Summer Breeze!!!

There is a very slight breeze here this morning....subtle but it's there....so I have braved opening the curtains and windows to let some of it in.
It's still 28.5C in the house but it does feel much better than yesterday which was horrendously hot.
Jobs have been done this morning and the kitchen is all sparkly and clean ready for my visitors and I am just waiting for Andy to get up so that I can go and hoover upstairs and change the bedding. Usually when he finishes for his annual leave he doesn't bother going to bed but Sod's Law he will be stuck there until tea time today.

We have very loose plans for the weekend depending on the weather but at some point we need to take Ruby shopping for her football boots, shin pads and gum shield that she needs for her new school. The list of stuff she has to have is huge so Andy and I said we would help out.
Marlowe will also be starting pre-school and she has to have a uniform too. My goodness she will look cute in that and although I don't want their Summer break to fly by I can't wait to see the first day of school pictures.
Sunday will be a definite family lunch at the pub day albeit a later one as they were pretty booked up. That suits all of us except Andy who likes his lunch at 12 on the dot.

So here's to a fabulous weekend with my little munchkins and I hope you all have a great one too.
There probably won't be much in the way of posts now until Monday so see you then.
Sheila-x-

Wilting!!!

Today in Staffordshire we have predicted temperatures of 32C and it is already 29.5C in the sewing room...yuck.
I will not be doing much as I need to squirrel away some energy for the weekend.
A nice gentle day of stitching by the fan with a cold drink.

I hope Andy manages to get some sleep as he has not long come in from a night shift. He hasn't slept well all week.
Only one more shift to do tonight and then he is on annual leave for a fortnight. He is so ready for it.
We're not going away but will have some days out and some days tidying up in the back garden. It will be nice to spend some quality time together.
DD is off too but she will be spending the week getting ready for a few days away.

Sunday will be a family lunch at the pub with DS and DDIL to hand back the girls after their weekend stay. I was going to do another lunch in the garden as we did for DS's birthday but apparently it's going to rain so not a good idea.

I had best get off and book the table now that I know they are definitely coming.

Keep cool today.
Sheila-x-

Busyness!!!

Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days but I am up to my ears in busyness getting the house ready for my two little visitors at the weekend.
Ruby is coming to stay Friday night on her own and then she will stay Saturday night along with Marlowe who will be having her first ever sleepover at Ganma's....she is so excited.
To round off the weekend before delivering them home we will take them out for lunch.
A weekend full of lovely 😁

Today is supposed to turn very hot this afternoon so I am saving the job of cleaning out the fridge until then....I'm not daft....lol. Can't think of anything better than having my head stuck in the fridge on a baking hot afternoon.

Meals are continuing to be very simple with the oven being used for the shortest times possible.
Today will be a cold Spanish omelette with salad to use up any leftovers in the fridge.

There is still cross stitching going on and I have just started a new Christmas chart which is looking lovely. I have a few completed pieces now which I need to rinse and iron before I decide on how to finish them and once I have gathered all the things I need to do that I will have a day of just finishing which should be fun.
I'm so glad that I was inspired to start cross stitching again.

Well sitting here won't get me omelette made will it....lol......so I shall go and have a root in the fridge and get started.

Have a wonderful day.
Sheila-x-

A Day Full Of Lovely!!!

Yesterday was just one of the nicest days.
Just after Andy had gone to work the phone rang and I fully expected it to be a cold caller.....but no......it was an old friend I haven't seen or heard from in ages.....she was passing nearby and wondered if she could call in....well heck yes 😀
We had a fabulous hour or three catching up and I got to meet her new dog who was absolutely gorgeous.
Into me posh clobber and out of the house by six to go and see Ruby in her last school play. Oh it was so good.....a little bit of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, lots of fairies and some beautiful songs.
DD and I hadn't eaten before we went out so she said that as I was in me posh she would treat me to a meal out to make the most of it and we got home just after Andy at gone 9pm.

Today has been quite a bit cooler with plenty of rain for the garden which made it much more comfortable to get some jobs done this morning and I have just come down from a lovely bath that has soothed my aching shoulders....bliss!!!

Now I have an hour or so to stitch before I prepare our evening meal.
I am one happy bunny 😀

Hope you have all had a fabulous day.
Sheila-x-

Just One Cold Day...Please!!!

I am so over this heat now and I would love just one cold day to rack my energy levels up a bit and to not feel like my clothes are strangling me. DD and I are finding that the new sofa and chairs are not conducive to evening tv watching while it is so warm so there is absolutely zero snuggling going on and I miss going to bed with my hot water bottle.
I am a Winter girl through and through.

Household jobs are getting done in a rather flopsy manner with more than usual breaks for cold drinks and life behind closed curtains is becoming rather boring as I try to keep the house cooler.

Andy is still demanding cooked meals at lunchtime. I cannot persuade him to have salad no matter how hard I try. This is one thing I won't miss when he retires in September.

Looking forward to seeing Ruby later this afternoon and as usual there is chicken on the menu....fajitas today with a lovely cool salad....bliss......followed by fruit in jelly with ice cream....but not for me as I'm not a fan of jelly unless I really, really fancy it.

So....I will go and chop up some salad and run the hoover over then I can stitch for an hour until she arrives.

Hope you are having a great day today.
Sheila-x-