Not even sure what time it is/was/supposed to be when we got up but it was later than usual. Rain had been forecast all day long today but actually a lot fell in the night and the river was running high but today has been showery rather than raining all day.
The kids were happy playing lego but Ady and I wanted some fresh air so we walked down to the village. We saw Steve and James, passed Paul driving so he stopped for a chat and then we went up to the tattiehouse to catch up with Ian. Ian and Kate are off on Tuesday so we wanted to see what they’ve been up to in the house as we’d not been up for a while. They have made fantastic progress and its really starting to look like a house rather than a shell. They’re heading home to Wales for the winter and will be back in the spring. We’ll miss them, it’s odd to think of people leaving the island for months on end.
Back home for some tea and cake and to get the dinner on. We decided to have roast dinner early at 4 / 5ish depending on what time zone we are in. I fed the animals at 445 old time or 545 new time, we’ll move them forward by 15 minutes a day until we’ve caught up although we’re not completely by the clock with their feeding anyway (quel surprise!).
Dinner was really nice. We watched Miranda on iplayer and then Scarlett requested watching Annie which we’d not realised either of the children have never seen. It’s on lovefilm instant so we stuck that on. Funny how they knew loads of the songs but had never seen the film.
It was cold and had been dark for a couple of hours so we took advantage of it and packed them off to bed – 730ish new time I suppose. I’m not sure Davies is actually asleep yet but I think Scarlett is.
I’ve finished off the first scarf I started and nearly finished a second. I think I’ll keep them back for the Christmas fayre and then maybe send a couple as presents if they don’t sell. Everyone will be getting home made this year anyway and these are very gorgeous :).
Ady and I discussed plans for next year and want to write a list of targets for the coming months. We did that for this summer and although we have not achieved everything on our list it feels good to be more or less on track and to get stuff ticked off.
I’ve been uploading old photos onto facebook the last few days which I’ve enjoyed. I looked at some of Fliss’ old photo albums on Friday and it inspired me to look at some old pics on flickr. We planned to make a photobook of our WWOOFing last year and never managed to do it. Maybe I’ll try and sort that out for Christmas this year along with a book of our adventures here so far for my parents.
Right dragon breath and failing battery demand bedtime o’clock. I think it’s gone midnight now whatever clock I’m looking at!