Pain about the cloud cover, Boogie. Balloon flights look so exciting.
Chocolate is always good - I decided chocolate was necessary last night so bought us a small bar each from M&S. Although it seems that chocolate is less popular - the Thornton's chocolate shop in town has recently been replaced by a health food store and I had to search for chocolate in M&S: it was on the far end of a shelf unit, hidden right in the back corner.
I spent the day in London with my friends - we used to work together, from about 26 years ago, and London is the only place we can sensibly get to from the far-flung reaches of the countryside! I left home at 6.45 and finally got home at about 10 <eeek>
We celebrated two 50th birthdays and one 60th with Pret-a-Portea at the Berkeley - very expensive, but it's all you need to eat from breakfast onwards, and I brought home two very elegant doggie boxes of CAKE for Mr. S, Miss. S and SiL's dessert. They were much appreciated! The worst thing about the whole day was the hour-and-a-half wait at Newport for the last stage of the journey, beguiled by watching everyone going out for the evening in Cardiff. All the girls had such vertiginous heels on - I put on posh shoes to go into the hotel tea room, but there's no way I could actually walk anywhere in them!
Not sure those girls can either, having been fascinated by someone trying to walk across the road in vertiginous heels yesterday, she wasn't walking smoothly and evenly.
Oo virtual cake yes please. Unfortunately the holidays cancelled are festivals for which I have already bought tickets and would be self catering, and my insurance doesn't cover that. In my heart I'd like to try to get to them, but I'm not sure my stamina will be up to either being there (getting around over rough terrain plus crowds) or, the later plaster free but further ones, driving there. Later on might do a bit of sofa surfing to compensate. I suspect next year I won't book anything and try to go on impulse as long as I get organised.
You may be able to sell the festival tickets. I fairly regularly see festival tickets - or other gig tickets - offered on Twitter on the relevant band streams. Offered at cost because there's a reason the person can't go.
DIL cooked a delicious meal with lamb and pomegranate yesterday evening, then we played a raucous game of cards - my son and I get very competitive
Playing cards as a family is one of my favourite things. We used to saty up till about 2.00 in the morning when my parents visited when our son was small. We're now teaching our nine year old nephew various games to keep the tradition going.
Pain about the balloon ride, hope you get one tomorrow.
My husband is away walking with friends, so I'm having an experimental few days eating a vegan diet (we are vegetarians already). All I can say is that riso-coconut milk in a caffe latte is rather odd.
Hmm. The partner of one of my esteemed Cousins is a vegan, and she makes the most wondrously tasty CHOCOLATE SOUP (sort of). Quite how it works, I know not, but it's amazingly strong.
I've also tasted vegan CHEESE, which, again, was so strong that it nearly took the skin off the inside of my mouth...
One of my nieces is a vegan, but I really can't see the attraction - there are so many things you have to avoid, and I honestly couldn't be bothered with having to read every label on everything you buy. Besides, I'm far too fond of meat (Boogie's lamb and pomegranate is causing considerable salivation) ...
Baby en rouge has picked up an intestinal virus. He'll get over it but now he's going to be in hospital even longer.
I can't prove it, but I'm looking very askance at the other family in our room. We've been complaining for weeks about them not following the hygiene rules
<votive> for bebe et famille en rouge at Other Family
Re CHOCOLATE, my former in-laws used to live next door to Mrs. Thornton. In those far-off days, it seemed as though you could hardly walk down any street in a certain City Centre (let the reader understand) without coming across a Thornton's emporium.
It is Monday evening here. Just thought, in case you didn't know, that I'd let you know we had a public holiday for the Queen's Birthday today. I am told you do not. Not sure why, but I suspect any government here that removed a public holiday would be torn from the chamber and lynched.
O! We Brits are so proud of Our Dear Queen that we celebrate her birthday, in a most hearty manner, by simply going to w**k as per usual, no matter how unproductive it may be.
Poor Baby en rouge - prayers ascending for him and you. xxx
Here in Canada we have a holiday for Queen Victoria's birthday, but not Queen Elizabeth's ... as they say over here, go, figure.
It's a lovely, sunny day here (20°), although I haven't really taken advantage of it except to replenish the humming-bird feeder. I'm currently waiting for some loaves to rise, and will be involved in the manufacture of SOUP later on.
