Spring is Springing..........

 
Jigsaw #3 will be finished soon (this was last Saturday). 

I've swapped walking on the treadmill (with the TV for company) for walking round the garden again now the weather has been milder. Sunday I decided to play some music on my phone and found "best of the 60s" on YouTube which started off quite well, but then my sisters were WhatsApp-ing (we have a 3-way group) and YouTube refused to compete. Plenty of birdsong so I enjoyed that instead. 

Hubby's car went for a service and MOT, so I followed to bring him home and drove him back to collect. This is in fact only the second time in a year that I've driven! I've only really left home for medical stuff and Hubby comes too so he's driven. Glad to find I haven't forgotten how. 

Turned into beautiful spring weather this week and the garden is definitely waking up. 

Hubby was making the most of the sunny dryness and got straight onto painting the fence. He had some help when R came over to paint fence panels too, all outdoors and I paid her as a worker so no covid rules broken. 

She nearly got stuck behind the railings though

Jigsaw #3 finished and #4 about a third done, but progress will slow right down while the weather is for outside activities. 

Good time to post this as I'm making us a cuppa and we'll sit by the pond in the sun watching the fish. 

Stay safe.

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It's A Lot Warmer Inside........

 
Still snow on the ground and the bright sunshine couldn't budge it above -1°C.

Our Saturday matinee was a cute animated dragon film. 

A very welcome interlude for me between all the cricket and the rugby. 

Sunday was Hubby's birthday

Amongst other things I'd bought him four new jigsaws and Son had had delivered a lego motorbike kit, so hopefully that will keep him occupied on bad weather lockdown days. Daughter popped over alone to bring his prezzie and hilariously she'd been having a sort out and brought four more jigsaws she thought he might like!!! 

Monday and there must have been quite a bit of rain overnight as most of yesterday's thick snow had vanished. No outside coffee morning again as it carried on raining. With the lego almost finished yesterday (there's a mug behind holding it up)

it turned into a jigsaw day

And by the end of the day he'd finished jigsaw one, done about a third of jigsaw two and finished the lego bike plus doing other stuff so he didn't get backache. 

Tuesday it was the turn of Hubby's motorbike (not the lego one) to go for an MOT, at least with all his gear on he kept warm waiting on the car park bench watching the trains for nearly an hour. 

Shrove Tuesday or pancake day yummy 😋 

Wednesday is the start of lent and once again Daughter is using that as an excuse to dedicate 40 hours in the 40 days for something extra, and those joining in can note their achievements daily on the group Facebook page. Daughter is getting back to her piano practice. Last year I used it to get my crafting mojo back but with a year of lockdowns and shielding I've sat on my bum far too much, so I'm going for 40 hours of any physical activity. 

Thursday was 21 days since my first jab which is the time they say for immunity to kick in. 

Quiz tonight was 44/50 so not too bad. 

Friday I had the followup cystoscopy and I'm very very pleased to report my bladder looked completely clear so no further treatments and next cystoscopy booked for three months time. 👍🏼😁😷👍🏼

Stay safe everyone, stay warm and hope to see you back here next Saturday.

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Another Weekly Report........

 
Vaccine report

Saturday Son had his first jab as he's on the extremely clinically vulnerable list and I'm so relieved. Sadly he'd had the AstraZeneca vaccine and felt unwell for three days. Talking to others it seems the AZ causes more yukky than the Pfizer, but still a small price to pay for the protection. 

Weather report

Sunday about 7:15am the snow started here, fine flakes that were blowing and swirling blizzard style and despite the very wet ground, settled immediately. 9am Hubby was out there shoveling and gritting our road and he was soon joined by a little neighbours' workforce of five.  

By 9:30am all those footprint were covered with a thicker layer.

All day Monday it snowed, first thing three of them shovelled and gritted. 

Tuesday has been snowing on and off throughout the day, first thing Hubby and neighbourA shovelled and gritted. 

Thursday and what they've cleared has stayed clear. Hubby still walks right down the road to check it's all safe. 

Still quite thick in the back garden where there's less sun. Those are Hubby's footprints as he makes sure the water feature doesn't freeze up as the birds love their bath even in this weather brrrrrr

And today it looks much the same. Quite frozen and crunchy underfoot, says Hubby as I've not been outside at all 😂

Cancelled stuff report

No on-your-own-drive coffee morning in the snow of course, however when Hubby was snow clearing he did check on a few neighbours. 

Tuesday Hubby's car was due in for a full service and MOT, but thankfully he has a couple of weeks to spare so waited until Tuesday morning and after being outside shoveling and gritting our road for the third time he came in and rebooked his car for when the weather is hopefully better. 

Thankfully my car MOT and service didn't get cancelled as it's Thursday and the snow problem is melting. We don't even leave the house for this one as our neighbour is the mechanic so he goes to work in my car and brings it back done when he's done for the day. 

Nothing else to report on while still in lockdown. 

Keep safe and keep warm.

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The Good And The Not So Good........

 
I bought a new toy, hoping it will make housework a little more appealing. 😂 it's a hard floor cleaner and I've tried so many mop and bucket, or squeezey mop types but often they make a mess, or too much effort to get the scrubbing pressure, or the heads never dry so I can't put them away! 

Appears to work well as those pads are filthy! 

First few times will be a novelty but I'll try to report back in a few months time and let you know if the novelty has worn off. 😂

Tuesday Hubby got his first jab and thankfully only a slight ache next day. Our surgery seem to be ahead of most of them here as Hubby is under 70 and not on the extremely vulnerable list, although he does take permanent medication so that may have been why. For whatever reason we are grateful. 

A socially distanced, no hugging, no singing, talking behind masks funeral is so hard. 

And the rest of the week has been "same old same old" good, ok, bit boring, rubbish TV, monotony, etc etc however we are still healthy and staying safe and expecting a lot of snow on Sunday, so that will give online friends plenty to talk about and show their pictures. 

Stay warm and stay safe and let's hope spring flowers will soon be brightening our outlook.

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