Friday.

We decided to get our shopping done this morning and get it out of the way so our weekend is free. So when I got up I put on a load of washing and had toast for my breakfast. After we had cleaned our teeth and dressed etc. we went to Asda. What we got home again I hung out the washing while H made us a cup of coffee. I then vacuumed through the house and did a bit of dusting. H went on to the computer to do some of his Spanish homework and I did a bit of weeding. We had soup for lunch and then I had to get ready to go to the hairdressers. I had a cut and colour and by the time we got back home it was wine o'clock, then I had to cook dinner. We had cottage pie with cauliflower and a slice of garlic bread. It was very nice.

Thursday.

We both got up just before 7, H made a pot of tea while I put on a load of washing. I had porridge for breakfast and H had toast. After breakfast we had a coffee and I hung out the washing. H had a Spanish lesson this morning so while he was out I went for a bike ride, it was lovely, the sun was out and there was very little wind. I wore cycle shorts for the first time this year. I did 17.5 miles so it was some exercise. We both came home together, I met H on the track. When we got in we had a coffee with cheese and biscuits for lunch, after which I got the washing in and ironed it right away. Then I had a bath, washed my hair and made a pot of tea. For dinner I made a pasta meal with chicken strips, mushrooms, fried onion, peas and sweet corn in a carbonara sauce, it was very tasty. My daughter rang this afternoon, she and her youngest daughter are going back to their ' hooping ' class this evening, my granddaughter is a bit nervous because it's her first time back since she fell over and dislocated her knee but I am sure she will be ok and enjoy it as much as she did before.

Wednesday

I didn't get a very good sleep last night because I had an upset stomach. I had to go to work so I packed a salad and a banana and had porridge for breakfast. I did a load of washing and had time to hang it out before I left. I began my working day by filling trays with compost and pricking out celeriac. Andy came for me after about an hour and I had to go with him to pick 11 boxes of rhubarb. I carried on with the celeriac after this and had filled 4 trays by lunch. After lunch I had to pick 100 bunches of radishes and then back on the pricking out. I had to have 8 trays and managed to finish them with time to spare so Andy and I filled 50 pots and planted them with chives. We had a quiche for dinner with roast cauliflower and chips. It's our youngest sons 40th birthday today, I can't believe my baby is 40!!! He rang us from Greece a little while ago so at least we have had a chat with him on his birthday. I don't have to work any more till next Monday! So for me the weekend starts here.

Tuesday.

H was up first and made a pot of tea, I put on a load of washing and had my breakfast. I hung the washing out and read a chapter of my book. As 9.30 we got ready, H pumped up the tyres on our little folding bikes , put them in the boot of the car and we went off to Holkham, calling in at Fakenham on the way. In Fakenham we bought a few bits and pieces that we needed, had a coffee and scone at 11.05 and then went on to Holkham, took our folders out of the boot, clipped them up and went for a ride. It was very nice, we had to walk quite a bit because we were in the sand dunes for part of the trip. We stopped at the hall for our lunch, H had a cottage pie and I had a beef pastie, both came with a side salad, we washed it down with a glass of wine and for pudding we had a slice of 'rocky road ', delicious. We then carried on with our ride through the estate. We weren't very hungry this evening so we just had a cheese, ham and tomato baguette with hula hoops and a mug of tea.

Monday

We both got up at 5.50 I put on a load of washing and made porridge for breakfast while H sliced bread for his toast. I made a pot of tea and packed a salad for my lunch. I made the bed and dressed ready to go to work. It was quite misty when it was time for me to leave so I left the washing for H to hang out after the mist had lifted. I had to do 29 bunches of radishes and then leeks. I trimmed leeks till 3 o'clock so now I have a huge blister at the base of my four finger which has been caused by my knife. The ground is so hard and dry and I had to cut through a lot of it to get the leeks out. I trimmed 17 boxes. We then went to the yard and washed them all. I only had time to pack a few before it was time for me to go home. H had a cup of tea waiting for me and when I had finished it he ran me a bath. We had eggs for tea followed by apple pie. I have to work again on Wednesday.

Sunday.

I had an awful nights sleep and didn't get to sleep properly till H got up at 6.30 and then I slept till 7.30 when I got up and put on a load of washing and had toast for breakfast. I was supposed to have porridge but H had cut me off a slice of bread and I am easily led. By the time I had eaten it he had finished his breakfast and  cleaned the car. I went up and dressed so I could hang out the washing and H came in and made us a coffee. He then went into his ' pain cave ' to ride 70 miles and I put my shorts on because I decided to start to get a bit of a tan on my legs. It was sunny but not very warm. H put a deck chair in the garden for me and I managed to sit outside for an hour and a half. I had bare legs but I wore my big woolly jumper. We had pasta for lunch and then watched a classic cycle race on tv. After that I just had time to wash my hair before the boat race. Our no 2 son rang from Greece, he is fine and having a great time climbing, running and swimming. For dinner tonight we had pizza and chips with roast cauliflower. I have never tried cauliflower roasted before but we liked it. I separated the florets and put them in a basin with a desert spoon of olive oil and some mixed seeds (sunflower,pumpkin and pine nuts) mixed them all together and popped them in the oven in an ovenproof dish for 30 minutes. Today I have dreadful hay fever, I have sneezed well over a hundred times, my eyes and nose are itching and watering like crazy. It's work for me tomorrow.

1st of March.

We both got up at 6.15 and both had toast and a cup of tea for breakfast. As soon as we were done we went for our weekly shop. H went for petrol while I did the grocery shopping. When we arrived back I unpacked and put everything away while H made us a coffee and put on a loaf of bread. As soon as our coffee was drunk we changed into our cycle gear and went on our mountain bikes along the track.  It was a really nice ride. We hadn't been back long when our daughter and son in law came round with their holiday photos to show us and our holiday souvenirs, ( American chocolate is delicious ). They have some fabulous photographs. We had a drink and a cake and when they left H cleaned his best bike.  I did all the ironing up to date and when H came in we watched tv with a glass of wine.
For dinner tonight we had a chicken and bacon casserole with red wine and shallots, to go with it I did broccoli and peas. It was all very nice.