Out With The Old.

My Picture Of The Day. My Personal Calendar. 09:30 - 09:45  Get up and dressed

09:45 - 09:50   Fed the dogs

09:50 - 11:10  Had breakfast

Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea. Also posted to my blog.

11:10 - 12:10  Took the dogs out

Went to the end of the narrow walk and back.

12:10 - 12:15  See to the fire

Raked over the coals. Put on more coal. Filled the coal buckets.

12:15 - 12:35  See to the sheep

Took across some hay. Checked and counted the sheep.

12:35 - 12:50  Did the washing up

There was the breakfast stuff to wash and dry.

12:50 - 13:00  Brought the dog cage out

The dog cage has been in the pantry over Christmas where it was to confined for man or beast so I've brought it back out into the kitchen where upon Scampi immediately claimed it as her home. As it was. Hey! You're not moving our bed. I like my new home.

13:00 - 14:00  Break for lunch

Had a mug of tea and a ham sandwich and piece of Christmas cake.

14:00 - 15:20  Removing some hard drives

We have a collection of old computers that need dumping so I got them out of the store cupboard and removed the hard drives so they can be got rid of. Locating and removing the hard drive. Old hard drives removed. The one on the left is from our very first computer, notice the size of it compared to the others and it only had a fraction of the storage capacity at 2.5GB Also for the price we paid for that first computer today I could buy 3 laptops the same as this new one I got the other week.

15:20 - 16:20  Walking Tess

Went round the big block

16:20 - 17:20   Took afternoon tea

Also did some stuff on the PC

17:20 - 18:20   Talking to Vicki

Hung about until dinner was ready.

18:00 - 18:45   Have dinner

Had baked potatoes, grated cheese and baked beans followed by trifle. Also watched an episode of Castle

18:45 - 21:00  Watching TV

Watched Chase, Terra Nova, the final episode of Ice Road Truckers.

21:00 - 21:10  Fed the dogs

21:10 - 23:55   Watched TV

Watched the Swamp Loggers, Spy Wars and Crimes That Shook Britain.

23:55 - 00:05  Went to bed

Another Day Off.

My Picture Of The Day.

The kitchen window arrangement.

Gardeners Diary.
Wed 28 Dec 2011
All day Annual Leave


09:30 - 09:45 
Get up and dressed


09:45 - 10:30 
Had breakfast
Description: Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


10:30 - 10:40 
Prepared the dogs dinner


10:40 - 11:40 
Walking the dogs
Description: Took Tommy and Tess to the end of the narrow walk and back.


11:40 - 13:00 
Doing some house work
Description: Did the washing up. Took out the rubbish. Vacuumed round.


13:00 - 14:00 
Had a spot of lunch
Description: Had a mug of tea and a piece of Christmas cake.

14:00 - 15:00 
On the PC
Description: Posted to my diary blog and did some surfing.


15:00 - 16:00 
Dog walking
Description: Took Tommy and Tess around the big block.


16:00 - 16:10 
Made afternoon tea
Description: Had a mug of tea and a few biscuits.


16:10 - 18:15 
On the PC


18:15 - 19:00 
Chatting to Vicki
Description: Catching up with the latest news.


19:00 - 20:00 Had dinner
Description:
Had beef with various veg. Watched the movie called 'The Kings Speech'
during and after dinner.


20:00 - 22:20 
Watched TV
Description: Watched the Facebook movie.


22:20 - 22:30 
Fed the dogs and made a drink


22:30 - 23:10 
Watching,TV
Description: Finished watching the Facebook movie.


23:10 - 23:30 
Went to bed

Christmas Day Holiday.

My Picture Of The Day.

The Sideboard.

Christmas Day Holiday


Get up and dressed
09:30-09:45


Fed the dogs
09:45-09:55
Vicki took out the dogs this morning so all I had to do was feed them.


Had breakfast
09:55-10:30
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


See to the fire
10:30-10:50
Raked over the coals. Cleaned out the ashes. Put on more coal. Filled the coal bucket.


See to the greenhouses
10:50-11:40


See to the sheep
11:40-11:55
Checked and counted the sheep.


