I have started ...

1. to tidy and clear the garden before it gets too cold

2. to knit a mermaid tail blanket with circular needles - I've a long way to go.

3. to get into a normal routine now that the activities of summer are over

(Let me see now - LWL, LWJ, swimming, dancing, gardening, date days with OH - it's a hard life!)

4. buying small presents for C--------

5. thinking I eat to much (only thinking)

6. sorting out my Autumn wardrobe (getting out the long sleeved tops!) I purchased 2 pairs of ankle boots from the CS last week as I'd walked through the soles of my other pair.

7. to conquer travel sickness and go out on a coach trip with a friend tomorrow

xx

PS

LWL = Ladies who lunch

LWJ =  Ladies who jolly

OH = Other half

CS = Charity shop

C = Christmas - yeah!

PPS

He gave me a hug = English

He gev me an 'ug. = English with a Lancashire accent. Hence "a Nug" from yesterday's post. :)

The List

Part 1 (this post is to be continued this evening)

* walk cat

* tidy up

* do the ironing

* nip to the shops

* plant the courgettes

* find phone

* crochet

* hoover (Hoover? - dyson (Dyson?) - vacuum

* make bread

* call at friends'

* read

* sort out  meals

* clean the loos

* make a note of more to put on the list


Part 2 (this evening)

Puss just preferred to sit in the strawberry patch.

I ironed this lot plus 3 dancing dresses
which were a zillion miles around
the hem.
Note to self:  Don't let the ironing pile up.
Do it when it's been dried.

There's already a courgette on this plant.

It's very windy but I think they'll survive.

I picked some rhubarb for my friends.

I didn't pick my pink poppy though. It's rather large.

* walk cat

* tidy up

* do the ironing

* nip to the shops

* plant the courgettes

* find phone

* crochet

* hoover (Hoover? - dyson (Dyson?) - vacuum - Sorry, can't do everything!

* make bread

* call at friends'

* read

* sort out  meals

* clean the loos

* make a note of more to put on the list - I didn't make a note, I just did it. I baked 2 cakes. It was going to be just one but instead of spooning sugar into the bowl I tipped the bag and twice as much sugar came out so I added more flour. One cake was a mixed spice with mixed fruit and the other was plain. It wasn't very imaginative so I poked in some chocolate sultanas! When cool 3/4 of the cake went into the freezer.

Are you looking at me?

xx

I like ...

* to lick the knife after I've put Marmite on my toast

* to lie back in a hot, bubbly bath

* to take my shoes off

* to smell the growing tomato plants

* 'me' time

* the scent of the lily of the valley as I walk up the path to the back door

* growing and eating veg

* pursuing all my interests

* going 'Ooh' when a comment 'awaits'

* time for a read

* a tidy room (not many about at the moment)

* a vase of real flowers in the house

* seeing Blackpool Tower light up in different colours every night

* the first night of clean sheets

* my baked beans to have a splash of Worcester Sauce

and so on and so forth ………...

xx

I shouldn't ...

I shouldn't keep the largest piece of toast for myself when I'm making breakfast.

I shouldn't keep clothes that I'm never ever going to fit into again.

I shouldn't eat more than 2 wine gums at any one time.

I shouldn't leave just 2 pieces of toilet paper on the roll in the hopes that someone else will put a new one on.

I shouldn't taste the soup and then put the spoon back in the pan.

I shouldn't put white clothes in the washer with anything other than other white clothes.

I shouldn't water down the dishwashing liquid too much so that others will suspect something's amiss.

I shouldn't pick my nose when on my own in the car because others may be watching.

I shouldn't dye my own hair because I miss bits.

I shouldn't not dust.

I shouldn't cut my toenails on the carpet and not pick all the bits up.

I shouldn't add any more - I've admitted enough already!

… should I?

xx

Lists

1. It is raining today. (What I said to myself when I woke up.)

2. Il pleut aujourd'hui. (What I said to myself next.)

3. Es regnet heute. (ditto)

I wonder how long we can make this list from our knowledge of different languages!

1. Make 2 loaves.

I prove the dough in a warm oven.

Made and put in the freezer.

2. Tidy the kitchen.

Swept and wiped down, dishwasher put on and emptied.

3. Put a wash on and dry it.

Folded, put away and a few items ready to iron tomorrow.

4. Walk the cats.

This morning and this afternoon walk in the garden and a play inside.

5. Dust the dresser.

Grotty light, grotty pics today

It was very dusty!

6. Wax the dresser.

Not enjoyable as wax gets up my fingernails. Polishing is much more pleasurable.

7. Put items artistically back on the dresser.

Had fun arranging and re-arranging.

8. Make a cake.

Two fruit cakes made and one frozen. The other in the process of being eaten.

9. Take stuff to the CS.

Clothes and magazines.

10. Call in at the shop that's closing down to say thank you to the staff.

This high street supermarket closed its doors today with some staff taking voluntary redundancy. I've had a few bargains this week as items have been reduced and yesterday they gave me 3 large bunches of bananas. These have been eaten and some frozen (minus peel) for later use in smoothies or banana bread.

11. Buy cat food and cat treats.

I think their food bill surpasses ours. I also bought a cat toy for 'playtime'.

xx

PS 1. Pam, I left you a reply to your question about the paint.

2. Welcome to my new follower.