Thursday

I had a good morning to do housework today as Jon went to Milton Keynes to a meeting so I had the house to myself and I get on better with my work.

The gardener, Mark, came and put the turf down at the front of the patio so no more muddy, doggy paws. It looks a bit messy now but once it takes it will look good.

When Mark had finished I took him over to have a look at Rene's garden and he said he can do it for her tomorrow. She told him she would be watching out of the window to make sure he did a good job!

I baked another Christmas cake for Jane this time. I had to pour a half a cup of brandy over it when it came out of the oven and then wrap it, still in the tin, in newspaper and leave it for 24 hours. It already had a third of a cup of brandy in the mix. It is going to be a very boozy cake! I wasn't sure on the mix but I cooked some little cakes as there was too much mixture and they tasted fine but of course they did not have the extra brandy.

Mary said she was coming over but got delayed and Jon was actually home before she got here. She did manage to find some puff pastry mince pies in Waitrose for Rene which was kind of her. She took the microwave that I sold to her and the money went into our family pot. All the money for everything we have sold has gone into a pot, one that needs to be broken to get it out, it will be used as a family treat depending how much we save.

Once Mary left I went over to see Rene as I had not changed her plaster but she said to leave it today as it was OK. I gave her the mince pies and she said they looked 'bootiful' so hopefully she will like them. She said my friend was kind to find them. The hairdresser arrived to do her hair so I left them to it. I need to arrange for a home visit sight test for her but will leave it till next week. She now says she doesn't want to go for her cardiology appointment next week. She saw that the appointment was for 4.00 and she is worried it will be dark when she comes home as she doesn't like Marie driving in the dark! I have told her she has to go as it is important.

I then went into Newmarket to buy a gift bag that Heather had asked me to get. I went into the SCOPE charity shop and bought a toast rack as Jon is always saying his toast goes soggy if it is put onto a plate. They had taped silver sugar pincers to the toast rack to sell as a pair. They only wanted three pound fifty for them and I am sure the spoon is worth more than that.

I went into Iceland to buy something for our dinner as I had forgotten to take some meat out of the freezer so we had some very nice bbq spare ribs that I just had to heat in the oven.

We watched some TV after dinner and there is another day over.


WEATHER
Overcast and windy 12 degrees