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Evening cuppa went down well
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Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's been a clement, breezy and mostly sunny day here chez Casa Reynard.
Slept well enough, but woke up earlier than usual. Ah well, hey ho. Downstairs, fed the cat, made myself a
and took it upstairs to do some writing. Also spent a bit of time reading a few articles I'd bookmarked.
Did the chores at a better hour. Brought the empty bins in and parked them up in their little corner, and hung out the laundry I did yesterday. Had to peg it well, as I didn't want my smalls ending up in Coveney
The main task of the morning was to turn all those rain-damaged tomatoes into a batch of marinara sauce. They were washed, picked over, cut up and shoved into the crock pot with olive oil, garlic, and fresh herbs from the garden (bay, oregano & rosemary).
Had a lovely luncheon of toast with ham & cheese, the last of the strawberries and a small pot of tea.
Decided to tackle a small plumbing job. Namely a broken service valve in the utility room, that I managed to undo the threaded fastenings of a while back, but that was jammed in place. None of the plumbers I contacted ever bothered replying, so a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. In this case, take a hacksaw to the damn thing. I've sawn the knob off (now, now, don't laugh!), and that gave me access to saw through the casing just above the valve mechanism. I stopped there as my knees and ankles began to protest, given I'm wedged under a worksurface next to the fridge-freezer.
I will saw through the thing under the valve mechanism, take that out, and then the theory is, that I can then remove the stubborn bits. The plan is to replace it with the equivalent push fit valve.
Brought the laundry in - it wasn't completely dry, so it's hanging up in the bathroom. Made a lovely pot of Polish beetroot soup.
Am now sat here listening to Ipswich v Arsenal in the EFL cup, and contemplating what to have for supper.
Slept well enough, but woke up earlier than usual. Ah well, hey ho. Downstairs, fed the cat, made myself a
and took it upstairs to do some writing. Also spent a bit of time reading a few articles I'd bookmarked.Did the chores at a better hour. Brought the empty bins in and parked them up in their little corner, and hung out the laundry I did yesterday. Had to peg it well, as I didn't want my smalls ending up in Coveney
The main task of the morning was to turn all those rain-damaged tomatoes into a batch of marinara sauce. They were washed, picked over, cut up and shoved into the crock pot with olive oil, garlic, and fresh herbs from the garden (bay, oregano & rosemary).
Had a lovely luncheon of toast with ham & cheese, the last of the strawberries and a small pot of tea.
Decided to tackle a small plumbing job. Namely a broken service valve in the utility room, that I managed to undo the threaded fastenings of a while back, but that was jammed in place. None of the plumbers I contacted ever bothered replying, so a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. In this case, take a hacksaw to the damn thing. I've sawn the knob off (now, now, don't laugh!), and that gave me access to saw through the casing just above the valve mechanism. I stopped there as my knees and ankles began to protest, given I'm wedged under a worksurface next to the fridge-freezer.
I will saw through the thing under the valve mechanism, take that out, and then the theory is, that I can then remove the stubborn bits. The plan is to replace it with the equivalent push fit valve.
Brought the laundry in - it wasn't completely dry, so it's hanging up in the bathroom. Made a lovely pot of Polish beetroot soup.
Am now sat here listening to Ipswich v Arsenal in the EFL cup, and contemplating what to have for supper.
