A Good Day!!!

More sewing done yesterday but I didn't quite finish all of the aprons as I was quite cold just sitting so I found something more energetic to do to get warmed up.
The highlight of my day was spotting another unusual bird visiting the garden. Looking it up in the bird book I was surprised to discover that it was a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Even though we live near woodlands I have never seen one before although I have heard them.
What an absolute beauty it was. I hope it comes back.

Wednesday means a visit from me Ruby so I am just about to have a tidy up and prepare tea....savoury mince with mashed potatoes and veg. I think it's forest school today so I expect she will be cold when she comes in.
There is a lovely new pair of slippers for her tootsies if they are cold and I have fetched one of my t shirts down to put on the radiator for her to get cosy in.

The visit to the doctor this morning for the results of my blood test wasn't too horrendous....weight only up by less than a kilo....I thought it would be more so that was good. Blood sugars had gone up so I need to get those down again...pronto....and blood pressure was fine.
The nurse and the doctor both know me well and were both concerned by my low mood. I was offered medication but declined as I am sure there will be some light at the end of the tunnel soon. If not I can always go back.
Four months until my next test so I will be working hard on the problem areas until then.

Right....I shall go and get ready for my gorgeous girl. Can't wait to see her.
Hope you are having a great day.
Sheila-x-

Sewing Accomplished!!!

So chuffed to have actually sat down at the sewing machine yesterday.
I now have two finished aprons, two more part done that just need the ties adding and one in the wings waiting to be done.
It's a filthy day outside and not fit to go out so I will probably finish them all and then I want to make myself a peg apron ready for when I can hang washing out. I'm not a fan of peg bags since I put my hand in one and a huge spider crawled up my arm. The apron will stay inside and hopefully we won't be having that happening again.

I am so disappointed that I have still had no little visitors to the window bird feeder. The garden is full of birds nearly all day so I don't know why they haven't noticed it.

I wish I had planned on something a little more warming than salad for our tea today. Poor old DD will be out in this awful rain and will be chilled to the bone when she gets in. Still....I'll get her comfies down and put them on the radiator for her to change into and she should be OK.

I'm looking forward to watching Sewing Bee on the tv tonight instead of having to wait and watch it on catch up afterwards. It sounds like it's going to be fun.

Well I hope you are all managing to keep dry and warm today.
Have a good day.
Sheila-x-

All Change!!!

I do wish the weather would settle down a bit. It's so hard to make plans when it's all over the place.
Today we have bright sunshine and wind so whatever warmth the sun might be putting out is being blown away.

The man has been to measure up for the new window and he thinks we will need the scaffolding due to the lack of space for getting the window upstairs. Not what I wanted to hear but the job needs doing. Just need to wait for their surveyor to make an appointment to come out and then hopefully we shall be all systems go.

All my jobs are done for the day until I have to cook tea. No baking to be done as there are fresh Bakewell slices in the cake tin for pack ups and all the big jobs on the list are mostly outside jobs which I don't feel like tackling at the moment so it's back to the sewing once Andy has gone to work.

Hope you are all enjoying some sunshine today.
Sheila-x-

Too Late!!!

I was up at the ungodly hour of 5am and it was thrashing it down with rain.
I spent an hour on the computer and then went and had a sit down on the sofa and by the time I got up again and looked out of the window it had snowed very heavily although it hadn't covered everything.
Too little and way too blummin' late. The rain is back and has washed it all away so it can stay away now.

The meat is in the oven for our Sunday lunch. It smells amazing and all I have to do is make some batter for the Yorkies.
Andy is out getting the papers and DD is having a tidy up in her room ready for the man who is coming to measure up for her new window tomorrow. He will also let us know if we will have to have scaffolding to get the job done. I will not be looking forward to that if we do.
Not sure what I will be doing for the rest of the day apart from making a start on the laundry.....a boring job at any time but I can't wait for some sunny and breezy days so that I can hang it out rather than drying it in the tumble dryer.

Hope you are having a good weekend.
Sheila-x-

I Will Do It!!!

Today is one of those flat grey, boring days with barely a hint of a breeze. Just the kind of days that I don't like....so....I am going to inject a bit of colour into it and I will do some sewing today. I don't feel like doing it but I am going to make myself else I feel like I shall never do any again.
I've never been in such a deep miserable hole as I feel I have been in these past few months and I am determined to get myself out of it and I will get back to my old self if it kills me in the process.

Nothing definite planned for the weekend so we'll just see how it pans out. Andy may have some ideas but he was in from work and in bed before I got up this morning so I haven't spoken to him as yet.
I shall have a check on the weather and see if we can maybe get out in the garden for a bit even though the lawn is quite mushy after all the rain.

For now I have a pile of tea towels that need folding and Andy's work clothes to wash out of the way and then the sewing machine will be going on.

Hope you are having a good day and have lots of plans for your weekend.
Sheila-x-