I skipped Church because no car = no church these days. It's too far to walk and Mr Boogs is up in the Northern Lands with the car.
So I spent the morning at a new friend's. It's unbelievable how much we have in common. We whiled away the morning chatting about gardens, poetry, art and photography. Plenty of coffee was also consumed. Delicious and made with condensed milk - naughty!
Thanks for the good wishes for the readings - after a slight stammer on the first one - Diblaim (DIB-la-eem?) - I was fine. Actually, I've just realised (and thank goodness Rev'd Rosie didn't point it out in front of everyone) I read the wrong chapter! What was on the service sheet was Hosea 2, 1-10 and what I had printed out and read was Hosea 1, 2-10. Me and my number dyslexia!
Then picked up a BACON SANDWICH for brunch, laundered and snoozed.
I've still got a load of salads in the fridge, so that'll be supper sorted.
I sneaked in to church to avoid F the meeter and greeter who likes me to do things. No use, he found me in my pew and asked me to do the introduction. That's pretty straightforward, no tricky names or punctuation. Someone then stared at me when it was time for the bidding prayers, she obviously assumed I was doing that too. I wasn't, the person that was was sitting at the back and didn't walk fast. It was a really nice Mass. Much as I like the input from the children's group it was a much quieter and more reflective service today.
This afternoon we went to the garden centre to pick up a plant for another gap we've identified and then to a supermarket to use their electric charger. They only have two and there was a queue so I dived in and got some bits and pieces we needed and then we drove to a petrol station that has lots, and most of them were empty.
I read somewhere of a C19th schoolteacher who taught her pupils to say "Nebuchadnezzar" confidently. If they came across a name they couldn't pronounce, rather than stumble, they substituted a confident Nebuchadnezzar. Her theory was that confidence was more important than accuracy.
A typical late July day in Arkland the Dismal - grey, cloudy, and with a cool northerly breeze. Please may we have Summer back? Pretty please?
LAMB CHOPS and Potato Salad have been eaten, but I still feel peckish, and will have to see about a CHEESE Sanwidge quite soon. Yesterday's struggles with circuit breakers left me feeling very flaky this morning, but restage and snoozage have helped. I've now finished removing the offending light fitting, making sure I turned the juice OFF beforehand...
My reading ( Colossians) went well at the 9.15 service. I nipped out of church before the end, drove home, picked up some food, walked to the Methodist church for 10.30. Long service, very full church, including the extension. Communion took forever, as despite the minister telling them to consume and walk on, nobody did. Methodist ‘tables’ will not be abandoned!
I noted how much some people have aged recently, but also noted the many young people, families with young children mainly from Hong Kong, who have settled here. The future leaders.
Lunch and presentations followed. Walked home, thought to check my trains and saw my connection from Grantham to Lincoln at 4.30 was cancelled. I quickly finished packing my rucksack and dashed out for the 2.15 bus to Nottingham instead. It was late ( because roadworks) and I feared it was cancelled. The next one would probably be too late. Rang daughter in a panic, but the bus came, and I caught my ( alternative) train, arriving an hour earlier than originally planned. Many problems on the East Coast main line, so some of the participants will be very late arriving. Those who are here spoke of a three hour wait at KingsCross, so my issues were minor. So glad I rechecked.
Sorry for the long saga.
Dinner in an hour but the bar will soon be open.
I think it was possibly in the Church Times many years ago that the advice was, when confronted with unpronounceable names, to substitute "the men from the East" and carry on!
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So I spent the morning at a new friend's. It's unbelievable how much we have in common. We whiled away the morning chatting about gardens, poetry, art and photography. Plenty of coffee was also consumed. Delicious and made with condensed milk - naughty!
Then picked up a BACON SANDWICH for brunch, laundered and snoozed.
I've still got a load of salads in the fridge, so that'll be supper sorted.
This afternoon we went to the garden centre to pick up a plant for another gap we've identified and then to a supermarket to use their electric charger. They only have two and there was a queue so I dived in and got some bits and pieces we needed and then we drove to a petrol station that has lots, and most of them were empty.
LAMB CHOPS and Potato Salad have been eaten, but I still feel peckish, and will have to see about a CHEESE Sanwidge quite soon. Yesterday's struggles with circuit breakers left me feeling very flaky this morning, but restage and snoozage have helped. I've now finished removing the offending light fitting, making sure I turned the juice OFF beforehand...
I noted how much some people have aged recently, but also noted the many young people, families with young children mainly from Hong Kong, who have settled here. The future leaders.
Lunch and presentations followed. Walked home, thought to check my trains and saw my connection from Grantham to Lincoln at 4.30 was cancelled. I quickly finished packing my rucksack and dashed out for the 2.15 bus to Nottingham instead. It was late ( because roadworks) and I feared it was cancelled. The next one would probably be too late. Rang daughter in a panic, but the bus came, and I caught my ( alternative) train, arriving an hour earlier than originally planned. Many problems on the East Coast main line, so some of the participants will be very late arriving. Those who are here spoke of a three hour wait at KingsCross, so my issues were minor. So glad I rechecked.
Sorry for the long saga.
Dinner in an hour but the bar will soon be open.
Cut-my-own-throat Diblaim?
I honestly don't know - I'd never heard of him until a few days ago!