Visitation

We are expecting a visitation today, DD2 is coming over with GS and GGD to see us. Have not seen them since New Year. We do see DD2, meet her in the town for lunch sometimes.

Refund from the electric etc came through yesterday, it has gone straight into the emergency fund.

Its a fine but cool morning, have a small load in the washer, it should dry.

Gardener washed out the greenhouse yesterday as well as putting the edging in for DB's small bed in the garden. He likes coming here becasue we have different jobs for him to do.......he did say that one of his clients had gone away and not told him they were going, he was £75 down, his gardening is his only income. He does not get his pension for another 3 years.

I have almost finished a red and white bowl, I saw one yesterday that had been left flat and used as a mat foe a candle. They are quite quick and easy to do, so might also do a green and white one.

So supper tonight will be ham salad, I bought a bag of small leaf salad on Thursday, it has rocket and lembs lettuce in, as well as spinach. I have some cooked gammon in the freezer, also a quiche, so one or the other.

Sunny but brrrr

not sure if we had a slight frost last night, part of the grass looks frosted. The sun is out but there is a distinct chill in the air.

The mat that wrinkled yesterday is not flat, having been placed inder a weighty tome overnight. It will be going to a new home next week.

It took me most of the day to recover from my shopping trip, we also had a bad night as well which does not help.

It starts with washing down the greenhouse now it is empty, I have divorced myself from what goes on in there, no longer anything to do with me, DB can do as he likes. He has very conveniently forgotten who kept the wretched thing going when he was in hospital.........

I need to take some cuttings off the geraniums before we get a heavy frost, I need 4 largish pots, will put 4 cuttings to a pot until they have rooted. Have just remembered we have some root trainers, they have a lid than goes over them, they will do nicely.

I need to sort out what I am going to make next, I have a pattern for a multicoloured star, might have a go at that, I also need to sort out what bags I need for the rest of the stuff for the sale.

Fish and chips tonight, dessert..... no idea. 

Shopping again

 I am begining to wonder how much longer I am going to  be able to keep up shopping at the supermarket, I am exhausted.

DB stayed at home, his digestive system is playing up again. By the time I got back I was shattered.

I have finished the two things I was working on, I have had to put a heavy book on the mat to flatten it.

No rain today, just very dull and cold.

Supper tonight pizza and salad, not sure about dessert maybe fresh fruit.

Make up bag.

Christmas mat

Where are my knickers?

I forgot I put a load of laundry into the dryer yesterday........Eventually remembered just as I was falling asleep last night. 

It rained heavily unil lunch time then cleared up a reasonable afternoon, this morning the sun is out, but we have a warning for 80mph winds later today..oh joy, really looking forward to that - not.

I managed two bits of the mat yesterday so its half done, I had to cut more fabric to replace what went in the bucket. Hopefully will finish it this week and then can go on to something else.

The garden is slowly winding down, DB wants the gardener to paint the shed with preservative before the winter comes, its two years since it was last done. The greenhouse also needs cleaning out, I guess T  will do that as well.

Supper tonight, its ding dinner night, chicken and bacon pasta. I have to order some more. I gave DB a sweet and sour chicken last week and he likes it so will order one for 2 people this time.

Rain cometh

The sky is as back as ink, typical, I have a large coloured load in the machine, so its going to be a dryer day.

I have just had an argument with our fuel suppier, EDF they are sitting on an overpayment of £400 on our dual account. Last year they put our payment up to £121 which was way over the top, they have reduced the payment to £80 which means that in 6 months when the next bill is due they will be sitting on £480. Our bill for the winter quarter last year was just over £300 which means we will again be in credit. I read the meter every week and send it in, so they can see what our  usage is running at.They are getting interest on our money, so I will have it back thank you!!

I started the Christmas mat yesterday, two attempts ended up in the bin, so I have to cut some more fabric today.

DB tells me it raining heavily, so he will not be able to go out to the garden this morning, he will have to find something else to do.

Pork an bean casserole for supper tonight, no idea aboyt dessert, we finished the trifle last night.

Wash day again

it comes round with monotonus regularity, bed linen today, Its sunny just now, so hopefully it will dry.

Last night we had the tail end of the wind from the storm that has been battering the US, it was really giving it some when we went to bed. Thankfully it has calmed down this morning. 

My cleaner is abroad at her sons wedding, so DB had to help me change the duvet cover, drives me nuts, cannot follow the easiest instructions.....I always end up shouting at him, what happened to sense I will never know.

I did manage to finish the make up bag. I now have to do the Christmas mat and then its on to stuff for the sale..........

I feel like an easy supper tonight so will have egg and chips, we have some trifle left, so will finish that up.

 

Usual breakfast

in bed, DB decided to get up a bit earlier. So feet on the floor, showered and dressed by 10am, I have also done the veg for tonight supper.

Yesterday was one of those days, I was struggling with the instructions for the bag I was making, finally this morning I figured it out, looked at the pocket piece and discovered a slit right in the top, so am going to have to start from scratch again....grrrrrrr, so at least I know now how it goes together. I was also trying, at the same time, to set up DB's new tablet, have done some of it, but have to transfer over the stuff thats on his old one and take it back to factory setting, then he can sell it. The new one has a slot for a card, never had one that needed a card before.....so a new thing to grapple with. I am putting a notice up, no new phones, lap tops or tablets we do not change them again.

DB said we were due high winds today and also rain, at the moment its dry, but there has been rain, the pavements are wet. No idea about the wind, have not opened the door.

M was here yesterday to cut the grass, his next visit will, I think, be his last for this year, he will come back in march next year. The gardener will be here until the end of October.

Supper tonight, roast chicken, veggies and stuffing balls, dessert raspberry trifle.