What I did yesterday

Today I have a long hair appointment which will take the afternoon.  It is colour day.   I look forward to seeing Hannah and catching up on news.   

Yesterday after sorting out some business on the phone to my satisfaction  I went to Diss and did a little bit of shopping in Morrisons as once again I needed soya milk.  As I eat porridge every morning  I get through a lot of soya milk.    There was a method here in that I wanted to buy my newspapers and then go down to Bressingham to buy a jigsaw puzzle, my treat to myself having exhausted the charity shops around here, and have a cup of tea and sit and read the papers.   I had a quick walk through the garden centre shop straight to the end where the jigsaws are, selected two because if I come for one I might has well have two because I will be craving for a second when the first is finished, and then had my tea and scone sitting outside in the covered bit which has nice comfy seats and fresh air.  The temperature was only 3 degrees but two years of Covid with my brother and his wife got me used to sitting outside in all weathers - you may remember that SIL refused to have anybody in the house for two years so it was that or nothing.  I now like sitting outside.  The woman serving said she was a bit surprised about me opting for an outdoor table but she said no problem to bring the tray out when the time came.   A poor girl came out shivering with my tray 15 minutes later in a short sleeved blouse.  She didn't seem inclined to hang about, can't say I blame her.   The service was the usual, no organisation and slow but I was not in a hurry.  I mean, why does a scone and tea take 15 minutes to assemble?  The garden centre was not busy and nor was the café.

So I sat and read the newspapers, ate my scone and jam and drank my tea and it was all very pleasant. I brought the remainder of the jam home with me as I didn't use it all for the scone.   I got home at just after midday and immediately set into tidying the garage to make a space for the ride-on when it comes.  My garage is not one of those filled with rubbish but it did need some things taken off the floor and stacked neatly, and sweeping so that took an hour.  A nice space was made next to the logs for the machine and out of the way of my car.

Indoors I decided to tidy the office area where I do the jigsaws because the table had got a bit untidy since the valuer visited when I moved a few things in there out of the breakfast room.  I tidied and decided which of the two jigsaws I was going to do first and then spotted my blood pressure tester so stopped to take my blood pressure.   I was not sure where it would be after the garage tidying.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was a comfortable 127 over 75 and the exercise regime of four months is paying off.  My exercise programme is to help lower my blood pressure naturally without pills.   I used to struggle to get below 140 but those days are gone and the doctors were satisfied with the results when I was there in October and did a two week chart for them. It is even more improved now. 

I then sorted the edge bits of the puzzle selected, put them together and it was getting dark so I shut the curtains, lit the fire, put the electric blanket on low ready for bedtime and settled down for the evening.  I am watching The Killing Kind on Netflix, a 6 part drama about a barrister and a stalker.  I wasn't sure about watching but soon got into it and watched 4 episodes with two more to go tonight.  

Well that was yesterday, a happy busy day.