Another Sunday

It seems the days are flying by and now another week has gone. This week on Thursday I am hoping for some positive news, but I am not trying to get my hopes up too much. I am of course off to the fracture clinic for another monthly checkup. I had a visit from a friend yesterday afternoon, I have received many a handmade cards from her in the past and she has given me a pile of card making goodies for me to experiment and see what I can come up with. I have a list of people I was going to send Christmas cards too, and maybe if my efforts are good enough, some if not all of them can be made by myself. I have a small suitcase full of all sorts of things that can be used to make cards, stamps to print designs, paper for borders, blanks for the cards themselves and designs of all sorts of things that can be used  on their own, Xmas themes, the stuff in this small suitcase is quite mind boggling! 

I had a really good response to my suggestions of things I could do, I have them all noted, it would be foolish to try and start them all, I have some work to do on the TRHA web site first, and I am helping them match products they sell, that we now need to purchase from a new supplier, as the existing one has closed down. I am also going to be doing a job share on running the TRHA store, my role will be on the ordering side. This means I don’t have to go every Sunday like I used to, for instance if I want  do something else. 

One person suggested that I visit a lady who lives on her own, maybe midweek, I think I know her, she lives behind us. There is another lady further away, but walkable so I will visit them too. I have not heard from the Herbie Hedgehog people on whether they want a help with their page. 

Everything is going ok with the lodger, we have not done much English, he is working funny hours, I am often cooking a meal then eating my bit, then leaving it out for him to eat when he wants. 

I have been down to the village, and seen more people on my travels. I am quite pleased that I have not sunk into a depression, I try to be stoic about this situation, I can’t imagine what it would be like if I was still doing my job, well I couldn’t do it be honest.

I made a fish pie the other night, was quite pleased with the results, even if there was a lot of washing up to do afterwards! I must try a lasagne soon. We had a supermarket delivery yesterday so I am stocked up with lots of things. There are quite a lot of ready meals we have frozen, trouble is the lodger can’t read what’s in the tub, my writing does not help! 

I have been thinking about other things, I had a conversation with a friend about a dog, it’s very very early thoughts, a rescue Labrador sounds good, I found a site that offers rehoming, that is in this area. I would have to think about what I would do if I went away for a few weeks. It’s very big commitment. 

Tonight we are having sausages, mushrooms and shallots in a red wine sauce. It’s nearly made, when everything is soft, I scoop everything out, then thicken the remaining sauce with a butter, mustard and flour paste. It goes well with mashed potatoes.



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