Day 1485 I “dot de told” but had a good day anyway!

I woke up at 5am and felt like I was swallowing glass…. My throat was all scratchy and sore.

I got up and had a big drink of water and it seemed to help as I fell asleep until 8.30am, unheard of for me!

I stayed up for the Aurora again last night so I was shattered. I ended up joining Claire, next door in her back garden and we lay on the seats at her fire pit, holding phones up to the sky. Nothing was happening. I can’t remember when we came in… I think just before midnight.

Still got some moody shots… love that I’ve caught out 14 year old neighbours purple lights in her bedroom!!

The sky was much brighter than it had been the day before.

I triggered our security light down the back coming back in from Claire’s…. Blinded me!!

Just nothing happening in the sky.

My friend Michelle did get some Aurora shots from about half a mile away… I was in bed by then and couldn’t muster up the strength to head back out.

So back to this morning, I lay in bed for a bit, reading some positive quotes to lift my spirits.

Once I got moving I decided to head to Home Bargains and Aldi for a cheap toiletries, house cleaning stuff and food shop. All done by 10.30am. We’ve had no tin foil, extra virgin olive oil, bin bags or Fairy Liquid for a good few days…. I never run out of things like that…. This time I ran out of everything!

I feel really lethargic. Everything is an effort but I hoovered the house as it needed doing.

The 4 x moulting dogs have taken their toll! I’ve been picking it up on the daily, but nothing beats hoovering it up. Incidentally we have the Shark Anti hair wrap hoover…

Which does not do what it says on the tin…. No wonder it struggles to pick up at times.

It felt good to get it done even if I needed a wee sit down after each room!

I’m not really sure where the afternoon disappeared to.

It got really sticky and hot so I sat in the sun. Craig pressure washed the back artificial grass and decking and it looks lovely.

We just need to deal with my meadow garden (far left) which turned into a horrific weed-fest when I planted my meadow flowers… I may never hear the end of that!

Incidentally we have artificial grass because of the dogs. We lived one summer with three dogs and this is what it looked like.

After one winter…

Every time the dogs came in they were filthy. The artificial grass has been a godsend.

So we have to pressure wash it from time to time to freshen it up. “We”….. 😂

The bit Craig has just washed is away down behind the big black shed. We have a huge, beautiful garden but it’s a lot of work to stay on top of all the weeds, washing grass and staining all the decking and fencing.

We had a thunderstorm around 4pm… it got quite loud and heavy rain so I went for a shower. The heavens opened and Craig said the main road was running like a river.

The skies cleared and it’s been sunny again ever since. We’re sitting outside enjoying the birdsong.

My second favourite bush has started to flower.

I just love these colours.

The forest flame have both been reduced to a white hot heat now… see what I did there?! 😂

So not much else to report…oh I did made another Planthood dinner.

Craig had some too. It was a really good one… and I have some left over for lunch tomorrow.

So I’m just sitting here having some quality cuddle time with Freya. Pup #3.

Bless her wee socks. It’s lovely in the early evening sun.

So… remember that we can take whatever this week throws at us. We can choose how we respond to situations outwith our control.

I will try to remind myself of this 🤦🏻‍♀️😂🫶🏼

There’s a good chance of Aurora again tonight but the experts are saying that it won’t be the same as Friday night. That was a once in a lifetime opportunity. They say we can expect to see it again maybe in the next 23 years.

I’m undecided as to whether I’ll stay up or not. It’s hard to decide to miss out just in case “they” are wrong! One final pic as a reminder of how special Friday night was.

Stay safe everyone 🩷💜🩵

Day 1476 a funeral, the spider, the car, the housework and the lunch

I woke before 6am.

It was calm and sunny outside.

I mentioned recently that a guy I used to work with had died, well, this morning I watched his funeral. I love that I was able to do that when I couldn’t get time off work to be there.

I laughed and I cried but most of all I remember Des coming into my office and smiling and calling me Jules as he always did. Des was larger than life, everyone knew he was around when he walked in the office. He adored his daughters and granddaughter and showed me photos of them all the time. It was a lovely service for a lovely man.

We got up after 7am and had coffee outside. It was already clouding over.

We had to take Bertie Beetle down to the garage before 9am.

I got a towel for my shower and a MASSIVE spider crawled out!!! It was ENORMOUS. The capital letters don’t do it justice.

I SCREAMED at the top of my lungs and ran through the house.

It was GIGANTIC!!!

