Mousetrap and other bits and bobs

It’s been a busy few days since my last post. I did have my lazy day though, on Saturday, as planned.

My Sundays are generally busier than Saturdays anyway. I sort the family’s washing and feed the washing machine constantly until it’s all washed and dried. I don’t have a tumble dryer, so in this weather it is a bit of a challenge! Hubby and I managed to fit a gym session in. I had also taken an enormous leg of lamb out of the freezer, so our daughter, plus Bumble, came over for a roast.

On Monday, my friend and I met up and went to Newton Abbot. We stopped on the way, at one of our favourite ‘breakfasting’ places before resuming our journey. Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon and we have been visiting for years now. But in recent times, it’s started to look a bit ‘down at heel’. If it wasn’t for the independent department store, Austins and a Hobbycraft shop, just outside of Newton Abbot,  I don’t think we’d bother. There has been talk of a regeneration of the town, but as always is the case at the moment, the council is cash-strapped.

Tuesday was a very nice day (not weatherwise obviously, haha!) I went to the hairdressers, popped into The Range to look at crafting bits, returned home and  tackled some of the ironing mountain. Then late afternoon, hubby and I drove through the wind, rain and sleet to Plymouth to see......

As soon as we returned from London and Witness for the Prosecution, hubby searched to see if there still any tickets for Mousetrap. We were lucky to get some cancellation ones in the stalls!  We stopped by Mum’s for a short visit and then made our way into town and had a lovely meal at Bella Italia, just around the corner from the Theatre Royal. The play was absolutely brilliant and I definitely recommend going to see it! A twist at the end too, as always with Agatha Christie.

Yesterday was a day of chores, along with a gym session, Bodybalance-flexibility. Hubby came along too, so we were both tying ourselves up in knots! I had planned on what we were having for dinner,but our daughter rang to say, did we want to meet her at the Cranberry Farm pub for dinner. She wanted to tell us all about her and Bumble’s day with the Blue Cross media team. They’re doing a feature on Bumble and her bucket list! We had a lovely meal, while she told us everything they had been up to, Bumble lay down on the floor....snoring!

Today, I got the housework chores out of the way and enjoyed a rather energetic Aquafit session. The music used for Aqua is always varied, Elvis, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, the Weather Girls, Queen, to name but a few. I treated myself to a cappucino (skinny and decaf) afterwards, while I wrote my shopping list.

Blue Cross baking today is a new recipe, Mocha Loaf cake. It was a recipe I tore out of a Waitrose weekend paper. So I shall have to wait for the critics tomorrow to see what they think of it (there will be cocoa sprinkled on one the icing is completely cool).....

We’ve had lovely weather today, but it’s not to last. But enjoy it while it’s here, eh? The Pulmonaria, or Soldiers and Sailors as I call them, are starting to make an appearance in the front garden. Soon it’ll be awash with pink and purple!...

Well I’d better be off now to prep dinner. We’re having Chicken and Leeks in Blue Cheese sauce from Pinch of Nom, which we were going to have yesterday. Another new recipe, so we’ll see how it goes! I’ll let you know next time, so thanks for popping in, cheerio for now, Ann x