Wednesday

Danielle arrived as promised yesterday and completed all the prep work so I've ordered the fruit trees, blueberries and cobnut bush. On the website it says that if the item is available for order on the site it means it is in stock and will be despatched within 3 to 5 days, which means that it should be delivered in time to be planted up next Tuesday. However, the actual order acknowledgement states that delivery will be between October and December, which is not so good. I've tried phoning but their answer machine is full and I can't leave a message so I have emailed for clarification. In the meantime I have order the tree stakes, irrigation things, and ericaceous compost and will sit back and see what happens.

I'm still waiting for the car to be sorted but some progress has been made. The Renault garage are saying that they cannot collect the vehicle or send a mechanic to check it on the drive because of Covid 19, so I contacted T and D, friends of Ced, who always maintained my car before I bought this one. They are coming as soon as they've finished the job they're doing, hopefully later this morning but definitely today, and will either work on it here or tow it back to their garage ... it all depends on what's gone wrong. It's in hand anyway.

One thing that's going well is the sewing of name tags. I usually do it all in one go but there is so much this time, I'm doing it in short sessions instead - the new senior school uniform is black, so it's a bit tiring on the eyes!

I enjoyed long catch ups with friends last night. Julie phoned and we've caught up with all the news. She has some boxes for me to pack stuff ready for the charity shop so once I get them I can get it all packed up and, when the car is sorted, can arrange to drop it off. I also had a long chat with J, and separately with L. The good news is that all is well in friend and family land!

Today I want to order the things I need to complete odd jobs around the house. The toilet seat broke just before lockdown so that's well overdue for being replaced, and I want to fit a shelf on the larger of the radiators in the living room. I need some more picture hangers for canvas prints, and have dropped and broken my new oil mister so need to replace that ... again! I should have bought a spare like someone suggested.

Now the pictures are up in the living room it's spurred me on to sort the hall and landing, so some time this week I'll review the current pictures and see if I have enough and also whether I want to keep them. I'd like to have some of my own photos up so, if I decide to take that route, I need to order frames and mounts and order the prints - I can only print to A4 but some will need to be larger so will have to look round for a reasonable price.

As for the rest of today, I have nothing arranged. I'm hoping to speak to my sister, but apart from that I can just potter through the day and do whatever takes my fancy.  I hope you all have a good day.