Have been very domestic today which is unusual for us. I've caught up with all the washing and ironing, partly helped by Alex getting us up before seven o'clock. Nick has been similarly domestic and it being a Sunday he indulged in the great British tradition of washing the car.

I also did some baking fr the first time in ages (aided and abated ( Read more... )

It is just me or do other people get excited by the prospect of a good day for line-drying laundry?

For the past two weekends, and last Saturday in particular, we've been blessed with good drying days: bright, clear and with a breeze. I get all excited and enthused when I can see it is a good day. On Saturday I managed to get four loads of ( Read more... )

in a word.

nmg is at Gark Villa today to oversee the installation of our French Windows (which also entails knocking out the wall under our current dining room window). The fitters ahve just turned up and the doors at not what we expected at all.

We asked for the widest doors they could do with side panels to take up the rest of the opening. The ( Read more... )

I shouldn't feel this tired after our first relatively non-gadding about weekend in ages, but that's the third trimester for you.

The weekend started with us catching the train up to London for flickgc and drplokta's wedding in the Glazier's Hall near London Bridge. As we had some time to kill before the evening reception, we ended up eating at an excellent ( Read more... )

It's too darned hot! It did look as if it was going to be colder this morning, but it hasn't taken too long to heat up at all. I don't do hot weather particularly well.

We had rather a productive weeekend, despite the heat, or even possibly because of it as we were both up and about c. 6.30am each morning. We were back from having done the ( Read more... )

No outdoor sex for me this morning, as I volunteered to do the morning shift on the enquiry desk at work. so far I have been here 33 minutes and although numerous students have walked past, not one has needed to enquire of my knowledge. Just as well I've got some work to be going on with.

Contrary to earlier weather forecasts, it isn't raining ( Read more... )

I have nothing to report, so I fear I may ramble.

Have been eating well (roasted a chicken on Monday hence chicken salad sandwiches all week for lunch, salmon on Tuesday and last night managed to get around to the Shepherd's Pie I made on Sunday. Got more of it left for tnight :) Also made Nigella's Banana Bread on Sunday and we've been having a ( Read more... )

Kenneth Williams' night on BBC4 is rather fun. I just wish poor old Kenny hadn't had such a rough private life, although I had had no idea he was friends with Joe Orton: not two people you'd tend to think of together.

However, haven't updated in a while, so a bit of a splurge coming. The weekend before last the in-laws finally came to visit us ( Read more... )

The sky is clear, the sun is shining and I want to go home and do stuff around the house!

Instead I'm going to be writing a quiz on Blackboard for students to do on Monday afternoon. What I really want to be doing is sorting out more of the house in preparation for Nick's parents coming tomorrow. I'd like to get everything done to give me time ( Read more... )

Discovered a rather nice pub in brisk walking distance from home (long enough to feel virutous enough to ahve a pint, far enough not to do it too often!) courtesy of a work colleague who persuaded me to go out last night. So nmg and I had a pleasant drink with her and her other half. The rest of the week, when not doing late duty, we've been ( Read more... )