Thursday

 Good morning!  It's yet another  chilly morning, this time with a frost to pretty things up.  Beeb thinks it is only going to rise to 1 C so the frost may stay all day.  Brrrr.

Yesterday was sad.  Down came the baubles, down came the bunting, down came the Christmas tree lights and finally the three, in three sections, was carried down to the garage to be bagged there.  Yes, I had a brainwave, must unusually for me.  Instead of filling the bag in the house and struggling to carry it to the garage (it is a heavy tree), after years and years I have finally realised I can do it the other way!  Doh!
There's a few odds and ends to deal with but, generally, Christmas has been packed away and, so that the tree corner doesn't look too dull, I've brightened it up a bit.

The cushion came in a set of Christmas cushions but it isn't specifically Christmassy so it can stay there and the 'JOY' was a gift and the giver said she chose it because it could stay all year round, given my name and character (wasn't that kind).

OK, it's not the most stylish of corners but, if it was, it wouldn't go in my house.  lol

Before all of the above I had a lovely chat with Val before there was a knock at the door and my bags of granular salt had arrived, accompanied by a very pleasant chap who was happy to take them round the side to the back as they were destined for storage in the shed.
I had ordered ten bags and each bag came in its own packing box.  Goodness knows why; the bags are very heavy duty and they could have slapped labels just on the bags rather than put each into a box with paper inside to pad out the rest of the space.
Now my card recycling sack is chocka full and I'm glad they're collecting this week!
The bags of salt are now neatly stacked in the shed, ready for use either in the water softener, the dishwasher or, if necessary, to put down on the hill that is our cul de sac so cars can get out (it's been done before!) in snowy weather.

Personal training was really good.  I was a bit puffed after the Christmas laziness (and I didn't have a session last week) but at long, long last my neck and shoulder issues have cleared up and I didn't feel so much as a twinge.  I wonder if some of it had its roots in dental issues.

So that was yesterday - fairly busy really under the circumstances.  Today, I think I have a chat with Chris this morning and Slimming World Zoom early evening.  Between those time, I can sort out the remaining clutter downstairs and then go up to the spare room to put all the Christmas fabric stuff away.  At the moment it's all laid out on the two beds.

My fingers were getting twitchy after reading Frugal in Essex's entry about some knitting yarn(thank you) so I went to Deramores to look at what they had.  I rather fancied a kit, something blanket related, maybe, but all the kits I liked had sold out, darn it, so I went for a downloadable pattern for a hexagonal quilt which has the advantage that it will use up some of my everlasting yarn stash.  Basically, it is hexagons in four different stitches to which I can add another, reverse stocking stitch.  
As well as that, I have a cross stitch to finish and another waiting to start as well as a jigsaw puzzle, so I do have plenty to be getting on with when I am sitting down. 

What do you plan to do today?  Whatever it is, stay safe and be happy.  xx