It's very quiet here today on our small estate. Very unusual as we can normally hear children playing, mowers mowing and drills drilling somewhere....but I am not complaining.
A lunch of roast beef has been cooked and thoroughly enjoyed and the joint was large enough to fill two trays with leftover sliced meat and gravy for a couple of future meals and they have gone into the freezer.
While I was cooking DD has been doing the laundry and has just one more load to do. That means I can get on with other jobs tomorrow and not have to keep checking to see if the machines need emptying so I am one grateful Momma.
Andy has washed the pots and is just putting them away for me and then DD and I will take over the kitchen as a hair salon so that she can dye my hair so that I look half decent when we go to the quilt show next Sunday.
Once we are done I expect we will start a new season of 24 as there is nothing on tv on a Sunday evening that we enjoy at the moment.
So all in all a nice peaceful and relaxing day today and then all hell will be let loose next week as I battle to catch up with the many things that haven't been done while Andy has been at home.
Looking forward to getting my house back for a couple of weeks before DD has some annual leave.
Hope you are having a lovely day.
Sheila-x-
Sunday, 8 April 2018
Saturday, 7 April 2018
Another Day Out!!!
Yesterday I was out all day again. This time a ride out to the tiny village where Andy was born and lunch at the pub there.
Then off to deliver a birthday card for our niece and take flowers to his Mum's grave. A quick visit to Hobbycraft to pick up some machine needles and the rest of the time was spent stuck in traffic just as the weather decided to hot up for the afternoon. Boy were we frazzled by the time we got home.
It's been a pretty busy couple of weeks and I am so looking forward to next week when I can stay home, get back into my routine and crack on with some jobs that need doing.
I am starting to feel the stirrings of that nasty bug we all get at this time of year....spring cleaningitis...lol. There is decluttering to be done, curtains to wash, paintwork to wipe down and corners to be hoovered out so I'll make a list and get it done a bit at a time.
We are also ready now for lighter meals so lots more salad will be served up. Tonight we are having some with hash jacket potatoes although I will probably go for some cheese and pineapple with mine and my potatoes can go in the freezer to be used for pack ups.
Right....coffee and crossword and then I will go and do a bit more.
Thank you so much for your comments on my last post. Next week I shall have more time to get back to replying to them individually.
Have a lovely weekend.
Sheila-x-
Then off to deliver a birthday card for our niece and take flowers to his Mum's grave. A quick visit to Hobbycraft to pick up some machine needles and the rest of the time was spent stuck in traffic just as the weather decided to hot up for the afternoon. Boy were we frazzled by the time we got home.
It's been a pretty busy couple of weeks and I am so looking forward to next week when I can stay home, get back into my routine and crack on with some jobs that need doing.
I am starting to feel the stirrings of that nasty bug we all get at this time of year....spring cleaningitis...lol. There is decluttering to be done, curtains to wash, paintwork to wipe down and corners to be hoovered out so I'll make a list and get it done a bit at a time.
We are also ready now for lighter meals so lots more salad will be served up. Tonight we are having some with hash jacket potatoes although I will probably go for some cheese and pineapple with mine and my potatoes can go in the freezer to be used for pack ups.
Right....coffee and crossword and then I will go and do a bit more.
Thank you so much for your comments on my last post. Next week I shall have more time to get back to replying to them individually.
Have a lovely weekend.
Sheila-x-
Thursday, 5 April 2018
A Day Tinged With Sadness!!!
Today would have been Maggie's fifty eighth birthday.
I have woken with a heavy heart but I will not sit around moping as Maggie would have hated that.
It will be a very difficult day for her twin as they used to spend the day together and this is the first year they won't but she is spending some time with Maggie's daughters today which I hope will help.
My day will be spent cooking.......chicken and leek pies....one for us, one for The Doodles and hopefully enough to put one or two in the freezer for Ruby visits.
Andy has gone off on one of his wanders so I also hope to get a bit of cleaning done while he is out.
Later....if I am in the mood.....I will tackle that last pair of curtains....if not I will leave them for tomorrow.
Sorry there was no post yesterday but with Andy at home my routine changes and I was out pretty much all day.
We had a drive up to Carsington Water, lunch at the pub, a visit to the garden centre on the way home and then we picked Ruby up for tea. By the time we had taken her home and got back it was quite late and all I was fit for was collapsing on the sofa.
Today we have clear blue skies and sunshine and I am hoping it will last a few days and start to dry everywhere up. I am so sick of rain and mud now.
Hope the sun is brightening your day.
