are hoping to have a quick trip down to Dorset whilst it is being done.

So Wednesday was the day we got new computers, what a disaster that was, cannot remember passwords for various things........tried using old passworks....... also my embroidery designs are not coming through as they should, will be keeping my old lap top going till I get everything sorted out. Ding dinner for supper, We had a brief trip to the coffee morning, quite a few people not there, birthday cake for David.

 Thursday, visit to Aldi for a small stock up after the holiday, we have decided to go down to Dorset when Paul comes to decorate the sitting room, travelling down to Newbury and spending the night, the same on the way back. We are staying with a retreat friend.

Fortunately the flood water had receeded from the roads but roadside fields were lakes, so much of the spring seed has been washed out of the ground. Managed to spend £70 yesterday at Aldi, will need a tiny top up shop from Morrison next week. We were late waking so a slow start. Not a bad day at least there has been no more rain locally. I had two phone calls thanking me for the little gifts in the Christmas cards, I appreciated that, not many people remember to say thank you, it's something I brought my children up to do, and I do it myself.

Saturday was fine, a bit of sun, but bitterly cold. small laod of coloured laaundry, dried inside. Ironed the bed linen on the press and also sorted and cut out the fabric for Gosia's mat. I have someone coming tomorrow to see the Luminaire, she is new to machine embroidery. So an early start for us for a change. I cooked beef stew, some for supper and the rest in the freezer for later. I still have not done the freezer audit. I need to do it so I can empty the outside freezer, clean and sell it.