Thursday, 19-01-23

 Good morning to you all.  It's still very cold and it look as if we have a couple more nights below zero before things moderate a bit.   The days look to be above freezing so that's good.  

I'm looking ahead a few weeks, two, in fact, because two weeks tomorrow I will be off to Five Lakes for a nice weekend there, arriving on Friday afternoon and leaving Monday morning.  Just me, but I've been before and know how to make the most of the time.  The last thing I want is for the weather to create any travel worries and it looks as if it won't.

Jeff arrived pretty much on time and gave the garden a couple of hours of pretty solid work, broken by warming cups of tea and toast!  The weeds are still there as the ground was hard, but it all looks a lot better and I was very grateful.  

The kitchen got sorted out and looks loads better now.  I keep certain things on the working surface which means that if I leave much more there, it gets very cluttered very quickly so it was a relief to sort a few things out.

Sorting out the freezer drawers was cold work but it's now in good order and I took the opportunity to sort things out a bit better so that one drawer is mostly home made ready or nearly ready meals and the other is bits and bobs like stock, pastry, sauces, cheese, etc.  

The Snippet was very small yesterday, a kettle-timed squat selection.  Personal training was really good.  It was the last of the block so we discussed what to keep, what to develop and what to introduce.  I've paid for the next block so that's a chunk out of my budget but I count my fitness classes as 'essentials'!  The other two classes aren't due until after half term in February and the Snippets have been paid for the whole year.

Today is busy but nice-busy.

It starts with a Shimmy Snippet which isn't a Snippet at all, it's access to a live SET Class online so a full forty five minutes and it should be good.  I've done a few of them as catch-ups in the past and enjoyed them.

Then I'm straight off over to Chris' for our weekly coffee and chat which is always good fun.

After a quick breakfast and freshen up, I'm driving off to Val's for lunch so that's another lovely thing I am looking forward to.  I usually get home again just before the school run/commuter traffic starts.
On the way home, I need to pop into Morrisons as both mushrooms and broccoli are almost gone and I need some for the weekend.  Or perhaps I will get home and then walk round - that might be better as the traffic all around the school is horrendous at that time.

So - a good day, filled with enjoyable things.  I feel like a very lucky bunny today!
Have a super day yourself and stay cosy and warm.  xx