<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3161" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dyson-v6-134x200.jpg" alt="dyson-v6" width="134" height="200" />It's amazing how much time I can take up on washing, cleaning and ironing all in the cause of keeping busy. In the pursuit of cleanliness I bought myself a Dyson V6 which is an expensive broom/dustpan and brush combination. I can whip round the downstairs space sucking up all of Maisie's hair and my crumbs in less than 15 minutes. The act of buying something/anything is also therapeutic.

I'm still eating Jane's prepared frozen meals - last night it was chicken casserole which I'm sure she was looking ahead a knew I would need some time to settle into cooking for myself so there is a freezer full of her meals. I also ate some of her carrot and parsnip mash so I bought myself a single parsnip and some carrots and made myself some. Haven't eaten it yet but it looks very similar to Jane's so maybe I've got it right. I'm having it for dinner tonight with mackerel fillets, ratatouille, broccoli and the mash.

Another area I'm edging into is shopping. When Jane and I went shopping I would always deride Jane's slavish use of her Tesco vouchers, well having received some in the post the other day I used a couple when buying jam and fresh soup - items I needed anyway. Jane would have smiled. Today I drove up to Grimsby to shop at our nearest Home Bargains (cheap shop - like an up market pound shop, but not that up market). I wandered around the clothing area of Sainsburys for no other reason than I wanted to use their toilet and I also called in on B&amp;Q to buy a couple of bedside lights to replace one that Jane broke just before she went into the hospice - why I bought two I don't know but I just like balance.