Sunday
My free dishwasher has been playing up. Flashing intake/outlet error. So spent a few hours stripping it down, trying to clean it out as well as the filter on the inlet. Used you tube and found a extra filter to try and clean. Manage to get it working again but only works until it needs to empty and then it plays up again.
Today is Dixie's got ya day, we have had her for two years today.
Managed a walk along the river as well.
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| bike shed at the uni. |
Monday
Hubby had a funeral in the afternoon. I was going to go into town and take a walk while he was in but with #stormbrendan then there did not seem much point. Stayed home and made a pot of soup instead. If I am making soup to have as a main meal I will add lentils to it, if for lunches then it is just a selection of vegetables. I had some out of date lentil waves in the cupboard that were a bit soft so while not overly nice to eat straight from the packet they are great to add to a bowl of vegetable soup.
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| vegetable soup. |
Also spent time on the exercise bike.
Tuesday
Another rubbish day but spent time sorting out the freezers. Only took ten minutes. I have a fridge freezer and an under counter freezer and again they were a disorganised find nothing mess. Not that there is much in either of them. So I sorted one that now has in it cooked fruit, bags or prepared veg and bread, most of this was free from the community shop. They don't always have fruit or veg so I cook and freeze the stuff so I have a supply most of the time. Add some basic fruit from a tin and cook it in with the fresh stuff helps to bulk it out and saves it going off.
The other one now has uncooked main meals as well as the bulk cooked items that are then frozen into portions.
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| frozen fruit |
Wednesday
Bob had a hospital appointment for his asthma which has not been well controlled and there was a possibility he may have been kept in so I kept Spud to save DD1 having to worry about her as well. We went for a walk down the fishery to see the birds and feed the swans then played in the park on the way back up. It was rather chilly and very windy but we wrapped up well.
We sat and played games and she was really pleased with herself for doing a jigsaw on her own. She does not usually manage them in the past. Quite nice to only have one to pay attention to.
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| Spud wrapped up warm. |
Today is also baby Roos first birthday. Here is one of the pictures her mum sent us. An extra picture for you this week....
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| Happy Birthday not so baby Roo |
Thursday
Have a form to fill in to prove I am off ill. Thank goodness for the blog to remind me of what I did and when. Between GP, medication and total lack of being aware of anything due to the pain at the time I would not have remembered much without it.
Took me two hours to do the first six pages and I lost them when I went for a lunch break, luckily enough I had scribbled a lot of it down before typing it onto the form - needs to be filled in in block capitals on the physical form and I cant write in capitals.
Managed to do a mile on the exercise bike and a mile with the dog round the block.
We had a lovely sun set, nothing to line it up with here sadly.
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| nice sky, shame about the view |
Friday
Went into the town to do my cheap shopping, (for the new people it is a community food shop that collects bread, fruit and veg etc from local supermarkets and they distribute it as well as some in date tins/frozen food/cereals/eggs/and none dairy milk designed for people on a low income which saves food poverty and also saves landfill and believe me makes a massive difference eeking out the money we do have) and a few bits from the supermarket. Walk the dog twice once before the shopping and one after. The sky might be a nice shade of blue but the wind was freezing.
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| Dixie exploring |
Went down to sit with the three wee ones while DD1 took Bob to gymnastics. Dinky was in a tearful frame of mind as she was tired after a week at school and nothing pleased her.
Finished filling the form in ready for posting tomorrow.
Saturday
Spent some of my Christmas money treating myself to an abs core fitness trainer. At the moment can only do the leg exercises and the sit ups but at some point will be able to do more. Need to start back on the walking HIIT you tube videos as well.
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| only time will tell if it works. |
Played catch up with Silent Witness this week. Finished watching No Offence, it was really good well worth a try if you like CSI type programmes. Started watching The Last Ship, the first 2 episodes were good but once I realised it dragged on for 5 series I could not see where it will be going apart from a vigilante gang style programme so gave up on that.
Now back into White Collar.
Hope you all had a good week.
The weather has been rubbish here too apart from today. It was a dry sunny day. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds frustrating about the dishwasher! I hope you get to the bottom of it soon.
Wow! It doesn't seem like it's two years since you got Dixie.
Home made soup is the best. I don't make it often enough, I should because my whole family loves it.
I sorted our freezers out too this week. I give it a couple of weeks until my lot had unorganised them again.
I hope Bob is doing better with controlling his asthma.
