Day 716

Day 716...

Today was a pretty standard Thursday split between a morning of work and an afternoon at home.

The morning was pretty busy as I continue to go through managerial stuff with my deputy as well as prepping for a meeting this evening with our landlord. We've only been in our current building a couple of years and of course the majority of that time has been through the pandemic and so we haven't been able to meet up. So tonight we get chance to see each other in person and discuss a few bits and pieces including how we can help improve the building through a grant that we have received.

I came home via Lidl as we needed a few bits and bobs, and things that are significantly cheaper than at the bigger named supermarkets. Just can't justify some of the prices from Asda at the moment so I tend to do a top-up shop at Lidl to get the essentials I need at much better prices.

Simon was just coming to the end of his lunch break as I arrived home and after a quick coffee with him I grabbed some lunch before catching up with the job that I'd started yesterday. I'd scanned in some of our photos and uploaded them to the laptop so today it was figuring out when they were taken, where and who was in them. I then put all that information into the details for each photo; this way we will have a permanent record that we can pass on with as much information as possible.

With more coffee brewed it was time to take a few minutes out to get some more jigsaw pieces joined together and I was pleasantly surprised with what I managed to get done.

At the end of Simon's work day we went down our gym for our regular Thursday workout. Chance to move some weights around!

It was then time to get changed and head out for the meeting with preschools landlord.  It was a longer than intended meeting but it was a productive one.

Time for a cuppa and some dark chocolate and I'll see you tomorrow.

xx

 

Day 715

Day 715...

Today has been spent at home as my working hours have now changed to allow me bigger chunks of time in work so that I can begin the process of handing over the reins of pre-school to my deputy and team.

It has been a very grey, wet and dreary day and so I have not ventured outside of the house. The morning was taken up with sorting out some emails and chasing a couple of things that I've just not had the time to do recently. Not very exciting jobs but jobs that needed doing nonetheless. 

Unfortunately as the weather stayed pretty miserable all day we decided not to venture out for a lunchtime walk which was a shame.

This afternoon I decided to resume my project of scanning in all of our old photographs using an app called Photomyne. I'd made great progress before Christmas but have gotten out of the habit of scanning photos, so today I had a moment of inspiration and thought I would scan a few in. I worked through the remainder of the last album I'd picked up and scanned in photos from 1993 and 1994! I've now uploaded them to my laptop and just need to go through and update the description for each photo.

I had a little time, while the daylight allowed, to move some pieces around on my latest jigsaw and whilst I did get some joined together I get the feeling this one may take a little time!

While Simon did his zone two training on the exercise bike I decided to make low carb moussaka for dinner. I really need to jump on the bike a bit more but the trouble is I find it really boring, and I've never really been a fan of aerobic exercise, or sport in general, which I know is really bad. Discovering gym workouts and lifting weights was a great revelation to me years (many years) ago as I finally found something 'sporty' that I could actually do, do it pretty well and enjoy at the same time.

But with that all done I shall see you tomorrow.
xx

Day 714

Day 714...

Tuesday once more and for me it was a full day in work as opposed to my normal half a day.

As I am stepping down from my job at pre-school, and am now in the process of passing on the mantle of manager, I am now working a full day on a Tuesday to help with that transition.

These next few weeks will see me introduce all that I do to my deputy who will be taking over a good proportion of what I do. I will also be showing other members of my team specific tasks so that ultimately the elements that make up my job role can be shared out where best.

So all day myself and my deputy went through the day's work; emails, funding, spreadsheets, wages, data input and more. We are finding that we will start with one task in mind and this often leads to lots of tangents, but we are working our way through and making progress.

Because Simon had a barbers appointment today, and we only have the one car now, it meant that I was chauffeured to and from work today so that he could have the car. I have to admit it was quite nice having a bit of company on my work journeys!

And Simon had the good foresight to put a pot of coffee on before he left the house to pick me up so we walked in the house to freshly brewed coffee. I then had a task ahead of me. White Lies (my favourite band!!) were launching their first ever, official, fan club today at 5pm and the first 50 to sign up would receive a special signed photo. So between Simon and I we had alarms set on our phones, the website was open on my laptop and I was already for 5pm to roll around. 

