24th October - 31st October

 1. Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid. The new series of Strictly, thank god for sequins and sparkles. Only Connect and University Challenge. Japanese and then Ice Cream week in Bake Off . Task Master, a bit of a hit and miss one this series. A new series of Mock the Week, hurrah. 

2. Mr Peacock's Possessions. Brocante Winter writings.

3. Pink jumperand navy/pink skirt, really happy with this combo.

    New fawn check skirt, great autumn item

    Culottes - teal and beige

    4. KFC after shopping trip. Rosewater in water, disappointing. Cinnamon syrup in coffee. 

5. Adamant about difference between lazing and lazy. A bit achy after jab and that can't be bothered after feeling a bit unwell.

6. 2021 list. A plan for the the decoration of the front room. What to buy Trudi for her 50th. A manageable autumn/winter wardrobe.

7. Christmas shopping day. Vanna's jeans fitting. A kind and geerous cashier who gave away lots of lego cards. A dry walk home. Flu jab for free and no nasty reaction.

8. Looked up pension. Christmas list updated. Photos ordered. Booked opticians appt. Sent postcard to Diane. Recycling and charity shop drop off. Vanna's room. Photos done.

9. An extra hour. Caroline liking her presents. A new t-shirt. Cherry glass jug.

10. Tony listening to things I was saying when he asked me about budgeting/planning.

      Getting a Cluedo 5 pointer in Only Connect.

      Phone call about mum.

11. 24th -Food, Pasta, Shoemaker

      25th - Swim, Opera

      26th - Pumpkin - wearing a brooch

      27th - Black cat - wearing a brooch

      28th - Chocolate, I love you - wore heart patterned top

      29th - Cat, Oatmeal

      30th - Buy a doughnut - bought one for Vanna

      31st - Halloween - Boo earrings

    

12th and 13th October

1. Who Do You Think You Are, new series.

3. Green skrt and deciding it's a work one.

5. Disheartened at lies of government over preserving food standards and animal welfare

6. Printing out family tree news articles, Trudi's birthday present.

7. Two perfect bargain new to me skirts. 

11. Canadian Thanksgiving. M&M.

10th and 11th October

 1. Russian Doll, after hearing it recommended on the Podcast.

3. Blue birthday dress with brown cardi and boots.  Pheasant top and brown skirt - not to wear together again.

4. Pizza hut takeaway. Raspberry and Lavender wine.

5. Productive and purposeful

6. The dining room picture wall taking shape. Sorting Vanna's room little by little.

7. Vanna feeling better, Finding Jo's birthday gifts online. Autmn walks in the sunshine.

8. Conkers drilled, Vanna's pictures up, Trellis in the garden, Parcels collected

9. A new stripy scarf and a 5p Pyrex jug 

11. Porridge, Album, Handbag. Dulce De Leche

6th October

1. Great Britisg Bake Off, bread week. Some great looking soda breads.

3. Matching top and coat!

11. Noodle, Badger

 

5th October

 1. Monday evening quiz night, Mastermind, Only Connect and University Challenge. Then an episode of Ghosts.

3. Mustard top with purple cord pinafore.

4. Aldi vegetarian sausage rolls, would definitely have again.

5. Accomplished

6. Picture wall again

7. Getting washing on the line

8. Painted the last dining room wall.

9. A chocolate filled croissant.

10. two things I haven't recorded are Graham not realising I was in the middle room bed and Vanna thinking I had said orgy instead of Aldi.

11. Architecture, Storytelling

3rd and 4th October

 1.Enola Holmes movie, good romp.

3. PJs on Sunday

4. Smoothie with carrot and parsnip, not a success.

5. Too much

6. Picure wall, curatin solution

7. Size 14 trousers which fit. 

8. Plastic recycled, charity shp donation dropped off, textile recycling done, sanding down the window frame paintwork

9. Pancakes for breakfast

10.  Tony telling me the truth

11. Bee, Card Making,Play Outside. Animal, Cinnamon bun, Taco

12. Chicken tacos

30th September

 4. Pumpkin seed and cheese crispbreads.

5.  Need a plan after a talk with Vanna about the stress and anxiety she feels

7. A bargain piece of beef to be sytored away for a Sunday roast

11. Chewing gum. Mud pack.

18 - 22 September

 1. Only Connect, new series. The Gentlemen in which Hugh Grant was hilarious, Great British Bake Off, new series.

2. To Die But Once

3. A yellow cardi to pick out the yellow in my shirt and not sticking to a safe blue. The new green skrt, great length.

4. Yorkshires pud and honey roast parsnips. Pumpkin spice latte and pumpkin pie. Bacon and egg baps. Cheesy jalapeno bread.

