This morning we had planned to dismantle the chicken shed (we’re hoping it comes apart easily and we can fit it in the horse box to come with us) but in response to my ‘what can we bring?’ text Tasha replied with ‘bread’ so as I’d planned to make some today anyway I brought that plan forward and did some breadmaking – one small loaf to bring with us for lunch, one larger loaf for toast and 8 bread rolls to take with us tomorrow to London. I had further baking planned but saved that for the oven being lit for dinner later on.
While I did that Ady cut the hedges in the garden. He came in for Popmaster which I won but he claimed I cheated 😉 we’re writing daily tallies on the kitchen calendar now, one day one of us might actually ring up and go on the radio, for now we use it as a tool to lord it over each other which is far more satisfying than public humiliation / victory 😉
The bread was finally ready so we took the small loaf and headed over to Tasha’s. The kids went off to play; I love how they have fallen back into friendships with Toby, Archie & Eliot etc after a whole year away. Ady and I had a great few hours chatting to Tasha, I laughed until I cried 🙂 I will miss sitting chatting over tea to friends but am hugely gratified that I am already having twitter chats with two women on Rum so am hopeful of further tea / wine / chatting buddies to carry this on with.
We came home and decided it was too late to start pulling the shed about so D&S went off to do some scootering while Ady and I looked at route planning for tomorrow. Then Ady and Scarlett went to Sainsburys for petrol and a few food bits while I got dinner on and did the baking I’d planned (snickerdoodles and chocolate chip cookies) and Davies watched a Simpsons video. I’d been planning earlier to get in touch with Jill about visiting them down in Glastonbury before we go and she rang in her usual spooky way and said ‘so when are you coming then?’.
I had a lovely chat with her including trying to tell her than no, we really don’t need a labradoodle puppy (she has two dog puppies left and is prepared to give them away. I have a sneaking suspicion we may have found our dog although it is not the border collie bitch I had planned a pup of Maggie’s will be okay with me, particularly if it’s free… we’ll see. I feebly protested so she may give them elsewhere but if one is still there when we visit I suspect we’ll be coming home with it…) We’re off there for a few days in April before Easter, really looking forward to seeing J&J and meeting those puppies of course 🙂
I caught up with Julie on the phone after dinner and we arranged a meet up each week from now until we’re hoping to go. They have a new puppy called Mable who we’re looking forward to meeting at the weekend.
The kids were in bed for 9pm in preparation of our early start in the morning but predictably they are still awake despite best efforts.