Just noting down what I have been up to over the last few days – I guess so I don’t look back and think, what the hell did I do after Christmas? Actually it’s not a huge amount ..
Sunday 27th – after the visitors left it took awhile to wind down – kept getting up and about! Sorted out some laundry and caught up on some tele.
Mon 28th – Lazy morning reading and lying in. B arrived about noon and we went off and had a lovely lunch and then over to Shannon for some shopping. By the time we got back to mine the day was a stunner so we sat outside for a bit while before B headed off. It was a gorgeous evening.
Tues 29th – spent all morning reading as I had to get Wolf Hall back to the library. What a stunning book. Pm was grocery shopping, lounging around home and pottering. S home about 5ish.
Weds 30th – S back to work. We’d talk the previous night about if we were going to C+K’s civil union and astonishingly we were decisive and said yes we’d go! Helped along I think by at two different Auckland friends saying we could stay, and they could taxi us about! So I got the flights booked – we couldn’t get the cheaper seats for both legs of the journey but no matter. I had been umming and aaahing about going – sounds silly but I was actually worried about feeling totally like a fish out of water amongst C’s new “city” friends, but I am over that now.
Most of the rest of the day involved moving the pantry cupboard from the kitchen to the dining room. S has been keen on this for some time, and I was rather dubious until I figured out how I thought the space would work. So after a few hours (and several rest stops) of unloading the cupboard, wiping the shelves, tossing stuff, and moving the cupboard itself, and restocking, it was sorted. Our tiny kitchen is transformed. I have actually managed to sneak a fold up table in there, the top of which will be a handy extra surface, and it still gives room for two people to get past each other.
It was sunny yesterday but horrendously windy. I actually lost a sheet off the line – god knows where it is (only a spare so not a problem really)! But by evening it was pretty calm, then later it got cloudy and cooler and had a shower of rain. The weather is nuts.
So it’s the 31st as I type this. Nothing planned for tonight, and I don’t even care! Must be what happens when you get older
It’s a gloriously sunny day – am thinking I should go and visit a friend I haven’t seen for awhile.
Have invited R+S for dinner Saturday night – we had said we’d catch up over the break, and I thought it was time they came to ours, as we always go there. They’ll stay the night too so they don’t have to worry about drinking and driving. They always cook us such wonderful food – and they have a spotless clutter free house, so you can imagine this whole gig is a little intimidating. But start the year as I mean to go on! I’ve more or less got the menu planned – two chicken dishes – Moroccan chicken (new recipe, drumsticks – will serve cold I think), and smoked chicken and melon salad (which is a good looking and tasty dish but very easy). Green salad and couscous to go with it. Might do the zuccotto for afters. As this all can be more or less prepared I don’t have to stress out about cooking. Well that is the theory