Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday activity
After 3 Sundays in Thailand I had forgotten almost what hard work Sundays at home can sometimes seem.
We went to the car boot sale at Pease Pottage. It was huge - so much that one could buy and lots of it tat!
I bought books today and Bill bought bells. The bells are iron bells to be mounted on a wall and each was decorated with an item of interest - 2 have John Deere tractors.
I bought 14 Penguin books of philosophy (modern and new) for 50p. And I bought a 1940s pop up book in the Bookano series - the seller apologetically asked for £5 for this book; but I know it is worth more - the book price for a good condition one is £65 and mine is in pretty good condition.
Lots more was bought of course.
This afternoon I wrote up everything that had been bought over this weekend and some of it is stowed in a box to take to the shop tomorrow.
I have also done some ironing - the new me wants there not to be ironing piles!
There are many sorts of piles of course - and my experience tells me that some are painful.
I was always amused in Phuket when we passed a place that specialised in "boring piles".
For some reason I tidied the food cupboard. My food storage is now (since the new kitchen) in a low corner cupboard with a carousel inside and things can get chucked in there a bit untidily.
I spent some time with the photos of the next episode of the Thai blog - which follows on from this posting.
This evening I cooked Drunken Duck sausages. They were so good! They were firm and meaty and very tasty. The ingredients were duck and turkey, oats, brandy, apples, marmalade, herbs and spices.
I fell asleep on the sofa after our meal - not with The Antiques Roadshow, because that is not on just now.
I am not surprised I feel so tired. I have been working hard and waking up before 5 o'clock in the morning.
Read on now and enjoy the photos of Sunday lunch 3 weeks ago.
We went to the car boot sale at Pease Pottage. It was huge - so much that one could buy and lots of it tat!
I bought books today and Bill bought bells. The bells are iron bells to be mounted on a wall and each was decorated with an item of interest - 2 have John Deere tractors.
I bought 14 Penguin books of philosophy (modern and new) for 50p. And I bought a 1940s pop up book in the Bookano series - the seller apologetically asked for £5 for this book; but I know it is worth more - the book price for a good condition one is £65 and mine is in pretty good condition.
Lots more was bought of course.
This afternoon I wrote up everything that had been bought over this weekend and some of it is stowed in a box to take to the shop tomorrow.
I have also done some ironing - the new me wants there not to be ironing piles!
There are many sorts of piles of course - and my experience tells me that some are painful.
I was always amused in Phuket when we passed a place that specialised in "boring piles".
For some reason I tidied the food cupboard. My food storage is now (since the new kitchen) in a low corner cupboard with a carousel inside and things can get chucked in there a bit untidily.
I spent some time with the photos of the next episode of the Thai blog - which follows on from this posting.
This evening I cooked Drunken Duck sausages. They were so good! They were firm and meaty and very tasty. The ingredients were duck and turkey, oats, brandy, apples, marmalade, herbs and spices.
I fell asleep on the sofa after our meal - not with The Antiques Roadshow, because that is not on just now.
I am not surprised I feel so tired. I have been working hard and waking up before 5 o'clock in the morning.
Read on now and enjoy the photos of Sunday lunch 3 weeks ago.
