My day has soooo not gone to plan! I was originally going to take Susannah to the movies this afternoon but then her room was SUCH a mess so I told her to tidy it with Abigail and they took soooo long and then both the boys got invited out and so I decided they deserved to go out and Susannah didn't - so the boys have gone out for the afternoon instead! The girls tidied their room on Saturday supposedly - so how on earth could it look so disgusting by today? I told them that Charlie and Davidson are cleaner than them! I'm sure the workmen were outside listening and laughing!!!! Lol!
Susie, Abigail and Sam have been playing outside all afternoon. The girls went for a cycle ride. Sam has been playing with his bubbles. They've been in the sandbox and just busy playing games outside - Lloyd and I were saying what a great thing the sandbox was this Summer - it has had soooo much use from all the children - even Chris has spent time in that sand box with Sam - so glad we made it so big!
I took down all the hummingbird feeders and washed them out - the hummingbirds have all left now on their journey South for winter.
For the final wash before storing them away, I use a mixture of water, sand and a little bleach. The sand scratches the insides of the bottles and removes all traces of sugar and syrup and mold and stops any mold buildup over winter which can harm the birds next year and just a touch of bleach won't harm the birds next year - I make sure to give them a good clean and rinse before reusing them next year - in clear hot water and then making sure they're cold before using them anyway!
I have three loads of laundry to dry and my tumble dryer isn't working! Lloyd needs to move the spare one into the laundry room tonight. They are coming to fix mine but I need to get the clothes dry before then so I will use the spare one. Then when mine is fixed Habitat for Humanity are coming to get my spare one. The people building our kitchen also build houses for Habitat for Humanity, so we are donating our tumble dryer, oven, washing machine, and couches and also the fridge freezer when the kitchen is finished. So they are coming to take all of that next week. We have a big dumpster coming on Friday as want to get rid of all the things piling up by the workshop and we want to clear out the workshop and the basement and the basement and have so much to get rid of (again). Lloyd has a week off next week so we will spend the first few days doing that and getting the workshop ready for the new wood burning fire so the pigs new winter quarters are ready! We also need to chop wood ready for fires this winter as our stock of logs has diminished!
Work on the renovations continues! They have something out there that constantly beeps - to be honest I wnat to go out there with a hammer and smash it to pieces! Laurence frequently brings me cups of tea thankfully. He will make someone a wonderful husband!
Lloyd and I are going out tonight - I need sugar for my bees so its an excuse to escape for something to eat for a while :) Lloyd went to work late this morning and stayed and had coffee with me first - he bought some new ties last week and wore one of them today. He looked so good in it!!! He had to take the garbage to the end of the road before he left as we had forgotten last night - He looked so good - I told him we had the worlds best dressed garbage man ;) (Terry cover your eyes) I wanted to rip his clothes off there and then ;)
Lol ;)
Have a great week everyone ;)
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