Tuesday, 31-03-26

 Morning!  How are you today on this last day of March.  It's dull and dreary outside which makes me thankful for good lighting inside.  Something else that makes me happy is that downstairs is tidy (as tidy as it ever gets in my home anyway) and clean, thanks to Kay.  She does a really good job, bless her, and leaves my kitchen spotless - she even wipes over all the cupboard doors and all the wall tiles, something I tend to 'forget'.

What else did I do yesterday?  Well, I changed the sheets on my bed, washing, drying and ironing them and getting them back on again - I like to do that because otherwise they might just sit around for ages waiting to be ironed or something and, yes, I do iron my bedding.  Don't shoot me!!

I binge watched the rest of the Mary Bennet programmes.  It was good but, oh, how I wish they wouldn't change things unnecessarily  I know a book has to be adapted for TV but, all the same.  Having said that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, I will watch it again at some point and I still think the book is loads better.  If you liked the show, do read the book.

I found two books for my Kindle that were on special at just £0.99.  One is another Tracy Borman history, 'Elizabeth and her Women, the hidden story of the Virgin Queen' which is about the women who had the greatest influences on her life.  The other is 'Healthy in One', eighty healthy one-pot recipes, or so the blurb says.  At 99p one can hardly go wrong really and I do enjoy browsing through cookery books.  I have far too many hard copies of recipe books and no room for any more so three cheers for my Kindle!
Kindles tend to divide people - some  think they are an abomination while others regard them as the next step in the development of books/printing/etc.  Me - I like both.  Books are great to handle and snuggle into a chair with while Kindles are fantastic when one is on the go.  I'm glad I have the choice

Which do you prefer?

I got a real shock yesterday morning.  Suddenly, while doing stuff on my laptop, my Google Chrome updated and I just lost all my shortcuts that I kept on the Google home page (or whatever it's called).  Just . . . gone.  So, so annoying.
So I had to go all round the houses to get shortcuts on my screen instead.  Thank goodness I am meticulous at keeping passwords safe or I'd have been in a right stew.  There was one, a link to a game site called DKM Games that does games like sudoku, battleships and something called shisen that I am quite addicted to.  I've warmed my brain up with this for years and years and could I find it by searching?  In the end I remembered I could check history and got it that way.

But so annoying that I didn't even have the choice!!  I know things move on but . . .

I've got all the finances sorted for the month already so I don't have that to do today.  I'll read the gas meter, sharpen the knives and check the boiler pressure so I don't need to do it tomorrow and I want to start Diane's sourdough (mine came out beautifully Sunday and yesterday).

And the lovely Sharon is coming round to work her usual magic on my hair, as I always say.  It needs a good neaten up and should be just right for Crete in three weeks - eeeek, just three weeks!!

Right, well, time to get the ball rolling, I think.  Have a lovely day and take care.  See you tomorrow.  xx