'A person doesn't change just because you find out more...'
Yesterday was a pretty good day. It started out with Allie and I making a trip to the Back Show. The show was a mix of various companies (some a bit quacky, others not) all selling services or items related to back care. I saw a number of thing of interest there, but didn't actually buy anything. I did get a fifteen minute free massage though which made the trip completely worth it. I worry that going at all is a sign of getting old despite the number of young people there though. As Allie put it, we should have been spending Sunday afternoon having a nice long lunch somewhere instead of hanging around looking for things to help hold our bodies together.
After we got home we made cheesy crumpets and got out some roasted squash seeds we made earlier before sitting down to watch Jamie's America. We've seen most of the episodes of this and it's been an entertaining if slightly embarrassing series about Jamie Oliver exploring American cuisine. He seems to think he's this great social commentator, but he's just coming across as sheltered and clueless. I've read recently that he's looking at doing another show in the States soon featuring Huntington, WV, as he thinks it's one of the unhealthiest places in the country. He's made great strides in getting schools to improve their nutrition here and a little less success in efforts to get communities cooking from scratch again. The tri-state's not exactly a healthy eating hotspot and it might do some good to pay attention to him, but I have a feeling that if he tries this he may be run out of town on a rail.
I went to the evening service at church after this and it ended up being a really good service. I don't usually go in the evenings, but I felt like it yesterday as I'd missed in the morning and have missed a couple other weeks recently as well. Oddly, I seem to have made a new friend at this service in the form of a small girl who thought my arm would be a nice thing to hug for about twenty minutes after I smiled at her. I don't usually like small children much, but that was a bit... heartwarming. Everybody say 'Awwww!'.
Allie and I made fried rice and fishcakes after I got back from church. The fishcakes were shop bought. The fried rice was not. And I was very pleased with the rice. It was one of my favourite dishes that Nanny makes, but we usually get it from the local Chinese if we have it at all. It was really good to have it home made again and Allie did a great job with it.
I also washed down the rice with one of the cans of Mountain Dew that Allie picked up for me. This one being the strawberry flavoured 'Supernova' variety. Now might be a good time to include a website I came across recently. I used to collect soda cans when I was young and this website has photos of loads of old cans, some of which I had. Some of these cans, like New Coke, really take me back to my childhood.
Whilst we ate dinner we started watching The Third Man, but didn't quite get to the end before going to bed. I expect we'll be finishing it this evening.
Today's been okay, I guess. I went to the doctor early on to top up my anti-depressants (and found out I'd accidentally double booked), ran a few errands did little else until evening when I met Allie at the British Library to go to their We Were Young and at War event. The event was really interesting and involved several readings by different actors from the recently published book of the same name. The book takes a look at WWII through the journals of teenagers from different sides of the war including Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Japan. I'd like to try to read it at some point, but who knows when that will be...
Right. Gotta go make dinner now.
After we got home we made cheesy crumpets and got out some roasted squash seeds we made earlier before sitting down to watch Jamie's America. We've seen most of the episodes of this and it's been an entertaining if slightly embarrassing series about Jamie Oliver exploring American cuisine. He seems to think he's this great social commentator, but he's just coming across as sheltered and clueless. I've read recently that he's looking at doing another show in the States soon featuring Huntington, WV, as he thinks it's one of the unhealthiest places in the country. He's made great strides in getting schools to improve their nutrition here and a little less success in efforts to get communities cooking from scratch again. The tri-state's not exactly a healthy eating hotspot and it might do some good to pay attention to him, but I have a feeling that if he tries this he may be run out of town on a rail.
I went to the evening service at church after this and it ended up being a really good service. I don't usually go in the evenings, but I felt like it yesterday as I'd missed in the morning and have missed a couple other weeks recently as well. Oddly, I seem to have made a new friend at this service in the form of a small girl who thought my arm would be a nice thing to hug for about twenty minutes after I smiled at her. I don't usually like small children much, but that was a bit... heartwarming. Everybody say 'Awwww!'.
Allie and I made fried rice and fishcakes after I got back from church. The fishcakes were shop bought. The fried rice was not. And I was very pleased with the rice. It was one of my favourite dishes that Nanny makes, but we usually get it from the local Chinese if we have it at all. It was really good to have it home made again and Allie did a great job with it.
I also washed down the rice with one of the cans of Mountain Dew that Allie picked up for me. This one being the strawberry flavoured 'Supernova' variety. Now might be a good time to include a website I came across recently. I used to collect soda cans when I was young and this website has photos of loads of old cans, some of which I had. Some of these cans, like New Coke, really take me back to my childhood.
Whilst we ate dinner we started watching The Third Man, but didn't quite get to the end before going to bed. I expect we'll be finishing it this evening.
Today's been okay, I guess. I went to the doctor early on to top up my anti-depressants (and found out I'd accidentally double booked), ran a few errands did little else until evening when I met Allie at the British Library to go to their We Were Young and at War event. The event was really interesting and involved several readings by different actors from the recently published book of the same name. The book takes a look at WWII through the journals of teenagers from different sides of the war including Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Japan. I'd like to try to read it at some point, but who knows when that will be...
Right. Gotta go make dinner now.