ffox

 chris came down with fire in his belly to sort the house out. he really wants to get rid of the olive tree in the garden, i do not necessarily, but i can also see the bonus in doing so. the garden is about 120ft long, but only about 9ft wide, so the tree takes up a lot of space. the key thing is we really need to build a garage, mostly because on street parking sucks, we don't have much space for storage in the house, and the tiny shed we have is full of camping equipment, but because its so tiny, the camping equipment is also in the airing cupboard, under the stairs, under the attic eaves... you get the picture. 

chris left to take the boys home, i did the dishes, folded some laundry and then took moose down the beach to try out the long lead. he is not sure at all about not being able to roam free! we walked up and down a bit while he went loopy, i had to tie the long line around my waist to counter balance his strength! our neighbour irish john came over with his tiny dog lola, and laura got to hold lola and john made a huge fuss of moose. it was very sweet. 

came home after an hour and finished up the kitchen, then my tesco shop arrived. i have definitely been better about spending the grocery budget since doing the online shop with tesco, as much as i hate to admit it. my food bill has gone from about £120 a week to £80. we aren't really buying snacks and we aren't buying alcohol which is helping, but it's been a bit of a relief to see the spending slow down. unforunately laura forgot to tell me that she had food technology class tomorrow so we had to go to the corner shop to buy fruit for a fruit salad none of us will eat. how fun. 

i decided to spend a couple of hours doing a new cross stitch pattern, here is how far i have got. that was two hours of stitching. its a shame because this is an older kit from the subscription box, and you can really feel that they have downgraded their supplier since then. the aida is much stiffer and the hoop is holding its shape with this kit, which was not the case with the last one i did. another reason to cancel it i suppose. 


watched some youtube while i sewed. i don't seem to have the attention span for a series or a movie at the moment. i just want to dip in and out of things, or have something comforting on. i watched some morgan evelyn cook, a 90 day fiance roast video, and a caleb hammer episode. posted my reading wrap up on my book instagram, then went up to bed early to read, and as much as i hate to admit it, i think i am now invested in celaena sardothien's character arc... 

currently reading: assassin's blade 
weekly average screen time: 8h 26 min (most used is FB, YT & drop the bloody cat)

snow day!!
it actually snowed! we went out whilst it was coming down to walk moose along the beach and enjoy it. laura loved making snowballs. i've never walked on a beach in snow before and it was definitely an experience with the sand being frozen too. moose went wild with it, he was running around everywhere. i slipped over a fair few times trying to walk him back home, but it was a wonderful hour out of the house.





other than that i have been on the sofa most of the day, i have a really sore throat and am finding swallowing anything very difficult. i've managed two slices of toast today. and two cans of diet coke. dissolvable painkillers aren't doing anything and i am fed up. also annoyed because i was supposed to go to the dentist tomorrow for a checkup and now i don't know if they will see me or not. i played some assassin's creed 3, and read some alchemised and wasted some time on reels. laura and i played overcooked again. school is called off for her tomorrow because of the snow and ice. 

chris and i have finally watched episode 4 of house of guiness - jack gleeson is sort of taking me out of it a bit because i know its him, and also he somehow reminds me of the childcatcher, which is a shame because i think he's a great actor. 

first no spend day of the year completed too. 

currently reading: alchemised
currently feeling: very sorry for myself