To kill the time while I waited I attempted a little more of my current jigsaw...

...lots of colour and lots of details on this one! 

Just before 5pm I was sat at my laptop and kept refreshing the bands webpage waiting for the link to the fan club to appear. By 5.06pm I was in and able to purchase my membership for the next 12 months, by 5.09pm I had the email to confirm I was now a member...

I will now receive a t-shirt and a pin along with access to discounted merchandise and some exclusive content including a video of their stripped back concert that we saw in Bournemouth at the end of last year! Whether I have been lucky enough to be in the first 50 to sign up I don't know and I guess I will just have to wait and see.

With that excitement out of the way and with Simon finishing work for the day we put on our gym gear and headed out for a workout. Loving the fact that we have adapted our garage into a gym space as there is no longer any effort involved in getting to the gym and back. Simply open the garage and move some weights about!

I think I will sign off now as I know we have a couple of TV shows to watch; Making Magic Mike and RuPauls Drag Race UK versus the World...and as it's Pancake Day we may be indulging in our low carb version of a pancake. A simple mix of eggs, cream, a touch of baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and some dark chocolate thrown in at the end of cooking - yummy!

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 713

Day 713...

The start of the working week and after a week off 'ill' and a week off for our half term break I found myself in work on a Monday which is actually my non-working day of the week!

We have a member of staff off ill so I was needed to provide cover for them. As it was myself and my deputy were able to spend the morning together to start the process of handing over my duties.

Our plan is that the sooner we can transfer my duties over to my deputy and other team members the sooner I can step away. So we have started the process of my deputy shadowing me to discover what it is I actually do each day and how that can be transferred over to her and the team. The plan for the remainder of the academic year is for me to be able to step away from pre-school but to remain in kind of a 'consultant' role so that I can support my deputy and the team from a distance. I will be their training wheels as they learn to ride the managers bike!!

I was home for early afternoon and after a bite of lunch with Simon we headed into Derby to have a little look around some shops, grab a coffee and I had a beauty appointment to get to.  Back home we had another coffee before Simon jumped onto the exercise bike for his 45 minutes of zone two training. I on the other hand moved some jigsaw pieces around!

Right, that was Monday and I will see you tomorrow.
xx

Day 712

Day 712...

It has been a very quiet Sunday; a very bright, sunny, blue skied and chilly day.

Our morning started off with collecting our grocery shopping and after months of the store of our choice (Asda!) having a badly working app...okay an app that didn't work at all...today it worked perfectly for the first time!!

With the shopping out the way we decided to make the most of the beautiful day and head out for a walk over the fields where we live. It was the first time in a long while that we had taken a route over the fields and we had the good sense to wear our wellies. We managed 4 miles in an hour and twenty minutes and I could tell it had been a while since taking this route as the hills were a little more of a test than they used to be. 

This time last year when we were in lockdown we were out walking each weekend and although we have been out and about when we can it is noticeable that we are not walking as much as we had been. I do miss our walks and I think we will make a conscious effort to get out more, when the weather allows.

The remainder of the day has been spent at home; Simon has been updating some details on his personal website and starting his next piece of digital art and I've caught up on a few household chores and packed one jigsaw away and started the next one.

In a change of plans I will be working tomorrow as one of our team is off ill, but all being well it will be just for the morning. And because a newsletter to all our parents has been issued today I can now reveal that I will be stepping away from pre-school and by the end of the academic year in July I will be retiring! So my focus over the next few weeks and months is to hand over the mantle of manager to my deputy and team so that we can have a seamless transition.

This evening we will be trying to watch RuPauls Drag Race as last night we could not find a stream of this weeks show...although we did find a show called Finding Magic Mike which was really interesting viewing!! 

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 711

Day 711...

So last night we had the pleasure of experiencing La Deda Cabaret in Derby. A burlesque and cabaret show produced by the delightful Scarlett Daggers and compered by the hilarious Stage Door Journey. 

