31.12.2024 Last, but not least.

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 Tuesday 31st 44F/6.7C. Overcast and windy with showers.

 Up  at 7.30. I woke at 4am and then drifted until 7.30.

 I have to shop before the supermarket closes early for New Year. A bit more tidying of the all IKEA instructions and packaging was required. There's a whole trailer trip to the recycling yard if it all had to go at once. 

 I have been refining playing with the kitchen layout drawing produced by the IKEA app. Currently in the 17th iteration. 4130mm x 2860mm = 14'6" x 7'2". 2360mm = 7'. A good size for a solitary master chef.

 Now I really must go shopping. No bread rolls left for lunch!

 11.45 Returned well laden with shopping. No chicken, so I bought organic, beef sausage.

 13.00 My nice neighbours visited with their little dogs but did not
come in. Because their feet were wet and muddy. They left me with some delicious, home made biscuits.

 14.30 The lady from the next village has just left. Her "brief visit with something left on the stove" turned into an hour. She liked my glass cabinet & lighting. 69F/21C in the room.

 Dinner was sausage, tweggs and chips. I preheated the oven for 10 minutes at 250C. Then gave the chips 20 minutes on the top shelf at 200C. While I fried the sausage slowly at 4 and then the eggs. 

 A few fireworks and rockets went off this afternoon. Presumably to entertain the children. Without their having to stay up until midnight. I am watching "Killing Eve" on Netflix. An excellent series with a very strong cast. 

 It's blowing a gale with loud gusts. Up to 50mm or 2" of rain is possible.

 

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