We went to an options evening with Reagan tonight where the High School presented what “pathways” to coin their phrase students could follow and which subjects can get them their.
Reagan is so much like her Mommy on the academic side being studious and very organised in her learning. She has already made her mind up with 3 sciences history and cooking so although the evening was interesting she has already made her mind up and got reserve options sorted too
Jamie was up first on her birthday determined to do her usual morning routine so no breakfast in bed we took her flowers chocolate and procecco down to her in the living, while Altered Images played on Sonos
Reagan won the day though with her gift which was special but the words she wrote in the card sealed the win
I was going start this blog with ‘I didn’t realise how clutter, makes me feel’ but then I though what the hell are you talking about you know EXACTLY how it makes you feel?
In me shed I have to move at least 3 things, to do one thing and it’s so frustrating to spend more time making room than making something.
Earlier today, an engineer came to look at our boiler because it has been losing pressure over the last couple of months and last week it stopped working because I forgot to fill it up. So I thought this needs to be sorted, we pay monthly for it to be right and it just isn’t. When he came he did all the required checks and ascertained that the boiler was fine so the heating system was probably to blame and pointed out that the radiator at the bottom of the stairs was weeping. He said if you have a couple of them the system will lose pressure but the moisture might never drip it may evaporate before it does.
It was pretty obvious as soon as he said what the problem might be so I went round all the radiators to check for weepage but to do so I had to move so much stuff just to get near each valve. Every one was covered with something apart from ironically one of the ones that was leaking at the bottom of the stairs, which because it was not covered was probably hit by the hoover making it leak!
So I spent a long time today moving stuff just to find and fix leaking radiators we just have so much stuff and no room to store it but to create storage space we have to create space and so the cycle continues!
I met my cousin this morning and he told me news I knew would break me mums heart but once he told me I knew I couldn’t not let her know.
At Christmas, Mum and me got talking about the fact she doesn’t see many people and mentioned Rick who she misses and Fred and June, who she has been freinds with for years but after retiring and especially once Pot bank club closed, she basically saw them in Asda if she was lucky. She said she wondered what they were up to and if they were ok but as she said just doesn’t see anyone to find out…
Russell told me this morning that unfortunately Fred had passed away just before Christmas but not only that June’s dementia is so severe that since he passed away she doesn’t remember him and has gone into a home in Elworth unable to look after herself…
She rang me later to tell me that there was more bad news. Auntie Margerie had passed away this afternoon, not the greatest day in my life but I can’t imagine how difficult all that news must have been for me mum to hear?
I have mentioned that I am building a bench and I am enjoying the journey but although I know what I want to achieve, with no plans just ideas off YouTube I have made a couple of mistakes which are not catastrophic but annoying and takes time to work through and put right.
Scored 180 today not unusual, I am getting better the more I practice but this one was unique. I was in me shed doing a bit of woodworking and as I very often do at certain times just retrieve me darts and just throw a few to rake a break from what I am doing. I challenge myself to hit a target before I can stop throwing and get back to what I was doing, like hit a treble 20 hit a bull go round the board on doubles etc. Anyway this afternoon at one of those breaks I thought, hit a treble 20 before carrying on, which I did first dart then threw 2 more, a 180 with me first 3 darts. I just left them in the board and went back to building my bench, it just won’t get better than that so why try lol
I threw more darts later on and was OK but never really reach the heights of earlier…
Watched Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Ally Carter in the Snooker Masters and thought is there a more talented or gifted sports star?
Does it get better than living my life, we could all think of things we want to do that we maybe can’t afford or find time for but taking Reagan to horse riding going to the Lumber yard buy wood going home and spending all afternoon cladding the end of me shed then sitting down to a meal cooked by Jamie and relaxing until bedtime will do!
Lincoln had friends around in the afternoon for a game of Dungeons and Dragons and they were really great Reagan joined in but D&D is not her thing but was content to be part of the parrifary.
It’s not for everyone but I like my life…
Jamie took Reagan and Lincoln to Altrincham for an ice skating lesson after work leaving me to realise I have made a huge mistake in my bench building project which will now take a total rethink of what I want to achieve?
Ww sat down to watch the remaining three episodes of Mr Bates vs The Post Office while the children did their own thing occasionally just interupting us by joining us and talking with absolute disregard for what we were doing or watching just to tell us the single most important thing in their lives at that moment!
Reagan had apparently being procrastinating over perfume and face cream for 45 minutes and we had to pause the TV to hear about it? Lincoln is having friends over tomorrow for a Dungeons and Dragons afternoon tomorrow and made us pause the TV to explain this date that we already knew about.
The last two nights, Jamie and I have just said something without prompting at exactly the same time, jokes that we know the other would crack
Last night Lincoln left the living room after disturbing the programme we were watching to just talk at us about what he was doing just before he came into the room. As he left the room he said “Enjoy your show!” and in unison without prompting both Jamie and I said “We were!”
We just fell about laughing uncontrollably because it was the second time we’d done it this week, we just share a brain and it’s fantastically the best…!
Watching Question Time and they are discussing why the government why theses people have been so badly treated and why so much furore is happening now
I have been desperate to watch the Mr Bates vs Post Office and we watched Episode 1 and its already terrible the subject not ghe show lol!
Jamie said tonight that the best part about being in a relationship is going to the supermarket and chattering all the way around and arriving home not realising that you have just enjoyed completed the most mundane life task and enjoyed every leisurely moment of it.
She is right everything is easy and enjoyable when we do it together!
Sat here waiting for Jamie’s train to arrive at Crewe Station 21:04 I could have let her get a taxi but that would have meant waiting at home an extra 30 mins before I see her and that just ain’t gonna happen, rather spend that time in the car with her. Kids are at home getting ready for bed, so I would just be downstairs not able to watch a show because I want to binge watch it together.
With a title like that I could have been dogging….