October round up

 Just 2 packs of bulbs and 1 small tray of plants, hopefully the bulbs will bloom for Christmas/January. A bag of grit for spring bulb pots. My new coat was £69.99, which I consider a bargain, it's been an expensive month for clothes, I'm still average under £40 per month. .  

9 Books read this month

It's not been a bad month, no huge household spends, we turned on our heating on 9th, to start with the radiators came on a few mornings, not so much in the lunchtime and evening, we still get days when the radiators stay cold in the evenings, our home is warm. 

I purchased my blog book, which with the huge discount and free shipping was an excellent price, I had set aside quite a bit more, so nice win. We have purchased some Christmas gifts, we do like to get the sorted early, most of the older grandsons get cash, which they prefer.

No food waste, hubby is back making soups again served with crusty bread rolls, our main meal menu has changed as well. My weight is the same, far too many pounds sitting on me.

We have had the normal amount of rainfall for the whole of October in the past 10 days, all good for the ground water levels, we are very lucky as we have no flood risk here. On checking my wildlife camera I realised I had set it wrong, I thought it was set to stop recording at 6am, I had set it at 6 minutes past midnight, its all sorted now.

Birthday girl

 I am told today is my birthday, I am two years old, I have become the stealer of seats, always hers 

I have again started using my cat tree, I do like to hammock section.

Everyone loves a princess dress, including me, Molly took hers off and I claimed it.

My litter all together 2 years ago.

I'm  a happy cat, not spiteful, I never play with my claws out, I'm not so happy with all the recent rain, on wet days I snuggle inside where I can see the garden, I still love to watch the birds.

She has promised me no more visits to the vets until next year, I did not like him pulling my leg, it's decided I just walk a bit funny, I can jump into the magnolia tree and the high fences, so they know I have no pain.

I am having tin tuna for tea as a special treat, I love tuna.

How to keep a 5 year old busy

 Molly helped mix everything together for soaking the dried fruits, she helped weigh the dry ingredients, tried to zest the lemons and oranges and gave the fruit a good stir.

 

Tuesday was a day of crafting, I got a few packs of air-dry clay in lovely colours, Molly and Will played, then daughter and I joined in. Wills creations are on the left, Mollys are at the bottom, daughters are top right, I made stars to use for hanging, I have some pretty string.

Molly was very good on her sleepover, I did let her stay up later knowing she would be quick to settle, I think we wore her out, she woke just before 8am, after a lazy morning, a walk to the village we did things in the garden. Wednesday was a bright sunny cold day, more importantly dry. Two indoor bulb pots done.

First of my big pots done, this one red and white tulips with snowdrops and daises, which Molly chose from the market. Molly loves her unicorn hat, sadly it's getting a bit small for her, she always wears her gardening gloves. 

Molly was very happy to sleepover, she is constantly on the go, always interested in everything, George had fun with grandma,  daughter took Will to the cinema, she had a long lie in on Wednesday morning, which was a treat for her.

It became very quiet once Molly went home, she had already helped tidy her bed and pack away the remaining craft items, I had purchased a book with loads of templates in, Molly took a couple home as we ran out of time to make them. We spent an hour looking at my blog books, Molly loves to see herself and brothers in the books, we also looked at mummy and daddy's wedding book, she understood she why she was not in it.

Tomorrow is housework day, mainly downstairs, it won't take long, then I hope to do some sewing, later I can read, I've started another good book.

End of October

 A new author to me, I saw this book in a few places with great reviews, from the beginning you know Jo has another agenda, she is focused, the delivery of her secret is brilliant, which leads to a good ending, and like so many great books a final chapter once the story is finished. Book 86 read this year.

Another clever plot, a baby is found, DNA proves the mother is a local woman who disappeared 4 years ago. Chaos follows as the search is on for the mother, old reports are reviewed, people interviewed again, the police have to find her this time. A new author to me, this is the start of another DCI series. Book 86 read this year. 

Sunday was a cold bright day, just one quick storm, still very windy. Will and George were here whilst Molly went to a birthday bash at our local kids soft play venue. We spent the time inside, just to cold to play out, I got them party food for lunch and probably a few too many sweets, neither boy goes to too many parties, so we had treats here..

We changed the two clocks back an hour on Saturday night before bed, the rest reset themselves, our car will be done next time we are out in it, later this week, when it's in a local garage. I lit real candles on Sunday evening, we spent the whole time reading, we are not watching Strickly this year, we may pick it up nearer to Christmas. 

Monday was dull and wet when we got up, Lilly was again inside, she hates the rain as much as we do, I did get some sewing out, just at the cutting out stage, I have had my trusty note book out for a while, working out patterns. I will do a post when finished.

Today we have daughter and children, her car is on a garage recall, Molly is on a sleepover, George is at Grandma's, they popped in collect him from ours, tonight daughter and Will are having an evening together. 

Our house is warm and dry, I have no inclination to go out, we had planned a trip to the huge Asda store, but it's half term, so we can wait until next week, hubby has now given me a suggestion for his main Christmas gift, I have already chosen a new handbag for him to gift me, we do also get another small surprise gift, again this year we are not doing our stockings, they are expensive to fill and way too many edible treats go in them.