20-03-25

Morning!!

Three nice things happened yesterday morning

I know this might be getting boring for some but I know others are interested so, if you're one of the former, just scroll down - I promise I won't be offended  🤣

The new Squeak is, like her predecessor, doing just what is expected of her, bubbling in a way Bubbles never did at this stage.  Very early days though; her first discard/feed is tomorrow, day 4 so today is just a feed.  Goodness, it's just like having a new born baby, just less smelly and doesn't generate nearly so much work or mess!

I've been in touch with brother, John, because of his birthday, I told him about my Edinburgh trip in November and he was really pleased, saying we will definitely meet up.  Lovely.

And the third nice thing - Lindsey is replacing her microwave/grill/convection thingy and offered her current one for sale.  I was able to snap it up at a very reasonable price as I have been thinking about replacing my little bog standard one with something bigger and a bit more useful.  I have Nellie, of course, but the baskets aren't all that big and there's things I can't do it her.  I'd looked around a bit in the shops but hadn't made any decisions about which one to get and they are quite expensive so this is perfect.

As expected, yesterday was a day of two halves.  The morning was easy - I re-read the paperwork for the meeting, did some cleaning and tidying and chilled a bit.

Come the afternoon, I set off to school, taking the car because I wanted to go straight on to Lindsey's  School is only five minutes walk away so it's easy to walk but this time car was needed - I thought.

The course was really good, well worth the time.  Once that was over and I was back in the car, I thought I would just check my messages and thank goodness I did because Lindsey had messaged to say please could I come at half four instead (she explained why).  I couldn't because of the Gov Meeting so we rescheduled for this afternoon. 

As for the meeting - it was really good, very positive and very upbeat.  I like meetings like this.

On to today and this morning I am coffee-ing with Chris and then bussing into town for my blood test.  That's it as far as diary stuff is concerned, apart from the personal training this afternoon (and bringing the microwave home).  The timings seem to work for starting my very first Bubbles loaf so fingers crossed.  I'm used to bunging everything into Thermione for the kneading, etc, and three hours or so later, I am popping the loaf into the oven.  This is a whole different ball game.  It will be mostly a white load, the aim being to gradually transfer to wholemeal as I get a better feel for it all.  Wish me luck.

xx