My Apple Watch chose that moment to vibrate and deliver a message.

I started jumping around trying to shake it off my wrist.

Comical upon reflection but honestly I’m still shivering and trying to shake it off.

Funny how those tiny creatures do that to us…. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

We dropped the car off and walked the 3 dogs back up the road. It’s a good hour and 10 minute walk, too long a walk for Khaleesi on her sore legs.

How lovely is this wall that we passed? The tiny flowers are so pretty.

I did stop to think when we got here… I’m conscious I get bored with the same walks all the time but we really are so lucky to live here.

The smell of the wild garlic is everywhere.

When I got home I really angrily started on the housework. It really needs doing but I really don’t enjoy doing it.

I know….. who does, but sometimes I approach it from a place of enjoyment. Today it just felt like hard work.

There is dog hair EVERYWHERE…. I’m shouting a lot today with my capitals 🤦🏻‍♀️😂. I also get frustrated about things being out of the place and I feel like I’m moving stuff around the house. I’m aware it made me angry today and I stomped about the house like a spoiled child. I was in such a huff that I had to do it.

So….. I dragged Craig out to Mocha Jaks for lunch. He’s got the start of a cold so is currently passed out on the couch as I write this.

He had a chicken and bacon club toastie and I had veggie haggis with cheese and siracha.

I’d fasted for 18 hours and 45 minutes so I really enjoyed my meal.

I had an oat milk latte and a Biscoff Rocky Road.

We popped past our friend Euan and had a peppermint tea and a chat before Craig ran me to the garage…… my car was parked away in this wee corner!

Turns out it has a dry bush.

It now has a wet bush.

Good to know. 😂

More importantly, the wetting of the bush didn’t cost me anything 😂

On the way back, I went to the Co-op to get some food for the weekend…. We’re heading away tomorrow for an overnight in Tayvalich with Lindsay and Euan.

I had a bath to relax when I got home. It’s only 6.20pm now and I could quite easily sleep already!

Have the best weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1421 the little gift shop, housework and feet up

I am so tired. It’s 5.15pm and I could actually just go to bed now.

I slept like a log last night, first time in a good few nights and it felt great.

It’s also been a really good day.

I was in the little gift shop again and it was really busy! Lots of people buying for Mother’s Day, which is tomorrow in the UK.

Gayle has a new stock control system which I’m obsessed with!! You can track sales per item type…. I love it. Means you have to put card sales through as a card sale etc so a bit more concentration required at check out… but I loved the reports section. 😂😂

Gayle gave me a lovely card.

It made me a wee bit tearful!!

We spent a long time trying for kids. Nothing wrong with either of us… just one of those things and with hindsight I knew deep down that I never would have kids. I made peace with that a LONG time ago but sometimes I get a trigger that reminds me of how it all felt at the time. I was working in a very stressful environment… walking out of meetings at 12pm to inject my stomach and then returning to whatever stress I’d just left… it’s hardly any wonder it didn’t work!

Anyway, so lovely of Gayle and she also gave me a reed diffuser which is currently filling our hallway with vanilla and coconut, it’s lovely.

Claire came to visit after work and we had a good catch up…been too long!

Khaleesi cooried right in to her Auntie Claire!

It’s lovely to see how relaxed she was with her. Khaleesi that is… not Claire 😂😂

As soon as Claire left I got right into the housework… before I sat down! Hoovered everywhere. Shook out all the blankets and tried to remove as much dog hair as I could. Did a washing and hung it up.

I felt really tired and shaky once I finished hoovering so had some food and sat down… felt much better.

A quick FB memory of my hen night… 14 years ago!

Mum and Auntie Marion cocktail making.

Lea was my Maid of Honour! We all look so young!

Ahhhh life moves pretty fast….

Good old Ferris Bueller!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1372 a day with no plans!

Didn’t sleep well until after 3am.

My knees were gowping again. So painful. Both of them. Doesn’t help that he weather was pretty awful through the night so I think my knees and the wind (the outside wind! 😂) keep waking me up.

I put Biofreeze on both legs at 2.30am and I think that helped relax my thigh muscles, which seems to take pressure off my knees.

I never got out of bed until after 8am.

Storm Isha is on its way.

The forecast keeps changing but a few days ago it showed this…..

I have NEVER seen those numbers on my weather app…. It now downgraded to….

But look at what’s coming….

We’ve already lost a wee bit of chimney roughcast. Craig’s heard something “fall” through the night and we found it on the road this morning.

