I continued hating everyone and extended it to the rest of the real world too ;).
I did walk away from the internet this morning though and we were up at the allotment at 10ish. I had some stuff to get in the ground but decided to come over all new age and worry about planting my negative feelings with it so tackled the weeding some more instead. Actually that’s a bit of a cop out, I’m less keen on the planting stuff and far happier killing it instead 😆 . We arrived to discover a wheelbarrow up against our tool boxes. Initially I was all stroppy thinking someone was either dumping stuff on our plot or severely taking the piss with spreading their stuff about but I have to assume it is a kind donation from someone who doesn’t need it themselves any more and noticed our lack of barrow. So, erm, 🙂 I guess.
I did a good attack on the nastiest bit of the plot with thistles, nettles and huge killer dandelions, all of which was very theraputic. The children were perfect angels and played happily for the whole 90 minutes or so we were up there. Even though they are generally pretty outdoorsy kids I am still very happily surprised by how content and self-entertaining they have been during the hours we’ve spent up there. They are quite happy playing in the mud, digging, looking at bugs and chatting to each other :). I listened to them giggling together over something earlier and it was just the loveliest sound :). See, I can’t remain pissed off and negative for very long ;).
We came home for lunch via the Co-Op where I got a load of fruit and veg. Money is very tight again this month and we’re stretching food out from the freezers while trying to stay healthy-ish. Stag party for Ady, London weekend for me and balance for Christmas camp all took a bit of a toll on the budget along with winter shoes for the children but we’re on the last few days before payday now and hopefully November will be an easier month to allow some breathing space before the cash crisis that December always is.
Davies and Scarlett played with the foam blocks after lunch and I threaded up the peg loom for my next rug. I’m planning on making a few as Christmas gifts for various people so have started on my first ambitious one. I liked the shaped pig rug but want to have a go and keeping the rug itself rectangular while having a picture in the middle and am trying a dinosaur one for Jack first. Scarlett helped thread up the loom and I’ve made a good start. It is really hard as you are working upside down and can’t really see whether your pattern is panning out as expected until you have gotten long past the bit you are working on if that makes sense. At least I know from unpicking and rethreading Davies’ rainbow rug that it is easy to start again if needs be.
I lost my rag (ha, see what I did there?!) with Tarly for being troublesome and shouted at her which I will no doubt pay the price for during the night as she almost without exception will have a troubled night if her and I have fallen out and be awake and needing cuddles 🙁 . Davies is so much better at reading my mood and acting accordingly.
Off to swimming lessons where Scarlett had quite a good lesson and Davies enjoyed his half an hour in the big pool before going for his lesson. I’m planning on going in next week as the pool is really empty. Davies could have his half an hour while Tarly is having her lesson and I could do some lane swimming and some stuff with Davies and then Scarlett and I could have half an hour to practise what she’s done in her lesson while Davies has his. Because I am half watching Davies and half watching Scarlett for her lesson and then trying to keep her entertained for his I am not really watching either of them like I used to so I might as well have a bit of a swim myself and some time in the water with them both individually too.
Home for their tea; home made pizza for Davies and pesto pasta for Tarly, their current faves, then they had a bath while I put the chickens to bed, sorted out loads of washing and put loads of clean stuff away and made a start on our dinner (sausages and bacon with root veg all roasted together with garlic, herbs and red wine, lovely :)). I read a pile of books to them at bedtime (The Nightspinners which was a great twist on a fairytale, ending with ‘and she might one day marry the prince, but for now she’s quite happy living on her own :)’, Ain’t nobody a stranger to me which touches on slavery, something we’ve not really talked about much but suspect we might after that, Anna Aphid which was charmingly illustrated and really nice to talk about given our recent reading of George’s secret key to the universe as it puts things rather into perspective and finally Lobsters in Love which was fun and had great illustrations of plasticine figures that Davies particularly liked.). Scarlett took disc 2 of Babe to bed on audiobook that she has been listening to and Davies took a Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs book and cd that he is following the words in the book to.
We watched Jamie’s Ministry of Food and I did some more ragrugging. I now have a sore throat which could be to do with shouting today or could be the beginnings of a cold which would explain me feeling grumpy and shouting today – which came first? 😆