Saturday, November 21, 2009
Saturday activities
There should be pictures - but the images are still on the chip in the camera.
We have run out of time today and not yet dealt with them.
The day began early - 6 o'clock when we were disturbed from slumber by the alarm clock.
I felt so negative about the weather - more rain today I assumed.
I pulled the duvet back up and snuggled down.
Surely it would not be worthwhile to travel to Ford - 30 or 40 miles - just to be disappointed.
But maybe I realised that being up would feel good or maybe I didn't want to let Bill down.
So, eventually we did get up and get dressed. We had no time for breakfast - that would come later.
It wasn't raining.
And it didn't rain again until much later in the day.
There were less sellers at Ford than usual. I doubt that many were what we would term "normal people". The normals are those that are not dealers.
There were a few things I coveted at prices beyond what was sensible.
There was a superb Royal Winton Chintz china breakfast set. There was a lovely china tray and all the bits and pieces one might use at breakfast time - breakfast for one that is.
I knew it would have a price tag in 3 figures; but I couldn't justify £220, although maybe in the right place it would have fetched more than that.
We didn't buy very much - but it did feel good.
And then it was time for breakfast - so, off to Littlehampton. The Balaton is boarded up for 3 months and we chose the cheap option again of Wetherspoons.
Tasty!
Then we had a walk by the river and along the beach.
It was windy and the sea was rough - impressively rough.
Bill was happy to try and take pictures of oystercatchers, using his new telephoto lens.
I hope there will be some good ones for me to choose from tomorrow.
It was lovely on the beach as the grey sea topped with white crests crashed in. The oystercatchers stood and looked at it too.
We had items finishing on EBay again today, I haven't wrapped my books yet - after all they can't be posted until Monday.
But we needed to know the weight of Bill's items.
He sold 2 large model aeroplanes - and another camera.
We had news from Jamie today. John lost his first baby tooth - our little boy will be 5 in a couple of months.
The follow up to yesterday's news from J is mixed.
The girl who was stabbed outside their house died. The man who did it is in police custody.
Apparently the police were there again today - with the man, to check out all scene of crime facts.
As soon as I had sent the invoices to ebay customers, we went out.
We went to see Jenny, Ruth and the boys.
Perhaps the boys didn't want to see us.
Otto began a little out of sorts.
Felix followed up with a full blown temper tantrum!
Poor boy - absolutely nothing was right. He screamed, he threw things and no doubt he was baffled by his own behaviour, wondering where it came from.
Back home we cooked some food and settled down to watch Saturday evening TV. X Factor is hypnotic in its appeal - even though nobody this year seems to me to have that extra something which the winner ought to have.
It looks like we might be out early again tomorrow morning. Hope so.
We have run out of time today and not yet dealt with them.
The day began early - 6 o'clock when we were disturbed from slumber by the alarm clock.
I felt so negative about the weather - more rain today I assumed.
I pulled the duvet back up and snuggled down.
Surely it would not be worthwhile to travel to Ford - 30 or 40 miles - just to be disappointed.
But maybe I realised that being up would feel good or maybe I didn't want to let Bill down.
So, eventually we did get up and get dressed. We had no time for breakfast - that would come later.
It wasn't raining.
And it didn't rain again until much later in the day.
There were less sellers at Ford than usual. I doubt that many were what we would term "normal people". The normals are those that are not dealers.
There were a few things I coveted at prices beyond what was sensible.
There was a superb Royal Winton Chintz china breakfast set. There was a lovely china tray and all the bits and pieces one might use at breakfast time - breakfast for one that is.
I knew it would have a price tag in 3 figures; but I couldn't justify £220, although maybe in the right place it would have fetched more than that.
We didn't buy very much - but it did feel good.
And then it was time for breakfast - so, off to Littlehampton. The Balaton is boarded up for 3 months and we chose the cheap option again of Wetherspoons.
Tasty!
Then we had a walk by the river and along the beach.
It was windy and the sea was rough - impressively rough.
Bill was happy to try and take pictures of oystercatchers, using his new telephoto lens.
I hope there will be some good ones for me to choose from tomorrow.
It was lovely on the beach as the grey sea topped with white crests crashed in. The oystercatchers stood and looked at it too.
We had items finishing on EBay again today, I haven't wrapped my books yet - after all they can't be posted until Monday.
But we needed to know the weight of Bill's items.
He sold 2 large model aeroplanes - and another camera.
We had news from Jamie today. John lost his first baby tooth - our little boy will be 5 in a couple of months.
The follow up to yesterday's news from J is mixed.
The girl who was stabbed outside their house died. The man who did it is in police custody.
Apparently the police were there again today - with the man, to check out all scene of crime facts.
As soon as I had sent the invoices to ebay customers, we went out.
We went to see Jenny, Ruth and the boys.
Perhaps the boys didn't want to see us.
Otto began a little out of sorts.
Felix followed up with a full blown temper tantrum!
Poor boy - absolutely nothing was right. He screamed, he threw things and no doubt he was baffled by his own behaviour, wondering where it came from.
Back home we cooked some food and settled down to watch Saturday evening TV. X Factor is hypnotic in its appeal - even though nobody this year seems to me to have that extra something which the winner ought to have.
It looks like we might be out early again tomorrow morning. Hope so.
