Monday Busy day. Lots of work but the lilies at the back of the chicken coop are looking great. Matt had a follow up at the dentist so had to head up there around 6pm, but we did find swiss roll at the Carefour which was a bonus. [14 June 2021] Tuesday Working outside can have its distractions. Today it was a leaf cutter bee. Now I’ve heard of these
Read moreFriday Busy day today. I have back to back meetings and Matt is off to Toulouse to return some bits and pick up some other things. While he was out the new BBQ was delivered along with his super new office chair. They were too heavy for me to move alone so were dumped on the veranda and porch awaiting his return. The first of the hollyhock flowers came out
Read moreMonday Busy day of back to back calls. Matt has done a little more clearing of the pink bathroom ahead of the plumber coming round. The bidet is now out and the old pipework exposed. The last of the kitchen plasterboards has also now been dropped so that he can drop the pipework into the ceiling void. Finally at about 6:30 I had a brief opportunity to get out into
Read moreFriday Just sitting here working. Thankfully the boss was able to find some time to get some weekend supplies. He’s very lovely though as he came back with gifts ? When asked what I wanted for dinner my answer was ‘don’t we need eggshells for the tree’ (apparently egg shells help reduce peach leaf curl). So he made me bacon and egg pie. I got a good one. [4 June
Read moreSunday Since we have guests coming we’re up pretty early to get the house tidied. It hasn’t looked this good in ages! Matt made some fresh bread and some of Muma Camp’s sausage rolls while I did a quick pasta lunch. Cressida and Johnny came over with their lovely dogs, Basil and Archie. It was a surprisingly long time before the cat ventured out but she seemed to take some
Read moreMonday – Tuesday Two day jobs doesn’t leave anywhere near enough time to do anything of interest. Finally made some time in the evening to update the blog. [24-25 May 2021] Wednesday Ugh, up early today as apparently the plumber is coming. Of course, the plumber is not coming, he’s French but we did wait for him all day. Since I was up and working so early Matt and I
Read moreThursday Another day another dollar, so they say, however I felt that I could happily have given it all a miss for today. The highlight of the day however was a lovely package from my mother 🙂 Looks as though I have some more seeds to plant, I mean I was a bit short on seeds and the spring pots are past it now. Weather today however was so good
Read moreSaturday Matt has come up with a genius plan, I don’t know how we never came up with it before. The bathroom on the ground floor was previously plumbed up to have a washing machine in it. Dishwashers require exactly the same plumbing, and the dishwasher for our new kitchen is sitting in a box in the dining room. So why have we spent so many weeks washing our dishes
Read moreSunday It’s taken me a while to write this one as it was a really hard day. With all we have been doing we’ve been really preoccupied but today I just felt rather desolate and empty. Without seeing friends or family for so long I was suddenly feeling very homesick (at least we had Tonia at Christmas). Nothing that usually works gave me any joy. While the world feels as
Read moreTuesday Generally busy with work but saw Grumps again after a long time. She didn’t come too close so unsure whether or not she might be pregnant again, Meow had a quick nap in the one of the boxes outside while I was working and before we finally got a chance to get rid of the recycling. [4 May 2021] Wednesday Walk around the garden to look at some of
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