18-04-25

And here we are at Friday again, end of the working week for most and the start of Easter.
Yesterday was gloriously sunny all morning and, while the clouds did gather a bit, the sunshine persisted.  Just lovely.  I think we were really lucky with the weather - other places in the UK have not had it so good.  And it did get chilly come the evening.

Plans to the contrary, I didn't really do all that much yesterday in the end.  Well, I did, but not as planned.

I had a really lovely chat with Chris over a delicious coffee first thing.  It beats me how we always find things to talk about, but we seem to manage it!

I came home, made breakfast and noticed that there was an odd smell in the fridge so time to do some veg sorting.
I got creative with stuff that was going off.  I made some watercress pesto that was actually really rather nice; I don't like basil but will make this again.
There was a lot of veg just on the cusp of manky but not quite.  I chopped all that was useable in Thermione, froze most of it for soup and casserole bases and used the rest with a can of chopped tomatoes, etc, to make two portions of really delicious soup for quick lunches next week.  That's not in the freezer too.
The bits that really were unsalvageable (shame on me) went into the compost bin so I guess you could say nothing was totally wasted.

I enjoyed doing all of that and now the fridge smells fine again..

After lunch, I sat down to crochet and then realised that, to my great annoyance, I had totally forgotten about Groove so I fired off an apology to Lindsey and sulked for around a minute or so (I enjoy Groove) before carrying on with my crochet.  😁

That was it really.  Low steps and a bedroom that remains in need of attention.  Oh, well, not the end of the world, is it?

I looked up that shrug pattern (thank you so much) and it is on The List.  Then, on YouTube, I found another Granny stitch jumper, worked from the neck down, that looks rather nice so I've saved it for thinking about.  I believe there is also a version with a V neck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD7G9qY2eys&t=1253s
https://www.mjsoffthehookdesigns.com/easy-crochet-granny-stitch-sweater/

What do you think?

While on the subject, thank you so much for your lovely comments about the technicolour coat on yesterday's post.  So encouraging and I really appreciated them very much indeed.  

Today has to be a little bit busier.  It starts with Slimming World (will I lose a pound or so this week?) and then, depending on the time, either I head straight to the bus stop or I come home for a short time.  Usually, it would be the former but, given it is Good Friday, Heidi is just doing a weigh and go so SW will likely be much shorter than usual.

Either way, then I am off into town to pick up my new glasses and I may wander around a bit or I might just come straight home.  It depends how busy it is and the weather.

Once home, Easter starts with a hot cross bun and a bit of Easter egg - I treated myself to just one and my halo shines bright because I haven't had any Easter chocolate or other food whatsoever so far this week.

I need to do a bit of a shop  and I need to sit down and think about my meals this coming week.  In that order because I want to use what I already have rather than getting new stuff as much as I can.  Beth and Alex are round for Sunday lunch and Dave and Anna are here for dinner next Friday so that will be really nice.

Happy Easter, everyone.  Have a wonderful weekend, however you celebrate or enjoy.  xx