So

working towards Sunday, This morning I have cooked some pork shoulder for supper tonight. I will have enough to freeze for a second meal. Tomorrow I need to make a trial batch of scones, I have not made any for ages. I also have the silver cultlery to polish, it the only cutlery I have enough of.

We are going out to supper on Friday night, meeting DD2 at The Harboro for a meal.

I have washed the towels this morning, it keeps clouding over, but DB tells me it is not going to rain, so hopefully it will dry on the whirly.

Our next door neighbour came round yesterday with a card and a bag of kidney beans. Its the first time I have seen her since she came home from Hospital after having a stent put in. Nice to see her, but she is feeling very tired. I told her it will take 3 months for her to feel anything like right.

Fabric has come for DGD's quilt for the baby. I have a table runner to finish and then I will be on to the quilt, I want to get it done in good time.

A card from SIL, they move on Saturday.......she is going to find a difference from a 6 bed house to a one bed apartment!!

Thats it for today folks, did manage just over 7 hours last night, so not doing so bad this week.

 

Much cooler

Collected Trevor yesterday, he did his usual good job in the garden before I took him home.

Called to see Nikki, spent an hour with her catching up on the gossip. She is not enamoured with the new people in our bungalow. I did see the lady as I was drvinf away, she was attcking one of the shrubs in the front.

Its cooler today, there was some rain overnight but it had dried up by mid marning. DB did a round in the garden, the two clematis on the arch are both flowering. No sign of flowers on the rose though.

I started a table runner, its a Christmas present, did one piece and discovered I had done the wrong bit grrrrrrr.........the machine is behaving its self after the long break. I need to do a bit of altering round in the sewing room, some things are in the wrong place. I need to get the hoops hanging up, they are on the floor at the moment.

Syking myself up to start pulling thins together for Sunday. I need to start with cleaning the silver cutlery. knives and spoons anyway.

No idea whats for supper tonight, could do frittata and salad.......

Excellent

lunch yesterday DB only took small portions and managed to eat it all. Came home and went for his siesta, I camped out on the settee. I do enjoy going, it means I do not have to cook on a Sunday every 6 weeks or so.

Watched cricket, well DB did, I sat reading. We had a snack for supper, garlic cream cheese on Ryvita and fruit. DB had yogurt.

A small load of washing out, will need to go and get it in, it keeps clouding over as if its going to rain. Towels also need to be done this week.

Slightly better sleep last night. I had to get up and go to fetch Trevor for his stint in the garden, I took him back after lunch and called in to see Nikki. A pleasant hour catching up with the gossip about old neighbours.

Spag bol and sour dough bread for supper tonight, dare say some ice cream will appear for dessert.

Treat day

its Sunday so we are going out for lunch, no cooking for me today. We will just have a snack at tea time.

I am girding my loins for next Sunday, yesterday I got a message from DD2 asking if DGD's ?boyfriend,' could come, so that makes 7 of us. Tomorrow I have to make a batch of scones to make sure I have not lost the skill. Its ages since I made any.

Its much cooler this morning and there has been a very short shower, about 10 drops, the sun keeps trying to come through.

DB skinned his knee the other day, it is not healing as I would like, I have put a dressing on it, will see what it looks like tomorrow. I may have to take him down to the surgery to the emergency clinic, he made need some antib's.

So no supper tonight just a snack.

Hooray

its raining, not a lot but its rain. yesterday was almost unbearable, we drank a lot of iced water.........going to the library van was our only trip out. The reat of the time we were inside with the back porch door open to try and collect some of the breeze.

The garden is not suffering too much, thanks to the downpour the other night things are looking less stressed and certainly saved me from having to water.

No real plans for today, at least its cooler.....

Reasonanble night last night, just under 8 hours, just one bad night during the week. Mind you I was dosed up with pain killers, my hands had een driving me mad all day.

Supper tonight sausage, mash and cabbage. ice cream for afters.

Yes it did

rain last evening, not that it did much good, it was bouncing off the road, the garden shows no sign of rain. No more due anytime soon, and the temperature is climbing.

Nothing much done yesterday except bring our budget up to date and then apart from getting lunch and supper, read.

I did nip over to our neighbour across the road, she had asked me about making a table runner for her Granddaughter for Christmas. 

The orchid in the kitchen is back in flower, I got it cheap from QD a few months ago, it looked as if it was nearly dead, but tlc has paid dividends.

Its library day, we have to go to Thorpe Satchville to meet the van about 3pm. They should have a couple of new books for me. I am still wading through the books on the book bug site on the internet.

Fish and chips tonight, banana and ice cream for dessert.

It rained

not much, but it did, then the sun came out.........blinds drawn tokeep the heat down. Yesterday was horrendous. Have used a lot of electric with the fan going in the sitting room.

Last night I managed just over 8 hours, but I was really shattered, the heat got to me yesterday.

The quilt from our bed dried in the sun, it did not foul the arch even though it was on the very outer line, the olnly one that was big enough to take it.

Groceries delivered this morning, cost a bit more than usual I had to buy flour and butter.

Papers are full of what the new governemnt are going to do to pensioners, none of it fair. There is also a rumour that tax is going to go up. I need to be careful that our savings do not go over the £20,000 threashold or they will tax the interest on that as well!! It is in a high interest account, the interest is paid yearly. So I have to wait until May next year to see what the interest is. Up to now we have not had to pay tax, but its coming and we know it.

I am still not in the mood for sewing, my machine is just sitting there, I did get some felt out but that was it.

Salmosn, new potatoes and peas for supper, fruit and ice cream for dessert.