What a lovely day compared to yesterday. It was warm when I got up and sat outside for coffee. The sun wasnāt out yet but itās stopped raining which is something.
I had the best sleepā¦ the kind I donāt ever want to wake up from but as soon as I opened my eyes I thought about the washing machine delivery so had to check my phone! Fatalā¦ wide awake.
We were 8th for delivery so I spent the morning stalking the drivers on the AO tracking site. #stalker š¤·š»āāļøš¤£
Iām so impressed with the service. Honestlyā¦ I bought the washing machine about 26 hours before it was installed. I think thatās pretty good.
Out with the 747 jumbo jet take off washing machine and in with the ābarely makes a sound you have to keep checking itās onā new one!
Now the installation wasnāt the easiestā¦. As father in law and Craig will agree having plumbed in the old one when we moved inā¦.. lots of hmmmmmm-ing, huffing and puffing and exclamations that it wouldnāt fit as it must be bigger, has a bigger back on it, canāt push in further without compromising the pipes, doors wonāt close overā¦.should have a longer drain tubeā¦. I sensed a lot of hasteā¦ trying to do it all too quickly to get to the next jobā¦ as he kept telling me. Lo and beholdā¦ a bit of perseverance and it fits exactly as the last one didā¦ with a few small dents at the bottom where he was trying to push it in with his feet.
He then asks for a 5/5 when the text comes through for proof of completion as it will help guarantee him more work.
Of course I give him a 5/5ā¦ to be fair he did get it in where we needed it to be despite his own protests!
I wasnāt sure what to do with myself as I had no one to stalk once the delivery guys had gone but the good news was there was hundreds of washing to do!
I went out to put the pop top up in the van to dry and swept out the floor and carpetā¦ washed the floor rugs.
Claire then asked me in for a cuppa so I popped into hers for an hour or so. Good catch up after holidays!
Back home and cleaned the pop up toilet tent, did more washing, weeded the garden, cut back some hostasā¦. Not a fan of a hosta at all. cut back with pleasure.
There are hundreds of flies and wasps about just nowā¦. All landing on meā¦ either that or Iām getting tickled by my long hair or woolā¦.. Iām jumping about every few seconds!!
I am crocheting again. Iāve been inspired by the crochet ladies changing it up this week and starting a blanketā¦. so I decided to start joining some of my squares together. Became a bit of a woman possessed!!
Just picking them randomly and joining them together as I go. This is going to be mums blanket though god knows when it will ever be finished!
It all looks a bit wonky now but thatās just because itās different thicknesses of wool all needing stretched to be the same size! All the balls of wool said double knitting but they were not all the same. Dammit.
Iāve been sitting out in the sun since about 3pm and itās been hot. Lovely.
There were loads of sightings of the Aurora Borealis last night so I downloaded an app as they said it was going to be a great few days even down in Ayrshire. The app is called the Glendale App and is found online rather than any App Store.
This was the detail from this morning and sadly tonight itās back to level 0 meaning we spent see anything. Too much cloud cover.
Some of the photos from last night were stunningā¦ greens, purples, pinks. Would be fascinating to see. itās on my bucket list!
So our last night of holiday with a lie in the next day so we popped into the village pub for a couple of drinks. I had Tanquery 0% Gin with Schweppes Pink Soda. A nice wee change.
Oh and a lovely lady who was leaving the pub stopped to chat and asked if I was the Rambling Slothā¦.. it took me by surpriseā¦. Quite embarrassed but a wee bit proud to say that I am. š¦„
Anyway crashing back to reality we came home for dinner and wait for thisā¦ we didnāt order takeaway but made Beetroot Pesto pastaā¦. It looks a bit unusual (pink!) but tasted so good.
Itās been a really long day but in a good way. I feel like Iāve achieved loads. Great when my head is in a better place.
Long may it continue.
Stay safe everyone ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
The Rambling Sloth š¦„ 