We have been going to these events for a number of years now and can't recommend them highly enough. They have an array of talented artists from burlesque performers to singers to mime to knife throwing and more. We have seen so many varied acts over the years and consequently no two shows are ever the same.

Last night we had two of my favourite acts. Kiki Lovechild who is a mime and manages to incorporate humour with heartfelt meaning along with Velma Von Bon Bon who serves up a mix of burlesque, comedy and acrobatics. Both of these never fail to disappoint.

So this morning we had a steady start to the day as we really did not have much to do. We had hoped to meet up with Michelle for a coffee before she headed home but due to a build up of traffic she decided to head home earlier than planned. But it had been lovely to see her yesterday evening.

We popped out to grab a coffee and a car wash. We have discovered that one of our favourite coffee shops has a jet car wash located next door so we make a point of when the car needs a clean we need a coffee!

Before we knew it the day had rolled along and while Simon jumped on the exercise bike I took a much more relaxed approach by completing my jigsaw. Although I am one piece missing...as this jigsaw was passed onto me I don't know whether it was always missing a piece or whether I have lost it somewhere!

We will be rounding out today with keto pizza and hopefully the latest episode of RuPauls Drag Race.

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 710

Day 710...

The end of the week and the start of the weekend.

Today was a mixture of getting jobs done and a little me time. I had a few household chores to do, the laundry to sort and a couple of emails that I needed to respond to.

I then had a little pre-school work to complete. As a registered charity we have to submit an annual return to the Charities Commission which involves producing accounts which have to be independently reviewed, writing an annual report and then making sure that all of our trustee information is up to date and correct. 

From previous years I knew that the documents that I needed to submit had to be in PDF format. This meant figuring out how to convert a Google document, a Google sheets workbook and a JPEG picture into a PDF file. And I was quite pleased with myself that with a little online research I was able to get them all converted over with relative ease. With them all converted and saved out I could then complete the annual return online; another job done and out the way.

We had a butchers delivery arrive this morning which meant splitting everything out into meal size portions. Thankfully this order wasn't as big as some of my previous and only involved splitting 5kg of steak mince, 2kg of bacon, some burgers and some sausages.

And then at the end of the morning I even managed to squeeze in a little time to paint my nails which is the first time I have done that in I can't remember when. But as we are off out this evening I thought I would use that as a good excuse to pop a little colour on.

This afternoon has been a much more relaxed affair. I spent some time with my jigsaw, I sorted more laundry, responded to a few more emails (both mine and work), watched some YouTube of the new Star Wars hotel over at Walt Disney World and took advantage of the natural daylight to get my make-up done ready for this evening.

So it is now time to get my glad rags on as we are off into Derby to see La DeDa Cabaret; an evening of burlesque and cabaret and chance to hook up with my good friend Michelle. These are always such a fun night so I will report back tomorrow!

See you then.
xx

Day 709

Day 709...

Today marks the beginning of the end of restrictions in England and a chance that things may begin to look more normal again. But at the same time we have reports of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine...we seem to be going from one round of fear to another and I really don't like the way the world is turning at the moment.

But it was still Thursday and there were still things to be done.

Back in 2019 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a lumpectomy to remove the 'bad stuff'. Following a successful surgery I am now about half way through five years of annual mammograms to make sure all is well. My next mammogram should be sometime in April as that is the anniversary of my surgery but a couple of days ago I'd received a letter inviting me to book an appointment as part of the breast screening program here in the UK.

I dutifully made the phone call today to book myself in, but when I explained that I had been diagnosed in 2019 I was told to ignore the letter and wait for my annual check. I wasn't sure whether the letter would apply to me or not but wanted to make sure. Just seems a bit of a waste of time and effort to issue an existing cancer patient with a letter that does not apply to them. In times when we are being told about the financial pressures placed on our NHS you would think that efficient systems would be one way to ensure that costs were held in check by only contacting those that actually needed to be contacted.

