Life!

I drove down to Bovey on Sunday 13th - leaving after church and bellringing, and arriving about 3 pm.  It was great to be there again and I relished the thought of a few days on my own doing my own thing.  The house was absolutely boiling inside, with the radiators all pumping out heat, even though the thermostat was set at 10 degrees - which was the equivalent of the outside temperature that day.  I couldn't make it click at any setting - although once I had turned the heating off for a while and then turned it on again in the evening it seemed to work ok for the rest of the week (typical). The first thing I did was to install the new bedside cabinets I had bought - they looked great. I even lined the drawers - and it was a good opportunity to sort the drawers out too. Then I put the new bedding on which Jayne had given me for my birthday in 2017!  It was pretty and lovely and soft to the touch Suki loved the new bedding so much she wouldn't get up the ...

We toyed with the idea of travelling down to Devon on Sunday night after handbells at the convent, but it was a dreadful night with heavy rain and we were both tired so we went the following morning.  A good decision as it was dry and light!  We didn't rush, but got away at 10.15 and arrived at 1.30.  Heavy traffic in places but no hold ups.  I managed to pack everything in the car, including the two new cabinets, but left the knitting machine for another day. We unpacked the car and had some soup and crumpets for lunch, then I took Suki out for a walk (it was raining by then so too wet for Mike) and put up a few decorations, and the tree, and piled up the presents.  The family were soon exchanging tree/presents photos via WhatsApp. LtoR: Ours, Carolyn and Lorraine's, Amanda's, Leanne's We went to The Bell at 6.30 for an hour to meet up with Bob, Michelle, Barry and Ruth and then came back to watch Carols from Kings on the iPlayer before walking...