Morning all tis Friday time for
I mentioned last week that my Friday was spent working wall to wall, it was an incredibly tiring day but I did at least make some progress.
Saturday we headed to my sisters as hubby was installing some new skirting board for her, she has decided to redo her kitchen, I think similar to myself she has struggled with the post-holiday side of things and thought a work around would be to throw herself into a house project. So as hubby was busy helping her with one task, I set too with a paintbrush and by the time we had finished around 3pm she was making good headway and the kitchen was looking really good and she was plotting and planning what else she wanted to do to revamp it.
Sunday and the first official lie in bed of the week which was very much needed. I'd invited my sister over for breakfast before she started on her painting task and we sat and chatted for some time, which was good, we've both struggled recently with managing our grief and we find time together certainly helps.
Monday all too soon and a very busy work week, albeit that mine normally ends on a Wednesday. Thankfully this week, despite having a huge amount still to do I've decided that my four day normal break is needed so not touching work again until Monday morning.
Hubby sent me photos of things he was busy with at home
First up - his bread baking antics, the first two loaves, a mix of wholemeal and plain flour and the second two were wholemeal and spelt flour, which are a lot denser but still very tasty.
Then homemade mincemeat. We've both been reading/read Ultra Processed People, all about (obviously) ultra processed food and to be honest it has us looking at food in a whole different way, it is quite an eye opener and when you start looking at shop bought items and realise that many of the ingredients well aren't really ingredients and certainly not something you would have in your kitchen cupboards you start realising if you want to enjoy it moving forward, that you are going to have to fathom out how to make it yourself. So this is pre-planned mince pies.
Then on wednesday night when I got home we headed to Sheffield for
which when I booked it, I genuinely wasn't sure what it was, but the answer to that is, it was a book launch. Julian Clary was fantastic to listen to a good mix of book related discussion and general life the universe and everything and afterwards there was a book signing. I knew I wouldn't be up to queuing as it had been a long day, but I did get a signed copy of the book that he'd signed prior to the show and it has to be said that it was great to do something that I've never done before.
Thursday and we've had a busy day, first off I had a much needed lie in, not having to wake with an alarm was an absolute blessing today. Then we had breakfast got dressed and headed to the local garden centre. We wandered outside, I spotted some violas (which I didn't think they would have). Then we headed inside for all things Christmas bauble before heading back outside and picking up the aforementioned violas, which I'm planning on planting out on Saturday.
Then we went home, had an hour sat drinking coffee up on the deck and I got some washing out.
In the afternoon we headed to Ikea to meet up with my sister, we had a few drinks of tea and then had a wander. She's been struggling somewhat recently so I wanted to check in on her and then tonight, we've come home and had a go at making a tea we had at Zizzis last year, it is a warm salad with potatoes, green beans, bottled artichokes, sundried tomatoes, black olives, roasted peppers and courgettes all served with some smoked haddock and I have to say it was better than the original.
I hope you've had a grand week too.
