Prep

Dinner was late this evening. This fact reminded me of the story told by Gail about her friend Mary. They’d gone to stay with them and Mary was preparing the evening meal. Early evening, Mary disappeared into the kitchen, only for dinner to emerge at about 9.30 in the evening. What had she been doing all that time? No-one really knew and they didn’t dare go in to find out.

Our dinner wasn’t quite the late – it emerged at about 7.15. But what had I been doing all that time? I don’t really know. All I know is, that I’d been prepping some desserts for tomorrow’s lunch. This took me all afternoon. Not got a lot to show for it, so it’ll be interesting to see whether the dessert turns out OK tomorrow, won’t it? I know for a fact that that bloomin’ jelly won’t set….. it never does. Eeeh, but I hate prep…..

However, one good thing….. I made decent pastry today. Now, there’s a first….. eat your heart out Gloria, Queen of Pastry.

We were up early this morning, excited, because we were Skyping Graham and Gail. Oh, bliss. How lovely to see them and chat about nothing in particular. Wonderful to see them sounding chipper and looking good. An 8.30 start and a-nearly-eleven-o’clock finish. Marvellous. It was relaxed and very enjoyable thank you very much.

After our delightful get-together with G&G we had our breakfast. Not being early-birds, neither of us had managed to get anything other than a cuppa before the 8.30 start.

John then set on to do more of the window sills for our bedroom. What a star. He’s managed them both. I am absolutely delighted. Just need to paint them now, of course. What colour shall we choose?

There was rugby this afternoon. John watched a bit, worked on the sills a bit, watched a bit and so on. The Scotland-France match was disappointing, but the England-Wales match was extremely thrilling – went right to the last minute before we were sure of the result. The right team won of course…….hehehe.

And there we are. Saturday. A day of prep. Preparing for a Sunday which is a day of rest. Please…….?

No rest for those in Ukraine, though. What a nightmare for those people. Wives not knowing when they will see their husbands again as they leave them to fight; children saying goodbye to Daddy; and men waving their loved ones out of the country to (hopefully) safety. Heartbreaking scenes on the news today.

My friend, Kaye, sent us this prayer today:

In these days of uncertainty and fear,
We pray that each of us 
Might again turn to the Lord
And receive God's gift of peace,
Work for God's justice, 
Know God's reconciliation and love
And choose paths, not of hatred or destruction,
Of violence or retribution,
But God's way of justice, mercy and peace.
Amen

Even if you don’t believe in God, the sentiment has to be right, I think.

Take care everyone. God bless.

I don’t see any new data on the government website regarding COVID figures today. Perhaps Covid has given us the weekend off? Maybe. Maybe not. In the meantime, all those who are still infected with the darned virus (including those I know) I say: Get Well Soon!!