Saturday – work for us both in the morning. Ady ended up only working for just over an hour as the heating and hot water is off in the hostel as the boiler is broken so he appeared round at the shop with Ross by 11am. I had brought Bonnie down with me and put her in the car so Ady went off to meet the boat in the hopes an animal feed delivery we are waiting on might come. It didn’t.
It was quiet at the shop but sociable. We collected the laundry, some stuff from the freezer and headed back up the hill for lunch. We had arranged to go over to Dave’s to see how he was getting on at the cabin. We helped set the fire and left Dave drilling the first hole and arranged to go back over again in the morning. Having seen Lije and Lulah’s Boxing Day bagels on facebook I had a bagel craving so made bagels for dinner which were lovely.
Sunday – I had a lie in and a shower. Ady went over to the cabin and I followed over. We got the fire in and lit and toasted it with a mug of tea and a third of a Mars bar each. We came home in theory to have lunch but shortly after we got back Steve and Trudi appeared for a cup of tea and a chat. And then Vikki appeared for the same. She came to share the news (which actually we already knew from another source) that she has given notice on her house and will be leaving at the end of Feb. Mixed emotions on that one really. Will maybe blog about it more at some point.
Scarlett and I made up a bird feeder stand that was one of her Christmas presents and set it up outside the lounge window with nuts, water, bird food and a dangling apple. It has already had a robin land on it but using it as a perch rather than to feed from.
We had been invited down to Mike & Debs for festive tea and cake, as had Vikki and Big Dave so we walked down with Vikki. We had a nice couple of hours there – they are lovely folk and their home is very cosy. We left and walked back with Big Dave and had  a late dinner.
Today I did a couple of hours digging on the house plot, followed by an hour chopping wood. Ady did some collecting wood (which I then chopped). We all met up for lunch which Big Dave joined us for. Ady and Scarlett made up her metal detector and spent some time trying that out. The kids and I walked down to the village on a fools errand as I wanted to check the venison freezer in the hall but I couldn’t find the keys at home and assumed they must be in the car in the village. They were not so we walked home again and after looking everywhere I could think of I found them in my jeans pocket. The jeans I was wearing and had been wearing all day so had had the keys on me down at the village anyway. Grr.
Several episodes of HIMYM – we are on the final series and tomorrow will start the final disc. I *think* I have guessed how it may end.