21-01-25

Good morning, lovely readers/commenters.  Welcome to Tuesday. I've just been out to the freezer to get supplies in and it's sort of dry but there's a slight fog and it's c-c-cold.  OK, not cold like my friends in Canada and the US (you know who you are) but quite cold enough for me, thank you!  

I was so pleased yesterday.  I went to circuits and Lindsey had planned in quite a lot that was stretchy, back-helpful stuff and, by the end, it all felt a lot looser, as if creases were being ironed out.  On Wednesday, at Personal Training, she will give me some massage and that should also help considerably. 

Then I came home and decided not to be lazy but to do the downstairs as I usually do and I am glad I did.  It would have been too easy to sit down and let things tighten up again.

I was just doing my ten minutes weed scraping when Alex arrived and we had a nice roast dinner and a very good chat.  After dropping him back off home, I finished off the time.

Round the front, the weeds are very good at sneaking up between the paving slabs and, as they are small and in a herringbone style, there's loads of them.  I find the whole thing of scraping them out very boring, even though I have a useful gizmo that does it really well.

I decided that this week I will do just ten minutes each day and see how far that takes me so I set my watch and off I go.  Wish me luck.

This photo, by the way, is the tool and I have a longer handle so I can stand up and scrape.  It's vicious and does a great job although mine is a bit battered now and might need replacing at some point.

I also have a more conventional scraper, sort of hook shaped and with a short handle which is great for more stubborn roots in those cracks.

Her back also isn't quite right but we agree that we need to get moving again, so we will walk down and back too as it is not raining and that should help.
Then I have my friend, Julia, round for coffee and her s.i.l. is looking at my desktop so see if he can work out why it is so slow.  I've been using the laptop apart from a few things but fingers crossed it is a very simple matter.

That's all I have in the diary but there's the ten items decluttering and the ten minutes of scraping and I would like to attack my bedroom and do a good tidy and clear.  That will probably take ages. 

So, another very ordinary day planned and we will see how it all goes.  Have a good day too and enjoy what you do.  I think the quietest days are often the best - just lots of simple and satisfying things.  Nice.

Take care and, as always at the moment, stay safe and warm.  xx