I had a very wet and windy drive into work this morning as Storm Caroline is currently affecting the UK.
Work was quite busy so the time passed quickly. I picked up Sophie at 2pm and we drove home where I had a quick bite to eat before I was back out to after-school club. We managed to get the children out for half an hour again and the weather had changed quite dramatically. The rain and cloud had gone to be replaced with clear skies and a biting north wind. The forecasts are full of possible snow over the weekend so we'll see what happens!
I drove home, jumped into a hot bath that my lovely husband had run for me and enjoyed a whisky and ginger wine with a bowl of popcorn. Absolute bliss! My needs are simple!
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
It's fixed!
We had a very lazy start to the day and I took Sophie to uni at about 10am. The weather has been lovely with lots of sunshine and blue skies.
The washing machine repair man was due to visit today and he arrived at noon, just after Keith had put our lunch in the oven - the beef pie we enjoyed last night. Luckily, within half an hour the washer had been fixed and we able to get the first of many washes on. Bliss! I hate having a full and smelly laundry bin!
I ordered a Christmas card for my friend Lynda online as I've been unable to find a Godmother card in the shops. While I was looking I couldn't resist ordering a card from Monty for Sophie - I hope she'll be pleased!
I picked Sophie up from uni at 2pm and when we got back I showed her a vintage Ralph Lauren shirt I'd seen online on ebay. The seller wanted $25 for it, a bit different to the $5 we paid for a similar shirt in the thrift store in Naples! I put in an offer but with carriage and import duty it still would have been expensive!
At after-school club we managed to get out with the children for half an hour but there was a bitterly cold wind blowing. We were there right up until the dot of 6pm so it was great to get home and relax!
The washing machine repair man was due to visit today and he arrived at noon, just after Keith had put our lunch in the oven - the beef pie we enjoyed last night. Luckily, within half an hour the washer had been fixed and we able to get the first of many washes on. Bliss! I hate having a full and smelly laundry bin!
I ordered a Christmas card for my friend Lynda online as I've been unable to find a Godmother card in the shops. While I was looking I couldn't resist ordering a card from Monty for Sophie - I hope she'll be pleased!
I picked Sophie up from uni at 2pm and when we got back I showed her a vintage Ralph Lauren shirt I'd seen online on ebay. The seller wanted $25 for it, a bit different to the $5 we paid for a similar shirt in the thrift store in Naples! I put in an offer but with carriage and import duty it still would have been expensive!
At after-school club we managed to get out with the children for half an hour but there was a bitterly cold wind blowing. We were there right up until the dot of 6pm so it was great to get home and relax!
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Christmas errands.
I was awake at about 6am this morning and spent a very pleasant couple of hours watching a cheesy Christmas film while my family slept on. I put the tree lights on and it was lovely, very cosy and so Christmassy!
After dropping Mike off at college we went to the Weston Favell Centre and I posted all of my Christmas cards, including one to my friend Julia who lives in the US. We shopped for Tuesday and Wednesday's meals and I bought a beautiful Poinsettia for the living room.
From the Weston Favell Centre we drove to Riverside and had a mooch about in Boots where I bought some new make-up. Sophie treated us to a coffee in the Costa in Next and we looked at wallets for Keith. I struck up a conversation with a strange man, much to Sophie's despair, and very soon I had learnt all about his son who had lost 45 pounds in weight and now looked ten years younger!
Returning home, I ate the second half of the sandwich from yesterday and went to work at 3pm as normal. Sophie was off to uni to meet her friends and enjoy a pizza in the library whilst "studying". She really didn't want to go and would have preferred to have stayed at home and eaten with us, even though we were having beef pie with shortcrust pastry for dinner...not her favourite!
Work was OK and we had a little hair salon going with one of the older girls plaiting hair while the boys played a rough game where they acted like monkeys! We were there until 6pm and after our lovely dinner I went to get Sophie from uni at 9pm. She was in a bad mood but keen to get home and hang out in bed with me while we watched Love Actually. A great end to a busy day!
Monday, 4 December 2017
Monday gloom...
I was up and out early this morning in the pre-sunrise gloom - not the best of feelings but I'm certainly not alone on the road at this time of the day! It's so busy!
