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General Catch Up and Getting the Garden sorted

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Be warned this is a long post as it covers several days as I have been a little busy and I have had to change my focus and routines as OH working from home still. I have also been having techy problems with the computer and my phone which is not helping at all and in particular with sending emails. It was my birthday last Sunday and in line with all the current restrictions we stayed at home and had a lazy day.  I am normally taken out for a meal and as this could not feasibly happen this time round I cooked my own meal.  I had managed to find a part boned leg of lamb joint which had been reduced from £25 to £17.50 in Waitrose.  I served this with new potatoes, petit-pois, asparagus, cauliflower, broccoli and carrot crush and plenty of gravy.  I did stud the joint with garlic.  We then had Strawberries and cream followed by a fresh cream sponge for my birthday cake.  It went down very well and we had a duplicate meal on Monday evening as well.  Ther...