What are you all up to

My much younger cousin has started researching our family tree and I keep getting updates from Ancestry about the matches that have been found and I know that most of them just don't add up.  I did a lot of family history research when I first retired and loved going down to the Family Records Centre in London.  It was a great place and I met some lovely helpful people (and also spent a small fortune on birth and marriage certificates!).  It's not quite the same sitting in front of a screen. How lovely that you found a photo of your gt. gt. uncle brue.

Miserable day today, no rain just grey skies.

OH been busy all morning helping out with the village Christmas lights. They have a few more sets this year so needed to get them strung up into the trees. None of the volunteers are under 60  and there they are climbing trees and ladders daft lot. He is now fast asleep in his chair.

I've spent the morning cleaning through the house doing 3 loads of washing (again) making 2 pots of soup and blanching and freezing a load of veg. I've still to peel and cook a huge bag of apples my friend gave me.

My beautiful, generous, grand daughter has very kindly given me her sore throat and head cold  

Next doors cat having begged for food, is now sleeping it off on Grand daughters bed. Not yet stripped for washing thankfully. She's been there for about 4 hours so far.

That's the washer finished again so will go and pop it in the tumbler and make a start on the apples.

Oh,  stop  moaning  Tammygirl,  you  would  only  be  wasting  your  time  doing  housework  or  something  similarly  pointless  if  you  were  not  enjoying  yourself  cooking  and  suchlike  .

Hope  you  manage  to  recycle  the  GD's  gift --  send  it  to  a  place / person  who  can  make  better  use  of  it !!  Somebody like  a  hard  working,  worn  out  politician  perhaps  

ABM, I never moan  just letting folk know what I'm up to today 

OH now wide awake, cat also awake and has gone back outside.

Decided I've done enough for today so apples will have to wait. I'm going searching the internet for interesting recipes for apples 

GD's gift will almost certainly be shared with OH 

Some days just creep up and hijack you. 

Got back from town late this morning after supermarket shopping and visiting library etc. to find both our caravan and hour household insurance renewal letters waiting for me. They're not due for another 3 weeks but I decided not to prevaricate so sorted them out this afternoon, a job I hate doing. Had to switch household insurance to save over £120 but caravan insurance stayed with Saga. Glad they're now out of the way.

Booked a few days away at Warwick Racecourse site for next week, yippee.

ABM - Freezing the light in oven didn't work either, unfortunately, but Mrs WN used the ice cubes to lace her Southern Comfort with so she sends her thanks.

Enjoy Warwick WN, we did last week. There’s a stunning remembrance exhibition in St Mary’s Church at the moment and into December.

Quiet day for us, dog walking, bit of housework, but found one or two Xmas presents while doing a bit of shopping, hoping to get sorted before end of November. Just listening to fireworks outside at the moment, hope tonight will be the last of them.

Always  willing  to  accept  Thanks  from  the  Ladies,  WN,  even  if  they  are  married  .  But  regret  the  freezing  failed  to  work  the  trick  for  the  Man  of  the  House

Thanks ttda. Mrs WN found an Art shop there that has some special pens she wants so she's very happy.

ABM -  Thank goodness I wasn't here when "the man of the house" called otherwise there would have been hell to play!

Shopping this afternoon!  This generally involves me sitting in the car, looking after the dog, while Carol goes into the shops.  The only one In allowed in is the one where we can take in the dog...... known as 'Lizzie Shop' 😀 .... Pets at Home!

I don't even get the pleasure of driving my own car!  I'm hoping the consultant will give me the go ahead to drive.  Physio signed me off on Monday.  I asked him about driving and he said he wasnt allowed to make that decision.... it has to be the consultant and the insurance company! 😩😩

David