Moving on

Cherryfudge

I was tempted to try to fit in another sale, but noticed a mark on the dress so, nothing doing till I can somehow fix that.

It's been a tiring couple of days! I decided to get the spare bedding washed, having used that room while I had the cold (which is all-but gone, thankfully). It washed all right but wouldn't pump out or spin and the online manual instructions haven't set it right. The machine must be 16 years old and has been a perfect workhorse so, unless I come up with some solution, we will be replacing it soon.

Then when I was clearing up ready to go out yesterday, I discovered there's been a mouse in the kitchen bin, so there's another trap to set, but not yet (will explain).

Yesterday we were at A and H's, looking after the children (and borrowing their washer to spin the duvet cover, etc). It was fairly low-key as F, now fully recovered from her hospitalisation, had a Nativity at nursery which her Dad was able to attend, leaving DH looking after a grumpy N while I fought the washing machine. N was tired after a weekend away, so she went in the pushchair to explore the new A1di with DH. She cheered up as the day went on and seemed to enjoy some left-over craft/colouring from my Sunday group, happily explaining to me that she was Mary in her Nativity (I can see in a photo how proud she was! I remember her Dad, with another super-blonde child, being Mary and Joseph 30 years ago. Traditions die hard!)

After we left there we had a quick change-round at home then it was off to dinner and to stay the night with J and L. They are still getting woken frequently by baby A: I think I heard her five times overnight. However, she was lovely to look after today, while J had a day's CPD/catch-up at work. She has another three months of leave but this seems to have been helpful to bridge the gap.

DH had to go into work yesterday for the Christmas bash, but I gather it was all quite light and relaxed. Today he had another doctor's appointment for the ectopic heart beat he's developed but the doctor said it's quite common and is happy for DH to elect not to have medication so we will just monitor it. This evening he's off to his church group's pre-Christmas 'do': the last one led by him and his friend after ten years. There are replacement leaders in the wings which, knowing those people, will be interesting and could signal changes. Safe hands, though.

From tonight, we are dog-sitting for J and L till Saturday. The dog is lovely and always happy to come to us, so apart from juggling tomorrow when I'm out, this shouldn't be a problem. I suspect she will be a natural mouse deterrent, hence no trap yet.

Nothing spent today, and I really want to get some sleep!