I Missed Tuesday

Bear has started on the honeysuckle.

Compared to

I wish that I had a better pic. This is the trellis when it was down.

Which gives some idea. I think that bear has worked wonders. 

He broke the garden fork when he tried to dig out the honeysuckle roots. I can see that it will be a problem. While he was at it, he also removed the door from the outside cupboard under the front steps. The frame was giving way and the door didn't shut. 

According to bear, the door is pretty sturdy apart from the bottom and will be hard to break up. If this was some sort of DIY or decorating blog I would no doubt repurpose it as a table or something. As it is, a skip is looking more attractive. While I was taking pics, I noticed some nettles. I will probably just pull them out, but I can't help feeling that I ought to be cooking them, along with the fine crop of dandelions that have sprung up - again.

The garden will have to wait for a couple of days. I have a problem. When it comes to time management, I don't have a clue. I do not possess a single shred of sense. I have never set a realistic goal in my life. This means that if I want to have a fragment of a chance to hit self-imposed writing goals, I have to really work at it. There is absolutely no space for gardening. 

This isn't necessarily the problem. It's the housewifery that goes along with it. You see, we have a sofa that is six months younger than bear. We bought it from IKEA in 2007 for something like £200. Over the years, it's seen a lot of service and should have been pensioned off a while ago. It hasn't been sat on for a few years since we moved into the study for our 'hanging out' space. Instead it's become something of a dumping ground and all sorts of stuff has ended up there. In a rare moment, both DH and I agreed at the same time that something should be done. So we're getting rid of the three seater sofa. If we don't take it to the tip ourselves, we either have to pay for someone else to take it or book a collection from the council, which may or may not turn up and will mean that the sofa could be sitting outside in the garden for up to six weeks. Obviously we'd prefer to take it ourselves, but we have a small car and it's a big sofa. 

I suggested that we demolish the sofa and take it to the tip in pieces. DH had a gleam in his eyes as he agreed with me. So the provisional plan is that DH and bear will skin the sofa and knock it to pieces over the long weekend. However before I get to that, I need to clear the junk and general stuff that's been piled on the sofa for months and months. Most of it will end up in a logical place, some of it will no doubt be thrown or donated, and I want to have a look at what's behind there as it hasn't moved since we got it, back in 2007. 

But bear and DH can be manly together as they demolish a sofa and pin up a trellis, and that's worth gold. So tomorrow I need to clear the living room. And while I'm at it, I need to process a lot of veggies for the freezer as I'm taking shameless advantage of the Easter promotions and veggies are arriving tomorrow in quantity. When it comes to 15p for a kilo of carrots from Tesco, or even 4p if I went to Morrisons, I will absolutely buy what I can realistically use, but plan to use a lot. And I want to do a deep clean of the study, where we'll be hanging out over Easter. That is, when DH and bear aren't doing manly things.

One piece of joy - I found a box of purple Bic biros when I started clearing the living room. I love Bic biros, and I adore writing in purple, so this made me very happy!

My writing is terrible and I need to learn to take decent pictures - but I'm happy!

I haven't bothered about April Fool's posts today. These days it's hard to tell the difference between jokes and real life. 

The chances of me posting tomorrow are slim, but who knows. 

Hugs and good health to all.