D., along with the rest of the Cathedral staff, has to do a 2-day CPR course tomorrow and Wednesday, and I've been co-opted into it as well (there's space for 12 people, and they seem to think it would be a good idea if someone in the choir can do CPR*).
As the course is over two full work-days, D. suggested that we bring some FOOD, and volunteered my services to make SOUP and bread. Mind you, the forecast is for 27° on both days, so whether anyone will be feeling like eating SOUP may be another matter ...
* although as we've already got a fully-qualified nurse in the choir I'm not at all sure why they want me as well.
Indeed it is. You never know - that nurse might be absent on just the day you need her!
I was at our Cathedral Sung Eucharist some years ago, when an elderly gent was taken poorly, and collapsed. A number of people (including the Dean's wife, who is a GP) rallied round, and it transpired that the Cathedral didn't even have a portable oxygen kit....
BTW, any spare SOUP could well be directed over here. It's a bit grey and mizbel here today. O - wait a mo - the sun has appeared.....never mind, SOUP will still be welcome.
It is good knowledge to have, Piglet, wherever you may be.
I'm afraid it's still knowledge I haven't got - the course has been cancelled as the tutor has the flu. It could be worse - at least we were told yesterday evening, so we didn't have to get up at sparrow-fart only to find it was Off. I expect it'll be re-scheduled at some point, but don't know when.
However, by the time we were told, an industrial quantity of SOUP was already bubbling merrily in the slow-cooker, so we now have enough to feed an army - and enough bread in the freezer to last quite a while - do help yourselves.
Turns out that baby en rouge's virus isn't too serious. He's getting better already. Also the other little girl in the room has been discharged - am muchly relieved.
Today we went for a ride round Paris in an ambulance because they wanted to do a control MRI. That was quite exciting. Since it's rather complicated to explain to a baby that they need to hold still for half an hour they wrapped him up in bandages like a mummy with just his little face peeking out (alternatively I thought he looked rather like the infant Jesus on a Christmas card all meanly wrapped in swathing bands ). He didn't seem to mind.
We've been having apocalyptic thunderstorms here so today it's been fairly cool and wet. This is a reason for HOT CHOCOLATE.
BTW, any spare SOUP could well be directed over here. It's a bit grey and mizbel here today. O - wait a mo - the sun has appeared.....never mind, SOUP will still be welcome.
The first-aid course is now apparently to be on the 25th and 26th of June, so further SOUP will be made then. We had some for lunch today, and we'll have the rest on Thursday - it should be happy enough in the fridge until then.
Two days seems very long for just CPR. Even the initial Senior First Aid incorporating CPR only took a day in my work environment, and we used to do the annual updates on CPR in less than half a day. Important skills to have.
On Monday night we saw a fantastic play (at our new church) called 'Reckless Abandon' by 4Front Theatre. It's the story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliott and the other four couples who were missionaries in Ecuador and committed to bringing the word of God to the Waodani tribe. If you see it advertised near where you are, UK Shippies, do go - quite apart from the acting, the music was fabulous ('We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender' sung a cappella in close harmony )
I thought of that when reading the Prayer thread this morning <votive>
Not only was baby en rouge's virus less serious than thought, but he has bounced back like Superman. While his intestines were in a mess they stopped feeding him except through a drip. He consequently concluded that there was a famine on and now he's allowed his milky again he's started sucking like a very sucky sucker.
If he carries on improving at this rate he'll be coming home next week after all.
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Chocolate is always good - I decided chocolate was necessary last night so bought us a small bar each from M&S. Although it seems that chocolate is less popular - the Thornton's chocolate shop in town has recently been replaced by a health food store and I had to search for chocolate in M&S: it was on the far end of a shelf unit, hidden right in the back corner.
We celebrated two 50th birthdays and one 60th with Pret-a-Portea at the Berkeley - very expensive, but it's all you need to eat from breakfast onwards, and I brought home two very elegant doggie boxes of CAKE for Mr. S, Miss. S and SiL's dessert. They were much appreciated! The worst thing about the whole day was the hour-and-a-half wait at Newport for the last stage of the journey, beguiled by watching everyone going out for the evening in Cardiff. All the girls had such vertiginous heels on - I put on posh shoes to go into the hotel tea room, but there's no way I could actually walk anywhere in them!
Mrs. S, weary but unbowed
Playing cards as a family is one of my favourite things. We used to saty up till about 2.00 in the morning when my parents visited when our son was small. We're now teaching our nine year old nephew various games to keep the tradition going.
