We Can See Clearly Now.....!!!

.....the window is in....yay for that.
They arrived quite early this morning and the job is done and dusted.
DD just needs to put her room back in order when she gets home from work. It worked out quite well really having it done today as she is on a half day and will be home at lunchtime.
As the window is in the attic room we went for one that opens inwards to make cleaning easier and oh how I wish we had done that with all the upstairs windows.

Weather forecast has been checked for our area and we are hopeful of a dry weekend so after double checking by looking out of the window....lol.....we may get something done in the garden this weekend. I hope so as I am sick of looking at it now.

What are your plans for the weekend?
I hope you have a good one whatever you are doing.
Sheila-x-

Oh My Word!!!

The new furniture has arrived and oh my word....it is bigger than it looked in the showroom. There may have to be a bit of shuftying around when Andy gets up.
I daren't sit on it just yet else I may never get up again...it is soooo comfortable.
Now I have to squidge things around in the sewing room so that we can eat at the table as I am not letting Andy eat food anywhere near the new sofa or chairs. Up until now we have had leather but this is cloth and I don't want any stains on it.

Had a wonderful couple of hours with Ruby last night. She was in very excited mode as today she is taking part in a dance competition at another school. Any day away from your normal school is fun but as she loves dance so much this is super exciting. I just adore her smiley face and shiny eyes when she is excited.

Last time Andy went up to the butchers he bought some pork chops in a honey and mustard marinade so I have taken those out of the freezer for tonight's meal. I will not be partaking as I don't like honey and mustard  marinade so I will have some of the salad I'm doing and maybe some cheese and pineapple.

Wet and windy here today but no plans to go out so it won't worry me.
Hope you have a fabulous day.
Sheila-x-

Early Morning Phone Calls!!!

I'm not a fan of early morning phone calls....or late night ones to be honest.
This morning the call was to say that our window will not be fitted today and it has now been moved to Friday. DD is not going to be pleased as she has had to move her bed and take down her curtains.
Every cloud has a silver lining though and it will mean that Andy will be able to sleep undisturbed today. Friday won't matter so much as he will be out at a hospital appointment and the job should be finished by the time he gets home if they arrive at the time we have been given.

Miss Doodle will be here later and has asked for cottage pie for her tea so I will be in the kitchen again today making one from scratch as I have run out of ready prepared minced beef in gravy in the freezer. I'll do a big batch today and remedy that.

Even though the sun keeps peeping through the clouds it is quite cold here. I'll resist putting the heating on though as I will warm up when I get started on my jobs.

Hope you have a good day today.
Sheila-x-

A Kitchen Kind Of Day!!!

When it's cold and damp outside I always find the nicest place to be is in the kitchen so that is where I have spent most of my time so far today. I am on my fourth load of laundry and I have put together a lovely Cajun chicken casserole for tea tonight and am trying to decide whether to serve it bowls with crusty bread or on a plate with some steamed veg.
I'll wait until His Nibs gets up and see what he fancies I think.

The woodpecker now seems to be a regular visitor to our garden and comes nearly every day. His favourite feast seems to be the fat balls or the coconuts filled with suet and seeds so I will be making sure we don't run out of those.
The jay must have just been passing through as we haven't seen him again.

We've had a phone call this morning to say that the new window will be fitted tomorrow. They have worked out a way to get it into the house and up two flights of stairs without having to resort to scaffolding which I am very grateful for.
Thursday morning the sofa will be coming and then hopefully that will be it for this week and we can look forward to a peaceful weekend. I aim to resist going out and crack on with a big job that needs doing while I have bodies in the house to help.
I could actually do with going to Lakeland in Derby but just this once I am going to place my order online.....and I am off to do that now.

I hope you are having a lovely day....it looks like the sun is trying to come out.
Sheila-x-

All Over The Place!!!

Well....that has been a very busy few days I must say.

Friday Miss Marlowe was here until late afternoon and we had a wonderful time together....playing at the park in beautiful warm sunshine, a carpet picnic for lunch and then playing with dolls until it was time for her to go home.
I hope we get to do it again soon.

Saturday Andy, DD and I went off to Supermarket Surplus at Market Drayton to see if we could find a sofa and chairs to replace the Ikea furniture we have which is just not working for us. Luckily we visited when they had a Mother's Day sale on. The list price for the sofa we chose was £1,000 and we got it for £399 and the chairs were an absolute steal too.
It will be delivered on Thursday morning and in the meantime I am looking for a charity to donate our current sofa and chairs to who could possibly collect it as we have no way of delivering it anywhere.

Sunday we picked Ruby up to take her shopping for flowers for her Mummy. We had lunch at home cooked by Andy and then we were out again to The Doodle House for coffee and cake.

This morning Andy and I have been out sorting stuff out at the bank and doing a little shopping. We have just got home and I am having five minutes with a cup of coffee before I get myself into gear and get a bit of housework done and then I'll come back this afternoon and catch up with all of your blogs to see what you have been up to over the weekend.

Have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-