It’s really windy right through until next weekend. I’ve been Mrs weather forecast for the last few days 😂😂

So back to today…. Housework. About time too. Been gallivanting too much recently 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I’ve changed the bed, done several washings, hung everything up to dry, hoovered everywhere and cleaned up all the muddy dog splashes on the walls and floor. The muddy dogs have only gone and covered my cleaning with muddy splatter but at least it was clean for 5 minutes. 🙄😂

I even cleaned the wood down the side of the stairs…. I couldn’t tell you the last time I cleaned that. 🤦🏻‍♀️ A job well done!

My right wrist and elbow are pretty sore too with tendinitis. I’m not letting it stop me though.

Craig and I then went to Curiosity coffee shop… his first time there and I had my mint oat milk latte. Loved it.

We then drove to Kilmarnock as Craig had a Specsavers appointment…. OR DID HE?!?!

Nope…. It would appear he did not 😂😂😂

His appointment is next Saturday… 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄😂 I’ll be dining out on that one for a while.

So we drove ALL the way home again. Popped into the pub with Khaleesi, for a quick alcohol free drink for two, Craig is making his Dry January look easy. He had and Erdinger 0% and I had 0% pink gin and slimline tonic. Leesi sat by the fire!

Nice to have a day to catch up on everything and bonus that Craig was here for the day too.

Have a great Saturday night.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1280 back to earth with a bump but finally awake!

Thankfully way more awake and switched on for the first day back at work. I could even remember some things from before my holiday…. I mean, I was impressed!!

I’ve not been in the best frame of mind if I’m honest but come on, who is first day back?!

The office was pretty spotless which was very impressive 😂

I worked till 5pm and didn’t make a dent in the work I’ve got to catch up on but I’ll get there.

I’ve been on a roll since I got home and made a lovely salad for dinner, emptied and filled the dishwasher, hung up a washing and taken Calaidh for a lovely evening walk. I left at half 6 and got chatting to our new lovely neighbours so it was dark by the time I got home!

I loved the walk in the almost dark (my friend Evelyn will get cross with me…😂😘) and Calaidh did too.

Here’s she is hiding in the burn!

It actually looks pretty light in these photos!

It’s felt good to do things in the evening. I was so lethargic yesterday…. I could barely think straight, it feels really good to be way more alert.

Musta needed it!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1243 back down to earth with housework and decking staining

It’s 3pm and I have hit a wall….. I’ve been on the go since 7am with dog walks, housework and decking staining.

To be fair I also did it all while I was fasting so I think I got a wee bit too weak and had to stop for some food. That was an hour ago and I’m only just starting to feel a bit stronger now.

It is a BEAUTIFUL day up here today. It’s calm and sunny.

Only a gentle breeze… and as I say that the sun goes behind a cloud 😂

This is a fairly mundane day compared to all the excitement of yesterday.

Khaleesi is still travelling up through Spain and France. She should be in the UK sometime late afternoon tomorrow.

Tito The Transpawter said his wife wanted to keep her because she was such a sweet girl. I think she stayed at his house overnight.

So this is me off out with the OG trio this morning.

Every time I take the phone out, Freya turns round to say hi.

There was even a big of a dog jog today! Been a while.

Freya looking back at me, is quite a new thing. It makes me smile. It’s like she’s checking up on me! 🫶🏼

As I blitz the house, these 3 seem to be on canoe guard duty.

I go to hang washing out and they are still at it, just facing down the garden! 😂

By 11.30 I can put it off no longer. Craig bought the decking stain and pads…. It seems unfair to leave it for him finishing work, when he has so much on this weekend.

I officially hate staining decking.

I am so sore by the time I finish it. I am only 50 and 3/4 and everything hurts, way more than I think it should.

I have another full coat today that I can start in precisely 25 minutes. The price I pay for a wonderful day yesterday. 😂

It really does look so good though and I’m so proud of myself for doing it.

Craig comes home to find me lying flat out on the grass, trying to stretch my aching muscles. His jokes about the second coat almost result in World War III.

To be fair to him he left a perfectly happy wife at home and had no idea he was returning to the she-devil from hell.

I laughed at that. I’m prone to exaggeration for comedic effect. He may beg to differ.

I’m now in a deckchair counting the minutes until I can relax. I’m not one of those people that can just leave it until tomorrow. I need the decking staining out of my life for good. As soon as. 😂

It’s 5.36pm and I am done.

