Not that we’ve opened it yet, but great excitement in the house today. We have taken delivery of a wine cooler! I think we’ve ‘arrived’, don’t you? We have wanted one for ages and never been able to justify it but, having decorated the kitchen and made a space for one, we have finally taken the plunge. That’ll be good at Christmas – to free up space in the fridge, if we need to…..well, fingers crossed anyway.
In addition to this particular delivery, one or two other parcels have been arriving at the front door and John is now forbidden to go into the dining room where they are being stored. I texted Gail and Graham to say, “The camellia has arrived.” Gail texted back with a ‘that’s not supposed to arrive until next week’ message, which puzzled me a bit as John’s birthday is on Saturday and its arrival would be a bit late by then. Ah….. ‘There should be 2’ – meaning camellia. Oh. And then: ‘They are for your birthday not his.’ Well, thank you very much. How nice is that? A really nice surprise. No wonder they should have been despatched for next week!
I am not sure how John was feeling today but he said he was going to be anti-social all day and take himself off to the bottom of the garden to his man-shed to do some more sorting out down there. You would think, after all this time, that the man-shed would be finished, wouldn’t you? But no. There was still a wall to build between ‘storage’ and ‘working area’. So off he went to try and do as much of that as he could. I haven’t been and inspected his handiwork but I think he has got on quite well – although he came back up to the house knackered at tea-time.
In the meantime, I decided to have a bit of a go at tidying and cleaning the bits of the house that aren’t under the paintbrush, and finally, put some washing on. It’s been a week since I did any and the laundry basket seemed to be creaking at the seams.
I also did more painting with top coats on the things I’d started yesterday, which are now all ready to be placed back in situ tomorrow and eager to be used, I have no doubt.
After we’d eaten this evening, it was Quiz Night and a good time had by one and all. Great fun, great questions – and great answers. We were on fire! Got loads right today.
The virus is on fire too, with 2,590 people confirmed as infected with it and 595 people having died of it today. Plus 204 people having died of it hospitals over the last couple of days. Too many, too many.
In other news, the Trump show still goes on. Susie Dent’s word of the day today was ‘stiffrump’ (18th century) meaning an obstinate and haughty individual who refuses to budge no matter what. That’s about right, eh? I shall never read the word ‘Trump’ right again….. and we haven’t heard the last of it yet, have we?
Take care everyone. God bless.