Thanks Diane, I don't think I could go through another disaster after the cowboy builder. 

Sorry to hear Pippa had another blip Starry, the poor girl doesn't seem to go long before something starts again, bless her. 

The satellite/aerial chap came today, I'd forgotten that. He's changed the aerial in the loft for an up to date advanced one and although my TV didn't have freeview installed and Samsung TV's are now advertised as not having a receiving built in for Freeview, he said that's not really true. They do have a receiver, so now I have Freesat which I prefer and also Freeview as he retuned the TV to receive Freeview and I also have about 5,000 other free to view channels via the new aerial from all over the world. lol  So if or when my Freesat dies I won't bother replacing it as they're now about £300 or over, because I can get Freeview. 

I told him a lot of my friends online had stopped paying for a TV licence as they're fed up with the BBC being so politically biased and saying they won't get caught and he said they're in for a shock. They will know exactly what channels we watch and for how long because when we buy a tv the shop asks for our name and address and 'post code', when we tune in Freesat, Sky, Freeview or whatever platform we use we have to enter our 'post code' and they are beginning to manufacture tv's now with detectors inside to report back to the BBC licensing so they can easily check through batches of postcodes for anyone without a licence who is watching live tv. So they've got us all ways. Talk about Big Brother pffft. 

Spent all afternoon in the garden replanting the hundreds of bulbs that came out of the bed that was around the pond  and are now in the new bed. I was planning on getting the containers out of the shed and putting compost in them to plant my new tropical plants, banana and cannas etc. but the tv aerial man was here so long yapping that I didn't get long enough to do all my jobs so will hopefully finish off tomorrow if weather permits. 

Good afternoon, we had unexpected visitors so had to stretch the roast I was cooking , luckily there was enough for all of us, they have all gone on the beach now , I am putting my feet up for a bit.
 My eldest daughter and her partner have gone away for the week , they are both starting new jobs in a couple of weeks so I think they wanted a break . My daughter will still be teaching children who have  been abused  in various ways but they are older children who manage to go to mainstream school twice a week and will be with her the rest of the time , they have all been through such awful things in their young lives it is so sad. My future SIL is a plumber and is joining a well known company with a lot more money and responsibility than his present job so he is very excited , I am not sure when we will get to see them they are both so busy.
 

Good morning everyone.

Its dry here and I can see some blue sky.

We'll be out for a walk after breakfast then I'll be crocheting.  I've washed Jeffersons lead and harness so he'll look extra smart 

Good morning, quite a nice day , I have been to see Pippa and Freddie , we put up some new lights in her garden. this afternoon I have got a pile of ironing to do then I am going to  start some Embroidery .

Good morning everyone. 

Diane that's typical these days, they can't be bothered and pretend no-one was in or they couldn't find the address. Ridiculous isn't it. 

Bob the Builder was here at 8am and the old porch only has the roof, and 4 uprights left to remove. He's a fast worker!  The kitchen/lounge is a LOT brighter with the porch down. I wish now I'd ordered 2 more windows so it was glazed half height all the way round, but I had to go with what I could comfortably afford and if it was glazed all round it would have cost another £1,000 on top of what it's costing now. I'd have stretched myself a bit financially and with Labour in Gov now the future isn't guaranteed we've already lost our heating allowance, freedom of speech, retirement age is going up to 71yrs and tons of other things, not to mention Rayner putting all the illegal immigrants to the top of the housing lists over all of us while our working people have to fund that out of their wages. Talk about a bunch of commies.  So if anything else bad happens I know I can still manage financially.  

There's no rain forecast for the week which is good, only showers. I asked Alexa if rain would happen today and tomorrow and she said no and she's usually right. If rain is due she'll say "In Roche there is rain due at 11.22am or whatever time she thinks it'll arrive", and she's always right LOL   Amazing.  I curse her a lot for a multitude of blunders she makes but she is always spot on with the weather.