Tentative plans

 All quiet here the last couple of days - well, reasonably.  That's not to say husband hasn't been as talkative, clumsy and noisy as ever - he has, but I think I'm getting better at ignoring it all and walking away.  I've laid down a couple of ground rules too - e.g. I go to bed earlier than him, simply because by evening I need some quiet downtime, so I relax in bed reading, until I doze off and drop the book, waking me up enough to switch the lamp off and settle down.  Husband has been in the habit of coming into my room after I've gone to bed, chattering away - I've now said that unless it's something urgent he really needs to tell me, I'm not to be disturbed.  He's agreed, but I'm sure I'll have to remind him sometimes, as he's bound to forget.  I've also said there's no need for him to get up the same time as me in the mornings - I'm usually up by 6.30, simply because that's the time I've nearly always got up, my entire adult life - I don't set the alarm, I just naturally wake up then.  I like a bit of peace and quiet in the mornings, to have a slow start, drink my coffee, check the weather and news apps on my phone and think about what I've got to do that day.  When husband gets up, the TV goes on straight away and he's in full on talking mode immediately.  So I've suggested he has a lie in a few times a week, he says that's fine - he agrees he doesn't need an early start except on his gym days, 3x a week.

We did think about having a holiday a while back, but it got put on hold for one reason or another.  Well, now I've decided I would really like one, so would husband.  I've found a couple of places in Devon only just over an hour's drive away, so not too taxing for husband.  They both have late availability, but I'm not going to book either one just yet - it really depends on whether the car passes the MOT early next week.  If it does, all well and good, I'll go ahead and book.....if not and work is needed on the car, then that takes priority.  So fingers crossed!

With the hope that everything goes to plan and we can get away for a few days, I'm going to do some batch cooking this week, to freeze a few meals to take with us.  I also have more garden produce to prep and freeze too, butternut squashes and apples mostly.  I know the squashes store quite well, but we have had the odd one or two go off in previous years, so I'll part roast and freeze some of them.  The apples off the tree in the front garden, having tasted them over the weekend, I can definitely now say are cookers, they're a bit on the sour side - nice though cooked with brown sugar and cinnamon or ginger.