Saturday, 18-03-23

 Morning, everyone.  It's a damp and dreary Saturday morning but not cold in the least so that's good.  It's also my brother, John's birthday so Happy Birthday to him.  He doesn't read in here as far as I know but even so . . .  :-)

Yesterday was a lovely day.  Now particularly exciting, just lovely.
At Slimming World, I lost a pound so I'm very happy with that - I aim to lose between one and two pounds a week at a steady, sensible pace.  The place was absolutely buzzing with a new member and a couple of transfers as well as all the usual gang.  It was a hoot with lots of laughs during Image Therapy (the fancy name for the talkly bit as well as plenty of advice, hints and tops.  

On the way home, I decided to detour to a local garden centre where I bought a primula.  Yes see, I have two days to particularly remember my lovely Mum as she passed away early on the morning of Mothering Sunday.  I have a collection of primulas, three from Chris and four that I got myself, and tomorrow I will plant them in a bigger container to go out the front of the house and remember her with love and thankfulness.

The long winded flour saga has ended with my Amazon delivery yesterday.  My jar is now full and there's bags to spare inn the freezer.
Sooze will laugh but I was most excited yesterday to have the room to move my freezer bread products from the front opening freezer to the chest freezer.  That doesn't mean I have an empty tray because the flour has gone in there but it's a start and I'm very pleased.  For those who don't know, I need - well, want, really - to go down to one freezer before the garden room starts and now I have4 paid the deposit for that and it is really happening, I need to push this through.

And, on the same subject, I got an email from Maxine, Seth's 'office' lady, asking if they could possibly start paving the front at the end of this month.  That's one of the improvement projects I have in the pipeline so it's exciting to have a tentative date for starting.

Today, I have already done my early morning online SET class with Lindsey and I was going on a walk with some of my Slimming World buddies but it's raining - sometimes light and sometimes hard, so I've pulled out as the forecast is for more of the same all morning.  Not nice.
So I might do some clearing and I will do some washing as I have a load of darks.

The granny square blanket is coming on.  However, it is really weird how, when you are worried that you don't have enough yarn, it disappears like snow on a summer's day but when you want to use up excess, it lasts and lasts and lasts.

I saw a photo of a sort of cardigan made of granny squares so I am pondering about that although there's still a fair way to go with this blanket really.

Well, sitting here rambling won't get the washing done so I will love you and leave you.  Have a fab day, whatever the weather and whatever your plans.  xx