Exhausting and Entertaining........

 
Daughter's family are now out of quarantine so she came over with my mother's day roses. While she was here Hubby changed a couple of her car light bulbs ready for the MOT and service on Monday. We had to do the car swap (she uses mine) Sunday as we are out Monday and it will get picked up from our drive. 

As I mentioned last week the three-seater sofa had a makeover. 

Now it's a two-seater that has made room for Hubby's new chair. It matches what we have, it rocks, swivels and reclines and he even discovered it has a built in USB port, but most importantly it now faces the TV so he's no longer sitting twisted. 

Monday's trip was planned quite recently by two of the older cousins. We've managed a cousins' lunch about once a year until covid of course. We started with nine of us girls. Now as restrictions lifted Cousins S&B said must do it now. Of us three sisterP couldn't make it, then cousinJ couldn't make it, our lovely sisterM is no longer with us of course. And last week sisterS had covid so was testing regularly praying for two consecutive negatives which she finally got! I didn't want to drive that far and use the underground with one dodgy eye so dragged Hubby along...... in the end there was four cousins and Hubby. We didn't stop talking and laughing. 

Unfortunately sisterS took this photo and we never got round to getting another with her in it, just her pink glasses case! CousinsS&B live quite near to each other, far north London, so I think next time Hubby and I can drive there to avoid all having to go into the city with public transport, hire cars, congestion and emission charges and the general chaos of it all. 

After our lovely meet up Hubby and I went back to Liverpool Street underground and got back to our car parked at Stratford and drove home via the beigel bakery and deli at Gants Hill (this is an essential stop and we spent a huge amount), then a doorstep delivery at Son's house, followed by a major detour to avoid a long traffic jam, then onto a doorstep delivery at Daughter's house, and finally home to get my boots off, get my goodies in the fridge or freezer and eventually a long awaited cuppa nearly three hours after saying goodbye to the cousins. Phew! 

The next few days were the usual housework, laundry, shortened some new jogging bottoms and carried on with crochet joining of the squares. Plus I'm fitting in reading the first novel by my friend Belinda Rose Bond called Her Father's Eyes. Something she'd always wanted to do and lockdown gave her the push to do it. I'm about half way and it's really quite good. 

Friday O and the dog were here all day with their own brand of entertainment. 

Enjoy your weekend, see you next Saturday.

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