A Goldilock moment?

It’s been a quiet day, it’s raining, our car is going to be picked up at some point today, it was hit in a car park, the third party did leave contact information which is good. There has been a few admin calls related to that and changing our energy supplier that have kept me busy. I have also had my hair cut, by a mobile hairdresser, next time I will go my usual place in the village. Tomorrow morning, I am up the road starting a dog sit. The second ginger cake has been consumed quickly, so this time I made a Pound cake, it’s got sultanas, raisins and glacé cherries in it. It was called a Pound cake, because of the quantities used. This one is half the size of the original.

The Goldilocks moment is quite funny. My lodger was working a double shift, and was to get back late, so I left him a meal out. I also left out in a dish, the meat part of a Cottage pie for today. When I got up this morning, no pie mix? The dish had been put back, and eventually I found the empty container in the dish washer. As I have not seen my lodger yet, I don’t know if he ate the pie mix and the meal I left out for him! If he did, it doesn’t matter, he would have been hungry! He might have put the mix somewhere else, time will tell. I did a bit of my jigsaw that he bought me, but it is very slow going. I went to the gym for the first time yesterday, some of these gym machines are complicated, but I managed to do all the ones I wanted. Another trip there tomorrow. 

All the appliance loan items were picked up yesterday, the house is now back to normal. I am no longer using the sock in the shower or bath. My friend who was with me here in the UK is back on the Greek island where the accident happened.

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