Starting this week with answering a couple of questions and a thank you.
I slept peacefully through storm Amy. I sleep really well outside and through any continuous noises, plus I had my headphones in with white noise all night. Peter however was disturbed with pine cones dropping on the van throughout the night.
The grandchildren often ask direct questions when we see them. Our grandson will occasionally say 'Bob is dead, you can share Bailey and Molly' (his dogs) or just ask if we're sad because Bob died. Our granddaughter was the only one who met Aunty Stephanie and she was hesitant around her, not completely comfortable or understanding why she was like she was. We tried to explain, but it was hard. I know with time their relationship would've changed. No little girl wants their hair pulled or to be grabbed out the blue. But often she will ask me 'Granny are you sad Aunty Stephanie died?'
The support I've had from the blogging and online community over the past year has been amazing. Personal messages, blog comments, responses, likes or just familiarity of day to day life and general chit chat.
Day 284 I've had the best day. 8 hours sleep, caught up with blogging comments and did my couch to 5k, much easier the 2nd time. Quick change and picked my friend up and we went for coffee(s) home via a food shop and the rest of the day spent sorting the side of the shed and getting things together for the tip. I overloaded the wheelbarrow and it fell over hitting the back of my right ankle, how I never screamed out I don't know, an ice pack and a bandage and back out into the garden to finish off. I decided to cook roast lamb, it wasn't ready till 8.30pm, by that time we'd had a bath and were ready for bed. We watched Monster on Netflix. I'd spent the early evening binge watching Wednesday. Peter spent the day alternating between painting the downstairs loo and doing the ironing.
Monday
Day 285 Up the Malvern Hills and walked 6 miles with an incline of over 1000ft in the first 45 mins. We stopped in town for a coffee and home for lunch, watch some TV and in the afternoon Peter finished the painting in the downstairs loo while I wrote some letters, put the ironing away and had a general tidy room. Evening to be spent reading and blogging and ticking off a few things on my to list. Not the best day for the view.
Tuesday
Day 286 Up and off running on the couch to 5k. We went to Worcester to do a food shop and had the obligatory coffee out and took our books with us to read. I reassembled the downstairs loo, we swopped a bookshelf from the hall to put shoes on and Peter assembled a new radiator shelf for the hall. Coats can't go back in yet as Peter decided another coat of paint was needed. I went back out to collect a prescription and had another coffee. Evening spent making Christmas cards in the loft.
Wednesday
Day 287 Into town to the post office then off for a swim, I'm finding it's my shoulders that are hurting the most when I run, the swim did me good. My friend cut my hair in the salon where she works and we fixed a date for a day out next week. In the late afternoon I followed another friend up to Cradely Heath to bring her home after she dropped her new car off for repairs. They didn't have a courtesy car, despite only buying hers two weeks ago. We'll be back on Friday to collect. I managed to knock the radiator valve and flood the kitchen, thankfully Peter was able to fix it without too much trouble other than moping up. In the evening the neighbour messaged asking if she could borrow a spanner/wrench. I took one of each round, she was changing a tap. Within 10 mins she messaged again with 'Please send Peter round' It took us an hour.
Volume up.
Thursday
Day 288 Week 2 of couch to 5k, from now on I'll just call it 'gone for a run' I decided I wanted to do something, go somewhere, be out the house, so when my friend messaged to say a job had been cancelled and she was free all day, I hoped in the car and headed to the Forest of Dean to see my oldest friend and and her daughter. It was a year today we said our final goodbye to Stephanie with her funeral and I needed to be around people who knew Stephanie, who held our hand in the hospital the night Stephanie died and the day we said our final goodbyes. We had a happy day. It started with our usual gossip, catch ups with the kids and grandkids with a video call from our grandson confused by the fact his daddy was once a baby and these people used to babysit him. Some DIY, bed building, homework, dinner, invite for Christmas, holiday plans for 2027 to South Africa reconfirmed and I got home at 10pm. 
Friday
Day 289 Exploring the Herefordshire countryside after a lie in and a lazy morning. A spot of lunch at Croft Castle before a walk round the house and grounds. Home to dinner, put the heating on, switch off and watch tv.
Saturday
Day 290 The day started with a run to the retail park where Peter met me for a coffee and a lift home via the supermarket. I had a shower and caught the train to Birmingham to do a bit of birthday shopping then caught the bus to St Andrews to watch the game. We lost 2-3 with an own goal and down to 10 men. Train to Worcester for dinner and drinks with friends and home gone midnight.
Something to make you smile:
I'm conscious of my behaviour as a spectator at the football and have to remain tightlipped even when I agree with the rest of the crowd about the referee and will often stay seated so the TV cameras don't pick me up. This was our first league defeat since April 2024.
Things that made me happy:
Visits from our hedgehog, visiting old friends, going out with friends, exploring old and new places.
On the blog this week:
Post Comment Love - Link up with any post written this week
Word of the week - Words
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