A lovely day

Despite the fact that I woke up early this morning, I couldn’t winkle myself out of bed. I snoozed on for another hour or so, then read my book for a bit before hitting the word games on my phone. John, however, was a bit better at getting up and brought me a nice cup of tea at about 9.30.

I finally dragged myself from under the bedclothes at about ten o’clock to get ready for our guests, Dave and Chris, who were popping in with a little gift for the baby. “We won’t stay long,” said Chris. Haha! Once we get nattering there’s no way that’s going to happen!!!

Chris and I nipped up to the shops to buy some ingredients for a casserole that I planned to cook in the afternoon for Michael and Danielle. While we were in the Co-op we saw some lovely pizzas in the ‘reduced’ refrigerator. “Do you want to stop for lunch?” I suggested. “No, no, really, we won’t stay long,” Chris replied.

Once we were home, we nattered some more…. and had pizza for lunch. How lovely to spend time with friends and to get on so well with each other that you just natter and natter!

Chris helped me with the casseroles that I was cooking for the Kenilworth Newbies and offered her experience and expertise as a professional cook as to what would taste particularly nice. Apparently, her advice was spot-on. Michael said the chicken casserole went down a treat and the boys loved it.

Puzzle time….. what, do you reckon, this is?

No…. it’s not a mangled spatula. It is, in fact, a dead, plastic whisk. I only went and put it back in the pan that I’d left on the heat, didn’t I? No use to man nor beast now!!! Ah, well, I was due a new one, anyway.

After Dave and Chris left, I had a bit of a clear-up and then lit a fire. I know it’s Spring and all that, but we’d had the windows open while we had guests and John had gone chilly. The clouds had accumulated and hidden the sunshine, so it felt just right to be cosy in front of an open fire. John was delighted to have the warmth of the fire and promptly fell fast asleep, snuggled up in a blanket.

I gathered up all the goodies that I was to take to the besieged in Kenilworth – the little gifts Chris had brought, plus her delicious coffee and walnut cake; the just-come-out-of-the-oven chicken casserole; a chilli con carne; some ready-to-cook jacket potatoes and rice; and some tasty, fresh pineapple – before I set off to deliver the ‘Red Cross food parcel’.

All goodies were gratefully received, but ‘before you get here Mum, will you call in at Sainsbury’s and buy more nappies, please?’ Size Ones. For the newborn. Hmmmm….. the Sainsbury’s in Kenilworth doesn’t have its own-brand nappies in that size, but I bought others. “I tell you what,” I said to Danielle as I delivered the nappies, “I’ll pop over to Canley and see if they have any of their own brand in size ones.” They did. Success. Fingers crossed that Oliver doesn’t grow out of that size before he goes through the seemingly thousands of nappies I’ve bought……

All in all, a good day. But no time for dealing with the dining room. I did think that I might have a go at getting some more of the polystyrene off this evening but, by the time we’d eaten, I was tired and it was blog time. Maybe tomorrow?

Take care everyone. 341 people died with Covid today. 45,077 people tested positive. It’s definitely not over. Even if it’s no longer deemed newsworthy…….. God bless.