Day 5573 & 5574 (05 & 06/04/2025)

The weekend and we had a bit of a lie-in and a nice late brunch.

Did a bit or work and had atrip to the tip, then home. In the evening I did hot-dogs.

Very nice.

Saw my parents for breakfast on Sunday, then home to do a few chores and a bit of work. 

Day 5572 (04/04/2025)

I was enjoying the sunshine at the start of the week, so am not happy at how cold and wet it has become. 

There was some of last night soup leftover, and I suggested using it as a prawn curry, and it was really lovely.

Day 5571 (03/04/2025)

Another day at work, caching up on a few things. 

My wife, who has a bad back today, made an amazing tasty coconut dahl soup thing tonight.  

Day 5570 (02/04/2025)

My wife went back to work, and I had a few bits of work in, so no gym this week.  

Finished the pizza in the evening.

Day 5569 (01/04/2025)

It's April already, it was hard to distinguish from the usual April Fools joke news items and the actual news at the moment, it is an awful time, which could go either way. 

Then a nice brunch. 

Then we did a few things, and then sat down to Mrs Smith's Mothers Day gift afternoon tea. 

We had pizza in the evening.

Day 5568 (31/03/2025)

We had a lie-in and some bacon rolls, with some of the left-over gammon.

Then we went off to Exeter Quays, which until a few days ago  we didn't even know it existed and it was quite lovely, with quite a few interesting shops and coffee shops. 

Then home via Ikea, which I wanted to go to, to get some ideas for re-doing the house but what an exhausting never-ending walk it was around the store. 

Day 5566 & 5567 (29 & 30/03/2025)

After a nice nights sleep, we had a nice breakfast at the hotel.

Then had a walk along the sea-front.

On the beach there was a man making circular art by hand using a rake, which was very clever. 

  

Then we had a walk thru the gardens, where you had to use contactless to use the toilets. 

Then we had a slow drive back, stopping at Plant World, for a nice walk amongst the plants.

Then home, where I made  a nice gammon dinner in the evening. 

 

Sunday was Mothers Day, so me and Mrs Smith went to see my parents for breakfast. Then we went to Bristol to lay some flowers on Mary's grave. 

Then on the way back home we stopped-off at Weston-Super-Mare for a coffee and a walk along the quite windy sea-front.   

Then home, where Mrs Smith had received a Mothers Day gift from Lee. 

I had bought her some nice flowers, and Thomas ha got her a nice plant and giant card.

Then I made a nice pie & mash dinner. 

Day 5565 (28/03/2025)

A busy morning, doing things, then packing and getting ready for an evening away, back in Torquay.  We had a different at the hotel, not quite as nice as the last one, then we went out for an Italian at Amici, which was very nice, starting with a lovely cocktail, of Limoncello Margherita (an Italian twist on the classic margherita, limoncello shaken with tequila & lime juice, strained into a salted glass).   

Then we had some nice food and drink.

And we shared an afters and had a coffee.

Then we had a Limoncello and went back to the hotel to recover, after maybe a bit too much to drink.

Day 5564 (27/03/2025)

A bit busy at work and my new office chair arrived, as my old chair had definitely seen better days.  

It was exhausting taking the old one apart and putting the new one together but it's nice to have a proper seat again. 

We had a nice macaroni cheese in the evening.