First of all should say that I'm not shirking my responsibility as a blogger - it's been a bit crazy this last couple of days and I've barely had time to check my emails, let alone write anything substantial!
Monday was an INSET day for Leo and I took him to a playbarn nearby with some of his friends for a frenzied few hours followed by a nice, calm and serene trip to a wonderful garden centre that I wouldn't usually go to, but I was on a mission! Two bay trees and matching pots to put them in. I had to rummage to find the right sized trees - the first one I saw was £145!!!!!! In the end I found two perfect dinky ones with lovely twisted trunks an two slightly egg-shaped pots to put them in. Also a couple of bits and bobs to hide in the pressie box and ten metres of net for the broccoli. The trees smelled divine as we drove home, but I was devastated to find that I'd bought the pots a couple of sizes too small, which could only mean a trip back at some point to get the right ones!!!!
That night when the house was nice and peaceful Jerry and I had a great MSN conversation with Rowan. He'd only just got up and we were off to bed!!
Tuesday felt like a Monday and started with the same level of stress and chaos. Everything was a struggle, especially Yoga, and the food delivery - some of which was swimming in beer! Although I'd planned to take the pots back to swap I was so relieved when a friend called me and asked if I was free for coffee. We duly chilled out with our Lavazzas while Leo provided the non-stop entertainment!! She loaned me a book and I gave her a bag of Pink Fir Apple potatoes - just about the rudest vegetable I can think of!! Hours of fun!
The evening was given over to my quilting group - nothing too energetic and we chatted about how well the exhibition had gone and plans for the next meeting. There was a fabric seller there too and I bought fat quarters towards the many quilts I'm hoping to make - SOON!!!! Luckily we wrapped it up a bit early and in no time I was on the sofa with Jerry eating chocolate brownies. Ooooooh, they're so good!! Next time I bake some I'll post the recipe with a photo - no time now!
So back to this morning and the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down. Weight training today too and the prospect of dragging my sorry ass to the leisure centre was not appealing - I had hit the wall!! Surprisingly I got it together and Lara and I womanfully slogged through the routine... and felt a whole lot better for it. I dropped her off and headed to the allotment armed with the net and a pair of scissors. Those little brassicas are now very well shrouded and woe betide anything that tries to get under that net!!! Consequently I didn't get to shower until after Leo had been collected from Nursery, but he was happy to chomp away at his lunch while I stole a few minutes for myself.
Back to the garden centre and two monster pots and two HUGE bags of very smelly fertilizer later (and £40 lighter!!!) we headed home in yet more rain to dry ourselves off. There is still a lot of allotment work to do before the weather really clamps down, but this afternoon wasn't the time to do it!!! Instead I've spent hours chasing Freecylcists who haven't collected their stuff!! Honestly!!!!!!
Cheery, seasonal note to finish on though - as I drove home I could see the great balls of mistletoe hanging in the almost leafless trees...
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