Simple living in the country - back to basics

South_coast

And I seem to have a vague recollection of Cheery declaring the scything was too much for her to fit in and she would be paying someone else to do it for her in future 🤔🤣!

KajiKita

@Cheery_Daff my hubby is relentless in his 'doingness', just never stops (I had to complain on our honeymoon in Normandy after we had done 1 war cemetery, 3 museums and a tank installation in 2 days!! Hubby turned round and said "But we've barely done anything?" as compared to his usual 'holidays' in Normandy we *had* barely done anything ....  )
so, periodically, I just go on strike and refuse to do any more than the bare minimum (food and washing, if needed) everything else, either gets left to him or gets left to another day .....  

KK

earthgirl2

Hi Cheery, great photo and progress with hay making- well done! For my hens, in the next dry period I'll go and collect as much dried grass and left behind straw as I can. Can't imagine scything it all - wow!

Cheery_Daff

I haven't scythe it all yet! 😂😂

And yes, each year I do swear I'm never doing it again 🙄 But then the next year comes round and it seems easier to just get the scythe out than try and find someone else to do it 🙄 I have potentially found someone this year, but obviously paying someone else costs money! Anyway, I do very much want to say I did it all myself, and, let's face it, I also need the exercise 🙄😂😂

KK, I don't think I'm that bad 😂😂 In fact I once had a boyfriend who said 'have we done "sitting on a bench" now, can we do something else?' 🙄(not the present Mr Cheery, who is quite the opposite) 

Anyway, long day today. I woke at 5.30 after an awful nightmare, and only dozed fitfully after that - should have got up and got on the sofa instead but somehow couldn't rouse the energy 🙄 Drove 2.5 hours to Mr Cheery's dad's, painted the living room ceiling again (it's not getting a third coat, although it could probably do with one - I am DONE with painting other people's ceilings now 🙄). Mr Cheery drove home through an utterly torrential downpour, which doesn't seem to have reached our house.

I'm already in bed now, as tomorrow we get up and drive to Wales 🙄 We are booked into a seafront hotel for the night, and I am VERY excited - this is only our second night away from home that isn't staying in a friend's spare bed since 2017 🙄😂😂 I know 24 hours doesn't count as a 'proper' holiday but it's the closest we've been for almost 5 years so I'll take it!! 

No real financial news. Lost £1.47 on the Happy Wheel. Spent £20 on stuff for Mr Cheery Snr, and about £14 in the supermarket. We'll need diesel tomorrow. Had to change the garage appointment to next Friday as we won't be back in time Thursday morning. Oh, and my temporary filling fell out on the way home. Doesn't hurt, but it's right at the front so very annoying, especially as they were going to fix it when I had the appointment for my bridges last week - butthen that was cancelled and postponed til the end of September 🙄

Anyway, I'm in bed, and going to attempt to catch up on some sleep before our mini holidays!

Elisheba

Hope you have fun on your hotel break! Very exciting! 

beanielou

Enjoy muchly 

missymoo81

Have an amazing time at the seaside.

themadvix

Enjoy the seaside!

KajiKita

Enjoy Wales and the seaside!  Have a paddle?

KK 

Tescodealqueen

Hope you are near Llandudno I love it there xx have a proper seaside day with the stuff you only have at the seaside for me fish and chips from chip shop, cockles and candy floss!