Hello everyone
Calm in the household this morning after an initially stressful start. Kids out at choir, and I have done menu planning and grocery order for next Saturday already. I am feeling very organised.
Replacement washing machine and tumble dryer came at 7am (!) from John Lewis, with their apologies for the old ones being so troublesome. I really do like that shop. The washing machine is a little bigger than its predecessor, and has a better lingerie and fast wash programme, so I think we have done quite well out of this. They also come with brand new guarantees, so I get three years' warranty from today. I think I may just have to become a poster girl for JL.
Ocado order came 15 minutes later with things including all the stuff I told Bleu to buy the other day - fat olives, breadsticks, proper mozarella, parma ham and so on. Num num. It has almost made up for the fact that DD has apparently stolen my bag of chocolate mini eggs I was saving from last Saturday. I think I may put her up for adoption after that, if it's not too late.
DH is going to plumb the new machines in for me, thank god. He is in better form today, with slightly lower BP and feeling a bit more relaxed and cheerful, which I am sure is helping. He has told his boss he was nearly hospitalised with this and the boss went a bit white and will now have to start being a bit more accommodating than previously (DH's department have really been pushed too hard over the last year and sick leave is now an epidemic there, which is always a warning sign). I have put him on a BP lowering diet again and I am trying to be as cheerful and chilled as I can because that also has a beneficial effect - we do pick upon each others' moods a lot. Hopefully there will also be some nookie later which will be good for morale purposes and also birth induction (although all is very quiet indeed on that front today).
Currently trying to make arrangements to disconnect passenger airbag in car so a baby seat can go there, and also find a tutor for DS1 so he can have a bit of revision in his SATS subjects. I normally do this sort of thing for the kids but frankly at the moment I feel the need to have the whole thing over.
Anyway, hope you're all having a lovely Saturday so far.