🌞 Happy Days in our Golden Years 🌞

Fortune_Smiles · 2026-05-08T07:50:01+00:00

Step by step

I didn't make as much progress as I'd planned yesterday but I'm still moving forward.

My exercise class was cancelled so I felt relaxed timewise and got off to a late start 🤭 although I did catch up on some paperwork. I also did a deep clean of our bedroom which was badly needed. And what a joy to go to sleep in a clean room, in clean sheets and new pyjamas ❤ And that was the day gone 😮

The veg box and grocery shop were delivered. We were over budget again 🙄 I'm not shopping any differently so think it's soley down to the increase in food costs (a quick interweb search suggests it will be 50% by November 2026 compared to mid 2021). I think I'll have to increase the budget to a more realistic figure as I don't need or want to change my shopping habits yet. We are thinking differently about fuel costs though and Mr F has declined a couple of invitations because of the travel distance involved.

We had leftover Brummie Bacon Cakes for breakfast and Halloumi & Mango Chutney Curry for lunch. The menu plan was for a halloumi and green bean salad but it was so chilly here a salad just wasn't going to cut it 😂 Supper was ciabatta rolls with tomatoes, mozarella, basil and pesto.

A moment of magic occurred yesterday when a full, double rainbow appeared over the meadow. I didn't quite get to my phone to capture it at it's peak but here's an idea. As I was watching, three pairs of swallows danced across the view. This is very good news as last year we only had one pair.

Hope you have rainbows and swallows in your day today.

Fortune x