The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

Wow, OBL! You achieved loads there. I like an uncluttered bedroom too. It just feels more peaceful somehow. I'm also hoping for reasonable weather tomorrow for outdoor tasks. Pouring with rain here & similar showers forecast on & off all day. Let's hope our respective corners of the country have drier weather tomorrow, then we can both crack on with what we want to do.
F

The suns been out and I think I’m solar powered 😀 

Onebrokelady

enthusiasticsaver said:

You have been busy. I love the quay and they have some gorgeous cafes there. We often cycle along the trail there and stop at the cafe on our way back. 

Sadly it looks grey here so don’t think the weather is going to be great here today. It is supposed to pick up later on this week. 

It’s only a half hour walk from where I live ( used to be 20 minutes but I’m slower now 😂) I love all the craft shops and yes the cafes are great 

Onebrokelady

milann said:

I remember going to the quay when my kids were young teenagers. Not been there for years - might have to rectify that en route to Cornwall next time.
You have been busy. Glad the finances feel more controllable 👍

One side is still the same where all the craft shops are under the arches but the other side has changed quite a bit. It’s still lovely down there though. Feel free to pop in for a coffee if you’re ever in my area 🙂
I’m feeling quite relaxed about my finances at the moment so hopefully that will last 😀

Onebrokelady

Wow what a change in the weather, I woke up to black skies and driving rain at 8.30. Since then the sun has come out but it’s very very windy and cold and we keep getting showers. 

I’ve been out and taken three big bags to the charity shop. There’s two more bags of books but they were too heavy so I will take them another day. 

After the charity shop I went food shoppng and spent a whopping £78 😳😳I think that will last me a couple of weeks apart from bread and milk though and I did buy a box of stretchy silicone lids and finally a loo brush 😀 i bought the ingredients to make the hummus on toast that I had on Saturday and it tasted lovely. They topped theirs with sesame seeds but I bought a seed and nut salad topper which is really nice. 

I’m off to do some painting in a minute as it’s too wild to do stuff in the garden today 😟

Sun_Addict

The hummus sounds delicious, I love hummus. I got absolutely soaked to the skin in that wind and rain this morning walking to work. It was horrendous. 

milann

The lunch sounded delicious, as does the nut mix. 

Cherryfudge

Onebrokelady said:

The suns been out and I think I’m solar powered 😀 

Now I'm very tempted to add that to @CRANKY40's line in my signature! There's something hugely empowering about a sunny day.

jwil

I agree, the sun being out always motivates me too!

Onebrokelady

I’ve had a busy couple of days with the heating guys here doing my radiators. They took a day and a half but are all finished now and they look so much better and they also feel more efficient. The living room is warmer now I’m back to having two radiators in there, B is loving having a radiator by her bed 😀.

While the heating guys were here I went outside and worked out there so on the first day  I cut the grass in the front garden and then swept all the left over leaves off the path and steps. I also tidied the patio in the back garden which was silly really because I had more messy work to do  but anyway it gave me something to do while they were here. On the second day I went out the back and tackled my very leggy and non flowering escallonia hedge. It’s the wrong time to chop it down but it looked such a mess and I noticed it was sprouting from the bottom so I’ve cut it down from around 6ft tall to around a foot in the hope it will rejuvenate it for next year, the bees love it but it stopped flowering last year so it had to be sorted. If it doesn’t grow back I have plans for that area so it won’t be a disaster. 

I also tackled the area that used to be a rockery but had two overgrown evergreen non flowering shrubs and a dead fir tree. The fir tree had been chopped down and the shrubs have been cut back. I’m now planning on buying some flowering shrubs to go in there but can’t decide what to go for . I want evergreen flowering and they have to be sturdy to withstand the chicken digging around. 

Today I met my friend for coffee which was nice as we haven’t seen each other for a couple of weeks then I came home and did some more in the back garden. I had piled all the bits I cut down yesterday on the area that used to be a lawn so I moved all that to the top of the garden where I have my compost bin. I’m just going to tidy the lawn area as even though I would love to use it for something the chicken will just wreck it so there’s no point. So long as it looks tidy that will do me until I can claim it back. I am toying with the idea of lifting the slabs that are up there and using them to make a nice flat patio because it’s crazy paving at the moment and trying to find a level bit to put my table on is proving tricky. I could lift some of the crazy paving and lay the slabs out with gravel inbetween. I had the idea to plant creeping thyme in the gaps or encourage moss but the chicken will just scrape it out. If I did gravel I would set it in place.

I had a lovely surprise on Tuesday when I got a letter to say my pension has gone up and that meant I was due some more lump sum and £875.00 would be paid into my account. I checked my bank account and it was already in there so I’ve transferred that into my lump sum savings. That will come in handy to go towards the radiators and it means I can now possibly afford some other jobs I was unsure about.

Tomorrow I am working so won’t be getting anything done at home unless I feel energetic when I get home 😀

Im out for lunch for a friends 60 th birthday on Saturday but might be able to do some bits when I get back. DD1 needs me to go over to help her trim her cats claws which will be a two person job 😳 but I’ve asked for Sunday as AL so if I get it I will go over there on Sunday, if I don’t get AL I’m going on Saturday after my meal so won’t get anything done at home. 

I’ve been put on a late on Sunday which I was ok with but I hadn’t thought about B getting upset and barking until 9 pm when I get home, she has started barking when I’m out which isn’t so bd during the day because both neighbours are out all day but the evening is different and I’m conscious of the fact that they have children going to bed ready for school on Monday so if I could get the day off it would be a big help.

All this has been achieved courtesy of Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Codeine 😂 

Cherryfudge

Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Codeine - those wonderful helpers! They've clearly helped you do a huge amount.

How exciting about the unexpected windfall. I suggest you put a little of it towards this - though I don't know if it's chicken-proof. I have some by the front gate as it smells so lovely at a time of year when there's little other colour or scent in the garden.