Me on Monday

The sun is shining, the temperature is a little warmer and even though the daffodils in the garden aren't in bloom yet, the ones you can buy in the shops are - so here is Me on Monday, feeling like Spring may possibly be just around the corner.

It was nice to sleep in a proper bed last night.  My son in law was away this weekend on a stag 'do' and I offered to stay over at Rachel's because being up a lot during the night with a little baby can be lonely.  However, they have no spare bed so I slept on the sofa.  It's a large sofa and I'm a small person so it wasn't too uncomfortable but it was really good to be back sleeping on a mattress.

I have to share this photo that I took just after we had finished carving the roast lamb for lunch yesterday - my little sous chef Coco, captured licking her lips in anticipation of being given the bone to chew on!

So, what does the week hold in store?  Well of course it is Valentine's Day this week and whilst we both enjoy cooking, every now and again it is a nice treat to just get something ready made to put in the oven to cook while we enjoy a pre dinner glass of something chilled.  Marks and Spencer are doing their Dine In offer for dinner for two.  You get starters, main course, side dish, dessert, bottle of wine and box of chocolates for £20 which is clearly too good an offer to turn down (we'd never get a meal in a restaurant for £10 a head!) so I will be going into town as soon as I've finished this to check it out.

Other things on my 'to do' list include hand sewing the binding on the quilt and we end the week with a surprise meal out for our friends who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.  Meanwhile, I need to get out in that sunshine before the weather turns back to winter!  Have a good week!