Friday 30 October 2020

Friday

 Good morning.  Looking out, it's dry but the sky is shrouded in cloud, although the forecast doesn't predict rain, unlike tomorrow and Sunday when it's expected to pour!  Oh, well, I'm planning an easy and unchallenging weekend anyway.

I goofed up a bit yesterday - I was so busy getting the washing sorted, dried, ironed, etc, I totally forgot the chat with Chris.  We've rescheduled for tomorrow morning but I did feel a right idiot!  Thankfully, Chris was OK about it but even so . . .
Ooops.

It was such a horrible, wet day that I decided to cheer myself up by looking for ways to decorate the Christmas cake.  I found some and have put them into a photocollage.  What do you think?  Which ones do you like?

The blue and white star one is perhaps a bit too similar to last year's but still nice.  And whatever pattern I choose, I'm not sure whether to make it red/green coloured or keep it white with sparkly glitted stuff on.

Dentist was fine.  Just a check up but I have one filling, one crown and one (another) implant in the near future.  The crown is for a tooth that lost its filling right at the start of lockdown and, as it didn't hurt in the slightest, I had no grounds for requesting treatment.  The filling is just a filling - not nice but necessary.  The other is a choice between a plate (no way, no, no, no - I've had more than enough of that), a gap (affecting chewing) and an implant (which should sort it out for good). 
I now have three appointments for December, one for the current implant treatment and two for the above work, plus one they will send regarding the new implant work and am hoping against hope that any forthcoming lockdown will allow dentists to keep working.
For someone with a bit of a 'thing' about dental work, I seem to be putting myself through it rather but the inside of my mouth is horrible right now so it's a balance thing.  One is, possibly, worse than the other.
And thank heavens for lump sums and AVCs.

Apart from the dentist, I spent the day gently pottering about, sorting, clearing and tidying.  The kitchen is now looking significantly better, so much so that the cleaners will get a shock, I think.  There's some more cupboards to sort out in there before I tackle the living room.  My last major sort out was five years ago, after retiring and I reckon that if I haven't used something between then and now, I need to seriously consider whether it is worth keeping.  Probably not.
Doing this does seem to be helping.  Organising and retaining some control over the small things.

The pottery bags are now empty and everything is in boxes ready for taking out to the garage.  It was sad but, at the moment, there is absolutely no point having them sitting around, taking up space.  It will be simple enough to get it all back together again as and when needed.

Today there is nothing in the diary but I will need to do a bit of a shop at some point, probably when the cleaners come.  I like to stay out of their way as much as possible anyway and it does make sense in the current situation too.

Before then, I have a bedroom to sort out and cupboards to go through, boxes to take out and put on shelves.  I'm also aware that the allotment really does need a good fortnight of work but one bite at a time.  House first, then allotment.  There has to be a fine spell coming at some point.

Have a good day, be safe and stay well.  xx




10 comments:

  1. They all look good but my go to Christmas cake decoration is usually just white stars dotted over randomly. However, I do like the bottom right white/gold cake with the Christmas tree made out of holly leaves.

    Yes, fingers crossed that dentists will stay open, you'll feel so much better once it's all done. xx

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    1. All three Christmas tree cakes are nice, I think, but yes, that one has style!
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  2. Sods Law states...........The things you haven't needed for 5 years will be the very thing required the moment you get rid!

    Have a good day - Now going to look at the weather forecast more in hope than expectation

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    1. lol - don't!!!! I have to declutter, I really do! The cupboards are bulging at the seams!
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  3. Loved all those cake decorations, I always just did spiky icing and a daft father Christmas figure in the middle.. you seem to be busy all the time. I gave up on my biological fly catchers and whooshed the cobwebs down yesterday on the top stairs.
    Have a good day and stay safe

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    1. Cobwebs can be a right pain - sticky and clingy and so hard to totally get rid of!
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  4. I like the white one (bottom right) and the red one (top right).

    I'm thinking along the same lines as you as to whether I really need things I haven't used in years. When I was tidying round yesterday it sort of dawned on me that there is quite a lot of stuff in cupboards which I have never used in the seven years I have lived here, but which I seem to be keeping 'just in case'. Good luck with your decluttering and I hope you find yourself feeling 'lighter' as you let things go.

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    1. That 'just in case' feeling is very strong, isn't it. Maybe it's the teacher instinct in us. The stuff I had in my classroom when I retired that just saw the inside of the bin bag!!
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  5. I really like the wreath decoration.

    God bless.

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    1. That's nice too, I agree. I've eliminated a few, just by looking at them and realising some don't appeal so much after a while. Thanks.
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