Drying the pots
11:55-12:05


Hangin around
12:05-12:25
Pestering Vicki and stuff like that


Checking through my walking gear
12:25-12:45
There were a few things I needed to add and remove from the pack in readiness for the next trip.


Break for lunch
12:45-15:10
Also watched a couple of things on the TV.


Walking Tess
15:10-16:00
Came upon a youth acting in an abnormal manner.


Took Tommy a walk
16:00-16:30


Made afternoon tea
16:30-16:40
Had a mug of tea.


Watch TV
16:40-17:40


Had dinner
17:40-18:00
Had fried potatoes, baked beans and cold turkey.


Watched TV
18:00-19:00
Watched Boardwalk Empire.


Went on the PC
19:00-20:00
Posted to my blog.


Watched TV
20:00-23:30
Watched a Christmas movie, not sure what it was called.


Went to bed
23:30-23:45
After spending the previous night with Fallon Tess is back with me tonight.

Resting Under The Christmas Tree.

My Picture For Today.

Boxing Day
All Day (United Kingdom)


Get up and dressed
09:30-09:45


Fed the dogs
09:45-09:55


Had breakfast
09:55-10:30
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a cup of tea.


See to the fire
10:30-10:40
Raked over the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.


See to the sheep
10:40-11:00
Took across some hay.
Checked and counted the sheep.


Hangin about
11:00-12:00
My sisters family are due so no point starting anything so just mingled for a while.


Opening presents
12:00-12:45
My sister came to visit and with them came more presents to open.


Break for lunch
12:45-14:00
Had another Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.


Watching TV and talking.
14:00-15:45
We all sat in the sitting room, dozing off in front of the TV and talking about this and that.


Walking the dogs
15:45-16:30
Took Tommy and Tess out for a walk, my mum and sister also came. We went around the village.


Make a cup of tea.
16:30-16:40


Watched TV
16:45-17:45


Had dinner.
17:45-18:45
Everyone just had sandwiches, trifle and cake.


Said goodbye to everyone
18:45-19:00
My sister and brother in law took mum and dad home with them.


Watched TV
19:00-23:45


Got ready for bed.
23:45-23:55

Getting the table ready.

Everything is coming together.

-- Sent from my HP Pre3

A Picture For Today.

Today's Calendar.
Got up and dressed
08:45-09:00


Opened some presents
09:00-10:00
Everyone including the dogs took turns in opening presents.


Fed the dogs
10:00-10:10
Prepared and dished out;


Had some breakfast
10:10-11:10
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


Walk the dogs
11:10-11:50
Took Tom and Tess up the narrow walk.


On the PC
11:50-12:20
Added a blog post.


Talking
12:20-13:20


Dinner
13:20-15:00
Had a big turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

Opening presents
15:00-17:00


Played with new toys
17:00-19:30
Also watched some stuff on TV.


Had something to eat
19:30-20:00
Had ham sandwiches, trifle, cheese and biscuits and Christmas cake.


Watched TV
20:00-23:45

Went to bed
23:45-23:55

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY.

Christmas Eve supper.

Some of our presents under the tree.

Christmas Eve.

My Picture Of The Day. 

Got up and dressed
08:30-08:50


Had breakfast
08:50-09:15
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


Prepared the dogs dinner
09:15-09:20


Walking the dogs
09:20-10:00
Took Tommy and Tess to the end of the Back Lane.


See to the sheep
10:00-10:20 (Field)
Took across some Hay
Checked and counted the sheep.


See to the fire
10:20-10:30
Raked over the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal buckets.


Getting changed
10:30-10:45
Taking my parents in to town.


Went into town
10:45-12:55
Took my parents in to town for a look round the market and pick up a few things for dinner tomorrow.


Break for lunch
12:55-13:30
Had beans on toast and a mug of tea.


Wrapping presents
13:30-15:10


Walking the dogs
15:10-16:20


Delivering cards
16:20-16:40
Took a card to Linda.


Took afternoon tea
16:40-17:40
Made tea and sat awhile talking.


