Handy Andy!!!

Day one of his first week off and the cupboard shelves are nearly done.
Rather a lot of huffing and puffing going on as there's not one square wall inside the cupboard.
Taking out the old jerry built shelves has uncovered the fact that some painting needs doing desperately so that can be added to the big job list to do later as I want to get the painting done in the bathroom first.

Out to the doctors this morning for a blood test and then straight into town to pick up a few bits and bobs. I managed to pick up a pack of nautical tea towels which will be turned into bunting for the bathroom window and a lovely tin with a beach hut print for cotton buds.....and a skirt for myself for £5.....bargain. I've done really well with bargains in the last few days so now I will probably go for another twelve months before I get any more.

Going veggie for tea tonight with a butternut squash and sweet potato bake with fresh green beans sauteed in garlic and black pepper. I hope it fills me handy man up....lol.

Itching now to get everything back into the cupboard so that I can make a start on the cooking but he is just having a tiny bit of trouble with one of the shelves....might be a late tea then.

Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-

 

Long, Slow Sunday!!!

Today Andy and I are mostly spending the day at home.
DD is at work doing her last ever weekend shift...yay. Due to shift pattern changes she will now be working a little later at night and having weekends off.
Andy is pleased because it means he will get his Sunday lunch at lunchtime and not nearly teatime some weeks.

I had a very good shopping trip out yesterday and picked up a bargain in the shape of four lovely navy blue bath sheets for £5 each instead of £10 each from B&M. The money saved on those paid for a loo roll holder/storage cupboard and a storage container for by the side of the bathroom sink.
Even more bargains....my garlic with allicin capsules that usually cost £8.99 a bottle were on offer at Holland&Barrett for 2 for £10 and my cod liver oil capsules half price at £5. The money saved on those paid for some ornaments and candles for the bathroom.
I was a very happy shopper 😁

Just waiting now for the wall panels to be fitted and then there will be a little painting work for me to do and a carpet to be fitted and we'll be done.

The weather is pretty nice today. Still quite cool but it's dry and breezy.
Hope it's nice where you are.
Sheila-x-
 

Caught Up!!!

I've just caught up with all the new blog posts I have missed out on over the last couple of days and replies to my post.
I should have made myself a cup of coffee as it took me a while but I'll wait now and have one with Andy when he gets back from taking all the old shower room stuff to the recycling centre.

He's been a busy lad this morning and has already been out and done some grocery shopping for me while I waited in for a parcel so when I go out this afternoon when DD gets in from work I get to do the nice bits of shopping....namely stuff for the new bathroom.

Andy wants a simple tea tonight that we can eat while we watch his new film that he bought this morning......I don't mind a bit of King Kong....lol.....so we will have bacon rolls with a spoonful of beans in them....yummy.
If it's cool tomorrow as it is today I will do him a Sunday dinner with some pork chops I have in the freezer....mind you I will probably still do it if it's warmer. He deserves it as he has promised to start on shelving out the cupboard which I am so desperate for.

Until DD gets home I am getting the laundry done so that I don't have to do it in the week which will leave me free if Andy needs a hand or wants us to go out somewhere.

So...that is what is going off at Tea Towel Mansion for the weekend.
Hope you are all up to something a tad more exciting.
Sheila-x-

Old Soak!!!

I had an hours soak in the new bath, slept like a log and woke up virtually pain free. Fluke or not?
Whatever it was I have spent pretty much most of the day doing housework and have only really just sat down to have half an hour to myself before DD gets home.
We are supposed to be going out for tea but I am going to see if DD would prefer to have Chinese and snuggle at home to watch more of the new box set....24-Legacy that she picked up last night. It's brilliant. It's thrashing down with rain and the thermometer says that the heating can go on so I know what I would rather do.

Hope the Doodles are having a safe journey down to London where they are spending tonight and meeting up with DDIL's sister and partner before they travel on to Cornwall tomorrow and I hope the weather stays nice for their week away.

Bit of a quick post today. DD's arrival is imminent so I'll go and put the kettle on.

Thanks for dropping by today.
Sheila-x-

 

Bang, Crash, Wallop!!!

Today we have had the thunder that was predicted for us about three weeks ago. Honestly....anyone else that bad at their jobs would be fired wouldn't they...ha, ha, ha.

I'm very late blogging today but Ruby has been here since early this morning. I had plans for entertaining her but she had her own plans which involved half an hour of You Tube, a film and a bath. The rest of the time has been taken up with drawing, playing Ants In Your Pants and Sweetie Swoop board games and dancing.
She has gone home a happy girl with spending money for her holiday and instructions to collect some shells and a piece of driftwood for Ganma.
I won't see her for two weeks now 😟

The plumber has gone for the time being and we won't see him again until Tuesday or Wednesday depending on when the wall panels arrive. We can use the bath in the meantime so I will be heading up there before long.

Andy is not now working a week of his holiday so I shall have him at home for two weeks from next week. Hopefully my jobs will get done that I have planned for him namely shelving out the cupboard in the kitchen so that I can store things better and levelling the side of the garden that never makes it into the photos. Fingers crossed he is in the mood to do them.

Well there are some very black clouds rolling in so I expect we have not seen the last of the thunder for today. I'd best turn the computer off for a while as I don't want it frying if the lightening strikes the sub station as it has done a million times before.

Hope you are all safe and dry.
Sheila-x-