Rain, jobs (his and mine), and what not to say

 We did have a fair bit of rain in the early hours of yesterday morning, and a bit more in the evening, which did soak the ground and the pots, desperately needed.  However, it's back to being sunny, dry and very humid again today.  We've not had any thunderstorms, even though the forecasters said there was a chance of some.  The lawn has greened up a bit, but still has big cracks in it from all the dry weather for the past few weeks.

There are no suitable properties on the housing list again this week, so it's back to waiting.  The housing association who own the one we bid on last week have indicated they are considering someone - not us, although the persons concerned might drop out or be discounted for some reason, so we still have a chance as we're No. 7 on the list.  The other 2 we bid on several weeks ago are still showing as 'Landlord to confirm' which means that the landlord hasn't yet made up their mind - both of those properties are owned by the same landlord (a different one to last week's) so it just goes to show that some landlords, for whatever reason, take much longer than others to do what needs doing before they allocate a property.  You'd think it would be in their best interests to get the necessary admin stuff done and choose a tenant to take up occupation ASAP, as obviously they're not earning any money whilst the properties are empty!  Oh well, we just have to be patient, as always.

I'm making some vegetable fritters today, to use up half a bag of diced mixed veg that's been hanging about in the freezer for months.  I'm also making a smoked salmon crustless quiche for dinner today, with leftovers for lunch tomorrow.  We're going to the caravan for the day tomorrow, so I'll just need to take some salad to go with the quiche for lunch there. 

Betty's much better today, I'm pleased to say.  She was still very restless during the night, as was I....I can't remember the last time I had a decent amount of sleep.

Meg, a new commenter (welcome and thank you) commented on a previous blog post that her husband has a mild cognitive impairment and she has to be careful what she tells him.  Cognitive impairment is one of the things that husband's psychologist has said could be wrong with him, if it isn't a form of dementia.  Meg, you're so right, I really have to think twice before I tell husband things, because I know he WILL repeat it to others, even if I ask him not to.  And another problem I have is that when he does say something and I bring it up, he will flatly deny saying it, even if I heard him.  I guess he just forgets.  He gets angry with me and says I accuse him of things that he hasn't said/done, when the reality is that he DID say or do it, but has clearly forgotten.  It does make life very difficult.  He's currently supposed to be finishing off cutting the front hedge, a job he started last week but didn't finish.....however, he's vanished, no doubt down the road chatting to one of the neighbours.  It's no wonder he rarely gets a job done.  Still, at least he's outside and not dozing in front of the TV.