Pain about the balloon ride, hope you get one tomorrow.
My husband is away walking with friends, so I'm having an experimental few days eating a vegan diet (we are vegetarians already). All I can say is that riso-coconut milk in a caffe latte is rather odd.
I've also tasted vegan CHEESE, which, again, was so strong that it nearly took the skin off the inside of my mouth...
IJ
Baby en rouge has picked up an intestinal virus. He'll get over it but now he's going to be in hospital even longer.
I can't prove it, but I'm looking very askance at the other family in our room. We've been complaining for weeks about them not following the hygiene rules
<votive> for bebe et famille en rouge
Re CHOCOLATE, my former in-laws used to live next door to Mrs. Thornton. In those far-off days, it seemed as though you could hardly walk down any street in a certain City Centre (let the reader understand) without coming across a Thornton's emporium.
Sic transit gloria mundi......
IJ
Hopefully by the end of the month (sigh). Bored of this now.
It is Monday evening here. Just thought, in case you didn't know, that I'd let you know we had a public holiday for the Queen's Birthday today. I am told you do not. Not sure why, but I suspect any government here that removed a public holiday would be torn from the chamber and lynched.
No?
IJ
Here in Canada we have a holiday for Queen Victoria's birthday, but not Queen Elizabeth's ... as they say over here, go, figure.
It's a lovely, sunny day here (20°), although I haven't really taken advantage of it except to replenish the humming-bird feeder. I'm currently waiting for some loaves to rise, and will be involved in the manufacture of SOUP later on.
D., along with the rest of the Cathedral staff, has to do a 2-day CPR course tomorrow and Wednesday, and I've been co-opted into it as well (there's space for 12 people, and they seem to think it would be a good idea if someone in the choir can do CPR*).
As the course is over two full work-days, D. suggested that we bring some FOOD, and volunteered my services to make SOUP and bread. Mind you, the forecast is for 27° on both days, so whether anyone will be feeling like eating SOUP may be another matter ...
* although as we've already got a fully-qualified nurse in the choir I'm not at all sure why they want me as well.
I was at our Cathedral Sung Eucharist some years ago, when an elderly gent was taken poorly, and collapsed. A number of people (including the Dean's wife, who is a GP) rallied round, and it transpired that the Cathedral didn't even have a portable oxygen kit....
BTW, any spare SOUP could well be directed over here. It's a bit grey and mizbel here today. O - wait a mo - the sun has appeared.....never mind, SOUP will still be welcome.
Thank you!
IJ
However, by the time we were told, an industrial quantity of SOUP was already bubbling merrily in the slow-cooker, so we now have enough to feed an army - and enough bread in the freezer to last quite a while - do help yourselves.
Today we went for a ride round Paris in an ambulance because they wanted to do a control MRI. That was quite exciting. Since it's rather complicated to explain to a baby that they need to hold still for half an hour they wrapped him up in bandages like a mummy with just his little face peeking out (alternatively I thought he looked rather like the infant Jesus on a Christmas card all meanly wrapped in swathing bands
We've been having apocalyptic thunderstorms here so today it's been fairly cool and wet. This is a reason for HOT CHOCOLATE.
Glad to hear baby en rouge is on the mend!
IJ
IJ
IJ
The first-aid course is now apparently to be on the 25th and 26th of June, so further SOUP will be made then. We had some for lunch today, and we'll have the rest on Thursday - it should be happy enough in the fridge until then.
Lovely and summery here, with all my roses and honeysuckle still being delicious.
Rather than SOUP, I feel a jug of Pimms is in order - orders for a virtual glass anyone?
The sun is here but the cool is on its way. A bit of rain is much needed for the garden.
I thought of that when reading the Prayer thread this morning <votive>
Mrs. S, not yet seeing herself as a missionary
South of the Border are welcome to have as much dreich weather as they like, it's only fair.
Perhaps a Wall should be built.
IJ
Not only was baby en rouge's virus less serious than thought, but he has bounced back like Superman. While his intestines were in a mess they stopped feeding him except through a drip. He consequently concluded that there was a famine on and now he's allowed his milky again he's started sucking like a very sucky sucker.
If he carries on improving at this rate he'll be coming home next week after all.
Yippee!!
It's a close, muggy sort of day here - so far only 22°, but we have deployed the air-con.