Moving on

Cherryfudge

liselle said:

Pavers are also very good

Thanks @liselle  

Now for a bag... I have a maroon one but I think it's the wrong sort of maroon and perhaps a bit too sensible for a wedding... will need to look in daylight. Meanwhile I've been browsing Vinted (again).

Today turned out to be productive. I started out on the right foot by getting dressed straight away, which really helped. I've done two loads of washing and the start of the ironing, some bits of cleaning and baked some little cakes for DH to take to the quiz tonight as I knew he was a bit overloaded with things to do and he still has a cold.

All that meant I was pushed for time, but I fitted in half an hour's hoovering at church and just about got round the areas I missed yesterday. I'd forgotten they would be setting up for the women's conference tomorrow, so I was hoovering around tables. I could have gone to this but a whole day with people and no one in particular to go with sounds very tiring to me. Mind you, I've been to some excellent ones in the past.

I'd learned from past experience that going home between church cleaning and work is a bit much, so I took my work uniform with me and went straight from one to the other. I was quite tired when I finished but I had my overnight oats ready. Lunch had been a curry from the freezer, so I had plenty of energy to get me through to that point. So all in all I'm happy with how it went. Nothing more spent.

And the list:

Pay the window cleaner - not done
Collect jacket - not done
Leave feedback for items received - not done
Put mixed wash onto the line - done
Put hot wash into the machine - done
Pot up one of the houseplants - not done
Finish church hoovering - done
Work at 4.30 - done

Cherryfudge

And what a glorious, beautiful autumn day it's been.

I had my flu jab first thing - they run a very efficient system with people ushering us through a one way system in the car park and exactly the same in the building. So far no ill effects but last year's treated me kindly too, and the doctor said this one is very similar and not a live virus.

We went on to the car boot sale: almost the last of the season so people were selling things very cheaply. DH didn't buy anything , but I came away with:
a pyrex jug (50p)
a toy hairpiece so the granddaughters can dress as Elsa (10p)
gloves (10p)
A book on Moroccan food (50p)
A bag of cooking apples (£1)
A (still-wrapped) pair of tights (£1)
A Fatface cardigan (50p).

The morning warmed up after a heavy dew, so by about eleven the sun was lovely and continued the same way all day. Just perfect weather, and the trees around the car boot park are changing colour now. It's a magnificent setting with huge old trees round the rim, a treat to look at whatever time of year it is.

Back at home, DH took the car to have the tyres checked and has had to replace one (£69) as it had two punctures and wouldn't stay inflated.

Dinner was our usual fish in breadcrumbs with peas and cous cous, and watching Long Lost Family, and afterwards I went to collect the jacket from the parcel drop off place. It's a very beautiful jacket (cotton velvet by the feel of it) but unfortunately doesn't look right with the dress, and doesn't match the wrap that looks good, so I will use the wrap for the wedding and hope it's not cold! I'm going to try the jacket with the dark navy dress but I'm not sure I'm going to keep it.

Also during the afternoon I couldn't bear to stay in, out of that perfect weather, so I re-potted a few of the houseplants. This means I have more than before, so I've several to rehome. The job's by no means finished.

This evening I've been working on the children's story for tomorrow and actually briefly used my sewing machine to stitch together a very simple costume for the latest puppet. However, I still need to go through the text again and give a little more thought to the activity for tomorrow - I think they may be gluing coloured strips on a tunic shape, and activities will be colour-themed. Time to get a move on!

rtandon27

@Cherryfudge - I'm on the hunt for a bag as well - I have 4 coming from the big river site and will return what does not work! Have found two dresses for the two occasions.  Already have the shoes and found the perfect bag for one outfit but still hunting for the other. The 3rd dress that does not work is going back! 

itsthelittlethings

Try Vinted for bags.

Sun_Addict

You put such a lot of effort into your story telling, I bet the children enjoy them immensely 🙂

Watty1

I'm thinking the children must have so much fun in that group. 

Cherryfudge

rtandon27 said:

@Cherryfudge - I'm on the hunt for a bag as well - I have 4 coming from the big river site and will return what does not work! Have found two dresses for the two occasions.  Already have the shoes and found the perfect bag for one outfit but still hunting for the other. The 3rd dress that does not work is going back! 

I find it's hard to be sure the colour online is the same as I'll get. It's a real shame about the pink jacket but it just wasn't right. Well done for getting so many pieces for your various occasions.

itsthelittlethings said:

Try Vinted for bags.

You have reminded me - I spotted a lovely little bag on Vinted and I've favourited it. I really ought to check if it's still available!

Cherryfudge

Sun_Addict said:

You put such a lot of effort into your story telling, I bet the children enjoy them immensely 🙂

I'm not sure about the children, but I like doing the stories! I learned this morning that the added extra of arms on the puppets (wooden spoon puppets are very basic but I used rolled up wadding to add arms) made today's puppet much more expressive. I do find the children all want to hold a puppet, which increases their involvement, so long as they don't get distracted into hammering on the table with them!

Watty1 said:

I'm thinking the children must have so much fun in that group. 

That's so kind of you! Generally they do, but it can take a while for them to settle, which is partly because of the stage of development they're at (just learning to know when there's no parent present).

Cherryfudge

This morning's children's session was nice: only five children so we had a good adult/child ration despite there being a small child who needed to be carried all the time. It still took ages to clear up and I missed a Ghanaian jewellery-making session that was held afterwards (we have links as a church with Ghana). That last was a bit of a regret but I really don't need jewellery so it would have been about learning the craft and handling the beads.

DH was still feeling a bit ropey: his chronic condition is present though not badly, he was still fighting off some bug that's going around then he had a tachycardic episode as well! Thankfully, after a restful day, he is looking himself again: the spicy meal (another plate of chickpea tikka - other foods are available) settled his stomach somewhat, the cold-or-whatever-it-was has run its course and the heart rate settled down. He's not had an attack of that for months and it often happens on a Sunday morning so he thought there must be a common cause. It's been linked to his tea intake before, and it occurred to him that he's had grapefruit too. One and a half inside 24 hours. He looked it up and it can affect heart rate, so possibly there's a link.

I have spent time sorting out more houseplants and doing a bit more in the garden. There are now seven plants to rehome, all divisions of ones I'm keeping. Three of these are claimed by various friends so there are four to give away somewhere! 

I had a look back at my 'to do' list of the other day and several things can be ticked off:

Pot up one of the houseplants - eleven now done!
Pay the window cleaner - done
Collect jacket - done
Leave feedback for items received - done
Put mixed wash onto the line - done
Put hot wash into the machine - done

I've also realised I probably forgot to mention our ride out yesterday afternoon in the hobby car. Top down, while we can! We went about ten miles to keep it turning over well, and I remembered an apple tree where DH has permission to pick up the apples so we collected a handful. I had also picked up some from the area around the electricity substation the other day, not going near the actual substation, obviously. There's a lane leads to it and this particular apple tree leans over it.

Another thing I forgot was that we fitted in a short evening walk one day when I didn't have work - Thursday. It was dark so we went to the outskirts of town and took photos of the constellations I recognised, and of a tractor working by the light of the moon. We don't get as many evening walks now, as I'm often working, so it was nice to make the most of a clear night after a gorgeous evening.

WelshmansDaughter

Both my parents couldn't eat grapefruit due to some medication they were taking.