I filled my washing line yesterday and it all dried beautifully. Some of it was washed by hand and some by machine but even the wetter handwashed things dried. I love not having the house draped with half dried washing. I often wonder how they (the wives and mothers) managed 100-200 years ago when housework followed a set pattern each week and the clothes were washed on a set day each week: one day for treating stains, one for washing, one for starching and ironing, one for baking etc etc. There was no leeway for the weather so whatever did they do with all the wet washing if it rained?

My husband's asthma has played up dreadfully this week and he could hardly talk on Thursday and Friday - a bit of a problem for a teacher! He has been better yesterday and today because he has not been at work. He's been marking exam papers all weekend though so he is not exactly relaxing. You can tell he feels bad because he took very little nagging to agree to get in touch with the doctor to see about changing his medication.

The hens seem to be laying lots of eggs on the warmer days and fewer on the colder, damp days. One day this week I had 3 dozen eggs sitting on the side on the kitchen. Several of my regular customers at work had gone on a field trip with the pupils Mon-Fri and so my eggs were building up alarmingly. Fortunately another customer rang up and wanted 2 dozen extra because she had lots of baking to do for a family event. Phew! The backlog of eggs is now back to manageable proportions. I couldn't normally provide 2 dozen extra but I could this week as the other customers were away. Isn't it funny how well things work out sometimes : )

We have two teacher days on Mon and Tues. There are a couple of staff meetings but I'm looking forward to catching up on lots of jobs that I've been putting off and doing lots of admin uninterrupted. That'll be a treat!