Had dinner
17:40-18:15


Watching TV
18:15-22:00


Fed the dogs
22:00-22:10


Made a drink
22:10-22:20


Watched more TV
22:20-23:45


Went to bed
23:45-23:55

Missing.

I saw this yesterday and thought you might find it interesting. You would think with jobs in short supply these days people would be making more of an effort to keep theirs by doing a good job. Anyway if you're missing any deliveries take a walk around where you live as it may be thrown over a fence somewhere. To see what I'm talking about click [HERE].

Driving Home.

Get up and dressed
09:15-09:30


Had breakfast
09:30-10:15
Had three Weetabix and a mug of tea.


Took Tommy for a walk
10:15-11:00


Packing the car
11:00-11:15
Loaded up all my parents things plus Tommy.


Driving home
11:15-12:45
It was heavy rain so driving conditions weren't the best.


Break for lunch
12:45-13:30
Had four ham sandwiches and a mug of tea.


Socialising
13:30-15:20
Sat talking with my parents.


Dog walking
15:20-16:00
Took Tess to the end pf the narrow walk.


Took afternoon tea
16:00-16:45
We had tea with some cake and mince pies.


On the PC
16:45-17:40
Writing a blogpost in my diary.


Having dinner
17:40-18:10
Had Shepherd's pie.


Watched TV
18:10-22:15
Saw the news.
The One Show.
A show about Christmas lights.
The Lakes At Christmas.


See to the fire
22:15-22:25
Rake over the coals.
Put on more coal.


Rigged up the dog harness
22:25-23:00
To allow myself to have both hands free when hill walking with Tess I have rigged up a harness to my rucksack to which I can attach a dog lead so allowing my hands to remain free a lot of the time.


Get ready for bed
23:00-23:10

A trip for petrol.

Later I am going to be driving down to my parents house in order to bring them back here in the morning where they will spend Christmas, so as needed fuel for the car I decided to drive down to down to get some petrol as I don't like to stop on the way, it just sort of messes things up somehow. Anyway as I haven't don't a roadtrip movie for you in a while I thought this was a good opportunity so why not join me and the dogs to get some petrol, it won't take long.

Sleep over at my parents.

Get up and dressed
08:30-08:50


Prepare and eat breakfast
08:50-09:40
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and mug of tea.


Prepared the dogs dinner
09:40-09:50


Walking the dogs
09:50-10:20
Took Tommy and Tess along the back lane.


See to the greenhouses
10:20-10:40
Checked and watered round.


See to the sheep
10:40-11:00
Checked and counted the sheep.
Took across some hay.


Go for petrol
11:00-11:30
Got forty pounds worth.


Break for tea.
11:30-11:50
Had one mug of tea.


On the PC
11:50-13:40


Washing my car
13:40-14:40


Break for lunch
14:40-15:20
Had a pack of crisps, a piece of cake and a mug of tea.


On the PC
15:20-15:50
Posted to my blog;


Put out the black bins
15:50-16:00
Also put out the recycle tub.


Walking Tess
16:00-16:50
Went round the big block.


Getting changed
16:50-17:20
Going to stay at my parents tonight so needed to get things ready so me and Tom can get straight off after dinner.


On the PC
17:20-17:35


Having dinner
17:35-18:20
Had fish and chips and a mug of tea.


Inflating Vicki's car tyre
18:20-18:30
One of the front tyres was a bit soft.


Driving to my parents
18:30-19:30
Took Tommy with me.


Took my mum to visit my sister
19:30-21:45
My sister lives a ten minute drive from my parents.


Went back to my parents
21:45-22:00


Had a chat over supper
22:00-23:15
Had a Whisky nightcap.


Went to bed
23:15-23:30

Tess's first adventure in the hills.

As you will know if you read my diary blog last Saturday I took Tess on her first trip to the moors. She did very well and I think she enjoyed it, for sure it got rid of some of her energy as she lay down all night when we got back home. Anyway here are some of the pictures I took along the way.

I don't think she was too impressed with the picnic site.

Nearly back at the car.

