Catch Up

Once again awake far too early and that in spite of a really busy day yesterday going to Barnstaple for counselling, doing a bit of shopping and coming back on the bus [alone] The counselling was very interesting and went well BUT we were down to three people, two did not appear. One was one of the ones who was right in the middle of it and the other was my smoking buddy L. Personally I think that three is too small a group, but I shall persevere. We have one more session next Friday and then a two week break. Perhaps they'll come back.

I'm so frustrated not being able to post pictures but Jackofall has come galloping over the horizon to the rescue with an offer to talk me through it. I'll get there in the end.

The dreaded words Foot and Mouth once again raise their ugly heads. My heart goes out to you all with livestock and I pray along with you that it will be contained. During the last episode I remember going on the coach with Mother down to the Eden Project and going through the little town of Holsworthy, the epicentre of the breakout. On a farm on the outskirts of the town their was what looked like a military operation with police and barriers. I also know that many of the local hauliers grew very rich on the work they procured transporting the results of the culls. Let's have a purple finger crossing session that all will be well.

Thanks to all of you for your encouraging words for the shop, it's given me a hell of a boost. Apparently Laura Ashley started by printing t towels on the kitchen table so there's hope for me yet.

The new shed has duly arrived and the garden looks like a bomb site. At one end we have the new shed - un erected and carefully wrapped in tarps awaiting erection and staining. In the middle we have the aforementioned pile of contents, and at the far end the now dismantled old shed waiting to go to the dump. We were going to try and sell it on but it is rotting from the bottom up. I won the battle of the colour and we have bought Cuprinol Seagrass to stain it. I still think the lavender shade was nice but OH would not be persuaded.

Well a busy day ahead. I've some bags to finish for the shop, some dreaded housework and a pile of ironing. Ho hum.