Well, I started the day by trapping the zip catch on my warmest coat in the door when I shut it. Then I couldn't do up the coat. I was feeling a bit Cabin Feverish, so drove to Brecon, where I found out I didn't have the warm gloves with it either as I had put them in the pockets of my duck-down jacket at the weekend .. . Brecon is noticably colder than here, so I had a chilly walk to WH Smith to see if the Quilting mag was in - it was, but it didn't have the pattern I wanted (advertised on line) in this issue. I have to be patient then.
I searched B&M Bargains in Brecon for the 80 sachet packets of cat food, but they only had the smaller ones. I got a small plastic container for the new quilt bits (already put in it now), and some compost. I must have picked up the only sack of compost with a small slit in it - not noticing till I got it to the car. I thought it was heavy - must have had a gallon of water soaked into it from the rain yesterday.
I've made good progress on Rosie's Christmas x-stitch present. The black bit to the right is the sheep's head. Whilst I don't have the wool listed in the pattern to sew the sheep's fleece with, I do have some fine wool which may do (if I can thread it) instead. I will find out tonight. The gold colour is not what was called for (it was a much darker sludgy colour) and the brown of his coat is a different DMC thread too, but my friend Gay said to tell her what ones I was missing and she'd see if she had doubles. She has several so those will be in the post. I shan't unpick this one though, but if the wool doesn't work for the fleece, I have the correct colour coming that should have been used for Santa's coat and as an alternative for the sheep. I'm really enjoying doing x-stitch again and it's giving me a break from the hexies for the dark blue quilt I shouldn't have bought!
I am hoping I will get along to the Quilt Group on Wednesday but the weather forecast is looking a bit iffy. I drove into Brecon along the "bottom" route, via Erwood and Llyswen, but decided I would come home over the Epynts as Keith loved going that way. First of all as I left Brecon, it rained. As I climbed up from Lower Chapel to Upper Chapel, it changed to sleet. Beyond that as I climbed again, I could see the top of the Epynts disappear behind snow. But it changed to sleet again, although I could see the furthest hills beyond Builth were becoming white once more. Of course, that route - and the bit of the Diana Gabaldon book I was listening to on Audible (The Drums of Autumn) - kept mentioning death or "I love you" and similar things - upset me. Tears are never far away these days, and my mascara had taken quite a hit by the time I got back home.
I am cooking a pizza for tea tonight. It was going to be last night, but instead I did the topping (including a couple of sausages from the freezer, cooked and sliced) and had it with Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini (boughten). It was very tasty. The other half will be on the pizza shortly. The alert on the breadmaker has just gone so I will put the oven on and grate some cheese shortly. I'll freeze one half. Tomorrow it's chicken Stir Fry and later in the week I'm doing a Beef casserole.
The car is booked in for MoT tomorrow - that should guarantee the white stuff!
