Friday

I was up again before Jon this morning and had been very busy before the builders arrived.

This morning I made meatballs in a tomato and vegetable sauce, one for Rene and two to freeze for Heather, puréed the carrot soup, made the white sauce and assembled the lasagne to take with us to Cornwall and made one for Heather and one for Rene. I then made a batch of butterfly cakes and cooked a trout to take to Rene for her lunch - phew.

Glad to say Jon brought me a coffee back after he had been to the library.

I did a bit more ironing and then I am not sure where the rest of the day went!

I took the trout over to Rene and gave her a dish of soup and the meatballs and put them in her freezer so she has a few meals that she can enjoy without too much effort, as long as she remembers they are there! I can understand that she can't be bothered to make meals for herself, too much effort and it hurts her to stand up for too long. She is going out this afternoon to one of the neighbours 80th birthday dinners at 5.00!! I hope she enjoys herself.

We had lunch and a sit down and then I carried on getting things together to pack.

The builders are doing an amazing job with the patio. When Jon did it last time he just put a bed of sand down and then cemented the slabs on top. The builders have broken up the old slabs and at 12.00 a lorry came with the cement and we had four builders here spreading it and levelling it. The patio area now looks very big. Once the new step onto the garden is made Totty will be able to get down but at the moment she is very confused as to how she can get onto the grass and I end up lifting her over the wall.

The tree, I insisted on keeping, was up to the trunk in cement and Jon went out to trim the branches from the bottom. I hope I made the right decision insisting on it staying! Time will tell.

The builders said they will be here for three and possibly four days next week and as I have not been able to get anyone to come in and let Totty out they have said they are happy to do so and as Gareth wants to come in and sort the last few bits in the kitchen it works well and so hopefully, she will only be one day, all day in the house.

Kirsty rang this afternoon to say there had been an accident on the A14 and all traffic had to come through Newmarket and she was stuck but once she got to Newmarket she wanted to come here until the traffic cleared or it would take her another hour at least to get home. She has had two mornings this week stuck in traffic due to accidents.

She finally arrived and we sat and had a chat and she eventually left and I started our dinner. I cooked trout for Jon and I which was nice but I do hate the bones!

After dinner I went up to pack ready to go in the morning but not sure what time we will leave as it depends on Bertie!

Really looking forward to our trip and seeing everyone and hopefully I can relax a little more as it will not be too hot for Riley.

Off to bed now.



WEATHER
Sunny 16 degrees