What are you all up to

Glad to hear most are now feeling better, OH, DD and Callum also seem to have finally shaken off their bad colds.

Flu vaccination for me today, appointment made for my annual check up and review of pills, plus request for Shingles vaccination made, next batch of vaccine is apparently due in January.

Work continues on the new house, today we hung one of the 2 new oak  en suite doors, next will be to finish all the new oak facings etc in Callum's room, then put up his blind and curtain pole.

The  oak skirtings and facings look very good, DD is very pleased, has been  a good investment of her £300,  labour being free of course!  

There may even be enough timber left to do one of the 2 remaining "non oak" rooms, but that will be well in the future.  First job in the New Year will be the re-fit of the utility room, followed by tidying up her 5 large store cupboards......some new plasterboard, painting, new shelving etc, etc.

Next week we hope to be able to start the floor in the main bedroom, my knees are dreading it already,  it is a big room!  I do have knee pads, but they only help a bit. The en suite there is at a standstill till the leak from the flat roof above can be fixed.

Sale of old house seems to finally be progressing, solicitor has sent missives (contract) for signing, but still no hand over date agreed.

So sorry to hear about your hands DSB.  I do hope that they will improve with time.

Good news about your wife's op robsail.  What a relief to get it over and done with.

I am going to make the Christmas cake today.

Thanks for your good wishes folks.

....why do things always happen at once?? The electric handbrake is now stuck on, on the Discovery.  They managed to get it on the recovery lorry by using 'skates'.  When we got to the garage, they used an angle grinder to cut through the cable so they could get the vehicle off the recovery vehicle.  Just on the way to take the small car in now for some work to be done on it.

You just couldn't make this up!!  😀😀

David

Best of luck with the cake Millie.  Save me a slice.....  😀😀😀.  Stir-up Sunday is 26th November so you are well in front this year.  🙂

David

Millie I walked towards my old recipe book this morning, put it on the kitchen table where it will look at me for a couple of days...then I'll be making a cake too.

DSB, I hope you've reached the pinnacle of "what next" and things start to get better soon.

Thanks Brue.

David

Oh no DSB.  I am so sorry.  As brue says let's hope that is the end of 'what's next'. Things can only get better as the song says. Let's hope it's true.

Brue. I assembled all the ingredients for my Christmas cake last week and they have been staring me in the face from the worktop in the utility room so I decided that I would just get on and do it today. Job now done and cake is out of the oven and looks OK.  I just hope it is edible! I always use a recipe that a very dear friend gave me many years ago.  She sadly died suddenly a few years ago so the recipe written on shorthand notepaper in her own hand is very precious. I really should photocopy it and put the original away in a safe place.

I know exactly what you mean Millie. We have a precious little handwritten recipe book in my Nana’s spidery writing! 

My sister usually makes me a small Xmas cake, os OH isn’t keen. Apparently she has been feeding one from last Christmas with brandy, sounds extra yummy! She ices it for me as well, proper marzipan! 

Miserable day again, rain wind and more rain, really dark skies  so perfect opportunity to go through OH's clothes  think I need to take him shopping, he rarely wears 'smart' trousers/jacket  these days. The ones he has are ok  (old fashioned)  he could do with some new style modern ones for the cruise.

As I'm feeling better and able to go more than a few minutes without coughing, we decided to go to the cinema to see Bohemian Rhapsody, what a great way to spend a wet afternoon. A nice treat of a Chinese take away on the way home, perfect.

That sounds like a really great afternoon Tammygirl. Glad you are feeling a bit better.