I've fallen a little behind with these weekend posts. I think I'll make them monthly from May onwards, they might be longer but at least I can keep on top of them (probably).

I hope you don't mind another list. I seem to post a lot of lists - what I do, what I want to do, what I buy, what I wear...  but my bio does say I'm a writer of lists so it's not like you weren't warned ;-)

Anyway, weekend no.13 was Easter weekend, and therefore a four day weekend. It seems like such a long time ago now. Sadly though Andy and I both felt dreadful. For two people that don't get ill very often this year is kicking our asses!

On Good Friday we planted our remembrance tree. It was covered in the tiniest beginnings of buds and now it's covered in leaves and blossom about to bloom. It's beautiful, and it makes me smile.

On the Saturday Andy and I both felt worse than we did the day before, but we had errands. Errands of the cow muck variety - fun huh? We filled the back of Andy's truck with muck and delivered it to my brother for his veggie plot. I've never seen anyone so pleased to receive a huge pile of poo. After that we went to my Mum's house to fill the truck with soil she needed to remove from her garden. This is the curse of having a truck. We don't mind helping out of course, but I can think of nicer ways to spend a Saturday when you're feeling poorly.

On the Sunday we had a much easier day. I sat knitting whilst Andy caught up with some laptop based work. So it turned into a bit of a sofa day and neither of us minded one little bit. Oh, and we also ate some chocolate, we weren't so unwell that we didn't indulge in some Easter treats! I gave Andy some Ferrero Rocher eggs, which lasted approximately 3 minutes. Try them if you ever get the opportunity.


Andy was back at work on the Bank Holiday Monday and I, feeling a little better, pottered in the greenhouse. I planted my Dahlia tubers, two sorts - Pom Pom and Cactus - and am ridiculously excited to see them grow and bloom. Then some spinach, rainbow carrot, and radish seeds were sown. The spinach and radishes are already off to a flying start. I'm often amazed at how quickly things germinate and grow.


I hadn't made many plans for Weekend no.14 as sinusitis had taken hold after the illness of the week before. I knew I'd need some downtime, to take it easy. So I settled on taking photos for my Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt post. I'd selected the books ages ago but knew I needed a good chunk of time to get them taken, it was lovely to immerse myself in the task, it was thoroughly enjoyable.

The next day I drove to Aldeburgh to have lunch in Prezzos for an Aunt's birthday. Lots of family, chaos, good food and arguing over the bill preceded a slow walk (small children in attendance) on the beach.

We'd planned to walk to the Maggi Hambling shell sculpture on the beach but this was a silly idea with a two year old who wanted to stop and examine every pebble. I had a conversation with a 5 year old that went a little like this:
5yo: Where is the shell? I can't see the shell
Me: We're not close enough to see it yet, it's over there (pointing in general direction)
5yo: I can't see it
Me: That's because we're not close enough yet, and it's a little misty
5yo: Where is the shell?
Me: Over there (not bothering to point again), we're not close enough to see it yet
5yo: I can't see the shell
Me: We're not... (pause) Wanna throw stones in the water?
5yo: Yeaaaaaah!


Weekend no.15 saw my local branch of Sue Ryder re-open. It had been closed for a 'major refurbishment' but it didn't look all that different to my eyes, not that it matters. I found a lovely pair of pink suede brogues, a(nother) grey sweater, and the next three books in a series I'm reading (bye bye book ban!).


On the Sunday I had to work to get a design ready in time for Monday morning. It doesn't happen often but sometimes deadlines are tight.


Weekend no.16 was when I met with Sophie in Bury St Edmunds for our bi-annual charity shop rummage. We had tea, we rummaged, we made purchases, we had lunch in the lovely Edmundo Lounge, we shopped a little more, and then headed home - all in glorious sunshine! It was a lovely day.

Sunday was indeed a sun-day, the weather was flippin' gorgeous. I spent some time in the greenhouse pottering, planting two trays of lettuce leaves, some more spinach, and some baby leeks. I had a general tidy up and once that was all done I sat reading in the sunshine. I even got to spend some time with Andy, I asked if he was able to take me to our local garden centre to pick up some more compost, he didn't really have the time but obliged anyway. Sunday's don't come much better than this.

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It was my wish at the beginning of the year to avoid that Sunday night feeling of a weekend wasted. My goal was to have a plan in place for the coming weekend by each Friday evening. And despite illness trying to thwart my plans, it's working well. I don't work full time, and unless I absolutely have to, I keep my weekends work free, it gives some structure to my otherwise very unstructured week.

What have been up to recently?