Half a bottle of prosecco last night resulted in a smidgen of a headache this morning - why do I not learn?! Didn't actually make it through to midnight but that's nothing new.
A day of pottering around, seemingly not doing much but when I sat down to give the day some thought I realised that it's been very productive. Turkey bones (put in the freezer after Christmas) have been boiled up and the meat picked off, so that's 3 tubs of stock and enough meat for a pie for the two of us. Home-made quiche for dinner using whatever was in the fridge. Load of washing done, using home-made laundry liquid, and on the line - it was very windy even though there was some dampness in the air, so it did come in drier than it went out. Meters all read (having a water meter in the pavement tends to attract curtain-twitchers!) and figures noted. I'm using home-made dishcloths now and we have both noticed how much more effective they are at cleaning than bought cloths.
Knowing how N likes to solve problems, I asked him if he could come up with a solution to a problem I've encountered in the sewing room. I have some lovely long, fine pins which I use for quilting but over the past few weeks many of them have lost their heads, so to speak; the little flower bits on the ends have come off. I presented all these disembodied pins to N this morning, and explained my problem. Superglue-ing the flowers back on wasn't the answer - we've tried that before - but after a couple of other ideas were batted around, the solution presented itself in the shape of some beads I had saved from a previous project. Half an hour waiting for the glue to dry and the pins are good as new. I am so pleased, and how resourceful are we?!!
Today has been a spend-free, petrol-free day. I went for a walk this afternoon to blow the remains of my headache away (again, learn this lesson!) and clocked up 5300 steps without any effort. It was grey and windy but I spotted a pair of pied wagtails, admired a specimen viburnum in flower and got a few ideas for the garden.
It was a good start to the year.
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