Yes, I'm off work again, for a fortnight this time, and I should have timed it better, as we've been basking in sunshine while I was at work, and then having torrential downpours the minute I was off. Still, it's been a good excuse to get a bit of knitting done, and I'm delighted to report that I've now finished my sock. It's always a bit of a deflating moment finishing a sock - cheerful, because you've finished - but of course it's rather useless unless you do the whole thing again to make a second sock. It's Thursday already, and my holiday feels like it's running away with me. I do like an at-home holiday, but I often feel the need to pin down my days, document what I've done, or it all blurs into one and I go back to work feeling like I never left. We've had plenty of visitors recently - one set the weekend before I was off, another who stayed Thursday to Saturday, camping in the garden, and yet another set on Saturday afternoon. Two lots of visitors brought hammocks, and I think a hammock might just be on my things-to-acquire list. We've spent lots of time knocking about in the garden shelter, which has been such a success we're working out how we can recreate it in a slightly less ad hoc way for next year. I spent a day editing a video for a voluntary project, and where did Tuesday go? A nice leisurely trip to the cafe, and some hay making, and a little trip to a local town for supplies. The sun shone and I lingered for a while by the river. Yesterday we were up early, and got takeaway tea and sat by a canal for a while, but then it rained and rained when we got home, and I spent the day cooking things for the freezer, and finishing my knitting. Yesterday I also made a start on the DIY - about time really, as we've been without a kitchen for almost ten months. And today? Today the sun is shining, and I'm trying to spend a fair bit of the day outside, although it's quite breezy out there too. I've got a list of garden things I want to do, and it would be nice to spend some time just sitting around out there before it starts raining again.
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Gladys Cornell
20/8/2020 01:06:41 pm
10 months without a kitchen? Our house project won’t be done until October and I’m beginning to question our sanity for thinking we could live in our house while it is under construction. You must have the patience of a saint!
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