Friday 13 th !!!

Up, breakfast and shopping, I spent almost £112 in Asda and then went to my butchers where I spent shed loads more money. We unpacked all our shopping,put it away,had a coffee and got ready to meet our daughter for a bike ride. We rode on Marriotts way to Reepham station where we had a coffee and a cake. We then rode home again.H made a loaf of bread and I did a load of washing. We had sausage rolls for lunch and paella for our evening meal. No 2 son is coming home tonight ( hence the large shopping bill) . However I did buy 2 Easter eggs and a box of wine. This is a photo of my orchids, they are all over 3 years old and still blooming really well.

Windy Thursday

I had toast again this morning, put on another load of washing and we watched a cycle race on u tube. I have a cyst on my forehead which has been slowly getting bigger for the last year or so. For the last few days it has become very painful so this morning I went to the Doctors.They gave me some antibiotics because it has become infected,hopefully it will burst and release the pressure. When I came back i changed and we went out on our bikes. We rode 30 miles in under 2 hours so we were happy with that but the wind was awful. We had salmon sandwiches with celery for lunch and scrambled eggs for tea. I had a dreadful sleep last night because I was worried about my head,but I expect it will be better tonight.

11th

I managed to stay in bed till 6.50, quite good for me. I put on a load of washing and had my breakfast,( porridge)  we had a coffee and I hung out the washing.H got ready for a bike ride and when he left I got on with the housework. He did  over 34 miles at over 20 miles an hour. After his shower and some lunch we went to look for a new coffee table and a standard lamp. The table we have is a huge square thing and helps our lounge to look small so we thought we would get something smaller. We also bought a new lamp. The lamp is an " up lighter " and also has a bendy reading lamp. Our evening meal was scampi,fish cakes,mushrooms,sweetcorn,peas and chips. But I cooked the whole lot in the oven so they were not at all greasy. My violets are out now so it's yet more colour in the garden.

Tuesday 10th

Toast and marmite for breakfast,the toast was nice,when I made the loaf I used half wholemeal flour,half white and also added 3 tablespoons of mixed seeds. It was nutty and went well with the marmite. ( it was also nice with cheese and pickle for lunch.) H and I put our cycle gear on and went out on our bikes. We rode 41& 3/4 miles.we went out into a head wind and we're looking forward to getting to the half way point so the wind would be helpful. However the wind dropped and was no help to us at all. At least the sun was lovely. We had curry for dinner. No 2 son rang, and he is coming home Friday evening for the weekend,so that will be nice.

Work day

Up at 6 am, a slice of toast and marmite with a cup of tea for breakfast and 2 cheese and pickle sandwiches for work. I also took 3 small tomatoes and a bottle of water. As usual I had to trim leeks till 12.30 and then we washed and packed them which took till 2.40. I had to go into the greenhouse for the rest of the day where I filled 2 trays with peat and pricked out 616 parsley seedlings. I watered them and left off at 4.05.(late again). There was a welcome cup of tea waiting for me when I came home. We had steak pie, wedges and mushy peas for dinner, H had wine I had water, yogurt for pud, and also an orange. I don't have to work again until next Monday, my boss is on holiday this week in Cornwall.

Sunday 8th

Up at 6.10, porridge for breakfast and a load of washing on.H got ready and left home at 7.30 to meet with his cycling club. After he left I hung the washing out, made the bed,dressed,etc. and did a bit of cleaning. I had a coffee,made some chocolate chip buns and put on a loaf of bread. I then went outside and pruned all our roses. There are about 15 of them so it took a while. I also cleared the plants and weeds from round them and gave them all some rose food. H came home around 12.40, he had done 74 miles. We had a fried egg sandwiches for lunch and a Sunday roast this evening. We have had some rain and it was just enough to water in the rose food. We also had our water cut off for a couple of hours this afternoon.

I have several Camellia's along our north facing fence and the first one has come out,it's a red double flower and this afternoon I saw the first butterfly of the year on them. I went out to take a photo of it but it flew away. So I took a picture of the flowers anyway.

Breezy Saturday

I managed to stay in bed till 6.20 this morning. Toast for breakfast. I did a load of washing and also a load in the dishwasher. I hung the washing out when it was done and H got our bikes out of the garage. He gave them a wipe over and we got ready to go out for a ride.H used his road bike today. We rode 30 miles and it took us 2 hours. It was really too windy. This week I have ridden 96 miles. I would have liked it to have been 100 but I am not going out tomorrow just to ride 4 miles, I am going to spend the morning pruning and feeding my roses. We had cheese and biscuits for lunch and spaghetti Bolognese for our evening meal.