Monday, January 16, 2012
Cold Monday. Family day Part 2 Julia's birthday.
Monday, cold day!
It was colder in the north of England and Scotland - but it felt very cold in Dorking - in the shop.
Pilgrims is not on the sunny side of the street and the heating is inadequate - about 5 -8 degrees indoors, when we opened up. By about an hour before closing the temperature becomes tolerable. Consequently we are waddling round like Michelin Men! - Many layers of clothing.
January is always a quiet time in our line of business - and defintely so in the last couple of weeks. But it was, nevertheless a pleasant day.
I will now return to Family day Part 2.
On Saturday evening we dined at The Goffs Park Hotel to celebrate Bill's sister's birthday. The 4 of us were joined by our niece, husband and 2 girls.
It was a lovely evening.
The 2 eldest (of 10) from the Monk family.
There is a non silly picture of Bill - but Julie had her eyes shut!
Gemma.
Mam has already commented on how like Jessica is Gemma - particularly in the picture on the left.
They are actually quite similar in temperament too.
Then came Julie's surprise.
Carla had arranged for the waitress to bring a cake with candles to our table.
The candles were blown out and then re-lit.
How lovely that life can throw up happy family days for all sorts of reasons.
It was colder in the north of England and Scotland - but it felt very cold in Dorking - in the shop.
Pilgrims is not on the sunny side of the street and the heating is inadequate - about 5 -8 degrees indoors, when we opened up. By about an hour before closing the temperature becomes tolerable. Consequently we are waddling round like Michelin Men! - Many layers of clothing.
January is always a quiet time in our line of business - and defintely so in the last couple of weeks. But it was, nevertheless a pleasant day.
I will now return to Family day Part 2.
On Saturday evening we dined at The Goffs Park Hotel to celebrate Bill's sister's birthday. The 4 of us were joined by our niece, husband and 2 girls.
It was a lovely evening.
The 2 eldest (of 10) from the Monk family.
There is a non silly picture of Bill - but Julie had her eyes shut!
Emily writes down our orders. Her sophisticated nails came from the pound shop - sophistication needn't be expensive.
Mam has already commented on how like Jessica is Gemma - particularly in the picture on the left.
They are actually quite similar in temperament too.
Were we waiting ages for our starters? I am not sure - happy just to chat.
But the girls felt a bit bored.
So, using their napkins, started to write down animals, fruit, veg, names etc for each letter of the alphabet.
We all joined in.
This is Gemma's list. She did get Y after this - don't think we found an X.
I love the spelling!
Gemma spells as she hears words.
OK - I know we should aim to get spellings right; and in fact its something I find quite easy.
But, above all, I love communication. Better to communicate with wrong spelling than not communicate at all.
My dinner - can't resist a curry. This was a smooth, gentle Goan vegetable curry with naan bread poppadoms and mango curry - and rice of course. Very tasty.
Carla had arranged for the waitress to bring a cake with candles to our table.
The candles were blown out and then re-lit.
How lovely that life can throw up happy family days for all sorts of reasons.
