Good morning Michael and all GN's from a still, sunny, North Yorkshire. Not too hot yet so while the temperature outside is cooler than inside have windows open, but every so often stick my hand out to check. The minute it gets near the inside temperature I shall be closing windows and curtains .
I am bruised and battered this morning , after a very mixed day yesterday . It started sunny and I was taking things steady , with no special plan for the day. Around lunch time the sky turned grey, and much cooler, and finally we had the most miniscule shower, grateful for any rain , but wished it could have continued or rained a lot harder. That decided me to make the most of the cooler weather.
My ironing basket was full to overflowing and I was reduced to little choice of trousers etc, because the weather had been too hot to contemplate doing any. So I rather reluctantly decided to make the effort and use the cooler weather to get cracking and listen to the radio. So I got organised , sorting washing out hot to cool, ironing board up , iron on and began. After only two things ironed, the wretched iron stopped working. I checked everything but no , it had given up the ghost. I felt very annoyed , after all my preparation and knew the forecast for monday too. Stomped off to have a coffee and then another fiddle around but no joy. About half past three had sudden inspiration and checked that the local Argos was open on a sunday, and it was open until 4pm. Threw the covers off the yellow peril and shot off to try them.
No one in the shop, and so was able to ask the lady there for help. I wanted a cordless one, like my last one, but the point was, not what I would choose , but did they have one in stock that I could buy right then . She checked it out for me and hurrah, there was one available. So bought it and came back, pleased with myself having sorted it out. Then it was a case of reading the instructions carefully as I didnt want to mess it up , and then on with the ironing.
I was plodding along, and pleased to see the pile decreasing, and I put things on a clothes horse as I go. Went to hang things up and put stuff in the airing cupboard. Came back to the board and caught my foot in something and pitched forward. Trying to stop myself falling I banged into a cupboard and then was off balance and fell down with a bang, and was flat on the floor. I was winded and bashed and bruised but no bones broken. but ribs hurt, and wrist and the shin on my left leg was painful . It took me a while to get myself upright and felt quite shaky.
I made myself a much needed coffee and had a sit down for a while, but then returned and got everything finished and put away. After that I creaked around a bit, and listened to music and read, which was quite enough for one day. One good thing about getting the iron like that, I wasnt spending ages trying to see what was the best price, best offer etc, and it worked ok.
Had a poor night , sleeping badly and waking up at times, and definitely a creaky morning ,and so early on GN's as I am getting myself moving before having my shower today. So it is definitely going to be a quiet day today, not planning anything , other than checking my prescription and seeing if they need ordering.
Glad you are having a quiet day GrandMattie and hope your ankle will be improving. Ashcombe , I agree, piano sounds much better with a smaller congregation, and it is good that you have the choice. Wishing you the traditional "break a leg" for a great opening night tonight and a full house. Thinking of RosesandLilac and hoping she has had a good night, and other GN's struggling with health problems are improving. Wishing everyone a good day, with plans working out and that you all find some shade