A new holiday activity.r

Get dressed
07:50-08:00 (Home)


Seeing to the sheep
08:00-08:50 (Field)
The estate farmer called to ask if I could help cull some lambs, not a choice of holiday activity to suit everyone and not one I would choose myself but I felt obliged to help and he is one of the more pleasing characters around here.


preparing the dogs dinner
08:50-09:00


Walking the dogs
09:00-09:35 (Narrow walk)
Took Tommy and Tess part way up the narrow walk.


Had breakfast
09:35-10:10
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


On the PC
10:10-10:50
Posted yesterdays diary blog post.


Seeing to the sheep
10:50-11:10
Counted them and took across some hay.


Doing housework
11:10-11:50
Washed the pots.
Took the throat plate out of the fire to clean off debris.


Fixing up another cabinet
11:50-13:45
I liked the look of the one I did yesterday so as I have another cabinet going spare I thought I would add it to the other part of my desk where there was a shelf.

Some of the things in and on the second cabinet. The clock you ca see through the glass door is my Touchpad. Everything you see can be charged up whilst in the cabinet.

Break for lunch
13:45-14:30
Had two crumpets, two mince pies and a mug of tea.


Dog walking
14:30-16:00
Took Tess round the big block and then took Tommy to the end of the back lane and then returned through the village.


Paying the post office
16:00-16:20
Someone is trying to send something but it would seem they didn't put a stamp on it so the post office won't deliver it until I pay three times the original amount.


Take afternoon tea
16:20-17:20


On the PC
17:20-18:20
Posted some pictures to my blog.


Having dinner
18:20-19:20
Had baked potato with grated cheese and baked beans.
Also watched Ice Road Truckers.


On the PC
19:20-21:00
Looking at some Youtube video's.


Feeding the dogs
21:00-21:10


Making a drink
21:10-21:15


Watched TV
21:15-22:30
Watched an episode of Young James Heriot.


Get ready for bed
22:30-22:50

Desk Improvements

Get up and dressed
08:55-09:10


Fed the dogs
09:10-09:20


Had breakfast
09:20-10:00
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


Walk the dogs
10:00-10:40
Went to the end of the narrow walk and back with Tom and Tess.


Washing up
10:40-10:55
Washed and dried the pots.


See to the fire
10:55-11:05
Took out the ashes.
Put on some coal.


Break for tea
11:05-12:00
Checked my mail.


Did some housework
12:00-12:45
Had to wash the fire doors again as i put something on the fire which causes smoke and so dirtied the glass.
Vacuumed the sitting room.


Break for lunch
12:45-14:00


Making some alterations to my desk
14:00-15:15
Made the slide out shelf for the keyboard bigger so as to accomatade two keyboards.

Before the keyboard shelf with 

just enough room for one keyboard.

 After there is room to also store the 

keyboard for my Touchpad.

Walking the dogs
15:15-16:15


See to the greenhouses
16:15-16:25
Checked the heaters are working and everything is okay.


Fixed up a cabinate on my desk
16:25-17:30
We have some cabinates going spare so now my computer doesn't take up so much room I thought I would see how one or two of them would work out on my desk for keeping odds and ends under control.

The cabinet along the back has been added to 

accommodate odds and ends such as camera's 

See to the fire
17:30-17:40
Raked over the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.


Had afternoon tea
17:40-18:10


Catching up on Vicki's news
18:10-18:35


Had dinner and watched TV
18:35-21:30
Watched an episode of Terra Nova and The Young James Herriot.


Fed the dogs
21:30-21:40


Had a nightcap whilst watching TV
21:40-22:15
Watched Have I Got News For You.


Went to bed
22:15-22:30

Pleasing myself.

Get up and dressed
09:15-09:35


Feed the dogs
09:35-09:45


Prepare and eat breakfast
09:45-10:45
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.


Walk the dogs
10:45-11:30
Took Tommy and Tess part way up the narrow walk. Would have gone further but it was busy and so had to stay on the lead.


Doing housework
11:30-13:15
Washed and dried the pots.
Cleaned the fire doors.

