O/S Daily Monday 26 September 2016

tiredmum, how long is the cruise? That seems an awful lot and would encourage people to overindulge to get their money's worth.

DH is staying home today and probably until he has his op at the end of October, he can work from home but I'm trying to encourage him to rest for the next few days because the trip to Italy took its toll. I'm going to take it a bit more easily as well because I'm feeling quite tired.

The newly weds are in Capri now for a couple of days, they really enjoyed looking round the Roman ruins in the bay of Naples and I know there are some good ones on Capri as well.

DD and her DH celebrate their first anniversary today, that was a lovely day. She organised a treasure hunt for him taking in several bars and restaurants for sunday lunch, using several of her work contacts.

We took all the garden games and other stuff back to DS' yesterday and I've ended up with bitten ankles so their cat must have left some fleas around so I'll take down the spray I got from the vets. It was very expensive but worked like magic.

I did a lot of rushing round and tidying yesterday so will have a quiet day today. I got some good nectar offers with the grocery delivery yesterday so will go to the other side of town to get to the supermarket and stock up on a few things like socks, coffee sachets, low fat yoghurts and any good deals to get the max points.

The integral garage has had one go with Henry but the plaster dust and general grunge on the bits of carpet have been ingrained so will need several more attempts. After two machine washes the white (with big brown shoe prints) upstairs bathmat now looks respectable again. In retrospect it may not have been the most practical colour choice

While on the other side of the river (bridge still being rebuilt after floods) I need to pick up a prescription from the medical centre. Youngest dd is coming round this weekend :j and we are going on a shopping trip.

tru

I am sorry your holiday is a bit of a let down. Make things as easy as you can for yourself re cooking and anything else.

hugs to all

Morning everyone,

Glad you enjoyed your lamb nmlc.
Tru-shame about the cottage,did you mention the cleaning when the owner came to fix the leak,think I would,he might have given you a bit of money back :rotfl:Enjoy the rest of your stay.
Snoozer-the wedding sounded great

Drizzly and grey here today.The road contractors started early so we went for our walk and now Ly1a is hiding upstairs The sign on next doors house has had it's LET sign removed and TO LET is back.Mind you if I was paying the high rent they are asking I'd want a fully functioning front street without all the noise & mess we have atm.A woman ran over to me at the weekend to ask what was going on with the road as they had just seen the cottage on the EAgents website and had booked a viewing for tonight.She said it looks lovely on there but it didnt show the roadworks-well it wouldnt would it They seemed really nice so will see if they turn up.

I'm having a stay at home day today as the weekend was a bit hectic with DGD birthday party. DB2 called on Sat and DB1 & SIL came yesterday aft with pressies & she had hers from us on Saturday as we wont see her tonight.
I really need to shift the huge pile of ironing.We have leftover pork for tea tonight so thats easy but I bought a sugarfree cookbook cheap in TKMax & wouldnt mind trying out something from the dessert section.

Righto,ironing here I come Hope you all have a good day & love to the poorlies and their relatives xxx

tru wrote: »

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Quite a few of the beaches have changed the rules on allowing dogs, we turned up to a couple only to find new signs with new times. Trouble is, none of the websites have updated the info. Even a few local people didn't know and they were miffed. By the time you see the sign, you've already paid a couple of quid for parking and you have nowhere to go so you just turn around and leave straight away. You can't pass your parking ticket to someone else because it has your reg number on it. Found two nearby beaches though, so we have somewhere to let off steam [/FONT]

See, you should have invited me along, could've parked using my Blue Badge then; and I'm sure I'd get along well with Scampi.

tiredmum2 wrote: »

Try call the council and complain about the website and if you have the parking tickets request a refund

Good idea - you've nothing to lose by giving it a go.

Afternoon.

The sun came out though it's not what I'd call hot. Somewhat weak with a blustery wind. Nevertheless I stripped the bedding, collected towels and undies and bunged them all in the washer. I've just brought them in as a dark cloud lingered a tad too long for my liking, they're all still a little on the damp side so now on the airer with the dehumidifier going. Clean sheets on the bed, clean pjs on the bed and clean towels out in the bathroom so there will be stuff to put away once it's all dry.

I did a run into town, got the errant PVG form signed and posted back to the disclosure people. Recycling recycled. Bin emptied. Went to the bank for some cash and then drove up to the docs to hand in some paperbacks. Docs was closed for the public holiday, as was the PO and RM delivery office. Seems a public holiday is not the same as a bank holiday, just as well.

Emailed some students to say I hadn't got their work, found their work and had to email them back. It's so annoying!

I'm still dithering about the blessed net curtains which I've still not put back up. The bedroom and bathroom are so much more lighter without them (south facing) and I can see the sea and islands from both my bed and my loo. There's no-one opposite and I get changed/ dressed in the spare bedroom so nets aren't needed. Mmmm, needs more thought.

As the rain held out I've macerated the back lawn again, there's clumps of shorn grass everywhere as well as tyre tracks in mud. I wish that either the grass would stop growing or the rain would stop falling.

Right, cup of tea time after my exertions.