The second coat was easier as “Mr Here’s How You Should Have Been Doing It” saved the day. A lot more decking oil and a lot less scrubbing. He did save the day but why does that annoy me so much?! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I’ve learned another lesson today. Stay well out of my way when I’m doing a job I don’t want to do. Simples. 😂

Ok so I’m still a work in progress and there are things I could do better at. I will try to remember “Mrs Sweetness and Light” the next time I’m exhausted doing something I don’t want to do. The fact that I know I’m the one in the wrong is a very good start. 😂

I’m going to celebrate with a frozen bottle of Nozeco as someone put it in the freezer…. 😬 it’s actually really lovely but the pic was more about the decking.

I am pretty damn proud of myself for doing all that, even if every part of me aches!

And relax.

Khaleesi is now in French France 🇫🇷 and was out for a walk on a beach. She was a good girl and got back in her bed for the next part of the trip. I just snapshot this from a video Tito sent.

Craig is away at very, very early o’clock in the morning so we’ll definitely be having an early night.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1229 dog walk, housework, food shopping and Curiosity coffee & cake

I am having the loveliest wee day to myself. I am super productive when Craig is not here, what is that all about?!? How do I get so much done when I’m on my own, yet lounge about moaning about being “tired” when he’s here?!?

I had the best sleep. Out for the count until my body clock woke me at 5.02am. I’m waking up at Scottish Dog Behaviourist time, even when he’s not here!!

I checked the weather and my phone and all was quiet despite quite a bad storm overnight, Craig & Calaidh must have survived the night in the tent!

I managed to fall back to sleep until just before 8am. That’s more like it.

I got Bhruic and Freya up and straight out for a walk after their breakfast.

It’s strange weather, pretty windy and obviously had been very wet, but the wind was warm and the sky very dramatic.

On one hand very sunny but on the other very mean and moody!

I came home and got stuck into the housework. It’s amazing how clean your house can be when you actually clean it…. Ok I know! Obvious…… now I have a bit more time, it’s easier to stay on top of it. I’ve done two washings and have hoovered the whole house again.

This is a part of our Shark anti hair wrap hoover…. I’ve been SO disappointed with it since we got it, years ago now to be fair. It seems to delight in wrapping hair instead.

To be fair, it still does it’s job as THIS is how much hair it picks up from one rug in one week.

I do fight a loosing battle with housework. We both have long hair and we have 3 dogs… she who once lived alone in a spotless house, had to relax some standards. There are times when I think I relaxed them way too much but hey… life is not all about housework. 😂

I headed out for a food shopping at 11.30… now this is quite unheard of for me. If I’m doing anything like that, I usually have to go first thing, so I’m there before anyone else and can get parked and first choice of everything…. Blah, blah. Today I broke my own rule…. Didn’t even consider the panic a mid day shop would sometimes bring. Just did it.

I thought this was a very Scottish supermarket photo!

On my way back, I headed to Curiosity which has just opened in Beith. It sells coffee, cakes and a few wee curiosities.

This is Lesley who owns it. She came to the little gift shop a few weeks back and brought us a free coffee. I finally got there today.

It’s a beautiful space. I love the colours. there’s only one wee table, so will mostly be takeaway.

I had a Mint Oak Milk Latte, really randomly as I have NEVER put mint in a coffee, but wow…. It was soooo good. The coffee is lovely, really mellow. I also had a Rhubarb and Custard Blondie with chunks of hot chocolate in it. That speaks for itself!!

This is how I broke 19 hours of fasting!!

There’s a lovey unique view of the Beith Townhouse!

I love the cake cabinet.

I had a great chat with Lesley and even met Emma who has started supplying cakes to Curiosity. Cakes by Emma 🧁🧁🧁

I finally dragged myself out of there and headed back up the road. I put all the shopping away and started defrosting the freezer. As you do!

It was sunny for a wee bit there but has mostly been wet and windy today.

So who knows what relaxing things I’ll get up to tonight. I might read a bit, I might find a good movie or I might watch some more YouTube clips on the most beautiful places in the world to visit. That’s what’s on in the background as I write this.

And relax.

I’ve had the loveliest day.

Life is good.

Have a great Saturday night.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1222 a lovely wee Saturday!

Wide awake at 6am. Of course I was…. on my day off. 🙄

I’ve had a lovely day. Blitzed the house this morning, well particularly our bedroom.

