Creative times

This weekend started well with a lovely evening with friends doing some pressure canning. You can read all about it at Kev's blog. I can't wait to try the produce to see how the flavour stands up to the heat. This afternoon I had my canning book out looking to see what the next recipe will be, exciting.

The washing machine engineer didn't turn up on Friday, when quizzed they said they'd left an answerphone message. I pressed play and there was none. The machine will work with a smaller load but can't seem to spin the full load. To be honest at this point I can't be bothered with the fight, there are plenty more battles and I'll just have to only do small loads. The soft close door has broken on the oven so I rang John Lewis and they're sending someone to fix it on Friday. Generally John Lewis problems are problems you can fix, they were so easy to deal with, thank God.

Little man has been very poorly this weekend. On Friday he was under the weather and was sick after every meal. On Saturday he was feeling very poorly and was constantly sick. I had to pop to the pharmacy to get him some more paracetamol. Unfortunately within 30 seconds of being there he looked at me and said 'I don't feel well'. I turned around to take him out and he threw up all over the carpet tiles. I caught as much as I could but it was a bit of a wasted effort. I apologised profusely, they were so kind and wouldn't hear of me scrubbing the floor. I left alternating apologies with thanks, I won't be able to show my face in there for quite a while!

We stayed in for the rest of the weekend, wee man just lay on the sofa and watched TV all day. He needed to rest. James and I found a stash of wood that had been cut down by the electricity board and left to rot, on some abandoned land, so we hauled it home. Finders keepers we say.

Today a friend of mine took a trip to IKEA and bought us a cheap sofa bed after the ASDA disaster. We made it up and the cabin is all ready for us. On Friday the electrician is coming to certify the electrics and link it all up, so it will even have power.

We also made up a jig to make some hurdles for the back garden. The hazel that forms part of our boundry hedge was really flexible and has made some nice hurdles. In the next few weeks I'd like to dig over a bed, remove as much rubble from it as possible and sow some flower seeds. Keep those bees happy to pollinate my fruit and veg.

My seeds are starting to germinate too.

James had a friend to see him on Saturday night and he works for a big DIY chain. The shop was chucking some nail gun nails in the skip and said his friend could have them for a donation to charity. He then bought them round for James as he didn't own a gas nail gun. James is over the moon with his new collection of nail and gas.

We also found one of the chickens egg hiding spots, naughty girl!