5. Predictable mind games apathy. Work, the need to cultivate a quiet mind and deameanour

7. Latebirthday gifts. A new happy group

8. Cleaning the thivk dust from the lightshade asfter so long

10. Watching people floating to the ground when parachuting.

11. Cheeseburger, Rice Krispies treat.  Clean up, Gymnastics. Fried rice, String cheese, Pepperoni pizza, Peace, Gratitude. White chocolate, Ice cream cone, Car free, Elephant, Legwear.

29th September

1. Bake off- biscuit week.

3. Long black and white cardi

4. Pot noodle with extra mushrooms from a recipe clipping.

7. The free parking voucher being valid again

10. Graham's wall shed

11. Heart. Mocha.

12. Heart jumper. Homemade mocha.

28th September

 1. Channel 4 news report of Republican voting scam

7. Having a train station so close by.

9. A bargain winter top.

10. Lunch by the river.

11. Rabbit.

12. A rabbit patterned scarf.

26th September

 1. Declutter Hub podcast, very disappointing not a single thing I haven't heard before.

2. Mr Peacock's Possessions.

3. Long length blue stripy top, bought on Christmas shopping trip last year. First wear.

4. A pastel de nata. Sweet chilli chicken.

6. Less places for my daily paperwork to be.

7. Quiet time on myown

8. Update on current pension situation begun. Three account checked.

9. A coffee facial serum, smells divine

10. Seeing cattle on our walk.

11. Scarf.

12. Having over 50 of them!

17th September

 1. Frankie Boyle. This programme should be an hour long.

4. Salt and Pepper battered cod bites. Disappointing

6. Looked into the shared Insta account. Will have to be What's App

7. A cold drink in the fridge for when I got home from work

11. Fox

12. Wore my fox brooch

16th September

 3. Green linen type skirt. And decided it could go. Yay.

5. Like I had had 10 minutes sleep. Woke up with a headache.

7. An advent present bargain

8. Paint from the garden peg table to the bin

9. Sandals for next summer

10. Vanna saying how nice it is that we can go shopping together

11. Playdoh. Guacamole

15th September

 10. Paul and Sally getting married

11. Dot. Cheeseburger

14th September

 1. Parliament channel to watch the vote results

2. Maisie Dobbs, To Die But Once

3. Plum dress, an unexpected extra wear

5. Relieved when at the vets. Furious at the government

6. Looking to make my rota for the year

7. Melvin being perkier

8. The dining room mantel. Starting the whole pension thing

10. MPs voting to break the law

11. Coloring

13th September

 1. 2nd ODI which England won

2. Finished the Lady of the Rivers

4. Chinese takeaway

5. Happy that Tony joined us on our walk. Heavy legs

6. Furture atumn day activities

7. Warm sunshine inSeptember

11. Chocolate

12th September

 1. All Creatures Great and Small

3. Long black summer dress with black t-shirt and scarf ring

4. Halloumi 'burger'

7. A haircut

11. Lacemaking. First Aid

11th September

 1. The News Quiz. Frankie Boyle programme on BBC 2. Repeats and things I have no itnerest due to lazy Friday viewing

4. Double Decker icea cream

5. Worried about Melvin. Cross with colleagues for not helping

7. Finding conkers

11. Hot Cross Bun

12. Toasted hot cross buns at work to share

10th September

 2. Writings about Autumn on Brocante Home

5. Contentment at my new list working for me

6. Having the time for finding the right words to go in a card

7. Late afternoon sunshine

10. Seeing a line of swans and cygents

11. Make-Up

12. Wearing my lipstick top

9th September

 1. On-line Brocante Home chat.

2/ The Lady of the Rivers

3.Green dress from Bognor

5. So pleased to have made the time to do a shop before work rather than after, such a difference to the day

7. Free stamps

9. A maple and pecan pastry

11. Quiet Day

12. Book, tea, cake, candle on the bed

8th September

 1. Last 20/20 which England lost against Australia.

4. Vegetarian hot dogs and chips from the chip shop as a back to school treat.

5. Tired. Fed up with achy arm/shoulder

7. Getting a text to say some of Vanna's day was boring.

10. It was the last first day of school. Thinking Graham said 'you smell like a fucking hamster but I love you.,

11. Star Trek Day

7th September

 1. More episodes of the Happier Podcast. Diagnosis Detectives. University Challenge.

2. Tony's CV and job application.

3. Navy embrodiery anglaise skirt and plain navy t-shirt

4. Rose bubbly soft drink.

5. Very tense.

6. New daily routine.

7. 2 quiet hours in the sun and a line full of dry washing.