Around midday I headed out to meet the girls from work in the hail and rain and snow! The weather was a very mixed bag today, there was sunshine and blue skies, gusty winds, hail, rain and snow; not pleasant at all!

We met up at a local cafe for afternoon tea. Now as I follow a low carb/keto way of eating an afternoon tea is not something that appeals to me anymore and one that I know my body wouldn't handle very well. I will admit that the food that the rest of my team had looked lovely and was beautifully presented and everyone seemed to enjoy it all. I did decide to allow myself a treat and had a very nice cream tea...although I had coffee and not tea!!! And I didn't really touch the jam!

After a lovely couple of hours chatting and catching up I came home via my local Lidl as it was that time of the week when I needed to pick up a few odds and sods. And with prices seemingly all over the place at the moment I am finding that I am choosing what I buy from where much more carefully. I also stopped by a friend of pre-school's who had very kindly offered to donate some supplies to help with our topic over the next few weeks.

I arrived home to a freshly brewed pot of coffee and took advantage of the remaining daylight to make a little more progress with my current Disney jigsaw. And as Simon finished work for the day it was time for our gym workout. Simon even had me doing some bench presses...I managed 10kg and a set of 10 reps with Simon spotting for me which I didn't think was too shabby for a first attempt!

Thursday is done, roll on tomorrow.
xx

Day 708

Day 708...

We have reached the middle of the week and Simon was back to work today and Ethan had to catch the bus for the first time in a couple of years to get himself into work.

My main task of the day was to complete the pre-school accounts for the last term and I can happily say that everything balanced first time - whoop!!

Mid morning I took a break and hooked up with my good friend and podcast co-host, Michelle, to record an episode of our Disney Dream Girls podcast to be released this coming weekend. We chatted some news, some history and looked forward to Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival which starts next week.

The rest of the day involved catching up on a few household chores, finishing off the pre-school accounts and making some more progress on my latest jigsaw. 

And that was my Wednesday! See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 706

Day 706...

Well, after almost two years working from home due to the global pandemic Ethan got to return to the office today!

To be fair the last few months working from home were due more to his company relocating offices than the pandemic. Two years ago they were a relatively small team who'd been working together for about seven months but over the course of the various lockdowns their team had increased in size and was now too large to return to their original office. 

This then meant several months finding a new location and turning the space into the offices they needed. So not only did Ethan start back working in the office but in a brand new location, although thankfully in the same city!

It was an earlier start than of late for Ethan, although luckily his company had arranged for a car to collect him and his work equipment at 8am so no bus for him to catch this morning. Although the car didn't arrive until about 8.30am and Simon and I were beginning to think we would be driving him and his equipment into work at one point!

This has meant that we have had the house to ourselves for the first time in I can't begin to remember. Our day started with the very exciting collection of our grocery shop in the howling wind and rain - whoop! 

We then decided that staying home for the day was the best course of action as not only could we get caught up on a few jobs around the house it was preferable to braving the elements. We did muse about going for a walk at one point but as the wind was still blowing a gale we decided not to bother.

Today has been a very relaxed, chilled and steady day; some jobs, some digital art for Simon, new jigsaw started for me, some TV time and plenty of coffee.

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 705

Day 705...

Another wet, windy and grey day but that did not stop us getting out of the house.

We had another event to attend today and this time it involved our 'pencils' as it was time for the first Dr Sketchy's Nottingham of the year.

We enjoyed an afternoon of life drawing with a little burlesque thrown in for good measure. And while Simon used his digital drawing tablet I stuck with the more traditional paper, pencil and eraser!

The afternoon started with model Pixie Trix, posing for a number of short poses; 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes and a 10 minute pose to get us all warmed up!

Next we were entertained by the glorious Mysti Vine with a burlesque routine before she gave us a 15 minute pose. 

Mysti Vine

After a short break we had two twenty minute poses to finish out the afternoon. 

Pixie Trix

Mysti Vine

We then had a very wet and squally drive home as we seemed to being battered by yet another storm, the third to hit the UK in about as many days!