Sheila-x-
I have woken with a heavy heart but I will not sit around moping as Maggie would have hated that.
It will be a very difficult day for her twin as they used to spend the day together and this is the first year they won't but she is spending some time with Maggie's daughters today which I hope will help.
My day will be spent cooking.......chicken and leek pies....one for us, one for The Doodles and hopefully enough to put one or two in the freezer for Ruby visits.
Andy has gone off on one of his wanders so I also hope to get a bit of cleaning done while he is out.
Later....if I am in the mood.....I will tackle that last pair of curtains....if not I will leave them for tomorrow.
Sorry there was no post yesterday but with Andy at home my routine changes and I was out pretty much all day.
We had a drive up to Carsington Water, lunch at the pub, a visit to the garden centre on the way home and then we picked Ruby up for tea. By the time we had taken her home and got back it was quite late and all I was fit for was collapsing on the sofa.
Today we have clear blue skies and sunshine and I am hoping it will last a few days and start to dry everywhere up. I am so sick of rain and mud now.
Hope the sun is brightening your day.
Sheila-x-
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
So Unladylike!!!
One pair of curtains shortened and rehung along with some bad words of a very unladylike nature.
The fabric is lovely to look at but working with it is a completely different matter altogether....and pair number two are the same fabric....arrrrrgh. I've not started them yet as Andy wanted a wander this morning. I had to wait for him to get back from the tyre fitters so we were later than expected going out.
Tester pots of paint to try out my new colour scheme for the living room have been purchased so I'll find an inconspicuous place to try them and I also managed to pick up a large candy stripe bed sheet from a charity shop for use as a backing for a future quilt.....£2 so I would have been daft to leave that in the shop.
Back home now and I am just finishing off the laundry. Andy is doing some jobs outside as surprisingly it is dry and sunny today.
Part of the road into town is still flooded but passable with some careful driving down the middle of the road. Any more rain though will cause problems as the fields either side are still under quite a bit of water.
A quick and easy tea tonight of beefburgers, chips and beans at Andy's request and if I can cope with them I will start the other pair of curtains after tea.
Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-
The fabric is lovely to look at but working with it is a completely different matter altogether....and pair number two are the same fabric....arrrrrgh. I've not started them yet as Andy wanted a wander this morning. I had to wait for him to get back from the tyre fitters so we were later than expected going out.
Tester pots of paint to try out my new colour scheme for the living room have been purchased so I'll find an inconspicuous place to try them and I also managed to pick up a large candy stripe bed sheet from a charity shop for use as a backing for a future quilt.....£2 so I would have been daft to leave that in the shop.
Back home now and I am just finishing off the laundry. Andy is doing some jobs outside as surprisingly it is dry and sunny today.
Part of the road into town is still flooded but passable with some careful driving down the middle of the road. Any more rain though will cause problems as the fields either side are still under quite a bit of water.
A quick and easy tea tonight of beefburgers, chips and beans at Andy's request and if I can cope with them I will start the other pair of curtains after tea.
Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-
Monday, 2 April 2018
A Busy Easter Monday!!!
Yesterday was a bit of a slobbing about day. I cooked lunch early, we ate it and then spent the rest of the time just relaxing together.
Today we were up and at it and so far Andy has picked up the tallboy that DD found at Barnado's on Saturday. It has been shifted up two flights of stairs and is now in place ready for DD to sort out the stuff she wants to go in it.
I now have light in the sewing room so that I can see better to do things at night and I am halfway through the weeks laundry.
Next job on my list is to shorten two pairs of curtains for upstairs and get them hung which I will be doing as soon as I am done on here.
The weather is foul. Snow early this morning and now torrential rain which has already flooded the road into the little town. Andy says it is just about passable but if it carries on all day then we shall be in trouble.
As we have no plans to be going anywhere we're not too worried.
I hope the weather isn't stopping you doing what you want to be doing today.
Sheila-x-
Today we were up and at it and so far Andy has picked up the tallboy that DD found at Barnado's on Saturday. It has been shifted up two flights of stairs and is now in place ready for DD to sort out the stuff she wants to go in it.
I now have light in the sewing room so that I can see better to do things at night and I am halfway through the weeks laundry.
Next job on my list is to shorten two pairs of curtains for upstairs and get them hung which I will be doing as soon as I am done on here.
The weather is foul. Snow early this morning and now torrential rain which has already flooded the road into the little town. Andy says it is just about passable but if it carries on all day then we shall be in trouble.
As we have no plans to be going anywhere we're not too worried.
I hope the weather isn't stopping you doing what you want to be doing today.
Sheila-x-
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