Unfortunately, "cackle-head" was in today (my nickname for one of the managers) and she arrived in a flurry of coughing and sniffing as always, exclaiming about a bad accident on a nearby major road. She assumed that the poor person in the accident had died (they hadn't) and must have mentioned it about four or five times, with a sense of almost glee...certainly not necessary in my opinion.
It was a busy morning and the time did pass very quickly, which was a bonus. I sped off at 2pm and ate half a sandwich that Keith had made me from my homemade bread. I literally couldn't manage the second half!
The after-school club was good and we were gone again by about 5.15, even though we had a child in whose mother had failed to arrive on time at 3.15pm. Lisa and I were anticipating a long night but mum came at just after 5pm so we were able to get away early. She gave us no explanation as to why she was so late or why the school couldn't get hold of her...very strange!
Keith and I went to get Sophie at 6pm and then it was home for dinner...and no wine! We are off it this week!
Unfortunately, "cackle-head" was in today (my nickname for one of the managers) and she arrived in a flurry of coughing and sniffing as always, exclaiming about a bad accident on a nearby major road. She assumed that the poor person in the accident had died (they hadn't) and must have mentioned it about four or five times, with a sense of almost glee...certainly not necessary in my opinion.
It was a busy morning and the time did pass very quickly, which was a bonus. I sped off at 2pm and ate half a sandwich that Keith had made me from my homemade bread. I literally couldn't manage the second half!
The after-school club was good and we were gone again by about 5.15, even though we had a child in whose mother had failed to arrive on time at 3.15pm. Lisa and I were anticipating a long night but mum came at just after 5pm so we were able to get away early. She gave us no explanation as to why she was so late or why the school couldn't get hold of her...very strange!
Keith and I went to get Sophie at 6pm and then it was home for dinner...and no wine! We are off it this week!
Sunday, 3 December 2017
Christmas decorations!
We've had an extremely busy day today and I managed to achieve everything I wanted to do. Keith made me poached eggs on toast for breakfast and then I gave the living room a good clean while Sophie put up and decorated the silver tree. We moved one of the armchairs into the window to make way for the tree and it looked lovely when we'd finished.
Mike wasn't wanted at work today, which he was annoyed about, but it did save us a journey to and from Brixworth. We went to Broughton to get the Sunday newspapers and I bought some more squirty cream, some marshmallows and a bottle of Mulled wine as my parents were coming around later in the day. and I was going to offer them either tea, wine or hot chocolate.
While we were gone Sophie had decorated our Scandi tree in the conservatory and we put up our icicle lights intertwined with our hearts. I gave the conservatory a good clean and then Keith made a banana and walnut loaf. I also made a loaf of bread and had a shower just before my parents arrived.
They chose the Mulled wine and we had a slice of Keith's cake which was delicious. We had a good chat and talked about the turkey for Christmas Day. We've decided on a Tesco Finest Turkey Crown which Keith and I will order next week.
After my parents had gone Sophie and I walked around the estate and delivered Christmas cards to our friends and neighbours. It was a cloudy evening but it was certainly milder than of late. That biting north wind has disappeared so no chance of snow in the next few days!
Mike wasn't wanted at work today, which he was annoyed about, but it did save us a journey to and from Brixworth. We went to Broughton to get the Sunday newspapers and I bought some more squirty cream, some marshmallows and a bottle of Mulled wine as my parents were coming around later in the day. and I was going to offer them either tea, wine or hot chocolate.
While we were gone Sophie had decorated our Scandi tree in the conservatory and we put up our icicle lights intertwined with our hearts. I gave the conservatory a good clean and then Keith made a banana and walnut loaf. I also made a loaf of bread and had a shower just before my parents arrived.
They chose the Mulled wine and we had a slice of Keith's cake which was delicious. We had a good chat and talked about the turkey for Christmas Day. We've decided on a Tesco Finest Turkey Crown which Keith and I will order next week.
After my parents had gone Sophie and I walked around the estate and delivered Christmas cards to our friends and neighbours. It was a cloudy evening but it was certainly milder than of late. That biting north wind has disappeared so no chance of snow in the next few days!
