Saturday, 14-11-26

Hi, everyone.  We have a good old frost outside this early Saturday morning and, earlier before the street lights came on, a most beautiful starry sky.  It's a day for wrapping up warm and keeping moving, I think.

Yesterday was cold too, but the sun shining through the windows kept inside cosy so no need for heating until the evening.

I have to admit that if we did have blackouts, etc, keeping warm is my biggest worry as I have no other form of heating apart from gas or electricity.  Fortunately, I have thermal stuff I got for the Northern Lights jolly and loads and loads of blankets, fleeces, etc.  And warm socks for cold toes!!

Lucky people with wood burners!

At SW, I was more than a bit surprised to get Slimmer of the Week and the hamper.  (I wasn't the biggest loser but she didn't stay for the second half of Group).

A few things didn't make it as far as the kitchen and I will use everything except for the spaghetti (I use wholemeal) which can go back into next week's SoW hamper!

So that was a good start to the day.

It sobered up rather as I went to lay some flowers against a tree.  Tragically, there was a one car crash just up the road last Sunday night and two lads lost their lives.  I will give no more info but it has shaken up the neighbourhood very much - such a waste of young lives.
Please don't speculate - there are no more details available at the moment.  But is is just awful.  RIP, lads.

Back home, I did all the usual stuff and it was a very pleasant and gentle day.  I have a few more snowflakes now, some for me and some to give to friends in their Christmas Cards.  It feels nice.

Today is really more of the same.  I have to do some shopping in Morrisons before enjoying another gentle day at home.  Nothing in the diary for the weekend.

I was looking ahead to next week and there are a few things pending.

My fitness classes, of course, and Slimming World, plus coffee and chat with Chris.

My vaccinations (yuck but necessary)
A termly Safeguarding briefing for governors (online) - boring, probably, but necessary and important.
A meeting at school about the nurture provision I saw last week (I will have to do some prep for that)
I will celebrate Dad's birthday with his favourite meal - steak and chips.  It should also be some nice red wine but I am off alcohol until I go to Five Lakes in December so I will get some red Shloer instead.

Not too bad, is it?  The whole school governor thing is my retirement volunteering thing so I am glad to be able to go to meetings and so on.

Well, my mug needs replenishing so I will love you and leave you with hopes that you can stay warm , safe and well today.  xx