Monday - Hot and Sunny
I took a quick moment to check out Facebook before I started blogging and I discovered that a good friend of mine from University lost her mother today. Her mother was always very kind to me, and as I had lost my mother during University and then my father soon afterwards, I needed all the kindness I could get back then. She was a lovely lady and I was lucky to have met her. I will miss her.
I got up this morning, did my usual stuff. I even took a nap for a few minutes but F kept texting me about holidays and then called a bit later to say he was coming by the house. Yikes. I got dressed quickly, made the bed and had everything done for his arrival. He stayed for quite a while.
I had a fairly quiet daytime. I watched a couple of things off the DVR, then had my lunch. I had forgotten to buy any meat for my lunch yesterday, so I had cheese and cream cheese on open sandwiches! Luckily I did have a salad. I also had one of the big Costco muffins which I shared with F.
Around 5:30 I went downstairs to start dinner and do my dishes. F called me around then to say he was finished work and was coming back to the house. I told him I hadn’t started yet, but things wouldn’t take too long. I was mostly right!
Tonight I made tandori chicken from a spice packet from Costco, plus steamed carrots from (you guessed it) Costco, and Mediterranean Couscous from…you know…Costco. The salad we had was from the grocery store here, as was the rice that F and K had. When I got dinner on the table it was quite well appreciated! The chicken was really spicy and yummy, the couscous was a little dry. I think I needed to use a smaller pan which I don’t have. Next time I’ll do it in a bowl with boiling water I think. The steamed carrots were a hit. I found the recipe on the net…yeah, I’ve never cooked carrots that way before. Yum.
I got lucky enough to be selected to do the dishes and all the clean up after dinner too. I was overjoyed with …no I wasn’t! I had done some before dinner so it wasn’t quite as bad as it could’ve been.
F and I had talked about going to see the fireflies tonight which is why I was so surprised that he didn’t show up to help. He of course wasn’t feeling well and decided to stay in. I was hoping for a drink or something after the fireflies but it wasn’t to be. He didn’t want to watch a movie either, so I watched the weekend’s Downton Abbey and loved it. It was so good!
I also “treated” myself to Fifty Shades Freed which came on cable tonight. The actors tried hard, but it was so bad. Defo not one of my favourites this year.
And that was about it. I was catching up with my friends and ….oh, wait. During Downton, I unpicked the mask again and sewed it back properly! I even basted it first and then turned it out first to make sure that I was doing it correctly. Why the heck didn’t I do that the first time? So…I’m nearly done it. I should press it as I haven’t done that yet, then I have to stitch all around the mask and put the elastic in the sides. Woot! I do worry that F will wear it once and lose it…he is a losing-things kind-of-person. But best not to think like that!
And that’s about it for this evening. I read my friend’s post about her mother and I shed a few tears. She really was a warm, sweet person and when my world was falling apart, was lovely to me.
Until tomorrow….
6 comments:
I love Downton Abbey! To the point that I have bought the whole collection- all six seasons plus the movie!!!! Yay!!!!
Marta
Yay, nice to hear from another Downton Abbey fan. I haven't bought the DVDs...I haven't seen them here or I'd think about it. It is just so lovely. We are finally getting season 6 on a channel I receive and it is wonderful.
Have you seen the movie? I was lucky enough to see it on the plane back from Canada in January. So wonderful!
I'm so sorry you lost someone important to you. I hope you can take time to mourn the loss. Someone like your friend's mother always reminds me of that saying: You never know who is an angel sent to help us.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I think you are right, she was an angel when I needed her!
I feel really sad for my friend (and her sister too, who was also a good friend.)
Helen, yes- I have seen the movie and loved it as well as the rest of the series. It was on TV just a few weeks ago. But when I started watching the series, it was mid-season four, so of course I was somewhat lost when it came to the plot. Decided to go online to find YouTube episodes of 1-3 seasons and stumbled upon the whole series plus the movie under $100!!!! Some offers were outrages. About $100 seemed to be a fair price, especially considering the fact this is a series I can watch multiple times. 99.9% of movies I do not wish to own under any circumstances. Downton Abbey is an exception. And I was just plain too curious about the earlier episodes to let the opportunity pass!
Not sorry at all. Would easily spend the whole day binge watching!
Talking about the British Movies... Have you ever watched the Death at the Funeral? Hilarious! "Very British" but at the same time very specific sense of humor- you either love it or hate it.
Marta, what a great deal! In Canada the BBC dramas are quite expensive to buy. I don't usually see them on offer here at all.
I haven't seen Death at the Funeral. I looked it up and it does look funny. I hope it'll end up on my cable channel someday. We're finally starting to get a little more British stuff, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I have so many dvds but have mostly stopped buying them these days as I just don't get around to watching them. I need a comfy TV watching chair here!
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