Green woodpecker...fake festival...Yvonne

Hello!

So the last couple of weeks I've done nothing on the house.  Its been too hot and to be honest I don't know what to focus on.  It's the first time I've experienced not knowing what to do with myself.  Having this problem with my foot doesn't help! I miss running!!  I have just been chatting with Helen online - and saying I'm being lazy and getting myself into a rut - and Andy is working away a lot too so I don't have anybody to talk to.  I realise that I need to get myself focused and start doing something constructive - on the house, with my fitness, with my diet and cooking and making the effort.  I need a plan so I am going to work on that!

So - changing the subject - I got up the other morning - came downstairs about 8.30am - came into the kitchen - and looked down towards the cats and in my periphery vision - something from above came right at me - and I just swore quite loudly and ran out of the kitchen!! I popped my head back in - and there was a green woodpecker flying about!!  The cats must have brought it through the cat flap and let it go.  It looked uninjured.

I went and got Andy - and we got the cats out and opened the window - but it was just flying about - hitting itself on the walls and ceiling - and not seeming to see the open window!  Eventually it came to a stop on the top of the kitchen unit - and then disappeared down the back - where the fitted oven is!  Andy had to get on calls then - so there was nothing I could do!  I'd hear it every now and again trying to get out but it was stuck! At one point it start woodpecking on the back of the unit!!  Eventually - about 6pm - Andy could help - and we got the oven out - it was clinging to the back of it.





I tried to get hold of it - but it flew out - and started its erratic flight around the room again! 



Then - it went on top of the units again and disappeared down the back of the freezer! It was stressful! not fun!

We realised that it had gone all the way down the back and was in the bottom - behind the kick board



In the end - we left the room because we couldn't get it out - then after a while I popped my head in - it was on the floor and must have spotted the window and flew straight out! woo hoo - lots of high-fiving followed by a brandy! hahah

So....on Saturday we had Taunton Fake festival.  We went last year with Helen & Paul and Connor & Emily.  This year was just H&P.  We walked there - the weather was good - unlike last year where it was lovely and then torrential rain - then lovely - then rain again!  The best band was Pink - by far - and U2 were good too!  We had a good time!



We walked back - had some food and stuff and got to bed!  I woke up feeling quite blurg as we had had quite a bit to drink!!

This week Andy is away Mon-Thurday night - and I expected to be on my own all week but Yvonne called on Monday - and I said I was going swimming - she had the day off as she had been for an interview that morning to become a Magistrate! So - she came over and came swimming with me.  First time I've been swimming in ages - fancied it after going with my folks in Cirencester.  Afterwards we came back for coffee - and she ended up staying! We had food and played pool and talked LOADS! lol - we didn't go to bed until 3.30am!  She is looking great! She had a gastric bypass operation in March - she was 25 stone and is now 18 stone-something, and you can really see the difference!

So....that's it for now!

xx

Last Couple of Weeks....

Hi,

Soo....what has happened in the last 2 weeks? We are now Superhosts! We currently have 17 five* ratings!

However....the guests currently staying with us messaged me this morning to say the TV is not working - and Andy is away!! So - I went in (guests were out) and yep...TV looked knackered.  I googled it and yep...tv looked knackered! So I swapped the TV with the one we have in our kitchen - not easy getting a heavy expensive TV off the wall - above head height! But managed to get them both out and swap them! Then re-programmed all the channels - and voila! Andy calls me about 5 minutes after the TV went on the wall in the annex and tells me it would have simply been the power cable not in properly! GREAT!

Its weird today...I feel frustratingly bored.  I shouldn't complain - most ppl are working through the intense heat - and I'm at home with nothing to do!  I could go out into the sunshine and read a book.  I know I'll be bored again in 20 minutes.  I don't really want to start painting or anything cos its too hot.  I have a bit of a headache and I need to eat - but don't fancy anything.  I need to iron bedding for the annex (not needed for another few days).  I'll go and do the weedkiller.....there must be something more worthwhile that I can do!!  I'm too bored to be bothered to do anything now....

I went and spent a night in Cirencester last week - my folks were there in the caravan - was supposed to go up and stay over and come back about lunch time, before they went dancing - but whilst we were playing cards and drinking - for some reason I agreed to go swimming with them AND go dancing lol.  Glad I did in the end because it was all fun and nice to spend time with them!



Adam has now completed on the house they were buying and has moved in - and I might be going there next week to help put skirting boards on and stuff lol.

Lissa and Connor are both doing well....

Wow....what shall I do with my day? Think I need to get some chores done and then decide! Still living the dream though....

Smile!

Morning!

So - its err....Tuesday - Andy went off to London yesterday and he is not back until Thursday.  Yesterday I spent the day running around getting the annex ready for the guest who arrived at 3pm.  A really nice welsh guy who is working close-by.  Hoping he is going to book up some more dates - its nice having somebody here for work, as they are out all day and are low maintenance (hopefully).  Was hoping to be a superhost from 1st July - however, they now say it takes them 2 weeks to assess ppl...

We had a guest called Jilly last week - she was SO nice - really liked the annex, and when I'd finished showing her around - she hugged me!  I returned that hug and really appreciated it, because I was feeling a little down because the guests that had left that morning were a bit annoying! Well, he was fine but the wife was obviously a moaner - pointed out that there was a step down when you come out of the bedroom - and in the night you wouldn't see it - so I left her a light that comes on when it detects motion.  When they'd left she wrote a note on the board saying she had fallen down the step in the night.  Really? really though? I had also recommended the Skewer House for food and they hadn't liked it...I expected a bad review but lucky for me it was him that wrote it and it was really good lol.  So - yeah when Jilly turned up - she completely cheered me up and she was just a pleasure!

I'm listening to Lady Antebellum - a country and western band I believe - but I'm loving them and I've been after some new music for ages!

This weekend - we had loads of sunshine! first time really this year - we got out in the garden and had a proper fun garden day!



When its a nice day I always send out a message to the kids asking what they are doing and to send pics....

In the first one Lissa was stuck in traffic...on the way to Frensham Sands....

Then they couldnt get into the car park so they stopped at a pub....

Then they managed to get in!!

Then Connor sent this:

Her was waiting to leave apparently - probably waiting for Emily to do her make-up lol  They were going on a pub crawl for a mates birthday.....a while later we got this...

and then this:

[16:00, 29/6/2019] Emily: He’s on the water already

[16:00, 29/6/2019] Emily: 3 pints and he’s done 😂

At least he was being sensible.

Adam sent this:

He was in the garden at Erika's parents - they have sold the flat and waiting for the house they are buying - Erika was at work.....

I think I would be so depressed working in an airport when the weather is amazing and everybody else is going on holiday!!

Later we got this:

She seems to have a penis!

SO - seems like everybody was having fun!!

Then yesterday - the swing I ordered turned up...tried to get a pic - and I had to say SMILE to get my camera to take a pic - in the pics I look like a grinning idiot because I was saying SMILE! HAHAHAH

I love this swing! Not as much fun when you are on your own though....I could however imagine curling up in it with a book.  Maybe later.....

So anyway - think I'm caught up!

Laters....