Saturday 14 January 2023

Saturday, 14-01-23

Morning, people!  Did you sleep well?
After a lovely, sunny day yesterday, it is now raining again - I put up my 'ood when I went out to the shed to get today's freezer supplies - and Beeb suggests that it will last all morning.  However, yesterday was lovely and sunny; very windy too so it felt colder than it was but sunshine is very cheering.

The bulbs know, don't they?  

Thankfully, there were no holdups driving into town for SW group.  Jen, Michelle (the other lady on 'the desk' with me) and I were all early so there was no rush to get things out and ready.
Michelle can't always make it as she's a very busy lady with work commitments, but it was good that she could come yesterday because we had seven (I think it was seven, might have been eight) new members so Jen was able to do the New Members talk to them while we manned the desk.  It was buzzing, a great atmosphere and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  I'd lost a bit of weight which is always nice and, as I said on the other blog, while I wasn't slimmer of the week by a long shot, I got the hamper as the lady who was didn't stay.  That'll help my low/no spend!

Then I came home, had breakfast, did some tidying up, did my Shimmy Snippet, then had a sit down and promptly fell asleep which was very nice indeed.

Later on, I drove over to Lindsey's and, alongside quite a crowd, had a good rootle through the donations, having already made my donation.  There were a few things I quite liked but not enough to actually take but there was a brand new (it still had the silicon sachet thing inside) clutch bag, very simple, navy and I loved it so I did come home with one thing.  I will take it with me for my weekend at Five Lakes at the start of February, to use in the evenings.  I don't 'dress up' as such, but nice shoes and a nice bag go a long way!

When I got home, the cleaner (just one this week) was in full flow so I kept out of her way.  

And that was the day pretty much over.

Today starts with the day's Shimmy Snippet which, I believe, is a full SET (Strike, Energise, Tone) class live online.  When I did the Thursday one, I was expecting it to be just the first section, a fifteen minute Strike segment, but I could have stayed for the whole class.  Today looks to be the same, joining the SET class at half past eight live and online.  This time I can do the whole class so fingers crossed it is the same as Thursday.  Just think - if I can stay for the whole class, that's five exercise classes per week, plus the little Snippets.  Who would have thought it?  Wherever Mum and Dad are now, they must be laughing their socks off!

After that, the day's my own.  I might do a bit of gardening in the afternoon, if it dries up, and there might be a full load in the washing basket but we will see.

After decades of pretty busy Saturday's fitting in all the stuff I couldn't do from Monday to Friday because of work, I take great delight in looking at almost empty diary pages for Saturday and Sunday nowadays.  I love getting great pleasure from small things . . . how about you?

Have a fab day, everyone.  xx

16 comments:

  1. It is beyond torrential here today and after two days of betting my steps in outdoors, I’ll be back to walking back and fro in the house. Two pairs of wet footwear is enough! Happy relaxed weekend. Catriona

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    1. It's not nice here but not as bad as that. Wet shoes are a pain, I agree. Enjoy your inside walk! xx

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  2. Thankfully we have a slight easing of bad weather conditions. Dog walking was pleasant but still very muddy of course .
    You certainly keep very busy. Even though we are no longer working we try to make the weekends feel different in small ways, less tasks and more casual food - I'll be making homemade pizzas this evening to accompany a bit of telly watching. So agree with you that life is often about small, simple pleasures.
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. Weekends are lovely, aren't they.
      I'm glad your weather has eased off somewhat. xx

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  3. Hi Joy: Yes, I definitely find pleasure from small things. It's a great way to appreciate all of the wonderful things in our lives that don't have to be great big or expensive or anything major at all. I'm looking out my living room window right now loving the snowflakes that are falling. The ground and road are totally white and it is a "snow globe world" outside. I'm finding pleasure in how pretty and peaceful it all seems. Hope your day is peaceful as well. Take care.

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    1. It sounds really lovely - calm and gentle, and cosy and warm inside too. Beautiful. xx

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  4. Yes, I get so much pleasure from the small things in life. I can understand your delight in having the weekends to yourself after all those years of teaching and having to play catch up at the weekends ... it's a great feeling isn't it? xx

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    1. This was in spam, sorry.
      It really is a fantastic feeling, shared, I am sure, but everyone who had any kind of job that took up evenings as well as the paid hours.
      xx

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  5. I watched a lovely sunrise yesterday, and managed to catch the few minutes of today's before the clouds moved in and hid it.

    Sounds like you have had a lovely couple of days.

    God bless.

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    1. I love a good sunrise or sunset. I more often catch the latter than the former though. A shame about those clouds but great that you caught it. xx

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  6. I too take great pleasure from the small things in life! Love the photo - here in Canada we are covered in snow!!

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    1. Ah - how lovely (as long as you are warm and cosy). Snow can be absolutely beautiful. xx

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  7. It will be a couple more months, possibly more before gardening season starts over here!!

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    1. I have to confess, to my shame, that what I need to do is finish off last season's work. < blush > xx

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  8. Hope it stops raining enough for you to get out. I had a lovely sunrise this morning. I was so excited to see it! We haven't had a sunrise in over a week lol.

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    1. Well, it did, but at the wrong time. :-) Then the rain came again. Not to worry!

      I hope you get another sunrise soon. xx

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