Full Metal Wheelbarrow

 Today was another washout in allotment terms. It persisted down all day, so that attempting to weed or dig would have been futile. I met one of the other allotmenteers outside the supermarket this afternoon and he said he thought seaweed mught be the crop to go with....

To add to the fun, I went to the dentist and after a wait of forty minutes, I had a filling and got told I need another one as well. Joy.

The receptionist seemed surprised but pleased that I hadn't made a fuss about having to wait, but as I said to her, these things take as long as they take and what would be the point of moaning to her about it when there's nothing she can do? I made sure to have a book with me, as late afternoon appointments always carry the risk of a long wait, in my experience.

On the more positive side of things, the new supply of live mealworms for the birdies arrived this morning, my Diablo III Demon Hunter finally killed Belial, The Lord of Lies and Rob called from his hotel in the Netherlands to say he'd arrived safely.

It is also some considerable consolation that I am not, unlike many other folk this week, in a tent at Castle Donington for the Download music festival :)

Woke up at 4a.m. today and felt something gritty in my mouth and that wretched filling had come out again. I was sure it was going to stay put this time, having been in there for over a month. Bah!

Back to the dentist again on Thursday. Drat and double drat!

...but the dentist had a cancellation and I have an appointment on Thursday at 2pm.

Well the "getting a decent night's sleep" thing didn't go as well as I could have hoped, given that I was up at 1.30 am internetting and invoicing, but I did get some sleep eventually. And I got my latest customer's tyre order out sooner than I otherwise would, so I suppose that's a good thing.

Anyway, I got to the dentist on time for my appointment, and because the filling was only a little one the dentist agreed to do it without anaesthetic, which pleased me no end- I'd far rather have a bit of pain from the drill than have an injection. And as it turned out, it didn't hurt anyway, so I count that a win.She replaced the filling that was done last time and had disappeared in the interim as well.

Got home to find that my seeds from T&M had arrived (runner beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes) so after lunch I plan to load up with toilet roll middles (recycling and free plant pots - win/win :-)) and get down to the allotment to get that lot sown. Then I shall weed the appropriate bed and try to get the pea supports organised and the first batch of pea seedlings planted out before they Take Over The World, Pinky. Then I can sow a second batch. Then, depending on levels of energy and arsedness, I may make a start on the potato trench or do some weeding. Or come home and have a cup of tea :-)

And trishtrash sent me a  virtual puppy1 Thank you! :-)

Yesterday I made some apple sauce and put it in the liquidiser in order to make it non-lumpy for drying into apple leather.

I turned the liquidiser on, it went whizzy-whizzy-whizzy, as such things do.....and the apple sauce proceeded to turn grey.  Uh oh...

On investigation it became apparent that not only had the plastic jug developed a leak, but it had somehow sucked up some sort of lubricating oil from the workings of the lower part of the machine. Bah.

Can't really complain about it failing, since it was at least ten, possibly nearer fifteen years old, but it was annoying to have wasted the apples and now I have to go and wade through the advertising-speak to hunt down a suitable new liquidiser...

Also, I have been to the dentist and had two fillings this morning. The dentist and her assistant are both very nice ladies, who were very kind about my pathetic fear of needles, but nevertheless, it was not really fun.

On the plus side, we've booked up for a couple of nights at Ilam Hall Youth Hostel in August so that we can go walking in Dovedale, which is a lovely place.