Another day - another roof job (the last for a while I hope!!)

Lets start with last night - the Stitch and Sew club met at Lynette's for the first time and were treated to a tour of the garden.  When I asked her what to put on the blog, her immediate response was the pond - so ta da!!  the fish are particularly impressive!



Today I woke up early  and spent a few minutes sorting out the bathroom and throwing a number of items that for some reason I have kept for far too long on the window sill - the empty wind up torch box (for goodness sake!!)  Then it was time to assemble the four storage baskets and fill them with goodies to put on the shelves - have I got a hoarding problem? - in my defence everything you see was free or very cheap!






Then it was time to pick Jean up and head for Grimsby - I had some shopping to do and she was meeting her daughter and going to travel by bus - that seemed daft to me so I took her in and picked her up later.  In the meantime I did a little Tesco shop and then wondered around Dunelm (well I had still had £7.07 left on my gift card!!).  I picked up these two small crates that will come in useful - either in the utility room or elsewhere.  I also picked up a number of unique sewing related gifts that will be squirreled away for Christmas (shh) and a cushion
pad that will come in useful for a Christmas present - intrigued?


On the way home Jean kindly invited me in for a ham sandwich but then I couldn't put it off any longer - I had to go home to the builders!  They had arrived on time and are absolutely fine - you just know what I'm like - its easier for me not to be there!  They were mending my chimney - which had a large crack down one side - and fitting the pot securely - it was wobbly.  When I dreamt of retirement one of the pictures involved  nice warm fire and lots of sewing / knitting etc - clearly the chimney is an important factor in that picture - not to mention the chaos that a falling chimney can cause.






Wondering outside for a look I noticed the raspberry bushes - and remembered about how I had forgotten to pick them yesterday - the bushes are heaving!




Next was to make another fabric basket - this time its for Macmillan Charity as this week's challenge is to make something for their tombola and I am seeing the lady concerned this week.


Finally its time to get ready for the WI Supper Club - we're off for a meal later on so no slimming world tonight.  As EVERY other day this week - this morning the scales said that I had lost nothing!!