Yes it was a lovely weekend

 Thank you all for the birthday wishes.  We did have a really nice weekend with husband's daughter and son in law, they're a lovely couple.  We did lunch for them on Saturday - no cooking, just sandwiches and buffet things, then husband and SiL went out to get fish and chips for our tea.  Sunday morning they came round about 09.15 for breakfast, I kept it simple....just mini sausages, bacon, hash browns, beans and crumpets, everyone helped themselves and daughter washed up afterwards.  The roast carvery we went out for was delicious as always, they do a very good selection of help yourself veggies there so I was more than happy.  They're extremely generous with their meat portions.....although it's now only 2 meats, beef and turkey, they used to do gammon as well, I guess everywhere is feeling the pinch.  In fact, the meat portions served were so generous that none of them could finish theirs, so husband asked for and received a takeaway carton, he brought several thick slices of beef and turkey home.  It's now in the freezer and husband says he's having it for his Christmas Day lunch - brilliant, means I don't have to buy or cook it.  They set off on their journey home after the lunch, we returned home and watched Strictly on catch up.  Husband's SiL is very empathetic and understanding, his mother has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home near where they live.  When they were leaving, he gave me a big hug and whispered in my ear that even though they live 3 hours drive away, if I ever need help or have a crisis I just have to ring them and they'll come straight down.  How lovely of him, I really appreciated that.

Although I haven't done anything over the weekend, today I'm feeling worn out - I think it's just kind of being 'on the go' all the time with visitors, even if we're just sitting talking.  I don't really do much talking when it's just husband and me here, he does most of the chatting!  So having done the odd few necessary jobs this morning, I'm having a quiet afternoon in my room.  Dinner tonight is veggies cooked in a tomato sauce with a sachet of brown and red rice, quinoa and seeds, and some sausages for husband left over from yesterday's breakfast.

It's turned so cold now, especially with fog hanging around in places, makes it feel even colder and damper, although it's not raining.  I did washing this morning but didn't even bother putting it outside, I knew it wouldn't dry with the cold damp weather.  So it's on the heated airer in the hall.....which does keep the area around the airer nice and warm too.  I'm very thankful to have a nice warm house, and electricity bills that aren't too bad at all because of the solar panels on the roof.

There's nothing much on the calendar for this week, although next week is pretty busy.  I think we might have a trip to Taunton or Bridgwater this week, whilst husband can still drive.....we get the results of his dementia tests next week.....if it's bad news then he might not be driving anymore after that.  So it makes sense for us to go and get any major stock up shopping or visit clothes or shoe shops this week.  Other than that, I'm trying to put next week's verdict out of my mind.