Glad you're ok @Hostafan1 .... hope all goes well for @coccinella and anyone else with tricky times ahead, and hope @Busy-Lizzie has a good journey.
Son left for work at 8am, I got OH to work in time to sign in for 8:30, then swung a loop into the city to pop into the GP practice on an errand for son, then back along the A11 to the Hethersett Farm Shop and butchers ... we've got a nice piece of Red Poll silverside for Sunday ... ham, haslet, pork pie etc to have with salad, baked potatoes and pickles tonight, locally made pizza for tomorrow ... we won't starve ... I was back here by 9:30 and I've packed all the shopping away, tidied upstairs and down, got a load of jeans and thick shirts etc in the wash, picked some dahlias for the house so they don't spoil if we get a frost, done the floors downstairs, washed and shaken a couple of lettuce and scrubbed and buttered some potatoes to bake for tonight, and made myself a coffee ... and it's not 11 am yet
We've got an early start tomorrow as well as there's a chap coming to start a bit of work on our bathroom to prepare for redecorating next weekend ... there's a bit of electrical work to do, a new shower thingummy, new seals on the shower doors, new sealant around the bath and washbasin ... that sort of thing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If your name is Gerard then it is your day: Pour Saint Gérard, les châtaignes font le chaud.
The first chestnuts are already in the markets. Too warm still to light the fire but there is nothing better than hot chestnuts fresh out of the newspaper that I wrap them in to steam/loosen the shells off and a glass or two of red wine. There were girolles mushrooms at the market on Wednesday. We desperately need rain though to get the mushrooms going!
Afternoon all. I've had a quick flick back after being AWOL for a few days. Commiserations to @AnnaB. Glad you are enjoying your well deserved break @D0rdogne_Damsel and glad the food poisoning has worked its way out of your system @Hostafan1. Not pleasant. My OH is suffering from the opposite problem - at least one of the hundreds of meds he is currently on is the culprit.
Lots of planning going on for the new food & drink leaflet we are launching on Sunday at the street market (planning for that too). How to get it distributed to further away places to encourage visitors to our town is occupying our thoughts at the moment. And getting the web-based version up and running.
I've been getting into training for my v. early start on Sunday by rising earlier each day - I have to be there at 6.45am to see all the traders on the street. I know this is nothing to everyone here but it is for me! But after a 9am meeting in town this morning I now feel like a snooze.
All is well and very pleased with the doctor. I have to go next week to remove the stitches. He has given me Brufen should it hurt in the night. I am not going back to my old one.
Great news @coccinella - at last, what a saga! Hope you sleep well tonight.
I'd forgotten all about Rescue Remedy. might have been just the job but I'd have to go into town to get it so will rely on the prescribed sedative and will read all the Patient leaflets as usual. OH is going to drive me there and then come back to pick me up as it will be a long session.
The sunshine didn't last long and we've had several heavy showers all day.
I've made a start on recovering all six of our dining room chairs by cutting new foam rubber pads and new floral patterned linen/cotton seat covers (extremely carefully!) as they've got a vertical pattern within. It's a pain removing all the original staples on the underneath of the seats and I also forgot to mark the whereabouts of the screw holes on the first seat I did. Won't make that mistake again!
That sounds another busy day for you both @Dovefromabove and @didyw. Must admit we overslept this morning and didn't wake up till nearly nine. I'm blaming the dreary dark mornings.
Have a good journey back to France @Busy-Lizzie and a good weekend to everybody else.
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Son left for work at 8am, I got OH to work in time to sign in for 8:30, then swung a loop into the city to pop into the GP practice on an errand for son, then back along the A11 to the Hethersett Farm Shop and butchers ... we've got a nice piece of Red Poll silverside for Sunday ... ham, haslet, pork pie etc to have with salad, baked potatoes and pickles tonight, locally made pizza for tomorrow ... we won't starve
We've got an early start tomorrow as well as there's a chap coming to start a bit of work on our bathroom to prepare for redecorating next weekend ... there's a bit of electrical work to do, a new shower thingummy, new seals on the shower doors, new sealant around the bath and washbasin ... that sort of thing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No rain here but the air is damp and still. Dark here too but the light is coming and the sun should be up in the next half hour.
Bon voyage @Busy-Lizzie Safe return.
If your name is Gerard then it is your day:
Pour Saint Gérard, les châtaignes font le chaud.
The first chestnuts are already in the markets. Too warm still to light the fire but there is nothing better than hot chestnuts fresh out of the newspaper that I wrap them in to steam/loosen the shells off and a glass or two of red wine. There were girolles mushrooms at the market on Wednesday. We desperately need rain though to get the mushrooms going!
Glad you are better @Hostafan1
Have a pleasant Friday everyone.
Lots of planning going on for the new food & drink leaflet we are launching on Sunday at the street market (planning for that too). How to get it distributed to further away places to encourage visitors to our town is occupying our thoughts at the moment. And getting the web-based version up and running.
I've been getting into training for my v. early start on Sunday by rising earlier each day - I have to be there at 6.45am to see all the traders on the street. I know this is nothing to everyone here but it is for me! But after a 9am meeting in town this morning I now feel like a snooze.
All is well and very pleased with the doctor. I have to go next week to remove the stitches. He has given me Brufen should it hurt in the night.
I am not going back to my old one.
Thank you everybody for the support. 😘
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'd forgotten all about Rescue Remedy. might have been just the job but I'd have to go into town to get it so will rely on the prescribed sedative and will read all the Patient leaflets as usual. OH is going to drive me there and then come back to pick me up as it will be a long session.
The sunshine didn't last long and we've had several heavy showers all day.
I've made a start on recovering all six of our dining room chairs by cutting new foam rubber pads and new floral patterned linen/cotton seat covers (extremely carefully!) as they've got a vertical pattern within. It's a pain removing all the original staples on the underneath of the seats and I also forgot to mark the whereabouts of the screw holes on the first seat I did. Won't make that mistake again!
That sounds another busy day for you both @Dovefromabove and @didyw. Must admit we overslept this morning and didn't wake up till nearly nine. I'm blaming the dreary dark mornings.
Have a good journey back to France @Busy-Lizzie and a good weekend to everybody else.