I think I’ve said before that I feel like we still have too much “stuff” and certain rooms become a dumping ground. Our bedroom had… so it’s all cleared and things put away where they should have been. I really enjoyed pottering. I cleaned the dogs room again. It wasn’t that bad but it’s good to stay on top of it. I hoovered the stairs. It’s much easier the more often they get done… obviously. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I put the van up for sale on Gumtree! Someone has already messaged to ask if I’d like to exchange… eh naw!

I put some camping mats, pillows, double sleeping bag and rucksack up for sale on FB Marketplace. sold the mats and pillows already.

You all know how much I loved being in The little gift shop but I am enjoying the extra time to get so much done.

I am way more content when the house is clean. A tidy house is a tidy mind as they say.

Gayle came to pick me up at 2.30pm and we headed up to Linwood and had a wander round the shops for a few hours. It was great to catch up.

I got this really random lemon sweatshirt and shorts but it’s made of towelling. It was £8.50 in the sale. I thought it would be great for wearing around the hotel room on holiday. (You so know why I have so much stuff to move around the house really eh?!!)

Unfortunate photo bomb by Calaidh!

So back in my comfies for a night of TV. we’re watching Wolf on BBC iPlayer, recommended by Rachel two doors down. It seems dark already and it’s only 7.15pm. It has rained ALL day! 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️

Thought this next one was excellent food for thought. it’s another reason I write the blog, I know I can be the toxic person at times.

Not today though.

All sweetness and light me, today! 😂😘

Stay safe everyone 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Day 1209 another amazing day gutting the house (who ever says that?!?) 🤭🙄😆

Oh my god I love a clean and organised house. I love, love, love, love it!!!

Ok so you get the picture!

Craig has been on it too and we have really gutted the place. I wouldn’t say we have thrown much out, to be honest, but we have moved some things around the rooms. My Gran always said a change is as good as a rest.

I changed and dried the bedding today. Despite the torrential rain this morning, it dries up and was a windy day. It dried really quickly.

I’ve got a few camping bits and pieces to put up for sale. I’ll get to that one day.

I cleaned all the windows in the van. I cleaned the window in the dogs room and outside it where the white plastic had for all green and mouldy. I spent a half hour hanging out out upstairs window.

I was on a roll.

I’ve had a shower and washed my hair ready for clean bed.

I’ve made my lunch for work tomorrow.

I’ve made roast chicken dinner with a lovely dessert… pancakes with clotted cream and (wonky) strawberries, drizzled with warm Biscoff spread and Nutella. Dessert was amazing!!

I’m ready to sell Abbie the Campervan. Her paperwork is all in row. I’ve listed her unique selling points ready for an advert if we have to do one. There’s a couple coming to see her tomorrow. I hope they love her!! I hope she looks clean enough!

There are a lot of exclamation marks in this blog today… ooh forgot I even went to Claire’s for a Turkish Apple Tea which was very lovely.

I’ve had a lovely weekend!

I even have some lovely photos of our huge Hydrangea..

This next one really hit home for me. “If we keep them happy, they won’t turn on us”

I lived my every waking moment by this mantra…. That eventually broke me.

I am so grateful that it did, which seems really crazy to say but otherwise I don’t think I would ever have achieved this level of peace in my life.

Long may it continue. 🥰

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1188 a gorgeous day and a longer FB ban 🤷🏻‍♀️🥺

It’s a beautiful day here today. It’s been the perfect temperature and I’ve spent all day outside.

So last night it would appear my FB account was seriously hacked and I’ve been blocked for 2 days which doesn’t sound that bad but I can’t do anything this time.

Once again for she who breaks no rules, ever….. this is a bit of a pain in the proverbial backside. Since the middle of June there been suspicious activity on my account. I’ve been blocked for days, here and there, about 3 or 4 times.

FB is the hardest company to try and get hold of. I’m exhausted going round and round and round in circles trying to get them to believe that I didn’t post those horrific pictures that actually did show up on my page last night. All of a sudden my time zone has changed from GMT to UTC+07 wherever that is.

I’ve changed my password about 4 times in the last few weeks and yet they are still getting to me. I don’t even understand how that is possible?

They’ve made me question my own judgement for weeks. Was it the start of the Just Jules Photography page? Was it the fact that I use positive quotes in the blog and maybe don’t reference the authors properly?

What am I doing wrong?

Then last night at 10.18pm I finally realised it most definitely wasn’t me. FB are still to catch up to that fact though.

I had just invited lots of people to my photography page and now I can’t even reply… I just look rude.

