Good morning all from a Glasgow, where it's 5°.
I hope you are recovering well after your fright yesterday, Mick. Thank goodness there were no broken bones, you were so fortunate to get such prompt treatment. A bit of a scare for you, to say the least.
We had the loveliest of days yesterday, but I have overdone it, I'm now feeling pretty ropey and lightheaded.
DD and SIL appeared yesterday, having decided to come and clear out our garage, not knowing Dollie was coming. It was not for purely altruistic reasons, but partly because they wanted to store their bikes there, before putting up their flat for sale.
Sadly, my spirit is willing, but physically, garage tidying is just impossible now and I was secretly relieved. It used to be so tidy, housing a car, three bikes and still plenty of space!
Some of you will know that there was an estrangement between DS1 and DIL and the rest of the family, so I was on tenterhook about DS visiting.
Well I needn't have worried. When they arrived, having walked down, DS went straight into the garage to talk to them. I was unaware they were there, since there was no car outside, until a cheeky wee girl appeared in the kitchen, with her lunch order!
The icing on the cake was, when Dollie gave SIL a huge hug and his eyes filled with tears. I overheard him telling her how much he had missed her. ?
However, things didn't go too well with the garage clear out. My children call the garage The nuclear bunker, due to my tendency to bulk buy and hoard tins, cleaning materials, toilet rolls, kitchen roll etc, etc in the event of famine/a pandemic/war/ being snowed in or just being too unwell to go out. I admit to perhaps having being carried away, just a tiny bit!
In addition, every two minutes, I was asked if I wanted to keep items or send them to the tip. So much for a relaxing day.
Eventually, SIL handed me a list of what items I had available, which he was going to type up and send to me! ? Also, he had stacked trays of soft drinks in chronological order and tidied up DH's beer stash!. I was brought out to the garage, to be given a guided tour of the supermarket, so that I would be able to find things in future. ?
I will leave you to draw your own conclusions about SIL, he does like everything to be in a specific order and will not deviate from his plan.
He is such a lovely man, whom I love like a son, he treats me like a queen. ?
Let's just say, I won't be shopping for a considerable time. As my mother would say, I was black affronted. ☺ I am not even going to try and defend myself.
It was an absolute joy, having that wee girl about. She asked if she could go to the secret park with her new scooter. DH was about to refuse, thinking I wasn't well enough. However, I insisted we walk round, having been unable to go the last time. Dollie and DH were not amused, when I kept stopping to chat to people. It took forever.
On their return to pick her up, DIL was embarrassed. Dollie had been warned not to ask about the park, since I was unwell, she had just ignored them. She was a girl with a mission and had been thinking about it all week, she told me.
Today will be a day of reading your posts and the papers, not much else. DD showed me how to pressure cook, then air fry a chicken in my new Ninja yesterday, so that's dinner already sorted. The smells were amazing.
I was too afraid to use the pressure cook function, for fear of blowing up my kitchen! Previously, I would have just tried it, I have become a big feartie ?^
Wishing you all, a pleasant day. For some that won't be possible, with sad memories and sickness abounding on the thread, so prayers and virtual hugs for you all.
DD and SIL plan to continue today, I can't wait! ?