The glass gets dirty on the inside...

 ...so needs to be cleaned now and again 

as it's nice to see the fire.

Took out the rubbish.
Vacuumed round.
Washed the kitchen floor.


Break for lunch
13:15-14:10
Had 2 crumpets, 2 mince pies and a mug of tea.


Went on the PC
14:10-15:50


Walking the dogs
15:50-16:35


On the PC
16:35-18:35
Did a blog post and downloaded pictures from my camera,


Having dinner
18:35-20:05
Also watched an episode of Chase and fell asleep.


Went on the PC
20:05-21:05


Fed the dogs
21:05-21:15


Made a drink
21:15-21:20


Watching TV
21:20-22:45
Watched Boardwalk Empire.


Getting ready for bed
22:45-23:00

Coldest night of the Winter - so far.

Got up and dressed
09:10-09:25

Fed the dogs
09:25-09:35

Had breakfast
09:35-10:15
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.

See to the greenhouse
10:15-10:30
Checked round. Recorded -2C on the conservatory thermometer, the the lowest of the winter.

See to the sheep
10:30-10:45
Checked the sheep.
Broke the ice on the water.

Tidy the kitchen a bit
10:45-11:45
Dried the pots.
Put away the rest of my walking gear.
Put away the dog food.
Measured out Tess's food.

To save weighing out Tess's food at every feed I weigh out a few lots all at once, 

there is enough there for three days. 

The containers are the bottoms of milk cartons.

Finally got to do something on my new PC
11:45-12:20
Made a cup of tea and set about getting things on to the new computer.

Shopping
12:20-14:05
Went to the pet shop to buy the dogs Christmas presents.

Having lunch
14:05-14:45
Had a mug of tea with cheese on toast and crumpets.

Rearranging my desk
14:45-15:50
As I don't really need the PC monitor now I have altered things round on my desk.

Walking the dogs
15:50-16:40
Took Tommy and Tess to the end of the narrow walk and back.

Had afternoon tea
16:40-17:40
Had a mug of tea and two mince pies.

Did some stuff on the PC
17:40-20:10

Had dinner
20:10-23:45
We had a Chinese take away and watched criminal minds, Castle and a movie called Renegade Justice.

Got ready for bed.
23:45-23:55

Went for a walk.

Got up and dressed
7:00 AM-7:25 AM
Taking Tess for her first walk in the hills so needed to locate my hiking wear etc.

Getting my walking gear ready
7:25 AM-8:00 AM
I decided last night to get Tess started on hill walking as she needs to be doing something.

Had breakfast
8:00 AM-8:15 AM
Had one mug of tea and a bowl of Cornflake.

Took Tommy for a walk
8:15 AM-8:45 AM
Tom has to stay home because of his joints so took him for his usual morning walk before getting off.

Drove to the Derwent Reserviors
8:45 AM-9:30 AM
Tess was sick before we got there, she doesn't travel well.

Walking
9:30 AM-2:30 PM

Drove home
2:30 PM-3:15 PM

Had a cup of tea
3:15 PM-3:50 PM
Had a mug of tea and two mince pies

Walking Tommy
3:50 PM-4:30 PM
Went part way up the narrow walk and then came back through the village and the churchyard.

Sorting out my gear
4:30 PM-5:05 PM
Sorted stuff to wash and put to dry anything that was wet and up packed anything that needed
unpacking.

Washing up
5:05 PM-5:15 PM
There were some pots from breakfast in needed of washing so i did them along with my picnic stuff
from the walk.

See to the fire
5:15 PM-5:30 PM
Rake over the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.

Fetched in the shopping
5:30 PM-5:45 PM
Vicki came home with fish had chips and the weekly shopping.

Had dinner and watched TV
5:45 PM-11:15 PM

Went to bed
11:15 PM-11:30 PM

New computer.

