Sunday stocktake: the time got away edition

 

1. Baking: Danish pastries which didn’t quite work.  I need to think about what I did wrong.
2. Sipping: Tea, lots of it, and doing more tea from a cup and saucer.
3. Reading: a lot.  This coincides with finding nothing that interests me on streaming services.  I finished the McIlvaney/Rankin book.  My daughter asked me why my sat nav had Glasgow street addresses and it was because I was trying to reorientate myself to the geography.  I also read two Mary Lawsons.  I didn’t like the first one but A Town Called Solace was so delightful, I stayed up late to finish it, got too tired but starting reading it again at 6.30am this morning.  I am 7 books in for the new year.  It’s good to give myself some space for when I fall behind!
4. Thinking: I need to go to the sea.  The kid and I are going on the next public holiday.
5. 5Enjoying: giving stuff away.  Some nice people came for my old desk which I have had for more than 25 years.  Despite its size it has moved 10 times but this latest space and the angle of the door defeated it and it has been stuck in the hallway.  I posted it on marketplace and had lots of time wasters but a nice couple came today with a trailer and a trolley and whisked it away and gave me a box of Favourites for my trouble.6
6. Appreciating: having the youngest and her boyfriend here for a night.  They helped move some stuff from the lock up and took an old cupboard to be their linen cupboard.
7. Eating: last night I had a salad of charred capsicum and preserved lemons, broad beans double podded and tossed in butter, grilled salmon and some rice which I tossed lentils through.  The Charlie broke my favourite plate while he was charging around like a mad thing but I forgave him.
8. Liking: Monty the kitten who came to visit this morning as we had a family breakfast.  I burned the bacon which was sad but we had a nice breakfast just the same.
9. Noticing: how green the grass is as we have had so much rain which results in more frogs ergo more snakes and makes me vigilant walking Charlie
10. Feeling: good at doing my Peloton classes even though my knee is still giving me trouble.  I am on an Ally Love binge at the moment and enjoying her motivation and cheerfulness.