Massage and mates

Fairly busy day today. I went to the gym first thing this morning and did static bike and rowing machine then my personal trainer session. After breakfast I planted out some young plants I bought and sowed seeds. Then I went to the man who is sorting out my poor legs. He did deep tissue massage and found a few knots - ouch! He says I don't need to go again unless I want to, he has given me some specific stretches to do, advised that I don't run till after Easter and then build up slowly but it is just time now there isn't anything desperately wrong with my joints, muscles or tendons. All of which is good news and made me happy :)

Then I went round to a friend's house to recover from the massage and plan what we are doing in her garden tomorrow.

Mother's Day

My daughter treated me to a mother and daughter spa day at Champneys. Included in the package was a thalasso therapy, an aromatherapy body wrap and an hour long pedicure, bliss We had a brilliant day :)

Beans and slabs

Lots to be happy about today :D The weather is glorious warm (not too hot) and sunny; I've laid one slab on the path I never finished last year; I've finished doing the fruit bushes in the fruit cage; I've weeded, composted, fertilised and dug over a bed for the broad beans and planted some out, brilliant day.

And I'm looking forward to tomorrow, my lovely daughter is treating me to a spa day :D :D

Bargain

Went to Boots to see what, if anything I wanted in their No7 range with the voucher I had. They had the serum I use now and again (when it is on offer) at half price and with my £5 voucher off it was a bargain :)

Cleaning and quilting

Today I cleaned the house and changed the sheets so the house is welcoming when OH comes home tomorrow. I doubt that he will notice but I'll know it's done.

This afternoon I went to quilting class and did some more to my bag; it's almost finished now, it just needs handles :)

Cookies/buns and owls

I made some vegan cookies/buns from a recipe given to me by my daughter. They look a bit dark (not burnt, just wholemeal flour) but they taste delicious

 The owl cushions were in the garden centre, the single owl is mostly applique and the bunch of owls is mostly embroidered. They cost a fortune but if I ever get time I could try making the applique one.

Peas and sprouts 2

I'm seriously impressed with myself today, I managed to make the lining for my bag all by myself ready for class on Thursday. It's a 'bucket bag' or sometimes called a 'windmill bag' because it is cut and stitched from 4 pieces of material laid out like the sails of a windmill, the finished bag has a square base.

I also finished a couple of bits of crochet I have been doing :)

Strawberries

Another happy day, sunshine (cold wind), I cycled, walked on treadmill and saw my trainer first thing then came home and hung out my washing. After a quick snack the allotment beckoned and I did some more in the fruit cage. Finished filling the new strawberry tubs and planted the strawberries from home, I need some more plants. Mulched the blackberry and gooseberry and half the raspberry bed with bark then bagged up a bit of garden compost for friend's garden.

Home for lunch then round to friend's house to mow lawn and start revamping part of her garden. 

Ikea and lunch

Another happy day. I went to Ikea with my daughter and a friend, we had a good look round but didn't spend a lot. I bought some of the small LED lights I was considering buying at Christmas they were £4 in Ikea so I bought them and they look lovely in my vase.

We came back and picked up OH then all went out for a late lunch. Brilliant day :)

Legs and green smoothies

I went to a sports physiotherapist today as my legs are still not better from about 6 weeks ago when I just did too much. I'm very pleased to say that I have strained various bits of my leg muscles. It might sound strange to be pleased and happy about it but I had begun to worry that I'd damaged the hip joint but he says there's no sign of any problem there :D I just have to keep stretching and using my leg muscles gently until they fully heal.

I'm also going to do the green smoothie 30 day challenge from 1 April

http://simplegreensmoothies.com/

I joined up and they sent me a beginners recipe today so I tried it and it was surprisingly good. 

I have tried putting leaves in smoothies before but wasn't impressed cos the leaves didn't break down properly, but their tip about whizzing the leaves with the liquid first then adding fruit and whizzing again made a big difference.

Sewing for Pleasure

Today's happy thing was going to Sewing for Pleasure show at the NEC. Some of the work on display was absolutely amazing. I took photos of the knitted flowers which were in one of the spring and summer displays

Sprouts and peas

Very happy day, went to a friend's house for coffee and a catch up because she's been away for a while at her daughter's house, then went to quilting class this afternoon. I haven't been quilting very long and the bag I'm now making is coming together really well; even the inside is neat.

Lunch out

I went to yoga this morning and then a group of us went to Leicester College for silver service lunch cooked and served by students on the Hospitality and Catering courses. Forgot to take a photo of my lunch but it was excellent.

So I'll put on a picture of my washing blowing in the sunshine, which also makes me happy!

Funky chicken

I finished the 'funky chicken' today that I started in quilting class a few weeks ago. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it but it makes me laugh because it's so silly :)

Pansies

A few good things happened today but I chose this to take a picture. The plants were being sold off at the garden centre but they should last a few weeks. They look very cheerful on the garden table.

New challenge

Hooray, I've found a new challenge :) I can't do the miles one as I was way behind but then I did something awful to my leg muscles (hamstrings) so I've not been doing many miles but I have joined a Pilates class on a Tuesday. My week is now really good: Monday gym cardio followed by a 30 minute personal trainer session; Tuesday 1 hour Pilates class; Wednesday 1.5 hours yoga class; Thursday quilting class all afternoon; Friday knit and natter 10 am to 1 pm in town so I walk either there or back and it's between 2.5 miles and 4.5 miles depending on where I park and which way I go. In between I do my allotment, knitting, crochet and sewing.

Anyway the new challenge is to be happy every day for 100 days, I have to submit a picture each day of something that made me happy. Today I've been working on the allotment and will shortly be adding a pic of my soft fruit bushes that I've weeded, fed and mulched, they look lovely and they should be happy now and give me a lot of fruit in the summer.

http://100happydays.com/