Washing!!

One of the problems with doing a big load of washing on a Sunday is that you are left with a big load of ironing to do on the next few days. So, it was the ironing day today.Since we bought the new bedding, which is gorgeous, I have rediscovered the need to iron bed linen.It comes out of the washing machine so creased, but it is actually quite nice to get it all crease free and nicely ironed. I don't mind ironing actually, I like the way you can freshen the clothing and make it look good again.The worst thing we ever had to iron though was Jane's old school skirt. It was box pleats, and had to be held down while it was pressed..absolute murder. VT and I used to do it every Sunday night during the school term.
He has been zapping the weeds in the front and the back gardens today. It was a lovely sunny morning, but the sun went in at lunchtime and it has gone quite cold now.VT has just lit a fire again, I can hear him throwing the fuel on.
Jane has been emailing me today on her new phone. She said she was on the bus, sending emails. There was a man on the floor of the bus last night, and she thought he was dead, and then he started snoring!! All human life gets on buses. She said the bus driver was really grumpy, and this little old lady got on and gave him what for and told him off, she said it was really funny.
Tonight we are having:
Quorn bramley apple sausages, with apple slices
Mashed potatoes,
Spring greens.

Sunny Monday..

Nice day today, VT is at present in the garden getting rid of weeds . He says the dandelions are growing apace. Why is it that the weeds are so prevalent in a garden? They never seem to lessen no matter what you do.The daffodils at the front are nodding a bit, I don't think they will be hanging in for much longer.
We nipped into Crosby this morning to get the weeks veggies, and the hedges are definitely getting greener, and the fields have been ploughed so that is a good sign.

Little Bobby is sunbathing on top of the hut, not in it at the moment. She likes the garden in the sun and was out for ages yesterday, sitting on one of our chairs in a sunny spot.
Sainsbury's was really busy, but it is such a small shop. They didn't have enough checkouts open and I was on pins in case our half an hour free parking was gone. We were ok..just.
Tonight we are having:
Escalope
Sliced fried potatoess in fry light,
Mushrooms
carrots beans and broccoli.

Words...

We always do our crosswords on a Sunday afternoon. There are three main ones, the Daily Mail You magazine one which I do, The Sunday Express General Knowledge one which VT does, and the Mail on Sunday Big general Knowledge one which we do together. Somethimes they are quite hard and sometimes not, today they were reasonable, with the more awkward clues having to be researched on the Computer. Ones like "The crying of Lot 49 author of for example..not a book I know. I am quite good on book ones and VT is very good on science ones and geographical ones. We make a fairly good mix I think.
The other thing I did today was to finish a letter to John and Ann, my brother and sister in law in Perth Australia. I tend to start a letter, and then add to it bit by bit for a number of weeks till I have enough in it to post. This one was 6 pages with all sorts of odds and sods of news happenings etc. I'm going to send Ann some books I have a set of, called the Hamish McBeth novels. Complete rubbish, but good fun to read, and a nice light read. So, today has been a wordy day.
Beautiful day today too, sun shining, and a real touch of everything growing now. Green shoots of recovery eh!VT went out to Crosby to get a few things, and he dug his light weight summer coat.He is looking for a new one, and is finding it hard to get what he wants, since a lot of them are padded and too warm. He used to get good jackets from Littlewoods but since they closed he has struggled. Even in The Cheshire Oaks, there are plenty of sports type shops and designer shops but nothing ordinary. It's quite hard for men I think, plenty of choice for women but I think the men are let down.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza as usual with our tomato sauce,
Pineapple, mushroom, a meatfree pepperoni,
Salad with potato salad for me and rice salad for VT.

Words..

Twas A Grand National...

Every year we have a flutter on the National. Since it is up the road at Aintree is is very local. Not a horse racing fan, but it is difficult not to get involved with this race. There always used to be a sweepstake at school which was good fun, and you'd back the horse you got. Very rarely won, but did a year or so ago and got a bit of money back. This year I backed..
JOE LIVELY
DREAMALLIANCE
SNOWY MORNING
CHARACTER BUILDING
ARBOR SUPREME
I usually pick mine on the names, for example my dad was called Joe etc. VT backed
COMPLY OR DIE
MON MOME
STATE OF PLAY
ELERSLEY GEORGE
VIC VENTURA
Most of our horsed finished. VT got a third, and the highest one of mine to finish was sixth. But it is all good fun, makes it more interesting when you watch it, and we only do £1 each way.
Jane has just rung up on her new phone, which now takes emails, all singing and all dancing phones these days.
VT went into Maghull this morning to get a few bits, and he said it was quite busy, but it is a lovely day today, with the sun shining.
Tonight we are having:
Hot Dogs with meatfree hot dog sausages, pickles, tomato sauce etc.

Waitrose..

Seems like we are going there a lot these days. mind you we don't go mad in there..too expensive. Just got the weekend things really and a few things on offer. Anybody notice the terrible price of tomatoes lately..they seem to have shoot through the roof at the moment. I do like my tomatoes, but the price of the ones on the vine is exorbitant, £1.99 for 6 tomatoes!!!! I wish we had a greenhouse, then we could grow some, the ones my Dad used to grow were wonderful, now they had taste to them. He used to always win prizes at the local village show with them, and they smelled like proper tomatoes should. I think they are picked too early while they are still green so the flavour isn't there.
Phone went last night, Hello its Christine from the Village surgery..Is that Jennifer? You have a prescription to collect from the last hospital visit you had.. Me..That was four weeks ago!! At least they didn't get me in for a review..Got away with that.o Four weeks ago though..I could be dead and buried by now.
Anyway VT has just been over for the prescription which was faxed through, so that's an improvement at least.
Lovely warm day today, with a definite Spring touch in the air. For once the car actually felt warm when we got back in and VT actually took his coat off. He was saying he would have to get his short sleeved shirts out. Bit early for me though, I feel the cold more than he does.
Tonight we are having:
Sliced sauteed potatoes 8oz
Crispy Quorn fillets,
Green beans for moi and baked beans for VT

Is There a touch of Warmth in the Air?

Might be, it is certainly warmer today. VT spent a lot of the morning doing his window on his car. A while ago now the one on my side wouldn't operate properly, it wound down then wouldn't go up again. he managed to get the window up again then got the part to repair it from the Toyota garage. No idea why mine went first because I don't use my window that much, not nearly as much as he does his. Anyway the other day he came in from one of his trips, and said that his was going,
so he ordered the part from toyota and spent today putting it right. from what he was saying it was quite tricky, and would have cost at least two hours laboutr in a garage plus the fifty quid for the part. So the boy done well.
Quietish day here on the whole..rubbish post and nothing happening of note. VT took a load of stuff to the recycling baank, most of it packaging and jars etc, we seem to do a lot of recycling these days, wonder how we managed with the bins in the old days really.

The daffodils in the barrel look lovely in the sunshine this morning, nodding their little heads in the breeze. They last for ages too, then we take them up and put geraniums or something in for the summer months. VT came in and said the big planter at the end of the garden has broken too with the frost..really sorry about that, we have had it for donkey's years, and it has a large Spirea in it which comes up regularly each year. If that planter has gone there must be loads of others too. Shame.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta bake with 4oz of pasta asparagus and a jar of tomato and mascarpone sauce.
A little bit of garlic bread
and a creamed rice pudding.The last of the easter treats.