A date with the garden

I set my alarm for 8:30am this morning  but snoozed on until 9:00am. I felt tired, and I'm beginning to wonder if giving blood now makes me feel weary the day afterwards.

Keith and I had a date with the garden today; he wanted to finish pruning the trees in the back border and I wanted to cut down one of the bushes that suffers from an insect attack, as all the leaves have been nibbled. I helped him with the pruning and a few of the branches fell into next door's garden... oops!

We then cut down the bush and piled up all the branches into a heap to be taken to the tip. I made a start on putting them into our big yellow bag for a booking at the tip this afternoon. I felt even more weary with the constant bending down, so after I'd filled the bag, I asked if we could gather up the rest of the cuttings at the weekend instead, when hopefully, I'd be feeling more energetic! It was also warm in the sun and we sat down a couple of times to enjoy the peace and quiet. I'm looking forward to buying a new bench for the garden in the summer, if we ever get the garden tidied up! I looked around me in despair; the garden looked such a mess!

I had also booked a doorstep collection of bits we no longer needed - it's a great service offered by our council and they collect books, CDs, DVDs, kitchen ware, clothes, shoes and bric-a-brac. I wanted to get rid of a large bag of DVDs that were taking up space in the garage, some CDs and glasses. I made sure they were all clean, boxed them up and attached a label for tomorrow's collection. I also picked a charity to benefit, so it's a win-win!

We went to the tip at 2:00pm and popped to Mawsley on the way home to get a newspaper and something for my lunch. I chose a tin of spaghetti with mini sausages, something I haven't eaten for years and served them on top of a couple of slices of toasted sourdough bread! I put the rest of the tin aside for my lunch at work tomorrow.

I spent the rest of the afternoon pottering about, hoovered downstairs and did the usual chores. We were supposed to have had soup for dinner tonight, but added some nachos to the beef and vegetables we'd had in tacos yesterday and made another dish instead. It was delicious!

Keith and I watched the last episode of Shetland tonight, and I felt a little emotional at the end. I knew I would! We have decided to start watching Silent Witness, right from episode 1 with Amanda Burton, first screened in 1996!