Morning my little chickadees
How was the Bank Holiday for you? All tickety boo I hope. Fabulous weather. So what did I get up to? Naff all is the short answer. Just another couple of days in lockdown as far as I was concerned. However, Monday turned out to be a bonus. My neighbour cheered me up with talk of a bbq he was doing for us and a dear friend of the famalam popped over to pick up some bits and raid my garden. I gained tomato plants while she gained wild garlic and lemon balm cuttings. So all good.
Here we go then…
Day 69 Monday 25th May Bank Holiday
I woke up at 5.45. Don’t ask! It could be the birds, I’d had enough sleep, or someone poked me in the back, who knows. I tuned into Webbo while I made a cuppa and sat outside with it in the garden. I could feel the heat at that time of the morning. Brekkie was chocolate chip Weetabix again. I made another list which I was determined to stick to. It had two items. Transplant those long suffering veggie seedlings this time – DO IT! And finish the plot your digging. Well one out of two isn’t bad, and like I said my famalam friend turned up and stayed for a while. We ended up more or less talking very loudly because of the distance between us. She is also a friend of my neighbour so we ended up with a three way conversation.
Lunch turned out to be a hit and miss affair around two o’clock because yes, I had been transplanting some of the seedlings. It got so hot though so I took to the swing seat with iced pink lemonade and my trusty kindle. I really need to get around to some writing which is next on the agenda.
Then I awoke to the lovely smell of the bbq being cooked. When I checked the time, it turned out that I’d only been asleep for a couple of minutes. Obviously just enough for me.
Here’s a picture of the meal. It was marinated chicken kebabs on a bed of lettuce and salad bits, layered on garlic naan bread with a mayonnaise of garlic sauce on top. Very nom nom
I washed it down with some merlot and spent the evening in the garden watching nature at it’s best, as the birds were feeding. I was also mentally planning to give my shed a good kicking as I want a new one. This time I think it will be a summer house, which will mean a new concrete base and that can’t happen until the appropriate people can go back to working again. Which means no replacement for me because there are no deliveries. Very frustrating is the best I can come up with, without sounding off. It was a beautiful evening though and I stayed out there until quite late. So it was a quick shower and then beddy byes. Nighty night and see you on the morrow.
Day 70 Tuesday 26th May
I woke at 8.45. Don’t ask. No really, don’t ask! I have no idea what happened there but I’ll take it. Perhaps I needed the sleep. Anyway, I got up straight away instead of laying there. Today began a new regime for me. Before I even put the kettle on I started power walking (my version) up and down my back path so that I could get some form of exercise. I plan to do this a couple of times a day as I can feel the shorts getting a bit tight around the middle and that’s not good for me as it puts a strain on my back.
Right then time for a cuppa and tin tomatoes on toast for brekkie.
I caught up on emails for nearly all the morning and I’m recording chapters of all my books for the UK Crime Book Club which is a mammoth task but they will then go onto their YouTube channel.
Lunch was a quick ham salad and then it was on to transplanting seedlings which took me most of the afternoon. I didn’t get any time to read today either. Five o’clock I went in to watch the Covid 19 update. Least said soonest mended. I guessed that Dominic Cummings would get a mention. The ITV news came next and I cooked my dinner while that was on. Steak, new jersey potatoes and salad leaves. Tonight, was mostly taken up by finding a Tesco delivery slot and catching up on FB.
Time for bed said Zebedee so nighty night. See you tomorrow.
Day 71 Wednesday 27th May
Morning campers!!
It’s Wednesday and I know that because I’ve just been reading about the dribble I wrote yesterday. It’s another beautiful day in the world and it’s muggy out there. I took a cup of rosy (Don’t start you’re becoming boring now) out there and sat in the rising sun. It’s so peaceful with just the birds feeding. I still haven’t seen Cyril and his squirrel hotel has certainly not been lived in. Hm!
So what am I up to today? Well in between transplanting the seedlings I have got to record several chapters of my books which takes up a lot of time. Also the UK Crime Book Club have asked me to sit on a panel for a ‘Spookfest’ that they are holding around Halloween. Also it looks like I’ll be doing a live video of me reading from my book which is set around Halloween. It’s quite time consuming but it’s fun and will probably take me the rest of the week. Ho hum.
Brekkie was scrambled eggs bacon and tinned tomatoes and then it was shower hair wash and check the roots. It’s quite interesting as they seem to be coming through as a dirty dark blonde and grey. I’m going to be wearing a beanie hat before long I reckon. Want to see a picture of my moustache? Nah! that’s not happening and as for my hairy unwaxed legs, well that’s a laugh in itself. Face bothered? No! It proves that I’ve isolated myself. I can’t believe I’ve been stuck here since 4th March. I’ve got enough health issues to think about without adding Corona lager to the list thank you. (I love a lager and lime on a hot summers day)
Lunchtime I forgot about as I’d been drinking water all morning. It must have filled me up I guess and I was busy. Mid afternoon I got my grass cut and it looks fantastic. Thank you, my friend. We exchanged a few gardening bits and discussed plans for the layout of the garden – all by social distancing of course – and he was on his way.
