Again

 we have wall to wall sunshine, it got very hot yesterday afternoon, even the laundry was quite warm.

One down side to the warm weather.....the farmers are spreading slurry, the stink is horrendous and of course the heat makes it worse. Still its only for a few days.

DB is out in the garden before it gets too hot, I need a swift trip to the post office and have a white load of laundry to hang out.

People coming this morning to collect a couple of things I put on our local selling page, lots more to go and then the wardrobe itself. I dread to think whats behind it, have not moved it since we moved in 6 years ago. The chest in the hall is the same, the wall shelves just rest on it although they are fixed to the wall as well, I need to gather up enough courage to move it so we can clean the wall and carpet. Thats for another day.

Salmon and salad for supper tonight, we will not want a hot meal, its due to be 25c this afternoon.

The sun is a shining

for a change. yesterday afternoon was quite warm, and it looks as if we are going to have another warm day today.

I have a plan!! I am starting to take the big flowers pots etc to bits and  take cuttings from the other plants before they go in the compost bin. The garden has been lovely this year, now its dying back I can see spaces where I can plant things I have been keeping going in their pots. Now B has his greenhouse I can over winter the cuttings in there, will only have to bring them in if its exceptionally cold.

The lamb was disappointing, very fatty, hardly any decent meat and it took ages to cook, I lined the meat time with foil but it was still a greasy mess, yuk.

Cleaner here this morning, the sitting room and kitchen are not too bad, but the back bedroom is like a tip, I have been emptying wardrobes and putting out stuff for the charity shops. DB had 6 pairs of shoes he never wears in the bottom of his as well as a pair of boots he has worn twice, they along with the Clarkes shoes I have been trying to sell are also destined for the CS.

Supper is what I can get off the lamb that is not solid fat, will make a raspberry jelly for dessert, or maybe not.

Wots that???

the sun appears to have decided to grace us with its appearance this morning, it is certainly a bit warmer outside.

DB is out in the garden, 'tidying up', I could do with batting on with the same in the house. I am getting more and more irritated each day with mess!! Trouble is that some of it is of sentimental value, if I am going to part with some of that I need to gird my loins!!

Edwin has a full set of Rebus books in the bookcase, I have asked him to sort the bookcase out, which so far has met with a deaf ear. If he is not careful I will tackle it myself and he will find them missing. I have a set of the quilting story books. I have read them several times, they really need a shelf to themselves or find a new home. I also need to tackle the wardrobes in our bedroom and the sewing room. Having thoughts about quilting as well. I have a lot of those books in the back bedroom. I think most of them will have to go.

Supper is prepped, just have to cook it, roast shoulder of lamb, the last of the bread and butter pudding tp follow.

 

a bit brighter

this morning, have had enough of the grey day.

Off to the market to get fresh fruit and some salad stuff. managed to spend £20, but all good quality, and some will need a few days to ripen up.

Freezers sorted yesterday so I have more idea whats in them, enough meat to keep us going for quite a few days. Will have to use it up before I buy any more.

Went across to see my neighbour, she is quite a bit better, walking on her own, her son is there so she is eating ok, which is helping. Carers coming in 3 times a day, so using frozen meals she is getting by.  Next time I go over I will snaffle a couple of plates and do a couple of fresh meals for her.

Today we have all day breakfast, I am going to make a small bread and butter pudding for dessert, it will do us a couple of days. We mostly do not have a dessert during the week.

Time to go, soup is on for lunch have a frozen baguette to cook to go with it.

Still no sewing done. The sewing room is a bit tidier, but I still need to clear stuff to go to the charity shop.

The fence connected up to the arch at last, divides the garden off once I get the bushes etc in it will look very different. We will just let it age naturally. We watched a lovely dragon fly in the garden for quite a while, pity I had not got my camera, he settled for a couple of seconds on the door of the shed.

I am so fed up

with the awful grey days, its September not December, we need sun!!

I am still not 100%, so taking life a bit steady, this morning we are emptying the two freezers and doing a stock take, I want to designate baskets for things like fish, meat etc so I do not have to have a mad fling about to find what I want. DB will be in charge of the stock list, I need to leave the shoulder of lamb out to defrost for Sunday, I will marinade it in red wine once its thawed out.

I need to get up strength to sort out the two metal wardrobes so I can loose the wardrobe in our bedroom, we can then turn the bed round. I struggling to find a date when we can have the decorator in to do the walls etc and a new carpet.......I need to get my organizing head on for a bit.

My sewing room is a bit of a mess still, I need to find some strong bags to pack a load for the charity shop and also sort out the hangers, there are one or two wooden ones I want to keep and skirt hangers to hang skirts rather than how I have them at the moment.

Fish and chips tonight, no dessert, we just have fresh fruit about 7.30pm. I do plan to make a jelly with raspberries in at the weekend.

Grey days again

very depressing.

Coffee morning was good just 6 of us in the end. Quite a bit of chat.

My neighbour was discharged from hospital on Tuesday, yesterday morning she fell on the hall, she was on the floor for 4 hours waiting for an ambulance. She is still at home, she was very shaken but no broken bones. I really feel she should not be at home. Her son has taken time off from work to try and sort something out. I am going over this afternoon for a cup of tea.

Off to Aldi this morning, I am not buying fruit or veg from there, we will go to the market on Saturday, the stuff is fresher and lasts longer.

Chicken with rice for supper tonight, DB is still loosing weight, me? forget it, despite eating less I am still the same. I know the key is exercise but what do you do when your back screams in agongy after 10 minutes???

 

pinch an' a punch

the first of september and the heating has come on, its cold and grey again.

Sheets in the washer, they will go in the dryer.

Coffee morning at the little chapel this morning, a chance to catch up with friends again.

Feeling a bit down this morning, I am worried about Aimee, I think she may have something called Hypertonia....... I am saying nothing, not my problem.

I need to spend some time in the garden, the pots need emptying and getting ready for the bulbs to go in, I will take cuttings from the geraniums and possibly the fuchsias for next year. I need to phone the nursery and see if they will plant up the hanging baskets with pansies.

Need to get my shopping list for Aldi done, I need to stock up a bit now winter is on the horizon.

Supper tonight, beef casserole, will do the veg shortly so I just have to cook it later. We are not eating dessert just now.