Tuesday (I think!)

I got up at 6.25,put on a load of washing, made a pot of tea and had my breakfast. H came down at 7.15 so both of us had had a good nights sleep. I hung the washing out and read my book till son came down. H and I had a coffee and I went up and dressed. H went down to the doctors for a blood test and son went out to work on his van. when H came back we had another coffee and he got ready to go for a spanish lesson so I went outside and worked in the garden. When H got back we had lunch, he had a pot noodle, son had a salad and I had 2 cream crackers. We all got ready to go out on our bikes. We only bad a short ride because son wanted to work on his van again. H and I had no idea what day it was! He always has his spanish lessen on Thursday so we kept thinking thats what it was. When we got home from our ride H and I had a bath and I cooked dinner. We had potato wedges, sweet potato wedges, mushrooms, peas and steak. Ice cream again for pud. I am at work tomorrow.

Monday.

I got up at 5.20, made a pot of tea, put on a load of washing and had my eggs for breakfast. I hung out the washing before leaving. I had to do 10 bunches of beetroot, 8 bunches of purple carrots, 60 bunches of carrots, 14 bunches of spring onions and all the runner beans. Andrew and I washed and packed everything and then he went off to cut peoples lawns and I went weeding. When I got home H made me a coffee and I got my washing in all nice and dry. Son was working on his van and he cut an enornus bit out the side and replaced it with a window. I didnt do much all afternoon,but I had a bath and cooked dinner. We had salmon, broccoli, corn on the cob and jacket potato. We had ice cream for pudding.

Sunday bike ride.

I got up at 10 past 6 and put on a load of washing.I wasnt feeling very well and had a bit of a stomack upset. Inhad a cup of tea and 2 eggsbecause I hoped to go out on my bike. H got all 3 bikes out of the garage and son got up. I told him I had a bad tummy ache so he said he would work on his van and see how I was feeling at 10.30 and if I was ok we would go then. I didnt feel too bad so we all got ready to leave. we had a really nice ride going to places we have never been before. First we went to Ringland hills and on to Ling.We have all done that before but then it changed , we went off road, past huge lakes, through fields that warned you fo cows with calfs who could be agressive and worst of all one that said beware of the bull! We couldnt see a bull but it was so hilly and one hill H and I both had to walk up. I have always said if I have to srart walking up hills I would give up cycling, but I think I can be excused on this hill because not only was it steep but also the gtass was really long. Son took a long run at it and just made it and he is 39 years younger than me! We took H to the new cafe along MARRIOTTS Way that we had tried when we did the ride without him in the week and then rode the rest of the way home on the track.It was about 25 miles in all.I got lunch and then relaxed till dinner with my book. We had a BBQ this evening, chicken legs, lamb chops, sausages, corn on the cob and fried onions, all washed down with a beer. The men had bananas with maple syrup but I had an orange because I dont like cooked bananas.

Saturday.

I got up at 5.50 and H was up and had made the tea so he poured me a cup and I had eggs for breakfast. As soon as I had done I washed and dressed and we went to Asda for our weekly shop. I put it all away when we got home and H made us a coffee which we had with a merangue. our son came down and had his breakfast.As soon as he had finished he got ready to go to the climbing centre popping in to screw fix on the way. H cut the front grass and it looks nice. I worked in the back garden, its looking overgrown and needs a good tidy up. I stopped working at lunch time and made H a bacon sandwich and son and myself a salad. They were just done when son came home. He had enjoyed his bouldering. After lunch son began work on his van again and I did more clearing up in the garden. For dinner tonight we had roast lamb, roast potatoes and sweet potatoes, broccoli, carrots and runner beans. we had melon for desert.

Friday. Work.

I got up at 5.40, put on a load of washing and had my breakfast. I packed a tomato, a slice of cheese and a bottle of water, dressed and hung out the washing. I left at 7.30 to go to work. My boss is going on holiday next week so hes paid me for it already so I got 2 wage packets. I must remember not to spend it all at once! I had to pick 50 bunches of beetroot, 20 bunches of golden beetroot, 90 bunches of carrots and 20 bunches of purple. I had almost done everything except the purple carrots and the men came up and wanted an extra 10 bunches of carrots and another 12 bunches of purple ones so we finished them together and all went back to the yard. I had to pick tomatoes for the rest of the morning. I went to the butchers on the way home and spent £81. 76. When I got home H made me a coffee and we watched the tour of spain. IT was over early so we watched tipping point all the way through. I had a bath and then cooked dinner. We had gammon steaks with potato wedges, runner bean and broccoli.

Thursday.(weigh day)

I managed to lay in till just after 6. I made a pot of tea and H came down so I poured and we had breakfast. I put on a load of washing and hung out yesterdays. We had a coffee and I hung todays washing out. Before eating my breakfast I weighed myself and I had lost almost half a pound! Last week I was 133.6 lbs and this week I am 133.2 lbs. I expect I will be up again next week. H got sons and my bike out of the garage because we were going for a ride while H was at his spanish lesson. We had a nice ride on and off the track and tried a new cafe along the way. Son had a slice of G F carrot cake and I had a sausage roll which was warm, just out of the oven, we both had a coffee. When we got home I prepared a cottage pie for dinner tonight, I forgot to say we rode 24and a half miles. As it was all in the countryside we saw loads of wild life and also had a look round a church where there were grave stones going back to the sixteen hundreds. Dinner was nice. Tomorrow I have to work. I have a growth on my nose and on Tuesday the Doctor looked at it and said he would refer me to the hospital to get it removed. I was so pleased about this because I can see it all the time as its grown quite a bit, plus, I have caught it a couple of times with my finger nail and it really pours with blood! Well we were just about to leave this morning and the phone rang, it was the hospital and I have an appointment Sunday week! How quick is that!

Wednesday work.

I got up at 5.35, put on a load of washing, made a pot of tea and had eggs for breakfast. I packed my cheese and tomato, plus my bottle of water and then relaxed till it was time to go to work. I had to walk straight to the beetroot and do 50 bunches. Each bunch had 5 beetroot which means I picked 250 beets. I actually pulled up more than that because some were split and had to be discarded. I did even more carrots and there 8 carrotd in a bunch. at 11am Ihad to walk to the glasshouse and pick tomatoes for the rest of the morning. When I left off the boss gave me 3 corn on the cob and a load of runner beans. H made me a coffee when I got home and he had made a loaf of bread so he cut me off a crust and I spread it with butter and had it for my lunch. I made son his usual salad and sat and relaxed for a bit. I feel pretty tired because we were playing cribbage till well past midnight and then I couldnt get to sleep. (I lost) We watched the bike race, the end of tipping point and had our baths. when I came down I cooked dinner.We had ribeye steaks, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, potato wedges and corn on the cob. Son has gone climbing .