Hello everyone, I haven't been on this blog for a while, mainly because there hasn't really been much to report and also I have been sorting out the best way to record the information needed for my diary blog. If you read that blog you will see in yesterdays post click [HERE] that I was looking to buy a new PC with my Christmas bonus that I get with work. Believe it or not I have been going to buy a new PC with it for the past six years but for one reason or another something else came along so that I always ended up spending the money on something else instead. I did get a small refurbished notebook last year which is great for occassional use away from my desk but it's not something I would want to use all the time as my main computer. So after talking to Vicki about it and  looking in depth last night and sleeping on it I decided to go for what is called a desktop replacement laptop. Basically it's a big laptop that you can use to replace your desktop PC but has the advantage of being semi portable. Actually it's completely portable but it is quite big and heavy so not something you would want to be carrying around all the time.

The laptop I ordered this morning.

I spend a lot of time fiddling around on my computer so I am looking forward to having my first new computer in years. It's being delivered by Parcelforce 24 hour delivery so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be here tomorrow. I've had confirmation that it's been dispatched so I don't see why it shouldn't.

Border Collie Paint Brush.

Get up and dressed
07:00-07:15

Fed the dogs
07:15-07:20

Made and had breakfast
07:20-08:00
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.

Walking Tommy and Tess
08:00-08:45
Went part way up the narrow walk.

See to the greenhouses
08:45-09:10
Checked and watered the plants I potted up yesterday.
Took off some dead leaves and flowers.

Carting sticks
09:10-10:30
Carted off a load of dead wood that had fallen from the trees during last weeks gales.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50
Had a mug of tea and a mince pie.

Seeing to the logs and coal
10:50-12:15
Filled the log box.
Filled the coal buckets.
Moved the coal that was delivered recently off the ramp and into the corner of the cellar.

Break for lunch
12:15-13:00
Had sausage rolls left over from Vicki's party and a mug of tea.

Raking up Beech nuts
13:00-15:00
Raked up the rest of the beech nuts from the banking behind the conservatory.

Servicing
15:00-15:40
Oiled and put away the cutting deck from the tractor. Oiling the underneath is an option which I like to do but cleaning it down before storage is not an option, you must do it and more especially if the deck is made of steel. Tess was a very good help using her fur as a paint brush!

Tidying up
15:40-15:50
Did a bit of tidying up in the potting shed.

Clean and put away the tools
15:50-16:00

Walking Tess
16:00-16:50
Went round the big block.

Setting mouse traps
16:50-17:00
There are mice in the store room so need to get them under control.

Got changed
17:00-17:30

See to the fires
17:30-17:45
Raked the coals.
Took out the ashes.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.

Talking to Vicki
17:45-18:00
Catching up on news and hanging around in the kitchen.

Made a drink of tea
18:00-18:30
Made a cup of tea and sat in the sittingroom until dinner was ready.

Had dinner
18:30-20:30
Had dinner and watched TV.
Watched an episode of Ice Road Truckers an and episode of Law And Order, I didn't see any of it as I fell asleep.

Did some stuff on the PC
20:30-22:10
I'm looking for a new PC so was checking out some reviews. I thing I might go for a desktop replacement laptop.
Also registered Vicki's cell phone with Vodafone.

Fed the dogs and made a drink
22:10-22:20
Had a mug of tea and an apple.

Watched TV
22:20-23:20
Saw an episode of Swamp Loggers.

Got ready for bed
23:20-23:35
Filled in the gaps in my diary before turning in.

The Banishing.

Get up and dressed
07:00-07:15

Made and had breakfast
07:15-08:00

Made the dogs dinner
08:00-08:10

Walked and fed the dogs
08:10-08:30

See to the sheep
08:30-08:45
Checked and counted the sheep, it took 3 attempts to get the right number.

Fetch plants from dowager house
08:45-09:00
I fetched the last of the summer pots in order to replant them with something for winter.

See to the greenhouses
09:00-09:25

Tidying up
09:25-10:20
Pulled up any weeds and swept out the dowager house yards.

Break for tea.
10:20-10:40

Get plants for troughs
10:40-11:20
Bought some Pansies and Polyanthus for the dowager house pots.

Plant north front trough
11:20-12:00
Took out some Fuchsia's and planted up with some blue Pansies, silver Cineraria and blue grass.

