Cleaning, kitchen jobs, washing and gym (another boring post haha)

 I like the new pillow, it's got a firm memory foam middle but a soft outer layer.....however, that and my current top pillow together are too high, I woke up in the early hours with a crick in my neck so discarded the new pillow and just slept on the current one.  I thought that just using one pillow would be too low but, surprisingly, slept well for the rest of the night.  So now I'll probably rotate my pillows, using just one and changing them around every week or so.

Hayley, my cleaner, comes today.  I usually do a few jobs in the kitchen whilst she's here, to keep out of her way, today I'll be making an apple pie, chopping some veg to go with the rest of husband's lamb stew from yesterday, and some coleslaw to have alongside a jacket spud with cheese for me tonight.  Hayley doesn't do the kitchen, at my request, I prefer to do it myself.  Husband, predictably, sits in his armchair watching TV, but does take the dog out when Hayley hoovers, Betty doesn't like the hoover, she follows it around barking at it.

Bit of a gloomy start again, grey sky and we've already had some rain.  It's been so hard getting washing dry these past few weeks, I think I've only managed to get it out on the line 2 or 3 times, and each time I had to get it back in quickly when it started raining.  I'm fed up with having washing on airers indoors, getting in the way and having to walk around them or keep moving them.  I've had the airer out in the car port a few times but when it's cold it doesn't even dry out there.  Roll on Spring!

My DAB radio in the kitchen is affected by the weather too, it's all crackly when the weather's bad.  And my bread dough takes so much longer to prove.  Right, enough moaning.  Husband's just gone to the gym, he didn't go at all last week, he seems to be losing interest, he comes out with a range of fairly feeble excuses not to go.  I've just reminded him that he's paying a direct debit for the gym use every month, so is effectively wasting money if he doesn't go.  I think it's good for him to go, he doesn't over-exert himself, just uses the treadmill and the bike, occasionally a few minutes on the rowing machine, he has been told by GP and cardiologist to keep as active as possible.  If he doesn't go he just sits around doing nothing, he's not active at home and doesn't do any exercises, although he says he does (I've not seen him doing any!).  And of course if/when he goes to the gym, it gives me an hour to myself so another reason why I'm quite keen for him to keep going.  If or when he feels he can't manage the exercise anymore, then of course it'll be best for him to stop.