Monday

We were expecting the builders to arrive early this morning and a skip was due to be delivered so we were both up early.

I wanted to get on with the decorating but thought I had better get dinner sorted for tonight so that I didn't need to stop too early. I made a big dish of cauliflower and broccoli cheese with bacon pieces to go with some fish I had. I also made a small dish for Rene as she loves broccoli. I made a Victoria sponge for tea tomorrow when Ann comes. and it was still only 9.00!

The builders finally arrived at the same time as the skip. They brought all their tools, sand and cement but said as it was going to rain they would not start digging out until tomorrow and after looking what they had to do they left to finish another job.

I rang the Rookery to speak to my friend, Sonia, and to arrange lunch with her and also to ask her about a doctor coming out to Rene to giver her a flu jab. I also asked if the doctor had done anything about the alarm for Rene to have round her neck. As far as she knows nothing has been done so it is just as well I rang. She will now chase it up for me.

I popped over to see Rene and she was very pleased with her meal and said she would have it for lunch. I told her I had found a new touch lamp for her, the same as the one she has, and she told me to go ahead and order it as she had had to sleep with the light on all night as her other lamp is too difficult for her to switch on and she is usually up twice in the night to go to the toilet.

I did suggest to her that we buy some walkie talkies and she thought that was very funny. I was being serious!

I came back and ordered the lamp which will be here tomorrow - I love Amazon!

I could put it off no longer and so got out the pasting table and mixed my paste and started to cut and hang this very bold wallpaper. I think Heather might have nightmares sleeping in a room with this paper!

I made good progress and had three pieces up when Jon called to say he had made me a sandwich. A quick stop and then I got back to it.

The paper went up well apart from the second piece which was a bit of a 'B'. I managed to finish it and then started on the gloss and got it all done before dinner and I didn't think I would do that. Really pleased with it all. I won't feel guilty having my day off with Ann tomorrow and then Wednesday I can get everything back into the room and hang the curtains as the new pole should be here by then. I thought they had arrived this afternoon as Jon took a big roll like parcel in this afternoon but it was our new rug for the end of the kitchen where we have a breakfast table. I was a little worried about the colours but, I think, it goes really well. It is all coming together now.

We had dinner and the cauliflower and broccoli cheese was good but the fish, a ready meal from Tesco, was very rubbery so I won't be buying that again it is easier to buy fresh and cook it myself.

We watched some TV and enjoyed the new detective programme that started tonight, Grantchester, which is filmed in Cambridge and the village of Grantchester just outside. Some nice scenery of Cambridge, I would like to know how they managed to film outside King's College with no tourists about?

Time for an early night I think.

WEATHER
Dry to start then rain and wind 14 degrees.