So this is the scene at one of our two local Tesco stores where they have come up with a very inventive way of setting out the arrangements for queuing - yes, those are indeed the cages that are also used for deliveries! We had no need to work our way through it - mid afternoon today when we went we were able to walk straight to the doors and in - but it must certainly make life more straightforward to manage the flow into the store when it is busy!
Today has felt quite productive in spite of not bothering to get up until fairly late. A roast dinner - not something we have that often as we're often out and about so no time to cook it. Always a proper treat when we do get to have one though - I can see a few more in our immediate future! MrEH cleaned all the windowsills and frames on one side of the building and our kitchen windows too - he's a great person to get to do those sorts of jobs as he's very thorough and can also reach right to the tops of course! I hoovered right through then cleaned the vacuum cleaner filters - horrible job but that's it done for the next few uses now at least. After lunch we combined our daily "approved exercise" with some oddments of shopping we needed (hence the picture above) then walked a loop on the way back from the store including a poke around on the newly built industrial estate trying to see if they have reinstated the footpaths yet - they haven't, as far as we can see, which is annoying.
Once home we decided to undertake a project we've been putting off for a while - candlemaking. we burn candles a fair bit, and for years have made a habit of keeping the "burned through" wax residues for melting down and re-making. It's a fairly labour intensive job but generally we do a whole load all at once and then they do us for quite a while - we currently have about 10 - 12 reasonably sized candle jars all awaiting their final fill which they will get tomorrow - on initially filling they "drop back" around the wicks so you have to return to them the day after and top them up to the top. They'll then do their final harden overnight before being ready to use from the following day. It's rewarding seeing them all done, saves a fortune in buying new and keeps the wax from going to landfill so good on all levels!
Tomorrow it's "back to work" for both of us - the spare room for MrEH and the front room table for me - and continuing with trying to build routines that will work for us. Reading the news reports today, it looks likely that these arrangements might continue for some time yet.
Robyn.
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