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Thank you @dine, @frausorge and @spikedluv for the cards, and @pensnest for the parcel of deliciousness. You're all great ♥
A catch-up of the last week.
I loved the show last Friday, though I should have known I would as in terms of the media we like, I'm very different to Kayleigh, so odds on, if she hated it I would love it. The show was more performance theatre than anything with a plot and I laughed so much at the clowns, especially when we got wet when they threw water at the audience, then one came and dried then polished James' head. The fake snow blizzard was amazing and the giant balls that were thrown out on the audience at the end made me feel like a kid again. It was great.
Nothing much to share about weight management class on Monday, it was about fruit and vegetables and nothing exciting was talked about. But there was a new man starting. He was older and had been a personal trainer way back in the day, and you could tell as after the exercise part he went around to everyone congratulating for finishing along with a hi-five, and hey, I'll take it. Along with the applause for finishing the circuit, it was my favourite part of the class.
Tuesday it was a Christmas meal meet up with Pauline and her daughter, and was memorable for mostly the wrong reasons. We went to a restaurant in a retirement village, which seemed like a weird choice in the first place, but Pauline had been there before and rated the food. Well, the public health people had turned up for an unannounced spot check, so the staff were frantic and everything was behind, and we got no food until an hour after we booked. The veggie option was vegetables from the main dinner, and that was it, though they did bring out a jug of gravy not made with meat juices. The fire alarm kept going off, and to top it all, a big group had come in, apparently from a church, and the head lady kept standing up, banging her spoon on the table very loudly, telling people to be quiet, then praying at length. You just had to laugh, really.
We spent the afternoon at Corey's one day. It was the longest drive James had done for a while, but it went okay. Corey asked for some good quality pans for his Christmas present, as he wants to replace the stuff he got when starting uni. So, we bought him some ninja pans and a separate good quality frying pan. And his usual Lindt sweets and Lush stuff, just so he has some fun things. It was lovely to see him, it had been far too long since I'd been able to give him a big hug in person, so he got quite a few that afternoon.
Yesterday we went to Durham on the bus, and ended up walking to the cathedral. It was a lovely, crisp, sunny day and I enjoyed the walk and was impressed with the accessibility improvements that have been made in the cathedral. Every door is now touch operated -- with the original wooden doors always open between the new modern ones. There were ramps or alternative routes next to every set of steps, and even a small lift to get down to the café level. I especially liked the nativity crib, which had been themed to the North East, so the donkey was a pit pony and the shepherd was a man in a flat cap with a whippet.
We had planned on eating dinner at Durham, but quickly realised that wasn't going to happen two Saturdays before Christmas as every place was packed. So, we had a mooch around the market, got the bus home, got off at our town and had a festive bake from Greggs instead.
There was also two sets of Bodhisitting in there, too. But I can't even remember what days now.
Oh, and the decorations are up. The tree in all its overdone tacky glory, the sparkle deers are sparkling, the dinos are lit up, and Kevin is constantly climbing the tree. Seriously, at this point I've become resigned to the bottom right of the tree being without any decorations with the branches bent down.
It was also the Strictly final last night. The winner wasn't a surprise in the slightest, but I enjoyed the show, especially as I wasn't really invested in anyone winning.
And now I'm about to try and catch up a bit on here while James watches Red One on Prime. Not sure why it's on there so quickly, but it's good background watching.
A catch-up of the last week.
I loved the show last Friday, though I should have known I would as in terms of the media we like, I'm very different to Kayleigh, so odds on, if she hated it I would love it. The show was more performance theatre than anything with a plot and I laughed so much at the clowns, especially when we got wet when they threw water at the audience, then one came and dried then polished James' head. The fake snow blizzard was amazing and the giant balls that were thrown out on the audience at the end made me feel like a kid again. It was great.
Nothing much to share about weight management class on Monday, it was about fruit and vegetables and nothing exciting was talked about. But there was a new man starting. He was older and had been a personal trainer way back in the day, and you could tell as after the exercise part he went around to everyone congratulating for finishing along with a hi-five, and hey, I'll take it. Along with the applause for finishing the circuit, it was my favourite part of the class.
Tuesday it was a Christmas meal meet up with Pauline and her daughter, and was memorable for mostly the wrong reasons. We went to a restaurant in a retirement village, which seemed like a weird choice in the first place, but Pauline had been there before and rated the food. Well, the public health people had turned up for an unannounced spot check, so the staff were frantic and everything was behind, and we got no food until an hour after we booked. The veggie option was vegetables from the main dinner, and that was it, though they did bring out a jug of gravy not made with meat juices. The fire alarm kept going off, and to top it all, a big group had come in, apparently from a church, and the head lady kept standing up, banging her spoon on the table very loudly, telling people to be quiet, then praying at length. You just had to laugh, really.
We spent the afternoon at Corey's one day. It was the longest drive James had done for a while, but it went okay. Corey asked for some good quality pans for his Christmas present, as he wants to replace the stuff he got when starting uni. So, we bought him some ninja pans and a separate good quality frying pan. And his usual Lindt sweets and Lush stuff, just so he has some fun things. It was lovely to see him, it had been far too long since I'd been able to give him a big hug in person, so he got quite a few that afternoon.
Yesterday we went to Durham on the bus, and ended up walking to the cathedral. It was a lovely, crisp, sunny day and I enjoyed the walk and was impressed with the accessibility improvements that have been made in the cathedral. Every door is now touch operated -- with the original wooden doors always open between the new modern ones. There were ramps or alternative routes next to every set of steps, and even a small lift to get down to the café level. I especially liked the nativity crib, which had been themed to the North East, so the donkey was a pit pony and the shepherd was a man in a flat cap with a whippet.
We had planned on eating dinner at Durham, but quickly realised that wasn't going to happen two Saturdays before Christmas as every place was packed. So, we had a mooch around the market, got the bus home, got off at our town and had a festive bake from Greggs instead.
There was also two sets of Bodhisitting in there, too. But I can't even remember what days now.
Oh, and the decorations are up. The tree in all its overdone tacky glory, the sparkle deers are sparkling, the dinos are lit up, and Kevin is constantly climbing the tree. Seriously, at this point I've become resigned to the bottom right of the tree being without any decorations with the branches bent down.
It was also the Strictly final last night. The winner wasn't a surprise in the slightest, but I enjoyed the show, especially as I wasn't really invested in anyone winning.
And now I'm about to try and catch up a bit on here while James watches Red One on Prime. Not sure why it's on there so quickly, but it's good background watching.