Great to be home

The sun is shining. I've hastily put the washing out. I can't imagine anything is going to dry very quickly when the outside thermometer is only just getting over the zero mark. Still, if only one thing dries, it will be worth it, when I have so much to do at the moment.

I'm getting chores done today. I've organised the Fox to go for his flu jab this evening. In the letter offering it to him, there was some info about Warm Front, the government scheme for helping people with the costs of improving insulation & heating systems. Our central heating boiler seems to be leaking at the moment. It's due for its service any time now, but I would be surprised if that will solve the problem. There's been a slow leak for years that's just got worse. The boiler itself must date from the 1970s by the look of it, not the most efficient type these days. I gave them a ring earlier this morning. As I'm disabled I should be able to get a grant to help with the cost of replacing it. So fingers crossed.

Above all I'm looking forward to doing some cooking this evening. Since our return from Italy, the Fox has been serving some of Booth's frozen ready meals - pricey but very good - or it's been the chippy. The idea of floddies (bacon rostis) & baked beans sound fabulous to us right now. Italy doesn't seem to do bacon. There's ham, both cooked & Parma, but not bacon. So floddies should be a real treat, as well as another step on the way to feeling home again.

The only thing left of normality to sort is the food shopping. That can wait another day or two. On the trip back we bought some milk - essential for teas, another thing we missed. The potatoes have kept well in our absence. As for the rest, we can get things out of the freezer until we feel a little restored from our journey.

Oh, and there's still some less urgent post to look at. But at least the bills & anything else urgent have been sorted now.

It still feels great to be home.