Trying to keep our spirits up ! Coping strategy ( lighthearted )

hilly I will try and bring some nautical knotting guidelines for tomorrow.

Doodle Thoughtful of you, thank you. A good Victoria sponge is the food of gods. I'll contribute a chocolate and hazelnut torte if that's OK.

I've just looked at Gemini's timetable, it's exhausting - and we're going to just sit around knitting and eating cake??

Well my virtual swimming didn't go well. I knew that high dive off the bookcase was too ambitious. Can't eat cake now with both arms in plaster. My swimsuit caused a bit of a stir in A&E.

Jane10???
That made me chuckle out loud. Mr G gave me a funny look.

Gaunt ! You stood me up ! I’ve had 2 g and ts sitting on my virtual table for an hour. Maybe I’d better drink yours too ?

Nooo. I’ll have Jane’s gemini. It’ll make up for her eating all the cake. gaunt chocolate and hazelnut torte sounds delicious ? thank you. Well jane I did warn you about the swimsuit. I guess with your arms in plaster the knitting / knotting is out of the picture too. I’ve been wondering what you could do now and I think you could be the life model for the art class. After all, half of you can’t move anyway ?

Doodle ????

Listen up everyone. Rowyn’s going to lead the choir tomorrow. I think she’s posh because she’s a member of a proper choir. They sing in a foreign language too Bella Senora . Not in my repertoire I have to say but I’m willing to give it a shot. New time too 10am so we can have a lie in.

An idea for the weekend

Gemini I didn't stand you up, I was back at Gemini Towers with the choir. We snuck out when we saw you coming home. Sorry I left you with the washing up.

Doodle do you have a podium for Jane to recline on?

Well I was all purposeful and decided to clean lots of stuff including my fridge. I had almost finished and was replacing the tray in the door that holds the milk when disaster struck! I gave it what I thought was a gentle tap to get in in place, but I hit it too hard and knocked it right out and it fell on the floor and broke clean in half! Fast forward half an hour on the phone and £21 later and I have a new one arriving in a few days. Think I'll revert to being my lazy self from now on!

Er no gaunt sorry, but I do have an old garden bench I can throw a rug over. That will do well enough.
P.S DH wants to join the knitting group tomorrow.....not to knit, he just wants some of gaunt’s chocolate torte ?

marmight if the weather is nice I think a nice trip to the balcony would be in order but if its cloudy I might travel to the walk in closet and see if there are any nice offers on.?

Tomorrow I will go for a drive to the seaside, park on a cliff , no, not to jump off it, but to get some sea breeze and take in the view.

I’m going to try out all those exercise videos GNHQ has posted for us. Today I’ve done the walk a mile one, twice (pats self on back), and twirled a few cans of beans about.

I’ve FaceTimed DD2 and DGS4, aged 2. This is new territory to us, as we normally see each other twice a week (sob!). He asked if I can come to you, Nanna, where you are in mummy’s laptop. Oh I wish!

I cleaned the bathroom and kitchen within an inch of their lives, and unleashed the new carbolic soaps. The house now has a distinct smell of Beamish.

And I drank some of the Christmas sherry, that apparently should have been used within 7 days. I seem to have got away with it. It’s getting very 1940s round here.

We rewired our last house between us.

I even learnt what a mouse was (not the half dead one the cat brings in nor the thingy next to the pc).

Doodle may I join the knitting group please?

However, being of a rebellious nature, I am going to crochet;
so far I can only do the one stitch and go round in ever increasing squares but am happy to teach anyone else who wants to learn a soothing but mindless new hobby!!

I am quite good at the natter part but not so good at the knitting part. However if anyone needs help winding the wool into a ball I am your wo(man). It’s been sixty years since I last wound woolly balls but I am sure it will come back to me. Like riding a bike.

Sussexborn the days of standing with arms out with the hanks of wool whilst Mum wound it into balls, I couldn’t persuade her to use the back of a chair, oh the aching arms!
My Mum could knit for England, I spent many hours with my arms stuck out.

I might break out a Christmas pudding and a can of custard I found in the Airing cupboard ( I wondered where I had put them) sell by dates are 2016 for Pud and 2015 for custard.
I have loo rolls, we’ll be fine........

DH is looking online for a large house with outbuildings, at least 20 acres of land, 2 cottages for DDs, on a hill because of potential flooding, a small area of woodland with ready dug kitchen garden, preferably walled - all within walking distance of
A vintage car auction company
A friendly pub
An Aldi or Lidl
All for very little money and I mean very, very little money.
I told him to go for it, it keeps him occupied whilst I worry about World problems, we aren’t ever moving anyway.

I’m not looking after the GCs but I expect my daughter’s house looks a bit like this!

Our schedule is being written out today. My DH is in his chair fast asleep and snoring most afternoons so he’s only experiencing this madness as a part timer.

I went essentials shopping yesterday. There were no toilet rolls left so I bought a new 5 pack of knickers instead.

Sorry but I won't be swimming at the lido today, it's too cold and windy. But I'll be at the singalong at 10. Just now practising my scales.