It’s Sunday and the big rugby match is this afternoon. Best get a good start on the day. Was reliably informed that there is a recycling unit down at the Intermarche and Sunday seems to be a good day to take it (so nobody can see your shame). I had a drive around the car park and no sign. I can only imagine that it is in the entrance bit
Read moreWas up till after 3am talking to Matt which was nice. Had some lovely dreams. Woke up at 11 and messaged Matt but while waiting for a reply I accidentally fell back to sleep… Oops! So it’s now 4pm and I best get myself together and get some things done. First to choose my outfit for dinner this evening while it is still light. It can be difficult to find
Read moreI can’t wait to see what it looks like in spring and summer but in the meantime here’s a quick walk around the garden. It’s going to be a lot of work to maintain this. Apparently, I will also need to protect the vegetable garden and orchard [when we get to that stage] as deer and stags regularly come into the garden in the evening. I haven’t seen any yet
Read moreWoken up at the crack of dawn by calls from French accounting and insurance companies. Too early in the day to be able to deal with this so had to politely ask them to call back as I had a meeting (with my pillow for another hour). Calls with London starting pretty early today (9am UK time – I do love being an hour ahead!) Good weekly catch up too
Read moreYet another morning that starts with an Amazon delivery. Beat him to the punch today as at the door before he even rang me [I heard his van door]. Today’s treats – wire strippers (so that I can fit a french plug to the wallpaper stripper) and Matt’s office chair. Early meeting to prep for our afternoon branding workshop. Emails and work. Now that we know how awesome my plumbing
Read moreWednesday and I have decided to take the day off. Ok, I did a few work emails and responded to a few bits and pieces but it was mostly a day off. I was trying to have a good lie in but swore I heard car/van door close. Couldn’t see anything so back to bed. Time to treat myself to a bit of BBC’s excellent lunchtime drama – Doctors! 🙂
Read moreAmazon! Glad I have saved his number so I know who it is, he also now just says ‘la poste’ so it’s not exactly difficult but it works. Looks as though our new kitchen tap has arrived. Short nap and a day off, time to focus on the house. Oh, maybe not, few emails I need to deal with first. And, before you know it, it’s lunchtime. First job of
Read moreHappy Birthday Matt! Thanks for the birthday card(s) Jeff and Vivian; not just the one that arrived in France after Matt left but also one in London – boy you guys are good and put the rest of us to shame! Probably not the best birthday for Matt ever, being stuck in quarantine and over 1,000km from me. We will celebrate properly once he is back. For now I have
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