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foxgloves

Thanks, Welshspendthrift. Yes, I did at least persevere yesterday & today is proving to be a better day all round so far.
F x

Toni'sfriend

 "f******* g hobnobs"

Oh Foxgloves, I feel for you not getting the shed roof fixed but that did make me laugh. If it's any consolation you fair brightened up my day with that one.

Onebrokelady

Hobnobs will never look the same again 😂😂😂I have some good news, I noticed this morning that my supposed dead Hellebore has spring back up, there's lots of dead flowers but also some new ones along with some old ones that weren't quite as damaged 🎉🎉I hope you have now managed to get into the shed. Mines not locked at the moment because I had a similar fight with my padlock,then when I finally got it off it slipped out of my hand into a plastic dustbin full of rainwater where it has remained. I wish someone would invent a weather prof padlock,I've yet to find one anywhere 

foxgloves

 Toni'sFriend & OBL, at least we can say my drama queen meltdown yesterday provided you with a little free entertainment. I am a very level, rational person most of the time, but when I blow, I really do hit the roof & I have always been the same. After the first 5 mins of tempestuous anger at whatever has set me off, the rest of it is simply growing anger at myself because of how I am dealing with the situation. Ah well, I don't expect I shall change now.
F x

Four_Seasons

I did the same as OBL but in my wisdom I plunged my hand into the water to retrieve the lock and came up with a drowned baby rat!! x

foxgloves

Hello diary readers,
A MUCH better day today. That shed padlock (further oiled by Mr F last night) slid open as smoothly as a knife through butter. Mr F reckons it heard me coming up the garden & sha* itself! Anyway, I was able to access my stuff & spent a very pleasant hour in the greenhouse sowing seeds: asters, cerinthe, rudbeckia, some fancypants echinacea, calendula, black pansies & aquilegia (I have plenty but fancy some different colours). I also had a wander round & decided what garden jobs I need to do next.  Considered potting on some of my chillies, but they are only just getting their true leaves, so I think I will leave them another couple of days. Have spotted a few free self-sown plants in the garden - it is about time I went round with a supply of trays & pots to gather them up to re-stock the gaps in my borders. It saves so much money, as I used to have a terrible spendy garden centre habit back in the day. 
Did a bit of useful admin - things like booking a piano tuner, which dropped off the list last week when I felt so awful. Also did next week's meal plans & wrote the grocery shopping list. We were sent lots of supermarket vouchers, all for products we buy regularly, so they should reduce our shopping by about £6 if my quick tot up is accurate.
Freezer/fridge dive night tonight on the meal plan. I have made some potato salad with lots of fresh parsley in & am going to have it with tuna salad. Mr F is currently concocting an Epic Man Stew which is taking care of a nice lot of leftovers. I've already done my piano practice & worked really hard on it today, as there is a piece I have been learning & it was at that point where a bit of extra effort suddenly turns it from a piece I would tell people I am 'learning' into something I'd say 'Yes, I can play that'. 
Other stuff today? Nothing really, although we did finally hear that some medical tests Mr F had to have a few weeks ago have not turned up anything bad. You can't help worrying once you get to a funny age, can you? I think we both feel a bit lighter hearted tonight, as it's been niggling away at the back of our minds.
Wishing everyone a peaceful evening.
Love F x

Sun_Addict

Good news about Mr F’s test results. Glad you’re feeling better and that today was a better day for you, although your hissy fit was a source of entertainment for us readers, we don’t get out much 😆

Dottles1

foxgloves said:

Mr F reckons it heard me coming up the garden & sha* itself!  

 I laughed out loud at that one Foxgloves and thought "now there's the voice of experience"     Perhaps I recognise myself there

Paspatur

Foxgloves I had to laugh at your shed story. My garden shed doesn't lock but is in such an awkward spot that any thief would need a degree in shed Tetris to steal my garden tools or overwintering garden furniture. It is blocked in by a gate and the gas meter. I really need to reverse the door opening to make life easier.
 My very expensive greenhouse (retirement present) is a different story. Last year my 4 year old granddaughter was in the greenhouse and was fiddling about with the door knob. Next time I went to open the greenhouse it would not open. I called the supplier and they said it is a common problem with their only lockable greenhouse that it can be locked from inside with the turn of a snib/latch and then once closed is locked.
They asked if I could remove the glass panels in the manual vent but this was not possible as it was completely closed. Apparently they had experience of doing this at a trade show when a child did the same thing. The keys for the greenhouse were actually inside the greenhouse on the highest level staging within reach of the automatic window. Unfortunately at this point the automatic window was not going to open for some time requiring over 20 degrees to do so.
 Long story short I eventually ended up being advised that I could open the automatic window from outside without breaking the cylinder. Despite being very short I managed to do this with a step ladder. Needless to say the keys are now inside the house in case of any  future fiddling by grandchildren. It was a very nerve wracking day as my tomatoes and cucumbers were withering before my eyes being in need of water. 

Onebrokelady

Four_Seasons said:

I did the same as OBL but in my wisdom I plunged my hand into the water to retrieve the lock and came up with a drowned baby rat!! x

🤢🤢🤢this is why mines still in there 😂😂