11. Buy a book.

13th June

1. The Week in Westminster, The Pimlico Poisoner, Bill Nighy in Charles Paris mystery and Rutherford and Fry episode on what noises dinosaurs would have made.
2. The Simple Things from December 2015, finally. Now in the bag for the charity shop.
5. Like I need to learn more about this whole debate around statues. Disgust at the white men who have no respect for anything or anyone. Annoyed at Vanna so matter of fact about the loss of her ear pods. Frustrated at Tony just leaving his plate on the table, again!
8. Finally put the excess cutlery away and just left out the gingham.
11. Gin, Doll, Cupcake, Rose wine, Get Outdoors, Pigeon, Weed You Garden.
12. Read article on brief history of gin.

12th June

1. Sewing Bee on catch up. Only two episodes left now. Question of Sport. Gogglebox.
3. Blackberry tights with my crinkle dress, made a nice change to black.
4. Caramel doughnut pops
5. Relieved my tummy pain was easing. Tired and so pleased to leave work.
10. Never want to be so close to a fatal accident ever again.
11. Love. Red Rose. Superman.

11th June

1. You Are What You Wear, a cheap rate Trinny and Susannah type of show, disappointing. QI, always good fun. An old episode of Benedict Cumberpatch as Rumpole and More or Less with their brilliant reporting on the government's misinformation on testing.
5. Feeling completely crap with a bout of IBS. Completely missed the signs of the start of it on Tuesday with the wind and feeling nauseous after a cup of tea. Came home from work and went to bed and slept for 3 hours.
7. Grateful for hot water bottles.
11. Meat Free. Corn on the Cob.

5th June

11. World Environment, Recycling, Donut, Fish and Chip, Ketchup, Gingerbread, Sausage Roll.
12. Ate a donut.

6th June

4. Applesauce, cinnamon and Biscoff french toast for breakfast.
6. Spent some time researching photos for our bedroom wall, getting close to the amount needed.
7. Dry long enough to be able to spend half an hour in the garden concentrating on the left hand side which is this weeks task.

4th June

5. Tired from yesterday.
11. Hug your Cat, Cheese.

7th June

1. New series of Cardinal, already very tense.
3. Green t-shirt, purple and green skirt, green pumps.
4. A vegan cinnamon roll.
5. Satisfaction at being able to go out for a successful litter pick.
8. Sorting boxes in our bedroom, more things for the charity shop, items stored in a better way, the top of our wardrobes tidied.
11. Choc ice cream, Frozen Yogurt

8th June

2. Long Road From Jarrow.
5. Uncomfortable with minimal social distancing going on in a very busy Lidl. Won't be doing that again in a hurry.
6. Planning the painting I will do at the weekend so I inch further along the long list of decorating jobs which have been waiting to be done for such a long time.
8. Washed the floors on my hands and knees and gave them a really thorough scrubbing. Hard work but satisfying all the same.
10. Graham tipping back in the gravity chair and getting stuck with his legs in the air.
11. Oceans Day.

9th June

1. House Through Time. Back in Time for the Weekend, the 1960s. Irritating children which is unusual as normally they are a bit more insightful.

5. Feeling like I need some comfort with a hot water bottle after my tummy started to hurt.

11. Rose wine.

10th June

6. Nostalgic for times when the children were younger after finding an old photo of an afternoon at Riverside park from Oct 2012.
6. Bedding needed for Vanna.
7. Sorted through old phones and laptop to remove photos and such like. Another one of those jobs which I have put off forever.
11. Iced Tea Day, Herbs and Spices Day.

3rd June

1. The second episode in A House Through Time. Sewing Bee in all the colours of the 1980's. Enjoyed hearing the word peplum so much.
3. My nightdress all day.
5. Feeling very sick with a splitting headache. So disappointed not to be able to see my sisters. Unsurprised when G mentioned he had a headache too.
7. Grateful to Vanna for the tea and strawberries.
11. Bicycle, Egg

2nd June

4. Fresh strawberries and raspberries.
7. Grateful when I realised how much of my work I had completely forgotten about whilst off, that I was able to turn off from it all so completely.
11. Rocky road.
12. A photo of our own handsome Rocky Road Star.

1st June

2. On a hot and sunny day I finished reading the Calm Christmas booklet. Re-started the Stuart Maconie book on the Jarrow March.
4. After enjoying the chicken kebab Graham had bought a while ago I deicded to give the veggie shawarma ago. Didn't like it, which was such a shame.
5. Frustration with Vanna and seemingly no recognition of being able to use some common sense towards her school work. I appreciate this may not be her fault as it were. These feelings do come from a place of concern. A little hassled over the iphone.
6. Completed my May write up which was satisfying. It was good to recognise all the things I had achieved. Now looking at the next round of jobs to complete.
7. The delivery of a non slip tray which neatly fits on the tyre table, just need to get it painted now.
8. Tidied the food cupboard which was didn't take as long as I thought it would which was a pleasant surprise.
10. A nice chat with Tony about his love life.
11. Nail polish, Milk, Dinosaurs, Wear a Dress, Pen Pal.
12. Wrote letters instead of sending e-mails.