Saturday

We were up at 6.15 and I put on a load of washing. We had our breakfast and when the washing was done I hung it out. We had a coffee and I did all my ironing up to date. Then the sun came out!!!! I dropped everything and sat in the garden. It was pretty chilly but I put my shorts on and froze in the sun. I sat out there for around 3 hours. We had a sandwich for lunch with a coffee, and for dinner we had eggs, fried tomatoes, bacon, kidneys, chips and a nice piece of crunchy oven bread. H opened a bottle of his birthday wine which we drank while watching a ' midsummer '.

Friday

I went shopping on my own this morning, I left home at 7.10 and was back indoors at 8.04 so I thought I did quite well. We had a coffee and got ready to go out on our bikes. We used the track again which was even more muddy than last time. The wind was amazing,so strong, little birds kept taking off and were blown sideways right across the track. We had a salad for lunch and for dinner we had a pasta bake.

Thursday

Today is H's birthday, he is 78. He got lots of nice cards and presents. I was going to take him out to lunch but he said he would rather go another day. We had 'dippy eggs' for lunch and his favourite chicken pie for dinner with potatoes,peas and beans. We had a glass of birthday wine which was nice and no I son came round in his new car which is also very nice.

Wednesday

I was up at 6 o'clock and had a slice of toast for my breakfast. H got up at quarter past 7. After he had finished his breakfast we had a coffee. We then got ready to go out on our bikes. We used our mountain bikes and rode to Aylsham along the track. It was really wet and muddy so,as I am always at the back, by the time we arrived home again,I was filthy. 2 and a bit miles from home H got a puncture, he pumped it up and managed to get the rest of the way home before it went down again. We had soup and a sandwich ( ham ) for lunch and after a shower I made some shortcakes and read my book.  I forgot to say yesterday that my boss rang and said the weather wasn't going to be good enough to do any planting this week so he doesn't need me. He says he will ring on Sunday to let me know what days he wants me in next week.! For dinner tonight we are having stuffed baked tomatoes, stuffed mushrooms and pizza. This is a field we passed on our bike ride.

Tuesday

I did my usual load of washing and had my breakfast. The sky was black so I put the washing into the tumble dryer. We had a coffee and H got ready to ride on his turbo trainer I decided to go for a walk but I hadn't gone very far when there was a massive hail storm. The wind was so strong I couldn't have my umbrella up and the hail really stung so I cut my walk short,went to the shop and came back home.1.7 miles. We had a cheese,ham and tomato roll with mustard and mayonnaise washed down with a coffee. I sat and read this afternoon,had a bath for a change from a shower and cooked dinner.we had cod with sweetcorn,peas and chips with a crispy buttered roll.

Monday

We were up at our usual time, toast for breakfast with a mug of tea. Then when I had hung out the washing we had a coffee. At 9 o'clock we got ready to go out on our mountain bikes. We did 22.5 miles and we were faster than we were on Friday so we were pleased with the ride. We had a snack at Reepham station so when we arrived back home we just had a coffee and a bun. After a shower and getting my washing in all nice and dry I sat and read while H watched a cycle race on tv. For dinner we had baked liver with baked beans and potatoe wedges, it was very tasty.

Sunday

I did so little yesterday it wasn't worth blogging about. Today was only a little better. We got up before 7 full of hope but the weather was against us. We wanted to go for a bike ride but we are too old to want to go out in the wet. It was zero degrees and hailing when I opened the blind so I just sat and read for an hour and finished the book I was on. H decided to ride on his turbo again so I did a bit of housework and then I thought I had better do a bit of baking because our daughter was coming round this afternoon to bring her brothers and her fathers birthday presents. It's no 1 sons birthday on Wednesday and their dads the day after. Son will be 53 and H 78!!! So I made some cheese straws and some choc chip and coconut buns which I made into butterfly buns with butter cream. When she arrived she also brought her husband, both daughters and her youngest daughters friend. ( I was glad I baked ). It was nice to see them all. When they left I put the oven on and the meat in for dinner. I cooked H a pork chop and myself lamb, with that we had cabbage,carrots,mashed potato,batter puddings and gravy. It was very tasty. We hope to go out on our bikes tomorrow now but the forecast I saw wasn't very promising so I don't hold out much hope.