Positives#29... good things

Things have just been chugging along here, the same as usual, apart from us managing to have another few days away on our own. Our son in law finally had some time off... he was back to cancelled rest days this week. We have to grab the opportunities where we can, and fortunately my husband could book some annual leave at the last minute. 

We came back on Wednesday evening so that I could do daughter duties for my mum on Thursday, and went back to the caravan on Thursday evening, taking my younger daughter and the little one. She worked from there on Friday and Monday.

We had glorious weather all weekend, and whilst I spent a lot of time resting and sleeping I did manage a walk to the beach on Saturday...

... and a trip to Tesco via the pub on Monday morning. Just a lime and soda for me. Toast and jam for the little one, cappuccino and a bacon and sausage sandwich for my husband.

We came across a charity furniture shop when we were on our own last week. We found it by accident, called in and found the perfect replacement for the caravan sofas that made my back ache.

They were delivered on Friday- and our old ones were donated to the same charity. Our friends on the site would have loved them, and we would have happily given them to them for nothing, but they don't have patio doors like we do, and our old sofas wouldn't fit through a single door. We only have space for one chair, so chose the one that, like the sofa, has had barely any use. 

The colours in the fabric are perfect with the orange/ terracotta and teal soft furnishings etc that I have acquired. 

I now need beige curtains rather than black ones, but after an unexpected bill in addition to buying the sofas, I'll have to wait yet another month as I don't want to use savings... I try to cash flow as much as I can.

The path down the garden was almost impassable

After enough pruning to fill the garden waste bin that we pay the council for, it's passable again. There are still some trees in the garden to be pruned, but we need to buy a cordless saw and wait until later in the year in case of nesting birds. Despite the pruning it's still got the wild and woolly feel that I love.

The garden keeps on giving as far as flowers for the house are concerned. This is my favourite combination... golden rod, shasta daisies and crocosmia, all from the sunny front garden.  I added some laurel prunings from the back too. The hedges at the front have been trimmed and the borders tidied, so all looks OK at the front of the house.

After just a small Premium Bonds win of £50 this month, I treated myself to a professional haircut... the first since the end of 2020. It now looks something like this photograph, though mine is its natural colour of brown with lots of grey and white running through it. I really don't have the patience for the maintenance that colouring my hair would require, and honestly, I cant wait for it to be completely grey/ white, if it happens. 

There's a strong possibility that it won't though, as my great grandma died aged 82, still with dark hair, lightly run through with grey, my grandma was the same when she died aged 77, and my mum's hair still looks more blonde than grey at 86.

We have a family wedding next month so I'm hoping it will still look ok for that... despite being very short, it looks good with my headpiece.

Health wise, I'm much the same; still tired no matter how much I rest or sleep, and still wobbly. I just have to keep taking the tablets and plod on.