I Shut the door

On the sewing room till next week. I phoned my machine dealer and he has ordered a new flat bed box for my Lumi. Cost me £100......

GGS Max came this afternoon, he has scrapped out all the weeds on the patio. He is coming back at the weekend to jet wash the slabs. The shrubs etc in the garden are in a mess, a lot of cutting back is called for. I wish my old gardener was still around, he would have made short work of it.

DB is doing well, he walked through into the conservatory this afternoon to have a look at the garden. We are both sleeping better for some reason I clocked 9 hours last night and 8+ the night before.

The boxes have been collected, we also sorted out the key to the garage front door.

DB elected to have corned beef salad for supper, we had the last two custard tarts. Delivery from Morrison tomorrow. 

My goodness

I went to Tesco this afternoon for a small top up, I was astonished at some of the prices.......I have had a Tesco card for years, but Tesco was not one of the shops I used. Compared to Morrison they are in a different league,  to get a delivery you have to spend £50. I pay £39 and get deliveries for 12 months. Morrison minimum spend is £25.

The chiropodist came this morning. She has chucked her husband out........long story. She has put her prices up, first time for a number of years.

Its much cooler and there is a breeze, the leaves on the trees are starting to turn, plenty of sweeping up in the autumn.

I was in my sewing room this morning, looking at getting rid of a lot of stuff, the travel bag for the machine is going to have to go in the garage. The bag for the embroidery arm will go in the bottom of the bed in the third bedroom out of the way.

Pork and rice for supper tonight, I got a couple of custard tarts for dessert, we finished the melon last night.

That which was lost???

 I had emptied all the boxes in my sewing room, no sign of the two monitors that feed pacemaker info back to the technicians. I phoned the removers, he thought they were part of the contents to be left in the apartment!! eventually after a lot of argy bargy, I was let in and retrieved them. Now plugged in so report to night to co firm we are still in the land of the living.

DB had a nasty dizzy this morning, was out of it for a couple of hours. All boxes now unpacked, just need to sort out the sewing room and get the curtain poles put up then DD1 and SIL can come over and give me a lift getting the machine up on the table and put the curtains up, then e try thing will be finished except for installing the whirly.

Supper cottage pie, veg and gravy, rest of the melon for dessert.

Busy day

I have one last box to unpack, hall is full of broken down boxes ready to go into the garage to await collection. So we are getting there. The sitting/dining room is fairly straight, the kitchen sorted, utility area OK. The 3rd bedroom now has the boxes of Christmas Dec's in the cupboard along with some of the bedding for the bed. Our bedroom is tidy. The sewing room resembles a tip, hope to get to grips with that over the next couple of days. Curtain rails due by Tuesday, so curtains will be going up.

It has been a lot cooler today, although when I went through the conservatory it was still warm enough to sit in. Last night the temperature was a lot lower, we were glad of the quilt on the bed over the sheet

I did a small load of laundry overnight, it dried on the airer in the conservatory, I found a couple of boxes lurking there, will move them tomorrow. So we can start to settle down and enjoy the space.

Supper tonight was roast pork and salad. I had a melon I had been ripening, we had some of that for dessert. A buttered tea cake also found it's way onto a plate whilst we were watching cricket on TV.

DB's carer was late, she had a busy day, but we were her last call, so she stopped for a chat. She was the carer who came to me 18 months ago. She doubles in the office, so do not see so much of her now. It was nice to catch up.

Much cooler

 Overcast this morning and much cooler. Slow start, doors and windows open to let in some fresh air.

Cleaner came and did her usual good job. The battery on the vaccum ran out before she finished the sitting room carpet, so I will do it once it's charged up again.

I have started running the cold water before the hot comes into a bucket and using it to water the plants. The boiler is quite away from the kitchen, so it takes a while to run through hot. Now the plants are in the shade  they are doing  well. Once the boxes have been un packed I will move them round to where I want them.

Sun came out this afternoon not too hot. No rain although it may be cloudy tomorrow.

Supper tonight was crustless quiche, and salad, chocolate mousse, a glass of shandy went down very well. It was chilled down in the fridge.

Another hot day

But 9c less than yesterday, there is a breeze, but it's a warm breeze. 

I have started on the sewing room, cannot believe the number of boxes still to open.

Gradually getting used to the place, keeping fit going from the back to the front door.

Sleeping was not easy last night, although the sun had moved round, it was still rather stuffy. I had the fan on to cool me down.

Going to indulge in fish and chips from the chippy for supper tonight, too hot and tired to tackle them here.

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Phew its hot

36c here this afternoon, fans have been going since early morning.

I had an appointment for blood test, Dr's were running late. T was with DB whilst I was out.

This afternoon I have emptied 5 more boxes to clear the bedroom, have not found our pacemaker monitors yet, they must be in the boxes in the sewing room, will start in there tomorrow.....?.

I am shattered, sleep not too bad, managed to get the internet connected this morning, so have checked the bank, still surviving.......at last the lady who is moving into our apartment has paid me for the dish washer........

Supper tonight is ham and salad........it's too hot for anything else.