March is here.

 

Hello everyone , how are you all?

The 1st of March can you believe it. Today was glorious, no wind , no rain and the sun was shining, absolutely beautiful. Having the sun out just makes you feel better and blows away the cobwebs of the last of Winter( i hope i haven't just jinxed us by saying that). 

We are currently re decorating our hall, stairs and landing and it's a big job. Rather than doing it all in one go we broke it down into 3 parts. The hallway was done first, new paint and gloss and also a new coat stand , a posh one with a seat for us oldies to sit down and put our boots on😀, moving on to the stairs which are a little trickier but all done and then the landing. It took  a while but it looks amazing and so clean and fresh , i think the last time we did it the girls were in single digits age wise. I have gone for a mid sheen paint that is easily wiped clean, i chose Linen Blend by Crown. It was on offer at £12 for 2.5 litres, it should have been £17 so i saved a tenner as i bought 2 tins. We are currently looking for a hallway table for the landing weird, i know a hallway table on the landing. I need something to store bits in so why not have something nice. I don't need new lampshades as mine are ok and i like them so they are staying. I won't be putting up as many pictures purely because my wall looked like it had been peppered with bullets when i took them all down, they took a while to fill as well before we could get on and paint. We are buying a new canvas for one wall. I can highly recommend NOT putting up Vinyl decals as they are an absolute 😡f************g !!!!!! nightmare to get off. Never again am i putting anything like that on my walls. So that is what has been going on in the house. I have baked and cleaned and cooked . 

I got some freebies for Lidl.

I love Sprouts ,  absolutely hated them a child but now i adore them so when we got our Freebie of the week it was these for me yum. I prepped these for the freezer and now have a lovely little bag of the green gems all waiting for us to devour.

My little pics arrived from Temu..i think they look nice. I do have a space there as you can see, i am waiting for one more.

In the Greenhouse hubby has planted up some Potatoes in tubs and our bedding has started to come through. Unfortunately some of the Onions didn't make it at all. He has given the grass it's first cut and also mixed and turned over our compost bins. We have lost a long time fish in the pond, one of the originals probably 20 years old poor thing , found him floating. The Rotavator is now fully working and we have bought a ridger to fix on it so planting Potatoes at the allotment should be easier . Hubby found a man that makes parts for our particular Rotavator and he runs a small company that specializes in making the parts. We are awaiting the ridger and looking forward to it arriving to try it out.

My book buying ban is still in tact , just. I was tempted but didn't give in as i have quite a lot of books i have not even looked at yet ( shameful i know).

So March came in like a Lamb all sunny and clam. Let's just hope it doesn't go out like a Lion.

Take care everyone , see you soon.

Love

FTM🌼