Happy birthday to Roo! This past year really has flown over! x
did better than get to the bottom of the dishwasher, some nice friend bought me one as a late Christmas pressie
DeleteHope you manage to get the dishwasher fixed, I need to try and make some more soup. Its one of my diet staples and I could do with loosing a few lbs! Hope Bobs appointment went well and a belated Happy Birthday to Roo. That first birthday is so special. Like the look of the core fitness trainer.
ReplyDeletelove my home made soup, sadly hubby is not a soup lover
DeleteHomemade soup is amazing. I never thought about adding lentils to it though! I just sorted out our freezers too, previous owners left fridge freezer in the garage which initially I was frustrated with but now with baby almost due its a relief to have the space to store meals so we can bulk cook! Spud looks warm and cosy, and congratulations to her for completing a puzzle! Great achievement. :)
ReplyDeletefreezers are a godsend in the first 6 weeks if you fill them with home cooked food that just needs heating up, means you eat healthier than you would and means you only need to grab unhealthy at lunch time
DeleteThat form sounds like a nightare to complete, hope you've got it sorted now. Well done on getting the frozen food sorted. I can't believe you've had Dixie for 2 years! That's flown by #366
ReplyDeletethe form is done, make take weeks to hear back.
DeleteThe sunlight in the bike shed makes for quite a striking picture. Frustrating with the dishwasher - mine is similar and next to useless, so I only use it now if have a lot of plates to wash. I liked No Offence too.
ReplyDeletethink I have used it before many yrs ago but not matter.
DeleteWow, time does fly! I can't believe you've had Dixie two years, or that Roo is one already! What a lovely photo of Spud. I hope Bob's asthma settles. I'm very impressed with your freezer organisation.
ReplyDeleteI know the year has flown by. I am hoping his asthma settles as well, thr=e poor boy never gets a break.
DeleteWe've had loads of rain here too this week - usually just as I head off to the bus stop for work ! We're still running without a freezer here - it does work but it's complicated, not having frozen fruit and veg to hand as needed. Glad you finally got your form filled in and well done on trying to sort out the dishwasher.
ReplyDeletewe have had to much rain but funnily enough for the time of year so far no snow
DeleteNo Offence sounds like it would be my type of tv. What channel is it?
ReplyDeleteHope the dishwasher gets sorted soon. We've got electric oven problems, but I think I need to get someone in to clean it properly as I'm not getting anywhere with it, before I can get it fixed.
No offence was channel four, should find it on catch up
DeleteIt has been a very wet week here as well, and also blustery. What a palaver with dishwasher. Happy birthday to Roo! And happy 2nd anniversary to Dixie! I'd never have thought of adding lentil curls to soup, but I often add a handful of red lentils to soups for extra protein and texture.
ReplyDeleteyes the blustery makes for a chilly beach walk but they still seem to be busy with people walking with or without a dog.
DeleteHappy first birthday to Roo. That sunset is stunning. Never tried soup with lentil curls - might have to give that a go. The community shop sounds like such a fabulous idea. Hope you manage to get the dishwasher sorted out soon. #project366
ReplyDeleteThank you, all my babies are growing up far to quick. The community shop is a massive blessing
DeleteHPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO ROO AND 2ND GOTCHA DAY FOR THE DOG. You're very good with sorting out your meals and using things up, I need to do a bit more food planning. Hope the dishwasher is sorted and that the hospital can sort out controlling Bob's asthma
ReplyDeleteI don't food plan as such but having had no overtime for over 4 months then every scrap has to be made the most of.
DeleteI had an abs trainer once, used it a couple of times then hung clothes on it (it had tall handles): I hope you make more use of yours but don't over do it with your health problems! #project366
ReplyDeleteusing the leg and abs bit only, not risking the arms.
DeleteSpud looks so adorable and thats a lovely fishery with the swans. That's an interesting initiative of the community shop
ReplyDeletewe use to use the fishery a lot but they don't welcome dogs any more
DeleteHope the dishwasher is sorted now and not still playing up!
ReplyDeleteHappy first birthday! And wow 2 years since you got Dixie...I still remember when you first got her.
Is the abs trainer any good? Might have to get one
bit early to tell if it is much good just yet, but it is handy it has a cycling setting on that I can use when knitting so kills two birds with one stone
DeleteHope you manage to get the dishwasher sorted, such a pain when they pack up or won't do their job properly. Paperwork and forms are my nemesis, I hate doing stuff like that too. Well done for getting it sorted
ReplyDeleteHope you manage to get the dishwasher fixed. They are so handy. I need to try and make some more soup. Hope Bobs appointment went well and a belated Happy Birthday to little Roo x
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