Busy weekends
This weekend was busy. Next weekend will be busy and so will the one after that. It is the housework that usually gets left undone because we have to eat and clean clothes are needed for work... so don't come and visit before the Easter holiday, please, so that I'll have a chance to play catch-up : )
One of the things that we did on Saturday was to go to an 80th birthday luncheon party at a pub near Stratford. It was a very pleasant afternoon. As we were the transport for another couple, we were invited back afterwards for a cup of tea because the other couple were, if you see what I mean. I had not expected that so it ended up that the whole day had gone because it was not very local... It was my first 80th party. I've been to lots of 50th and 60th celebrations but not been to a 70th yet. It will come : )
We don't tend to go out for meals but our invitation was the verbal kind that is kindly meant but extremely hard to refuse without giving offence and besides, the other couple would not have been able to go if we didn't, so we bit the bullet and went. We had expected to have to pay but discovered that it was all paid for so it just cost the diesel, which helped towards my enjoyment, if I'm being honest. I know I'm a skinflint sometimes but I like our cooking and it grieves me to pay a week's housekeeping money for a meal that is usually not as good as we could have cooked for ourselves. I decided to order the scampi meal because I like it and my husband doesn't, so I very rarely have the opportunity to eat it. And there were four different veg served with it, so that pleased me too.
Sunday, we had church in the morning (with music rehearsals that means 9 am until almost 1 pm - so it is longer than it sounds...), a quick trip to Lidl for milk and a glance at the weekend half price specials (pork mince £1.14 for 500g - nice!) and home for a quick sandwich. Then off with son to help him move something which took longer than expected (doesn't it always?) then a super quick omelette made with a large number of my new girls' baby eggs and back to church for a special event.
I did manage a load of washing on each day and it was really good to bring it in dry at teatime, even the towels. Since we have the woodburner now, I put up with an airer or two in the living room with us in order to make more use of the heat and keep away from the energy guzzling tumble dryer but I really like not having the room like the proverbial Chinese laundry.
And mentioning the woodburner reminds me to say that my daughter rang up to say that a tree had come down this weekend in her neighbour's garden and she has kindly volunteered our services to clear it : ) It is not a huge tree but it is free wood nonetheless and will help towards replenishing what we have lost at school. The garden and tree belong to a single mother who is very grateful not to have to pay to have it cleared or to have the trouble of working out how to clear it. Win win, I think.
One of the things that we did on Saturday was to go to an 80th birthday luncheon party at a pub near Stratford. It was a very pleasant afternoon. As we were the transport for another couple, we were invited back afterwards for a cup of tea because the other couple were, if you see what I mean. I had not expected that so it ended up that the whole day had gone because it was not very local... It was my first 80th party. I've been to lots of 50th and 60th celebrations but not been to a 70th yet. It will come : )
We don't tend to go out for meals but our invitation was the verbal kind that is kindly meant but extremely hard to refuse without giving offence and besides, the other couple would not have been able to go if we didn't, so we bit the bullet and went. We had expected to have to pay but discovered that it was all paid for so it just cost the diesel, which helped towards my enjoyment, if I'm being honest. I know I'm a skinflint sometimes but I like our cooking and it grieves me to pay a week's housekeeping money for a meal that is usually not as good as we could have cooked for ourselves. I decided to order the scampi meal because I like it and my husband doesn't, so I very rarely have the opportunity to eat it. And there were four different veg served with it, so that pleased me too.
Sunday, we had church in the morning (with music rehearsals that means 9 am until almost 1 pm - so it is longer than it sounds...), a quick trip to Lidl for milk and a glance at the weekend half price specials (pork mince £1.14 for 500g - nice!) and home for a quick sandwich. Then off with son to help him move something which took longer than expected (doesn't it always?) then a super quick omelette made with a large number of my new girls' baby eggs and back to church for a special event.
I did manage a load of washing on each day and it was really good to bring it in dry at teatime, even the towels. Since we have the woodburner now, I put up with an airer or two in the living room with us in order to make more use of the heat and keep away from the energy guzzling tumble dryer but I really like not having the room like the proverbial Chinese laundry.
And mentioning the woodburner reminds me to say that my daughter rang up to say that a tree had come down this weekend in her neighbour's garden and she has kindly volunteered our services to clear it : ) It is not a huge tree but it is free wood nonetheless and will help towards replenishing what we have lost at school. The garden and tree belong to a single mother who is very grateful not to have to pay to have it cleared or to have the trouble of working out how to clear it. Win win, I think.
Labels: busy, woodburner
posted by Jo @ 2:30 AM
1 Comments:
At 5:58 AM,
Fran said…
Housework should always be last on the list, you do it and then it immediately needs doing again! Far better to enjoy yourself. I know what you mean about a chinese laundry - you have to shove it out the way when people visit xxx
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