The rest of the afternoon was taken up by gardening. Then I popped in to watch BoJo. Never mind about my hair, have you seen the state of his? I think he does it deliberately to take our mind off of what comes out of his mouth. How about if he thinks about one of these for a change. You can choose.
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| Looks familiar doesn't he ;) |
Or maybe this one?
Anyway I got bored watching him doing his, “If I waffle enough and mumble, they’ll be so busy trying to make out what I’m saying that they’ll forget what the question was.”
I had steak again for dinner with new potatoes and lettuce. I know but I was tired and didn’t fancy cooking much.
I turned the TV off and checked on what I needed to record from my books and also what exactly what I would be doing for the UKCBC. This took me up until 9.30 so I took my kindle to bed. See you tomorrow my little chickadees. Nighty night.
Day 72 Thursday 28th May
I woke up at 3.45 to sounds of the dawn chorus. Lovely as it was I decided to go for a wee. Then got back into bed. I went back to sleep until 7.20 according to my phone. So I got up and following what now seems to be my routine I sat outside with my cuppa and planned my day. Not that it’s likely to happen as I planned. My life isn’t like that. I just go with the flow and the weather temperature.
So then, brekkie, I think I’ll have cereal this morning. I weighed out 40gms. Oh yes I’m doing my best to keep up with my Slimming World regime but it’s so hard sometimes and I’m sure I’m putting on weight. Ho hum. Showered and checked my roots – oh dear – oh well – you should see my moustache. I’ll be doing a Poirot soon and waxing the edges and my hair is getting sooo long now.
I spent the morning planting up carrots and onions but it’s such a fastidious task and can be quite boring.
Lunch was a quick chicken salad and I treated myself to a French Biere which was really refreshing. Then it was back to the seedlings. There are hundreds of carrots still to do. Just as well I like them and this is a harlequin variety. I also did the peppers. I’m running out of containers to put them in so they now reside in a ‘goes under’ which I bought a few years back in a garden centre. For those under a certain age, a goes under is what was known as a jerry. Back in the day if you only had an outside toilet, you used a jerry pot (kept under the bed) during the night so save going out in the cold. It was then emptied in the morning. This originated during medieval times actually. Oh, there is education in reading my blogs as well. Anyway, I digress. Around 3pm I’d had enough so I sat in my favourite swing and had a bit of a doze. It turned out to be a cat nap. It’s amazing how that few minutes can completely revitalise one.
Anyhows, I sat there just enjoying my garden for a couple of hours and popped in to see our parliamentary clown still trying to dig himself out of the hole caused by DC. I felt like hurling darts at the TV but it would make no difference to him and would ruin the TV. I got quite excited at being able to get out and join in with the latest freedom but no! I still have to shelter due to health mostly. Damnation! I reckon he brought it forward so we would forget about DC in our euphoria of freedom. At least ITV local news seems to be impartial. Time to cook dinner me thinks which didn’t take long as it was a jacket potato filled with a tuna, sweet corn and light mayo mix. Oh, and I tossed a bit of a salad to go with it. 8pm I was outside with my neighbours’ hand clapping and it seems this might be the last one. Oh well.
I watched some catch up TV for a couple of hours and took to my bed. Nighty night.
Day 73,690,84 Friday 29th May
Well that’s what it feels like today. I woke up at 4.10am with the birds singing their hearts out. I desperately tried to go back to sleep but gave up at 5am and got up. Mind you it is lovely out there to be honest. I took my cuppa outside and watched the early morning pigeons getting in first with the food. Is it too early to have brekkie at 7.14am? Oh go on then. I could always have elevenses I suppose if I get hungry. So then I think I’ll have bacon, egg, tinned tomatoes, and baked beans. I’ve run out of bread until Tesco’s deliver later, otherwise I would have toast as well. AND this is all Slimming World friendly. Yep. Lovely jubbly.
Showered and sustained it’s time for some exercise which is basically me still fast paced walking the length of the back garden several times which believe me is quite tiring. However, I’ve now been on YouTube and found something even better which is exercise and walking with a lovely lady from Oz. 15 Minute Indoor Walking Workout | Low Impact!
I’m being soo pure because I’m drinking so much water today. Lunch was a salad then it was back out digging in the garden. I should be pounds slimmer but I don’t feel it.
I’ve checked all my veggie seeds and they seem to be doing remarkably well. Time for a sit in my swing chair and survey all my good work. I do wish the wind wasn’t so chilling though.
I actually dozed off. It was just so lovely in the sun and the wind has dropped now.
What on earth to do for dinner though as I’ve forgotten to defrost anything. Cottage cheese salad it is then, and I’ll probably lob a few new potatoes in as well. I have an online meeting tonight at 7.30 and that is going to be fun.
Well it took me 10 attempts to get into the meeting, (thanks FB.) It was worth it though. Time for a glass of wine whilst catching up on some telly. Nighty night and see you next week. Enjoy your week end.
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