life as it is

1. Woke up to a warm golden sunrise which swathed the bedroom, then came the torrential rain. 2. Realising that the washing was left out overnight, so it had an other wash! 3. With my hair being longer it’s decided to curl up at the ends, I am now called curly! It used to be straight.

1. Reading the wrong temperature no for the oven I read for the normal oven not fan, so one nearly burnt dinner! 2. Used to wearing masks to work on the bus. I find sitting near an open window helps. As the masks are warm to wear especially the antifogging ones. 3. Youngest son treated me to a drive out and it was lovely, we didn’t go to any garden centres but they were very busy and one had an overflow car park open. We just had a nice run around the country lanes. Then home to tea and cakes!

1. My beep has been put back on so I can go through and do the offices now. Found the right person do it thank goodness. Thank you right person. 2. Brought out the toaster out of retirement due to son wanting toast and got fed up using the grill on the cooker. Mind you the toaster does better toast. Never really liked the grill. 3. So I had toast and marmalade for the first time in ages . I felt I was like Paddington bear or nearly, just remembered he likes marmalade sandwiches. I like them as well on fresh crusty bread!

1. Making a better afternoon cup of tea than the morning one. The morning one was yuck! Why do I say cup of tea when it’s a mug of tea I make , I suppose old habits die hard. 2. The queues for the shops this morning were long very long apart from the supermarket I go , no queuing there today. But it was nice to see the independent shops open. 3. Got used to wearing mask on bus now , but they are so warm to wear on the buses and buses are warm at the best of times.

1. Tipping down with rain , eldest son out running in it. He be soaked through. 2. Things are changing at work hope for the best. 3. Seeing granddaughters on Sunday doing the social distancing but eldest granddaughter will be 10 and the youngest was one of the first ones who had her birthday in lockdown so be so nice to see them both and not forgetting my daughter who birthday is 2 days after eldest granddaughter!

1. Walking in the rain and loving how the rain is falling gently and the smell of the rain an indescribable scent. 2. Finding my other pair of work trousers,underwear and socks all in a bag at the bottom of the wardrobe hidden right at the back. 3. And finding more wool and craft books! The wool is a beautiful blue grey tweed , so must find a lovely pattern for it.

Got up at 5 in the morning, thinking why have I got up so early? Then remembered it’s rubbish day. Now the next thought is it bin ? Glass? Or paper? Then just thought it’s bins , then glass or paper? Still can’t remember, so a quick peep out the front door ah yes it’s paper. Neighbours along here always put their bins out overnight. I don’t because we have a lot of foxes this way and the mess they make is not good . Plus also seeing we can put out textiles and small electrical appliances now, other people come and search through the bags and they leave a mess . Early morning tea at 5 then do the rubbish. Never have a problem with food waste bin due to the fact it’s every week. Our council is forever changing what’s picked up one week and what’s picked up the following week . As soon as we get used to the changes , it all changes again.

1. Found some talking books but the problem is they are all on tape not disc. Not sure if charity shops be taking donations when they open. I will find a home for them . I know I can put them on eBay, maybe eldest son can help with that. 2. Went to local shops to get a couple of bits in , went round the household section and thought I don’t need anything there, came home put shopping away then looked at one of my baking tins covered in foil, FOIL that what I needed! 3. Written instructions for crochet squares going ok, so now going to make the square to see if I got it right! Knowing my luck no!

1. Trying to write down a crochet square pattern. A lot easier said than done. But when written out properly I shall put it here on this blog. 2. Heard from a friend , lost her number due to my old phone packing up and she is not on social media. But anyway it was nice to hear from her and I have written her number down ! 3. Made the best cheesy mashed potatoes for ages. Usually I use mature cheddar but this time I used extra mature cheddar a little bit goes a long way!

1. Discovering Charles Aznavour again. Remembered him from my childhood and now appreciating his beautiful voice. 2. A cosy day in, rain lashing against the window wind very blustery, coffee , cake and magazines, then knitting adds to a special day in. 3. A hard and long week at work. An enormous learning curve on the ward I am working on, wish I had more time to look after the staff and patients , I tried to get more time but the answer was no, so I make sure I really step up my time there.

1. The rain starts as soon as I leave the house to go to work ,  I had my umbrella handy didn’t need it as it was so nice to walk in the rain. 2. The rain seemed to bring the scent of the flowers strongly and the scent of the wet earth so sweet and lovely. And it made the air fresh. 3. Went shopping expecting a long queue, but no queue the assistant said you are lucky quick before the queuing start joking. Pleasant to do shopping , was quiet.

1. Went to visit a friend who is living on their own first time since this has all happened. Fortunately they have got a very large garden so we could social distance properly. . They even rigged up a temporary toilet in a shed! 2. First drive out and it was good. Youngest son drove and it did him some good as well. First time he has been out , he takes all this very seriously. And the weather was nice not to hot just right. 3. Having Sunday dinner out in the garden a very pleasant experience it was and no we didn’t have a barbecue it was cooked as usual In the oven etc.