So I think it's time to curl up in front of the TV with red wine and chocolate and ignore the wind howling around.

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 704

Day 704...

Well we have reached the weekend and the start of my half term break and the day that I got out of covid jail. Two negative tests and I'm out! Phew!

And I can only thank my lucky stars that the powers that be deemed it so as I had great plans for today and plans that could now be fulfilled. My favourite band White Lies were playing a small gig in Nottingham as part of their album launch and we had tickets.

The gig was slightly unusual in that it was happening at lunchtime so it was on with the glad rags and off we set for Nottingham. And the day started off great with the delivery of their new album; I'd hoped to get it yesterday as that was release day but none the less it arrived today...and with a signed card as well.

Thankfully it was only a short walk from the car park to Rough Trade record store as the weather was rather unpleasant; wet, cold and windy.

Well the boys did us proud once more, just a short gig of about 8 tracks, including 2 from the new album, to an audience of around 150. They were, as always, brilliant. They are such a great band live and did some fabulous striped back renditions of some of their classic tracks.

The bonus with this gig was that the cost of the ticket included a CD of the album; this now means we have three copies of the new album. Plus there was chance to meet the band (second time for us) and get the album signed. Suffice to say one happy lady today!

Me and Harry!!!!!

We then had a treat of a coffee and cake before heading home to make keto pizza for dinner.

It has been a lovely day and great to be doing something normal once more. Roll on more normality and making plans.

See you tomorrow.

xx

Day 702

Day 702...

Another day of not very much!

A Thursday at home and the vast majority of the day was spent working. Being at home is giving me time to go through lots of admin related tasks, tidy up folders (both the physical kind and the tech kind) as well as keep in touch with my deputy in work.

As this is the penultimate work day before we break for a week there have been quite a few end of term tasks to complete and the most important of which was to sort out the wages for the team!

I had a break mid-afternoon to make some more progress on my jigsaw and I am just left with all white pieces to fit! My good friend Michelle gave me a call on her way home from work to see how I was and more importantly make plans for next week. We will be seeing other at the end of the week as we have tickets for an evening of burlesque and cabaret; the first time we will have been able to do this together in over two years!

We rounded out the day with a visit to the gym; Simon is making good use of our new resistance bands set-up and I'm pretty pleased with my use of heavier weights over more sets.

And there we have Thursday, so I will see you tomorrow.
xx

Day 701

Day 701...

And another day at home and another quiet day for obvious reasons.

My day was filled with work as the joy of technology means that I am still able to complete most of my administration tasks. By keeping in touch with my deputy we could confer and plan and by the end of the day I was pretty pleased with the progress made through my 'to do' list.

Once again I have probably completed more work than I would have done on a standard Wednesday in work but that is fine as it has kept me focused. My only 'illness' symptoms has been a runny nose but as a side effect of that I have been suffering with sinus pain which is something I often seem to get with a cold. Luckily I had some sinus relief medication in the house so dutifully took some this morning hoping it would make a difference which it didn't. When I looked at the packet later on I realised thatvthe 'sinus' medication was no different ingredient wise to the 'cold & flu' medication that I also have...in fact the only difference was the name of the medication - what a swizz!

A little bright spot in the day was when my Hotel Chocolat delivery arrived. I had been a member of their Chocolate Tasting Club for a lot of years but when that scheme came to an end I swapped over to their 'high cocoa curated collection' and every couple of months or so I get a parcel. The collection contains a mix of different items with the common factor being that they all have a high cocoa content. Now for me personally I prefer my chocolate around the 90% cocoa mark but anything over 70% is what I would consider to be 'high cocoa'. 

I was therefore a tad disappointed today when I found two items in the box to be, what I considered, below par. The first was a small selector box of 'supermilk' chocolates...err supermilk? I don't think so! Turns out these are 65% cocoa. Then there was a bigger box of 'Unbelievably Vegan' chocolates...okay so where do I start with this one. Firstly it's great that they can make vegan friendly chocolates but I am not vegan and surely I should have the choice as to whether I want a product that has been made in a non-standard way? Secondly to make them vegan they use a nutmilk; I don't like diary alternatives and I don't like the chemical processes that are needed to produce them. And thirdly the cocoa content is only 45%!! How on earth is that high cocoa?