Cleared out the stone trough by the barn door
12:00-12:45
Potted up the trees and put the Begonia's in to boxes to store.

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30
Had Leek and Potato soup and a mug of tea.

Planting
13:30-15:50
Planted up the dowager pots and the geraniums and Fuchsia's lifted previously.

Cleaned and put away the tools
15:50-16:00

Take Tess for a walk
16:00-16:50
We went round the big block.

See to the fire
16:50-17:00
Raked the coals.
Put on more coal.
Filled the coal bucket.

Got changed
17:00-17:20

Made a cop of tea
17:20-17:30
One for me and one for Vicki.

Had dinner
17:30-18:00
I had mashed potatoes, sausages and beans.

Played around on the PC
18:00-22:40
Vicki had some ladies over from church so me and Fallon were banished to our rooms for the evening.
Ordered something for Vicki alsolooked at some cars and did some browsing.

Fed the dogs
22:40-22:50

Made a drink
22:50-23:00
Had one mug of tea.

Watched some TV
23:00-23:30
Watched an episode of Royal Upstairs Downstairs whilst drinking my tea.

Went to bed
23:30-23:40

Took the trees to church.

Get up and dressed
07:00-07:15

Fed the dogs
07:15-07:25

Had breakfast
07:25-08:05

Walk the dogs
08:05-08:30
Walked along the back lane past the farm.

Take Christmas tree
08:30-10:10
Took the Christmas trees to the church and errected the biggest of the two. Also took the crib which is stored in the barn and put that in place also.

See to the sheep
10:10-10:25
Checked and couned the sheep.
Put out some minerals.

Break for tea
10:25-10:45
Had one mug of tea and a cake.

Finish roses
10:45-12:10

See to the greenhouses
12:10-12:45
Checked and watered round.
Took off some dead leaves and flowers.

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30
Had four crumpets and a mug of tea.

Pick up leaves along the banks
13:30-15:50
Raked up the leaves and Beech nuts from along the banking behind the conservatory.

Cleaned and put away the tools
15:50-16:00

Walking Tess
16:00-16:50
Went round the big block. Played ball games along the way.

Get changed
16:50-17:15

See to the fire
17:15-17:30
Raked out the fire and put on more coal before filling the bucket with more coal.

Have Dinner
17:30-18:30
Had beef and veg plus and oat cake.

Tidied up my room
18:30-20:30
There is still more to be done as I just went through some of the draws and cupboards tonight.

Did some work on the PC
20:30-21:30
Posted to my diary blog.

Fed the dogs
21:30-21:45

Made a drink
21:45-22:00
I had a Southern Comfort and Vicki had Earle Grey tea.

Watched some TV
22:00-23:00
Watched the Christmas episode of Gardeners World.

Got ready for bed
23:00-23:20

Put up more lights.

Got dressed
09:20-09:35

Prepared the dogs dinner
09:35-09:45

Walking the dogs
09:45-10:15
Went part way up the narrow walk.

Had breakfast
10:15-10:55
Had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of coffee.

Putting up indoor lights
10:55-12:20
Put up a set of lights on the stairs and landing and a set in the hallway to Fallons room.

Took out the rubbish
12:20-12:30

See to the fire
12:30-12:45
Raked out the fire.
Took out the ashes.
Filled the coal bucket.

Did some things on the PC
12:45-13:30
Tried to get my Sony TH55 to talk to my PC.

Had lunch
13:30-14:30
Had four slices of cheese on toast and a mug of tea.

Continued to try and sort out my sync problems
14:30-15:45
I didn't manage to sort things out so have reverted to the old set up. The problem is trying to get an old PDA to work with a new PC.

Walking the dogs
15:45-16:35
Went to the end of the narrow walk and back with Tommy and Tess.

Taking afternoon tea
16:35-17:35

On the PC
17:35-19:35
Posted to my blog and checked out a few sites.

Went to pick up a Chinese meal
19:35-20:00
I had rice with crispy shredded beef and a glass of beer.

Had dinner and watched TV
20:00-22:55
Watched and episode of Castle, Boardwalk Empire and a Royal Upstairs Downstairs.

