Sunday afternoon and the end of a busy weekend. Its nearly two years since we moved into our house and for twenty two months we have lived here without making any changes. Luckily the house is in good order, but were yet to leave our own mark. The reasons for our reluctance is probably two fold, Steve's keeness to sail every weekend from March to November and the my hating having the house turned upside down! Today we have started with some small changes in the kitchen.(perhaps not so small as Steve has spent the last two days dissassembling units). We have decided to move some units in order to allow for our kitchen table to be extended so that its easier to accomodate more people. We intend to keep the existing units but will replace the work tops, have a new cooker and a new sink. I say 'we', but my part in the project is puerely advisory, supportive and clearer upper! We do have a seperate dining room, but prefer to entertain our friends in the kitchen where it seems friendlier and informal!
Last night we were out at the sailing club for a chinese supper and a Maj Jong evening. We were teamed up with Denise and Jim who were excellent company, last year we had teamed up with a rather odd pair, a married couple about ten years older than us. The husband had spent all night harranging his wife, putting her down and being an absoloute b-----d. The lady responded by getting more and more drunk and eventually falling asleep at the table. We had good instruction from Gerry and Sue, but didn't quite understand how terms such as a goulash had become part of a chinese game!
I went into Fareham today to do some shopping for our trip to Germany this week. Vic had requested some supplies from blighty, among the requested items were cheddar cheese, bacon, branston pickle, ginger biscuits and aspirin. I wonder what I would miss most if I didn't live in the UK?
Heard from both sons today. Ian is in Finland and is spending a few days staying in a house by a frozen lake, he had just had a sauna and a roll in the snow! He sent me a text to say how refreshing it was:). Matt chatted on MSN and said he had hurt his ankle and that he couldn't walk on it, and that it was very painfull. I suggested that Matt go to A&E but as he has tickets for a concert tonight he would go after the gig as he didn't want to have a long wait for treatment:( Not sure how he is going to make it to the concert if he can't walk though.
I'm now on annual leave for a couple of weeks, so tomorrow I intend on a lay in and a leisurely day getting ready for our trip.