Anyway, I’ve reported the hacking about 100 different ways so hopefully they’ll get round to checking it sometime soon. The majority of my readers are on FB so none of them will even get this post. Hey ho, there are worse troubles at sea, my Gran would say.

We didn’t get home from Craig’s mum’s until after midnight, so I had a long lie until 9.30am. Check me. I had been up to let the dogs out so they were ok.

I pottered about in the garden, pulling weeds (there are millions of them) and cutting back bushes that were threatening to take over.

I took the dogs out over lunch time and actually it was maybe a bit too hot.

I love the clouds in these next pics.

They had a play in the burn to cool down for a bit and then we were on our way again.

For the rest of the day I’ve been pulling weeds and relaxing. This has really been the longest weekend as I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have 3 days off and be in the house. I’ve done 4 washing loads and they are all dry already!!! I love that!

The clouds are moving in now and we are due some spectacular rain overnight. Apparently I slept through a very loud clap of thunder last night….. Craig said it sounded like a truck had crashed out in the road. Oblivious!!

I’ve nipped in next door to feed the cats! Gorgeous boys.

As soon as I got back I the house Calaidh seriously sniffed me all over. You’d think I lay down next door and rolled around the amount of sniffing I got… I can assure you, I did not!

So all in all a lovely weekend once I got my head round being at home. I feel nice and refreshed and ready for a new week. Just need to get my FB account sorted once and for all…. Or leave it… that’s another option. 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday evening and the best week.

Stay safe everyone ☀️☀️☀️

Day 1139 only snippets of living in the moment dammit!!

Jeez I have definitely not been appreciating the present moment today.

Everything I am focussed on is for the next few days. I know that’s not the right way to be so I’m sitting outside just now, trying to shake it.

When you have a house with 3 Border Collies and one man (🙊) the house is never going to live up to your high expectations.

I say that, but Craig is very good at cleaning so I shouldn’t include him in that, though I think women are much more of a “clean as you go” when men do a great one off clean…. That’s how I see it in my house anyway.

Not trying to start a war here by any means just blogging it as it ruminates inside my head. He was the one that made me write a list first thing…. He did say jeez that’s all in your head right now?!? Yup!

Let’s also say that Julie 2 jobs is also very lazy when it comes to housework as I always feel I need down time, a chance to relax.

So I’ve been cleaning now since about 8.30am and it’s now just after 1.30 and I think I might finally be able to allow my friend to come and stay. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’m sure a lot can go wrong between now and Monday night, when she arrives, but at least I know it’s clean underneath.

The evil voice inside my head, has been on overtime today. Embarrassed at the “state” of my house, embarrassed at the things that need fixing, embarrassed by the things I’ve let go… if I’d just kept on top of them the it would be fine.

I should reiterate that we live in a 300-350 ish year old cottage. That alone is a challenge.

I also suffer from Hangxiety.

We still have stuff lying around that I keep moving from room to room. I know it needs to just go and when it’s gone, it’s gone, but I struggle to throw it out. So I find another place to stash it, which will just stress me out another day!

I’m passing up the opportunity to go wild sea swimming at Portencross, which has been my dream. She says.

It would appear it’s just not quite my dream when I’ve finally got the housework finished and I’d have to unpack all the swimming stuff and then getting it rinsed down, sand everywhere blah blah… you get the picture!

So back to reality.

We have beautiful house. There is nothing wrong with it. Parts of it are sparkling for the next few minutes. I’m outside still in jammies and there a real warmth to the cloud cover.

I can’t go back it the house and Craig is under house arrest, in the living room, watching the football as he cleans! I guarantee he will be the first to walk on a wet floor. AI did make him go to the loo so he doesn’t need out anytime soon 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 it’s ok I hear myself. I have so many rules!!!

This has been the first weekend in a long time that I have been thinking about Tartan over a weekend. I used to be really bad for that in my old job. Not so much now.

I think it boils down to what I said about trying to catch back from a holiday, while finishing up for another one.

So I think now I just need to stop and enjoy the rest of the day. I might actually put some shorts on…. 😂 it’s around

This next one is exactly what I need to hear.

And also this….

So I have 2 days off from work this week, with a lovely friend, which is amazing. The weather looks promising too which is another bonus. There’s a lot to be happy about.

A couple of funnies to end….

Have a great rest of weekend!

HE’S IN THE BATHROOM!!!!! THAT FLOOR BETTER BE DRY…… 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😂😂😂😂

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️