Suffice to say an email was issued expressing my displeasure and to their credit I received a reply pretty quickly along with a £5 gift card as compensation for my disappointment...mmm...well as the two products that I'm not happy with have a value of about £19 it doesn't seem very proportionate!

I did try one of the 65% chocolates with a coffee this afternoon and while it wasn't bad it also wasn't anything amazing either!

See you all tomorrow.
xx

Day 700

Day 700...

Well we have had a Tuesday and a Tuesday at home as I can not go anywhere for the next few days at the very least.

The isolation rules for me at the moment are that I am allowed out of covid jail once I have two negative tests from day 5 onwards, or reach day 10, whichever happens first. All crossed that I test negative sooner rather than later!!

But it hasn't stopped me today as I have been able to work from home. I had lots of plans for work this week that relied on me being in actual work but those plans will now have to wait until another week. So I have managed to produce and issue this months invoices, arrange training courses, update the broadband contract, deal with emails, liaise with my deputy in work and added things to my to do list as quickly as I crossed things off! In fact I probably did more work than I would have done on a normal Tuesday!

Later this afternoon while there was still some daylight I made a bit more progress on my latest jigsaw which is recreation of the London Underground map. So lots of lines of different colours which I thought were going to be tricky but have actually gone together quite well. Although I am now left with lots of white and pale grey pieces with bits of small typeface on them that I think could prove interesting!

Once Simon had finished work for the day we headed down 'our gym'; the benefit of the gym being our garage means that covid jail isn't going to stop me from working out. I was really pleased with my efforts tonight as I was able to use my heaviest weight for more sets than I've previously managed and I completed some kettle bell exercises that I haven't bothered with for a while just to mix things up. Simon was also able to put the new resistance bands and fixing points through their paces with great success.

So as far as covid goes for me it's a bit of a cold...a runny nose and the most annoying thing is that it's affecting my sinus (which is always the case when I get a cold!). And if it was any other time it wouldn't be enough of a cold to keep me home, or keep me off work. But because this cold has a name I am now prisoner to a set of rules that we have never introduced before for any other cold or flu virus, never mind something that has a lower death rate than seasonal flu!

See you all tomorrow.
xx

Day 699

Day 699...

Happy Valentines Day!

I thought I'd start this post off on a positive note...as being positive seems to be the order of the day! Yep, you guessed it I've tested positive for the 'you-know-what'...whoop!

How do I feel? Well to be honest I feel fine...it feels like I have a mild cold at best. A slightly runny nose and I sound all 'bunged up' although I don't feel like I am. I think with Simon feeling the way he had over the weekend it was the sensible thing to double check and hey presto here we are.

But onwards and upwards and let's hope I can be all negative by the end of the week so that I can enjoy our half term break properly next week.

So these next few days are going to continue to be rather quiet, although I will be able to get some work stuff done remotely. But we made the most of today by getting a couple of DIY jobs done around the house. First we had some LED lights to put up in our bedroom to give some softer lighting for when we don't need all the lights on but still want to see! Next we had some fixing points to install in the garage; these are to hook resistance bands onto during our gym sessions to further extend our range of exercises.

But the remainder of the day was taken up with jigsaw for me, digital art for Simon and plenty of TV time.

Oh and how cool is this t-shirt that Simon got me for Valentines?

Gotta love some retro Prince!

I love our choice of cards for each other...

...sums us up...Star Wars and keto!!!

OK, well Monday is done so I will see you all tomorrow.
xx

Day 698

Day 698...

And we have had another very quiet day. A day that has turned out to be much quieter than it should have.

Our plans for today were to have had an evening away in a hotel as a way to celebrate Valentines Day tomorrow. We have never really made a big deal out of Valentines as a rule but Simon thought he would plan something different. It was only going to be a local hotel but was still the chance for a romantic night away, a posh meal and indulge in some spa treatments.