Saturday, 2 December 2017
Feeding crows
I was at work at 8.30am this morning and facing almost a full day. I worked with a lady called Sue and the morning was quite busy. She left at midday so I was on my own for four hours and after a flurry of early afternoon calls, it did go very quiet after about 2pm.
I amused myself by throwing some sausages I'd bought with me out of the window, as I could see a pair of crows nearby. As they are such intelligent birds they noticed the food straight away and when I went back over to the window the sausages had gone!
In a way I didn't mind being at work as the weather was horrible and grey. When Keith came to pick me up at 4pm (and what a relief that was!) it had turned misty and drizzly.
I went to collect Sophie as Keith was watching the football and it was utter bliss to go home, have a lovely drink and look forward to dinner and a film afterwards. We watched an old film - Dead Calm - starring a very young Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane and Sam Neill. We even stayed up later than our usual bedtime of 10pm!
I amused myself by throwing some sausages I'd bought with me out of the window, as I could see a pair of crows nearby. As they are such intelligent birds they noticed the food straight away and when I went back over to the window the sausages had gone!
In a way I didn't mind being at work as the weather was horrible and grey. When Keith came to pick me up at 4pm (and what a relief that was!) it had turned misty and drizzly.
I went to collect Sophie as Keith was watching the football and it was utter bliss to go home, have a lovely drink and look forward to dinner and a film afterwards. We watched an old film - Dead Calm - starring a very young Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane and Sam Neill. We even stayed up later than our usual bedtime of 10pm!
Friday, 1 December 2017
No snow...
Well, we didn't awake to snow, unfortunately, although some parts of the country did!
Keith took me into work for 8am and then returned home to get Sophie. She called me in a panic to say that the electrics had tripped again and hadn't realised that Keith was driving me in. I had a busy morning doing some jobs for Sara and the time flew by, which was a bonus! Keith and Sophie picked me up at 2pm to say that the washing machine was responsible for the electrical problem as it was leaking water. We had only bought it in June so we were a bit shocked! At home I warmed up a couple of mince pies and enjoyed them with some squirty cream. Delicious! I'd been looking forward to them all day!
Mike was in Hunsbury visiting a friend and Keith was going to go back and pick him up at 4.30pm but I volunteered to go instead when I finished work at 6pm. He managed to contact an engineer to come out and look at the washing machine next Wednesday. Heaven knows what we'll do for laundry until then!
We watched The Polar Express at the after school club (quite apt) and the children were all well-behaved for a change. Perhaps it was the half hour they had in the playground beforehand that helped!
Keith and Sophie picked me up from school and I dropped hubby off at the pub before driving over to East Hunsbury, right across town. The traffic was horrendous! We collected Mike and then drove home where I finished off the dinner and turned on our Christmas lights in the tree outside. They looked lovely! I was so glad they'd survived the year!
Tonight was a bit subdued as I'm at work at 8.30am in the morning. Never mind!
Keith took me into work for 8am and then returned home to get Sophie. She called me in a panic to say that the electrics had tripped again and hadn't realised that Keith was driving me in. I had a busy morning doing some jobs for Sara and the time flew by, which was a bonus! Keith and Sophie picked me up at 2pm to say that the washing machine was responsible for the electrical problem as it was leaking water. We had only bought it in June so we were a bit shocked! At home I warmed up a couple of mince pies and enjoyed them with some squirty cream. Delicious! I'd been looking forward to them all day!
Mike was in Hunsbury visiting a friend and Keith was going to go back and pick him up at 4.30pm but I volunteered to go instead when I finished work at 6pm. He managed to contact an engineer to come out and look at the washing machine next Wednesday. Heaven knows what we'll do for laundry until then!
We watched The Polar Express at the after school club (quite apt) and the children were all well-behaved for a change. Perhaps it was the half hour they had in the playground beforehand that helped!
Keith and Sophie picked me up from school and I dropped hubby off at the pub before driving over to East Hunsbury, right across town. The traffic was horrendous! We collected Mike and then drove home where I finished off the dinner and turned on our Christmas lights in the tree outside. They looked lovely! I was so glad they'd survived the year!
Tonight was a bit subdued as I'm at work at 8.30am in the morning. Never mind!
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