This week, I had a week off work to use up the remainder of my annual leave, as the year end where I work is the end of February. The week got off to a slow start. I had a quiet day on Sunday and made sure to make some time to do some sewing. I spent a bit of time in the sewing room choosing some fabrics for a few new projects that I want to attempt.
One of the projects was to make a slow stitched journal cover. It was fun to find things to sew onto it from my scraps and button jars. I made a fabric cover using some fabric I had bought to make a tailored jacket at a class I used to attend and which I never finished. Once I'd fashioned it into a basic cover, I then proceeded to place all the bits and pieces of fabric and haberdashery onto it ready to sew them into place. I almost got the front finished. I just need to iron and then stitch the big bird onto the front and sew and eye onto it.
I took a photo of how I want the back to look, but I haven't yet sewn all the scraps, buttons and bits onto it yet.
It's pretty random, but it is colourful (mainly pinks and purples) and was fun to sew and I'm very happy to use up lots of little bits of fabric, buttons, patches, lace, etc. from my stash.
On Monday, I did a few jobs around the house in the morning before heading out of town to do the weekly shop. I needed to drop into Dunelm to get a new toilet seat for the bathroom. I kept the weekly shop to a minimum this week, as we were planning to go up to Yorkshire for a few days later in the week. I just got enough to tide us over. I did also need to buy some more pillow cases to use the fabric for my hexi star quilt, but couldn't get them, so had to buy a single fitted sheet instead. It will give me plenty of fabric to hopefully finish the project though and possibly bind it too and cost just £6.
By the time I got back, OH had finished fitting the new bath and then went on to fit the new toilet seat. We've got a bit more work to do on the bathroom yet as the flooring needs replacing, due to the tiles being badly cracked and we need a new bath panel too. It's looking a lot better though and no more plumbing noises in the middle of the night thankfully.
On Tuesday, I went back to my usual class at the gym. I was glad to get moving again, although I'm still not feeling 100%. I felt better for the class though. When I got home, OH and I filled the car with the old bath and plumbing bits, plus lots of gardening waste from all the pruning we did last month and we took it all to the local tip. It felt good to get rid of it all and free up some space in both the house and garden.
In the evening, I made us a veggie chilli with tortilla chips for supper. OH was out cycling for the evening, so I had a shower in the new bath, re-painted my nails and got packed in preparation of heading out of London the following day.
On Wednesday morning, we set off to go up to Yorkshire and visit family. We'd booked into a hotel for a couple of nights, where we'd previously stayed that has a pool, gym, sauna and gym classes, which we were looking forward to utilising. We got a good deal on account of using some cash back on the booking platform, so it will make for a nice break on my week off work. OH's mum had the decorator in, which is why we decided to stay elsewhere on this particular visit.
We had a good journey up north, with few delays. We went straight to OH's mum's house to catch up for a couple of hours, before heading to the hotel. We spent the evening in the fitness suite. I did a Zumba class, which is something I haven't done for a few years now. I really enjoyed it. We then both went in the gym for a workout before getting changed and heading down to the bar for supper. It was a nice evening.
On Thursday, we got up and did a few errands. OH needed to get a new tyre put on our car as it had a slow puncture, turns out there was a nail in it. Meanwhile, I went to Boyes and then later we met my sister at a pub for lunch and a catch up. I'd not seen her since last November. Later, we went to OH's mum's house and took her out for supper at a local pub. We haven't done this for years in Yorkshire, so it made a nice change for all of us.
When we got back to the hotel, we went for a swim and used the sauna and hot tub, which was a lovely relaxing way to end our visit.
On Friday, we packed up and checked out, filled the car with petrol for our journey home, picked up a few parts from ScrewFix, so that OH could secure his mum's back door and then headed to her house, so he could do this job before we set off back to London. It was very windy on our journey back and the roads were very busy on account of it being a Friday and half term holidays from school, so it took a bit longer to get home, but we got back safely.
LB came home a little later for a couple of nights and to work at a local shop on Saturday, so it was lovely to see her and catch up with her news.
On Saturday, I went to the free session at the gym first thing, which I enjoyed. LB was working all day. I retired to bed on Saturday afternoon for a few hours. I'd not slept well whilst we'd been away, so I think I just needed to catch up on some sleep. I felt a lot better for it.
We spent the evening watching Yellowstone on Netflix and then I watched a new series called The Story of My Family, which was good. LB was out with friends and came home in the early hours. I always tend to stay awake until I hear her safely come home.
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