Day 1293 spring cleaning?!?

Another great nights’ sleep… slightly more restless but that’s down the beached whale Indian food belly…. But still… I woke early and went back to sleep until after 8am. That’s late for us!!

I did my usual Sunday morning positive FB trawl. It’s so good when you get your social media feed set up exactly as you want it. I only get positivity from it.

I love this next one.

It’s cold but a beautifully sunny day… it’s definitely the calm after the storm. There wasn’t a breath of wind today.

We randomly started ā€œspringā€ cleaning the whole of the kitchen. Every cupboard was blitzed. Simple things but I love it. I love a good clear out.

4 big bags to go out (just from the kitchen) and a sneaky tub of one cal spray has been in this kitchen since 2020!!!

All the cupboards have been cleaned inside too. We’ve moved things around. a change is as good as a rest!

That took us until lunchtime. I only fasted for 15 hours today, but that is ok.

Quick shout out to my friend Tracey in Canada who is waking up on day 4 of a 4 day fast!!!! Wow!! I would love to do this at some point.

After lunch… Ellison’s recipe home made soup…. (Yum) I started putting away washing and hoovered the house. I’ve done nothing this week as I felt so rotten so it was good to feel better and tidy up.

I then went outside and poop scooped and dead headed the beautiful hydrangea!

They are all gone now!!

We sat outside for a few minutes as it was really lovely in the sun. It was soon really cold the minute the sun went behind the clouds.

I’ve had a really good day. I haven’t needed a sleep either!

I’ll leave you with our gangly Khaleesi who’s making herself at home!

Oh I’ve also booked to go back down to Devon to stay with Helen at the end of February, start of March. Amazing what’s possible when my head is clear.

It’s been a rough week but, so many people I’ve spoken to, have said it’s been a difficult week. The change in temperature, the darker nights, the worsening weather… we need to be kinder to ourselves and allow ourselves to rest when we need it the most.

I certainly have this week. So onwards and upwards with a fresh head and let’s see what this week brings.

Gone are the days where I’d have opened a bottle of red on a Sunday and forgotten that I have to get up super early the next day. I’d have been DREADING work. I can’t stress that enough, I hated my job at the time… and that’s a strong word.

Now I just sit here with it all and allow myself to feel what I feel. There’s no dread AT ALL….. Fresh head on a Monday is always a blessing. I am so grateful for all of that.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 1208 a massive clear out day in the dogs room!

It’s 4pm and I am shattered. I’ve only just sat down and there is so much more still to do. I’ll go back to work for a rest on Monday, I reckon!

We were up at 7.30 and after a decaf coffee, I decided to go for a food shopping. Ā£129 later…. And that’s in Aldi!?!??

My friend Jane posted on FB that she usually goes to Aldi, so is poised like a ninja, to package everything, with the speed in which they put it through the till. šŸ˜‚ She went to a different supermarket today, so was ahead of the cashier and was proud of herself…. šŸ˜‚ I laughed out loud at that!

I, on the other hand, reckon she’d put about Ā£50 worth of food through before I’d even turned the trolley at the end of the hill. They are SO fast!!!

(My grammar was not the best in those last few paras, hope you get the gist! šŸ˜‚)

I took Craig’s car so drove like Miss Daisy there and back. I remember the days I used to jump in any car and drive it like it was an extension of me. Not so much now.

Anyway, by the time I got home, Craig had emptied the dogs room and hoovered and washed the floor. It so badly needed doing. The room was FULL of camping gear. We have way more camping gear than you need, especially for the amount of camping we actually do. You need things for every eventuality and we’ve bought it all over the years. I do feel we just move it all around the house. Well this time it’s all going back into the shed now that Craig has lined and insulated it.

We’ve earmarked a whole bunch to sell and some clothes to charity as well.

The washing machine has been heaving all day, with all the hairy dog blankets. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø I’ve hoovered the stairs and hallway again. I then started going through everything that came out of Abbie the Campervan to try and figure out what to do with that.

I don’t work well with clutter. I need nice, tidy organisation. The mess messes with my head.

So, nothing very exciting to blog about at the moment but the main thing is that my head is good. We’d been invited to a lovely party this weekend but I had to decline as I needed this weekend to decompress and get lots done as I am busy most of next weekend. I would never have done this before. I don’t want to let anyone down but I know what I need to keep everything in check.

I just took a walk up the hills with the dogs. Got caught in the rain.

There’s a new road across the field… great to walk through and not get wet feet šŸ˜‚

Back home to dry out!!

Hope you all have a great Saturday night.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø