Saturday

I have nothing much to report today. I did my ironing, cleaned the house a bit and made some choc chip buns, the first cakes I have made for us since  Christmas. It's been a miserable day and my washing only got half dry. My back is still painful so I am fed up but I don't think it's quite as bad as it was yesterday. I made parsnip, beetroot and leek soup for lunch and it was nice ( our soup maker was a year old yesterday ) it's been used loads and is still going strong. For dinner we had chops with veg and gravy and that was nice too.

Friday 30th

It has been a horrible day for me, I have been in such pain. I pulled a muscle in my back yesterday pulling up leeks and couldn't get to sleep until 4am this morning, then I had to get up at 6 to go to Asda for the weekly shop. ( I managed to keep the bill below £75 ). I pulled a few things out of the garden because bending seems to help the pain in my back. H did another hour on his rollers while I laid on the settee reading. I did manage to get lunch and cook dinner but I haven't done much else. I hope I am better by Monday because my bosses wife in giving us all a ' party lunch ' for my bosses 60 th birthday. Her home made pizzas are lovely. I took a photo in the garden this morning of one of the first signs of spring,we have loads of clumps of snowdrops in our garden but this clump must be an early sort.

Snowy Thursday

It was a horrible day at work, really cold and windy. After lunch the sky turned black it began to rain and then it hailed and finally turned to snow. I had to pick sprouts, trim leeks, bunch carrots, get a box of parsnips, a box of swedes and 2 boxes of loose carrots. We then washed and packed everything and put it in the cold store ready to be delivered tomorrow. When I got home daughter rang to say she has a nasty cold so won't be cycling with us this weekend but as the forcast is so bad I don't think we will be going out anyway, so she won't miss much. We had a nice curry for dinner which was a good meal to warm me up after being frozen for most of the day. No more work for me till Monday, hopefully it will have warmed up a bit by then.

Windy Wednesday

I got up at 5 am this morning, I had been awake for ages, couldn't get back to sleep so I went downstairs and read until I heard H moving about. Then I made a pot of tea put on a load of washing and had my breakfast. It wasn't nice enough to bike so H worked out for an hour on his rollers and after he had showered he said he was taking me to Cromer for fish and chips at Mary Janes for lunch. Their fish and chips are lovely and we haven't been for ages so it was a real treat. We drove to Cromer in torrential rain and walked to the cafe in a gale but by the time we came out the rain had stopped and the wind had dropped. However is was bitterly cold so we decided not to go for a walk along the beach. On the way home we stopped at a shop for donuts and had them when we got home with a cup of coffee. We then didn't want much for tea so we just had a banana and a yogurt with a nice cup of tea. I took this photo of my plate and they tasted as good as they look.

Sunny Tyesday

I was up before 6 and put on a loaf of bread right away so it would be done before we went out at 10.45. Before we left the sun came out and it stayed sunny for the whole of our ride. It was still quite cool but there wasn't as much wind as there has been lately so it was a nice ride. (27 1/2 miles). Our venison steaks were delish' and we had them with jacket potatoes, mushy peas, fried egg and bread and butter. H had a glass of wine but I stuck to water. I burnt over 800 calories on my bike ride but as we had chicken sandwiches for lunch I have eaten a lot of bread today.

Monday 26 th

Back to the grind stone!! Bunched carrots and leeks all morning but this afternoon I had to get a box of parsnips a box of loose carrots and a box of beetroot. Then I went back to trimming leeks till I was picked up at 2.50 to wash and pack everything. Cucumber sandwiches again for my lunch with tomatoes and plums and of course my bottle of water. No more work till Thursday. My boss has the right idea, it's his 60 th birthday and he is in Cyprus with his son for a week. He says its 20 degrees there. I think daughter is coming round tomorrow after she leaves off work and we are going out on our bikes. She works from 6 am to 9.45 and has to get up at 5 so she does well to get ready and come out with us.

We had left over chicken for dinner tonight but we have got venison steaks for dinner tomorrow night so I will look forward to them.

Sunday

I had porridge for my breakfast for a change today and washed all my filthy clothes from yesterday's ride including my shoes. H went out with son in law at 8 am to ride 60 miles. He got back at 11.30, he says it was horrible and neither of them enjoyed it!!! He has ridden 101 miles this week but I have only done 47. I made some nice flapjack for no2 son to take back with him this evening. He brought some mixed seeds he wanted me to add and I also added sultanas and cocoanut, put it in the tin and sprinkled more cocoanut on top. It turned out well and is very tasty. He went for a run this morning so he has also had some exercise its just me who hasn't. We had cheese on toast for lunch and roast chicken for dinner. We are all stuffed but the other two have earned theirs it's just me who is lazy. I have got work tomorrow so I will get plenty of exercise then.