Well things didn't get off to a great start as when Simon tried to book some spa treatments for me as a surprise he was met with a hotel who didn't want to answer the phone. After days of trying to get through he was then told that they weren't taking spa bookings at the moment.

Then he received an email advising to make a reservation time for the restaurant and to contact the hotel if spa treatments were required. So again he tried to make contact but this time by email...only to have the email 'bounce'!

He then contacted the booking agency to see if he could make any headway and thankfully they responded and were able to book the meal for us. They also advised that unfortunately the spa was fully booked...the spa that wasn't taking bookings? He thanked them for making the meal reservation and expressed his displeasure at the unavailability of spa treatments and the service that he'd received up to that point. Then out of the blue he receives a phone call from the hotel saying that some spa appointment times had become available but for first thing in the morning...when we couldn't check in till mid-afternoon! So we declined.

Fast forward to today and unfortunately Simon's head cold was no better. It seems to be affecting his inner ear and his balance. Any chance of a romantic evening away was looking rather doubtful so we decided to cancel. Thankfully we will be able to reschedule so all is not lost. We will make a point of booking when the weather is better (been a horrible grey, wet and windy day today) and when they will have spa treatments available.

So we have spent the day inside in the warmth and the dry, watching movies and putting jigsaw pieces together; simple pleasures.

Let's hope we can make the most of tomorrow.
xx

Day 697

Day 697...

Well this is going to be a very short blog post today as we have had an unusually quiet Saturday.

Simon has a bit of a head cold and so decided to take the day easy and catch-up on a couple of movies that he's been wanting to watch for a while.

I on the other hand decided to carry on with the job I'd started yesterday of re-organising the folders on my laptop. So much stuff that you hold on to that has lost its relevance years ago! Note to self have a spring clean of my files much more often than I have done historically!

I did get my completed jigsaw cleared away and unpacked the next jigsaw ready to start but got no further than that!

It was the usual Saturday night keto pizza for dinner; a quick and easy way to make your own pizza and with a base made of simply eggs and cheese is perfect for those of us following a keto/low carb way of eating.

Let's see whether Sunday will be any busier! See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 696

Day 696...

And we have reached the end of my working week and as is usual for a Friday it was a full day in work for me.

It was a busy work day made up of the standard mix of admin, emails and banking. But I was able to get caught up on pretty much everything that I wanted to.

Back home it was time for a coffee and a chat with Simon as we filled each other in on how our days had gone so far. I then jumped onto my laptop as I had a work related email that I needed to send. I then spent the remainder of the afternoon going through a few policies and updating them where needed, followed by a little more re-organising of documents and folders. I hadn't intended on doing more work but as I found myself in the flow I thought I would just carry on and get done what I could.

So by the time Simon finished work for the day I was still amending policies - whoops! Simon then had a little more digital art time while I finished what I was doing before setting about making dinner - keto chicken fajita casserole...yum!

And that was Friday...roll on the weekend.

See you tomorrow.
xx
 

Day 695

Day 695...

A back to normal Thursday for me which was a morning in work and an afternoon at home.

The morning was a chance for myself and my deputy to go over some plans for pre-school and how we see the coming months panning out. Lots to think about, and plan for, and so we had a very productive three hours.

I came home via Lidl as I needed to pick up just a few bits and pieces. Although half way around I felt something sticky on my left hand, assuming I'd picked something up that was leaking I looked down and was a tad surprised to see that my finger was bleeding! Not quite sure what happened, so I can only presume I caught myself on some packaging. It did mean completing the rest of my shop with a tissue wrapped around the end of my finger and then trying to not get blood all over the car on the way home!

I was only at home for a short time before I was back out the door as I was meeting all the girls from work for a meal out at a local pub. Well, it was 'buy one get one free' burger Thursday so it would have been rude not to. After a lovely couple of hours eating and chatting it was back home for an evening in front of the TV.

See you tomorrow.
xx