Quite a night

It rained heavily yesterday evening, still raining when we went to bed. I appeared to have stopped during the night, no thunder or anything, started again late morning, it a very dark sky again just now.

Week before last I bought a melon, kept it a week to ripen up, cut it this morning for our Sunday Breakfast in bed, it was lovely and ripe, very refreshing. We finally made it out of bed by 10.30am. Veggies prepped for supper, carrots, cabbage and roast potatoes with the pork I cooked and sliced.

DB is still complaining about being dizzy when he wakes up, he does sleep on 3 pillows but wriggles so much he ends up sleeping flat. I have tried getting him to sit up slowly, but it does not seem to work too well. So he just has to wait until it settles. I do make him get up and walk round in the sitting room, not moving is not good.

The rain has done the garden a power of good, everything seems to be ok, and the lavender in the front is starting to flower. I need to sot out pots for the ones in the grow house.

Still no sewing done, just cannot seem to raise any enthusiasm for some reason.

Spoke to our old neighbours yesterday, they new tenant have moved into No 16.....apparently the place is a mess already. I know the grass has not been cut. I do not understand why people take on a house with a large garden if they are not interested in gardening. The garden was one thing that sold the bungalow to us when we first saw it. They do not seem keen on housekeeping either. 

 

Its raining

started last night and is still raining this morning, golly do we need it!! The rain water barrel on the shed was almost empty, I have been having to use the hose........its due to clear up later but return tomorrow.

I had a good sleep Thursday night, over 9 hours, last night was 6 hours 3 minutes, better than nothing I suppose.

No plans for today, unless it clears we will not be able to go out into the garden........ so will go and set up my machine to do the embroidered plaque I want to do. I need to lift the ironing press off the table and back onto the floor so I can use the cutting table.

Supper tonight is spag bol with garlic bread. 

Our garden gets a viewing

earlier in the week, we asked Colin to deliver 6 bags of compost.  He came just as we finished lunch yesterday, dropped the bags and then took a walk round the garden. He was surprised at how  much we had done and how much better it looked than when he saw it last, two weeks after we moved in. We had a discussion about what we hoped to do and he answered various queries I had about some of the existing plants, he has recommended we cut the cherry tree back to 2 buds to encourage them to grow. He also said they had a big problem with leaf curl as well. He suggested leaving the crososmia until it had flowered and then chop it down and dig out the bulbs.

It was quite chilly this morning, but the sun came out around 11am, there appeares to be something on at the school this afternoon, there are cars everywhere.

Out in the garden for half an hour this morning, DB is still having dizzies when he wakes up, he is ok after 10 - 15 minutes, it must be something to do with his BP. Might have to get the dose upped, will speak to the chemist at the Drs next week, see what they say.

Fish and chips tonight, we had icecream last night for dessert, so may well have the sponge pudding tonight.

Great

I managed 8.24hrs last night, ,much better. Its election day, neither of us have voted for the first time ever, there is no party fit to run this Country, just watch what happens if, as expected, labour win!! Draw your money out the bank and put it under the mattress!! We are already having to pay tax on money we earnt, which was taxed at source. 

Its a very windy morning, I have laundry out which hopefully will dry, I managed to clonk myself with the clothes pole...... no damage just a bruised ear.

Grocery delivery this morning, I ordered a case of shandy, they were out of stock....hey ho, will have to drink orange juice.

I have been to put fuel in the car, there are rumours that fuel is going to start going up again. I never let the car go empty, once it gets to half a tank I fill it up.

I need to get myself back in the groove and start sewing again, I really want to do quite a bit.

Sausage, mash and beans for supper tonight, I have 2 small sponge puddings I will do for dessert.

A slower day

 Did not get to sleep until after 1am, managed 6 hours, so not too bad but not good.

Dull morning, it has rained during the night, the slabs are still damp. The garden needs the rain, the grass has started to grow again.

Ironed the bed linen, its the last lot I bought, am not rally happy with it, have a job to get it to lie flat especially yhe pillowcases which seem to have been sewn on the twist somehow. I have to iron it myself, just cannot afford to have the ironing done at the laundry.

DB has been out and moved things around a bit, Colin is coming sometime with 6 more bags of compost. I am hoping tomorrow to sort out the rest of the pots that are sitting at the back of the garage, so the patio can be swept and weed killed.  Then we can perhaps sit out if its not too hot. Apparently we are due another week of high temperatures this month.

Supper tonight, some of the gammon I cooked at the weekend with a green salad, no tomato's until tomorrow. possibly ice crem for dessert.

Treat day

After a hectic day yesterday, I decided on a trip to our favourite garden centre, DB wanted more compost and I decided we could have hot chocolate and toasted tea cake....... they were having a 'sale' I got 18 lavender plants for £18, They are usually at least £2 normally. DB got two alpine plants for his trough. I will grow the lavender on, its going round one of the beds on the right hand side of the garden.  I also paid for 6 bags of compost. Colin will deliver it later this week.We had just arrived when it started to rain, but only a shower, by the time we had driven back home it had stopped.

The bed at the top of the garden on the right hand side is going to be an herbacous bed next year. Trevor will be cutting euronymus back in the autumn and sorting the ivy etc on the fences. I have a jasmin that can go on the fence once its clear.

No lunch today DB will have his yogut before he goes for his siesta. 

I did have a better night last night, just over 8 hours, I will try and have a nap when DB is iin bed. I managed an hour yesterday afternoon.

Supper tonight is pork and rice, banana for dessert.

 

 

I hate Mondays

another terrible night, I really must get hold of sleeping.......my average for last week was 5 hours!!

Cleaner here , usual excellent job, fetched Trevor, he has also done a great job more plants in, the front garden weeded and a few more plants put  in and also he has edged the grass at the back. Split the campanula I bought from Hose, it made 5 clumps to go in along the edge of the wall in the front.

Rain was forecast, I had stripped the bed, the sheets etc on the line, it came over very dark, so I fetched them in, the wind had dried them, they are just damp enough to iron possibly tomorrow.

I took Trevor back whilst DB was having his siesta. He really seems to enjoy coming. I keep him up with coffee and I put a thermos of water with ice cubes in for him as well. I had some chicken left from yesterday so I wizzed it up with half an onion, salt and pepper, mixed  Mayo in and used it for rolls at lunch time.

Yesterday I cooked a piece of gammon, so sliced it up on the slicer, we had some for supper along with some salad and new potato's.

I am getting concerned about the amount of pain in my lower back, I suppose I should really start taking the pain killers regularly rather than when the pain is bad. I am wiped out, fell asleep on the settee for over an hour this afternoon. I need to sort out my Mondays and pace myself a bit better.