What are you doing today ?

[1964white]

still building breeding cages for the budgies, bad weather all year and no outside proper covered workspace means that I am way behind schedule....

Not good Hector

We've had a very mild winter here in the east, a few drops of snow, no ice, nowhere near the rain the west & south of England have endured.

We've had some beautiful days here during February & March, Jill has been gardening for her clients & our own garden is looking superb too. I've also taken my work outside several days, intending to be brown before our holiday in St Ives in the summer, I don't want to look like a white blob standing out like a sore thumb amongst the sun-drenched locals

[hector]

Not good Hector

We've had a very mild winter here in the east, a few drops of snow, no ice, nowhere near the rain the west & south of England have endured.

We've had some beautiful days here during February & March, Jill has been gardening for her clients & our own garden is looking superb too. I've also taken my work outside several days, intending to be brown before our holiday in St Ives in the summer, I don't want to look like a white blob standing out like a sore thumb amongst the sun-drenched locals

Aye we have had it a bit moist down here..

Just finishing the first double breeding cage.... 2nd is half done, then I have another 2 doubles, 2 singles, and 2 cockatiel cages to do, all before the end of the month....... told Mrs H it ain't gonna happen, so just wait for the fallout

[SelmaBamaMan]

I'm going to shed my clothes and swim laps once the water temperature is up to 20.5 Celsius. Then I'm going to plug in the amp and practice on my guitar. Then I'm going to watch Saracens v. Harlequins. And anything else that comes to mind because me and the dog have the house to ourselves until the resident Ms. comes back from her sister's place.

[whiteswan]

Whether Leeds are playing or not I will be working on our garden as it is a lovely day here

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Reading Leon's later post regarding clients, is gardening what you do as a job Jill?
Your garden looks lovely by the way

[whiteswan]

Just back from a trip up to Northumberland, so catching up on washing and housey jobs. I have some new CDs and a new guitar, so music will feature at some point too.

Thought you hadn't been around for a while. Hope you had a good time.
Welcome back

[1964white]

Reading Leon's later post regarding clients, is gardening what you do as a job Jill?
Your garden looks lovely by the way

Yes Swannie only on a very small scale, she is a excellent gardener

[whiteswan]

Yes Swannie only on a very small scale, she is a excellent gardener

Can she bring her gardening tackle when you come down to Ipswich then

[1964white]

https://www.holyislandcrown.co.uk/

Stayed at the Crown and Anchor on Holy Island I used to live there, so happily spent the week on the island, but the whole area is lovely. Very underpopulated due to the border wars historically, and under appreciated, probably due to its location.

Do you have a favourite spot?

Very impressed Sara looking at their website
https://www.holyislandcrown.co.uk/

We stay in a apartment owned & next to the iconic pub The Old Ship in Seahouses which overlooks the North Sea from all five windows with views of the Farne Islands. Excellent food in the Old Ship plus they serve a hearty breakfast. A couple of decent Italian/Indian restaurants in Seahouses as well

We must visit the Holy Island next time. Our favourite spots are Craster, Bamburgh, Low Newton by the Sea, Beadnell Bay & a shopping day at Berwick-On-Tweed. The Jolly Fisherman in Craster is a favourite haunt for us as with a couple of other pub/restaurants in the local villages

The natives are very friendly too !

Also so easy to drive around Northumberland similar to where we live in in East Yorks.

A very peaceful holiday

[becchio bear]

Been flitting about today. Nipped to Asda, recycled glass bottles, done some cleaning, bit of gardening, currently making a Royal Chicken Korma for tea :-)

[1964white]

Been flitting about today. Nipped to Asda recycled glass bottles, done some cleaning, bit of gardening, currently making a Royal Chicken Korma for tea :-)

Weekly grocery shop early on Sunday mornings for us

Using two stores we have got it down to a tee as we complete our shop in 40 minutes

[gessa]

10 minutes Tesco
30 minutes Ann Summers

[1964white]

10 minutes Tesco
30 minutes Ann Summers

Funny enough mate I've only been in a Ann Summers store once in my life, I had to depart swiftly as I couldn't stop giggling like a little innocent schoolboy

[liggy]

Smashing a flat up on burden tce bedlington

[1964white]

Smashing a flat up on burden tce bedlington

Liggy returns with a bang hope the owners don't mind mate

[whiteswan]

Weekly grocery shop early on Sunday mornings for us

Using two stores we have got it down to a tee as we complete our shop in 40 minutes

What stores do you use 64?

[The Subhuman]

10 minutes Tesco
30 minutes Ann Summers

like

[The Subhuman]

Catching up with my scouting, watching tape and reading a lot of articles ....Tidying up a few forums and doing admin work on a couple of sites. Catching up on slack. Also drafting and have been for 4 weeks, a 32 team full sim. Leading a March Madness bracket after one week, did that as a joke and now winning. Week 2 should drop me well down.

Outside - new step built out of back door, unpicked and relaid brick pavers after subsidence made them really uneven (We get a lot of subsidence round here in drives and gardens being built on Frimley Marshes, water table is just 20- 24 inches down..)

Walking my sisters dogs while she's on a dance weekend...gotta pop out and do that in a minute and twice yesterday. Then a new support for one of our water barrels in the garden needs to be done ..Also just finished some greenhouse repairs.

[The Subhuman]

Shopping gets done Thursday evening ...we have 9 major and big supermarkets within 5 miles. Plus aldi Lidl and M&S food hall

[hector]

More work on budgie cages, 2 done now, and more to do..... Best get on with it before Mrs H gets a grip and bites the budgie smugglers apparently....

We do shopping on a monday morning, and aim to finish by 0930...

[1964white]

What stores do you use 64?

I was never a fan of Tesco but they have really got their act together of late

Superb fruit & veg section with brilliant offers on fresh produce as it should be, saved ourselves a fortune this year, we can buy twice as much F&V for the price we used to pay.
Also fantastic offers on their fish, meats, cheese, yogurts, tinned fruit, etc. I love their bread too!

We use B&M for purchasing cat food (Felix/Sheba), cereals, tinned soups, coffee, Yorkshire tea, toiletries, washing powder, kitchen/toilet rolls, all quality brand names much cheaper

So as oppose to shopping at five different retailers we have cut it down to those two nowadays although we do acquire out meat from a local butcher (client of mine)