Today, I'm......

My alarm is always set in summer at 7am, Monday to Friday, through the winter it's later at 8am, if I'm woken by the alarm it's a weekday, we both eat breakfast at our desk in our office, looking at our computers, the same way as I started most of my working days, it's a habit we have not broken, I love catching up with blogs. We can spend as much time here as we want, some days when we have things to do, it's a quick stop. 

Mornings are for getting jobs done, house work, laundry, maybe walk to the shops in our village, or the best, work out in the garden, if the sun is shinning I am always outside, our little patch of green is everything to me. This lovely seating area is our favourite coffee spot, this view has already changed so much, moving the table has made our garden feel much bigger.

Afternoons are our time, we do go out but not to often, hubby reads, I also love to read or craft, if I have anything bigger to do, it's done in afternoons. My love of creating things keeps me busy, I don't mind rainy days, I can always find things to do, my sewing machine comes out in the afternoons, other time we have the younger grand children, very different time for us, but just as enjoyable.

Evenings are again the same, we both like to watch news at 6pm, we have already had our evening meal, most nights we will turn off TV, read and listen to music, we do have favourite programmes we like to watch, which we tune in or watch on catch up, it's rare for our TV to be on all evening. It is really rare for us to go out, I do have my Pilates class on Thursday at 6pm. 

Like so many my days are set, routine has been in the whole of my life, growing up in a large family, we all had to fit together, my mum was very good at 'everything in it's time and place', our home and us were always neat, clean and tidy. Even now years later I hear my mum's voice, she still guides me, in my case I did grow into my mum, and I see my daughter becoming a bit of me and I love it. 

I often read bloggers, who say 'I've not done much, I've not much to tell you', I often feel the same, but as I read blogs, it's not about the photo's (yes in my mind they do help), it's about your words, who you are, what you are thinking. Getting through a day at home, can be hard work, we all get the feeling of 'why did I come into this room' or as I make a cup of coffee, I see something to put away, which I do, which leads me to another task, and then twenty minutes later I notice my cold cup of coffee. Even doing nothing can take all day, now I'm retired I have the most precious things, time, and freedom of how I will use it. Weekends are different, no alarm, we never go out much, staying away from crowds of families having their leisure time. 

So if you think your life is boring, nope, we love to read you are doing OK, or if not we can support you, sat here at my computer every morning, I love to see names pop up and catch up with you all. So today slightly different, I'm home alone, plan to get outside if the weather stays nice, later reading and resting, hubby should be home mid afternoon, then another lazy evening together. 

What are you doing today?