Saturday, 6 February 2010

My, my, but time do fly

I suddenly realised I’d better update this as I don’t know whether I’ll get the chance tomorrow. Dad & Pat are coming over for lunch. That means I’ll be cleaning & cooking all the morning. I did clean on Friday, but with two very mucky dogs around you’d never think so. I don’t know what I was thinking, actually. I bought the meat (a locally reared pork) and put it in the freezer. Then Dad phoned & was going to invite me to lunch over there. But I said I’d bought the meat so would they like to come here. The upshot is that I’m going to be cooking on my birthday, and then we’re going to Dad’s the following week. See what I mean? What was I thinking?

So, tomorrow is my birthday. As a treat (and because I’m cooking tomorrow) we’re having a Chinese take away tonight. I can’t remember the last time we had Chinese takeaway. I have a feeling it was either for my birthday last year or the year before! Chris always prefers Indian, and as we now only get to have a takeaway half a dozen times a year it is normally Indian. Anyway, this time I’ve chosen, so Chinese it is. But we’re not going to the really nice restaurant in Poole for it, and the Chinese round the corner has gone rapidly downhill. So we’re going to try one of the Broadstone ones again.

I may not have to cook tonight, but I have been shopping to Tesco this afternoon (after I walked the dogs) and I have made a cake for my birthday (well someone had to!). I was going to buy one, and they had some really nice chocolate ones, but Dad doesn’t like chocolate much (& I’ve got profiteroles for dessert) and anyway the dogs couldn’t have any! So instead I’m just making a jam & butter cream Victoria sandwich, then everyone’s happy.

I went and picked up my new prescription contact lenses at lunchtime, and have got them in. But I still don’t seem to be able to see properly with them. I was trying to read a label on a bottle in Tesco and it was hopeless. We are part-way there though – I can see the computer screen better.

I don’t think there’s much else to say. I finished reading my latest library book this morning: ‘Living with the Dead’ by Kelley Armstrong. I really like her books – they’re all about werewolves & supernaturals. I think the series is called Women of the Otherworld. I’ve started on a new Linda Fairstein (Lethal Legacy) now. I’m a bit confused though. It’s a paperback, and on the front it says ‘Includes exclusive extra material’. WTF? Surely a novel is a novel. How can you suddenly add bits for a new edition? It seems like they’re trying to copy DVD & music sales, but I just don’t see how it’s supposed to work with a book. I notice that the reviews on this book aren’t great on Amazon though. So perhaps they’ve tried to pep it up a bit.

I’d better sign off now and post this. I need to phone for the takeaway.

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