HOPING FOR A QUIET DAY TODAY

 

Yesterday was a bloody noisy day here in the village.  The cobblestone paths are being ripped up and replaced with concrete.  It's to avoid trip hazards.

ABOVE: That's one of the paths that winds around the side and back of our home.  I suppose the concrete will go down next week.

ABOVE: The tractor and truck that was working outside our home yesterday... very noisy.

Then to add insult to injury, the maintenance man mowed the lawns.  I swear I couldn't hear myself think for most of the day.   At least I have mown lawns I suppose.

ABOVE: Dear Anonymous, thank you for the water drops suggestion.  As you can see, we already have water drops.  And over the past 45 years I have tried 'doctoring' water in every manner known to man, to no avail.  I still HATE water.  

Did you know that Diet Coke is 99% WATER?  Yep, who would know that eh?  😂😅😖😂

So is Tea/Coffee/Alcohol etc.  NOT that I drink any of that shit... OK OK... I do have a sparkling wine once in a blue moon, and a hot chocolate about once a week too.  Gotta mix it up sometimes.

Anyway, enough about that... it's all been said before a gazillion times.

I'm feeling so happy since yesterday.  Making the hard decision about my sewing machine, and replacing him has taken a load off my mind.

My biggest 'thing' now is to name the new machine.  Obviously he can't be 'Mc Dreamy', cos he's not a Brother Dreamweaver.  

He's a BQ3100.  What to call him?  Any ideas?  He looks just like Mc Dreamy... but isn't.

ABOVE:  Isn't he gorgeous?  

I'm hoping Mc Dreamy can be fixed for a fair price too, so he can become my back up/use in the village craft room machine etc.

Now... today?  Stew is off to the supermarket for the weekend shop, and I'll stay home and get the housework done.  Not much to do today, as I got all the washing done yesterday.

Our plans for the day once Stew gets home... is to go on a day trip to Thames again.  This time we will check out the main street shops, grab a kebab and go sit on the beach.  Just a chill out day.

ONWARD...

ABOVE: There's a street market on every Saturday in Thames.  I'd thought of trying it out as a stall holder.  But seeing what's there, I won't be.  90% junk.  And not many people.

ABOVE:  Amusing sign.

ABOVE: Thornton Bay, the tide was out, but it was still very pretty.

ABOVE:  lunch was very nice... fresh snapper and chips.

ABOVE: The beached swimming platform... at high tide it's a good swim to it.

ABOVE: Totem? poles in a garden across from the beach.  

We spent a nice lunch time at the beach, then came home.  

Chilling out now until a bit later, when we will visit the kids for a little while.

Mc Dreamy got his name from the sewing machines name, which was Dreamweaver, so I won't be calling the new one that, or anything like that.

Stew thought of something on our drive today, so we might go with that.

I will share his idea tomorrow, once we see all options and make a firm decision, it can't be rushed!

ABOVE: That's the family ordering dinner... chinese takeaways.

We left before it arrived, as we had our main meal for the day already.

It was nice to spend some time with them, Stew hadn't seen the kids in about two weeks!

I'm now sitting in front of the telly, doing a jig saw and enjoying the fan on me.  It's been a hot, sticky day today... Summer is BACK!

SORRY... I forgot:  Hot and Sticky, not as hot and sticky as other people, sorry other people!

Time to sign off for the day, catch ya tomorrow.