Got ready for bed.
22:55-23:15

A Day Of Lights.

Got up and dressed
09:30-09:45

See to the fire
09:45-09:55
(Sitting Room)
Raked out the fire.
Put on some coal.

Fed the dogs and made breakfast
09:55-10:45
I had a bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.

See to the sheep
10:45-11:00
Checked and counted the sheep.

Putting up the Christmas tree
11:00-12:00
Found the stand to put the tree.
Reduced the size of the trunk.
Fit it in to the stand.
Took indoors.

Putting up lights
12:00-13:45
Untangled the light curtain for the sitting room window.
Hung it in place.
Untangled any twisted strands.

Break for lunch
13:45-14:15
Had a bowl of Leek and Potato soup and a mug of tea.

Putting up lights
14:15-16:15
Put up two lots of outdoor lights, one set on the tree outside the garden gate.

and the other on a bush in the garden.

Walking the dogs
16:15-17:00
Took Tommy and Tess to the far end of the narrow walk.

Took afternoon tea
17:00-17:35
Had a mug of tea when Vicki came from work and checked out the Christmas decoration situation with her and Fallon.

Did some stuff on the PC
17:35-18:00

Had dinner and watched TV
18:00-20:00
Had pasta with chilli.
Watched a movie which was so memorable I can’t remember what it was called, it was rubbish.

Played around on the PC
20:00-22:05

Fed the dogs
22:05-22:15

Did the pots
22:15-22:25

Watched some TV
22:25-23:55
Watched an episode of Castle.

Went to bed
10 December 23:55-11 December 00:25

Sweet Pea Order.

If any of you read my diary blog the other day you may remember that I made out the Sweet Pea order for next summer so I thought that today I would show you what I ordered. The order is actually a collection from 'Eagle Sweet Peas' and is called 'The Chelsea Collection'. 

Albutt Blue

Banty

Fields of Fire

Gwendoline

Just Jenny

Katie Alice

Misty

Mumsie

Our Harry

Throw away plants.

Get up and dressed
07:00-07:15 (Personal)

Fed the dogs
07:15-07:25 (Personal)

Took breakfast.
07:25-08:05 (Personal)
Had one bowl of Cornflakes and a mug of tea.

Dog walking
08:05-08:30 (Personal)
Went part way up the narrow walk, it is very muddy after all the rain.

See to the sheep
08:30-08:45 (Work)
Checked and counted the sheep.

See to the greenhouses
08:45-10:30 (Work)
Weather rubbish so sorted out some plants to throw out.

Break for tea
10:30-10:50 (Personal)

Pruning
10:50-12:45 (Work)
Pruned another bed of roses.

Break for lunch
12:45-13:30 (Personal)

Clearing away rubbish
13:30-15:00 (Work)
Took away various heaps of rubbish I've acquired this past week.

Servicing
15:00-15:45 (Work)
Removed the cutting deck from the tractor.
Cleaned down the cutting deck.

Clean and put away the tools
15:45-16:00 (Work)

Walking the dogs
16:00-16:50 (Personal)
Went all the way up the narrow walk. Took Tommy with as Fallon who usually takes him at night while I take Tess for a longer walk didn't come home.

See to the fire
16:50-17:00 (Personal)
Raked the coals and put on more coal.

Got changed
17:00-17:15 (Personal)
I got changed whilst dinner was cooking. Vicki didn't come home tonight until late so I had Leek and Potato soup and a mug of tea.

Watched some TV
17:15-19:00 (Personal)
Watched a documentary about the concentration camps of world war two and then a documentary about Nazi UFO's.

Did the washing up
19:00-19:15 (Personal)

Did some stuff on my PC
19:15-21:45 (Personal)
Updated my blog and caught up on the latest WEBOS news.

Fed the dogs
21:45-22:00 (Personal)
Made a drink and watched TV

22:00-23:30 (Personal)
Watched 'Flying Wild In Alaska' and something else I can't recall the name of now.

Got ready for bed
23:30-23:50 (Personal)