A day late posting here - yesterday did not go to plan. But thanks as always to Susanne our host who reminds us each week to look back on things to be grateful for during the week. Her blog is here. Pop over to find out more and see who else is joining in.
1) Well I'm thankful that Hubby and I are both retired and can usually step into babysit the Grandkids as and when required. Yesterday was one of those days when something came up that required us to have Nathan and Ella after school, feed them dinner and then take them home and put them to bed. We also had them with us for most of the day today. I was lucky enough to have my Mum around when our kids were young and I like to think I'm paying that forward to my kids now.
2) The decorating is finished. Still a lot to be done in terms of reorganising everything but at least phase 1 is done.
3) We were able to get a quick visit from a plumber on Thursday. Our boiler has been playing up a bit recently in that the hot water will suddenly go cold. I contacted the plumbers we usually use on Wednesday but it sounded like we might have to wait a bit for a visit but then they messaged to say they would send someone Thursday. So that was good news. Bad news is to repair would be expensive and we might be better to replace the boiler. We're pondering that decision.
4) The car passed its MOT (annual inspection). One less thing to worry about although we will need to replace the rear brake pads soon.
5) 2 walks this week - one around the golf course with Hubby on Monday and then on Thursday I did the loop around the lake and was pleased to come across 2 volunteers from the local Swan and Waterbird Rescue team. It's that time of year again when the parent swans are chasing off the cygnets. Only 3 of the original 8 cygnets were still on the lake and they had managed to rescue 2 of them and were trying to rescue the final cygnet who was proving to be a bit elusive. I don't know if they were sucessful or not as it was starting to get a bit dark and I needed to get myself home. I wouldn't worry about being in the forest alone after dark but I'd want to be prepared with a decent torch - there are lots of roots and uneven ground that would be trip hazards at night and a twisted ankle is not to be recommended.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend all - I'm out with the knitting group tomorrow to a Yarn fair and then for a Sunday roast dinner.
Have fun at the yarn fair!! I wish I were there to join you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you made it for two walks. Interesting about the cygnets. We made it out for only one because the weather has been windy, snowy and cold. Last night we were discussing the coming week. No outdoor walking for us in the arctic blast we will be hit with starting tonight.
I enjoy those times with the grands, so being driver for them is fun (usually).
Enjoy your week!
How much fun it must be to watch the cygnets and swans! I guess even baby swans did to leave home eventually. Glad to hear that your decorating is done and hopefully the grandkids are happy with the results now that their toys are back. Have a lovely Sunday.
ReplyDeleteOH I LOVE swans and their babies. So fun to watch!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful you are close enough to help out with your grandchildren. I always had to get babysitters as both grandmas were pretty far from us although my mom was only about a 2 hour drive so she did stay the night/day with my oldest when i gave birth to the 2nd one.
Sounds like a good productive week!
Glad you're plumber was able to come so quickly. So fun getting to see swans and cygnets. I don't think we have them in our city, that I know of anyway.
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