Saturday snippets 16 May 2015

{getting up} far far too early. Big had a cadet day which required her to be in the next town, after her paper round, for 8.15. Which was going to be tight. And so of course I woke up at 6, did that horrible flail oh no I’ve slept in, and then realised that actually I had another 45 minutes, but didn’t dare go back to sleep in case I then slept through the alarm. Not an auspicious start to the day.

{exploring} a different supermarket. A while back, I was given a Waitrose voucher. And given that I had to be in town to drop Big off, I decided that I would spend it today, and see how much I could get there for my £75. The answer is nowhere near as much as I get in my usual Lidl shop, and I’ll have to do a bit of a top up in a couple of days time. Plus, I don’t like going to new places – by the time I’ve got to the far end of the shop, I’ve completely run out of decision making capabilities, and making polite conversation with the very friendly checkout lady was almost a step too far. I did enjoy loading my posh groceries into my Lidl bag though 😉

{watching} Death in Paradise. Didn’t get around to family film night with Big out and about today, sadly. We watched a Longmire as well

{reading} Uprooted by Naomi Novik I’m really enjoying it. And I know I keep saying this, but full review *will* follow very soon.

{eating} sausages and mash, with braised leeks and rhubarb crumble. The leek and rhubarb first fresh delivery of the season from Tim’s brother. Very nice – there is something special about locally grown food. Smallest loves growing things, I must try to get her more involved.

{enjoying} getting out in the garden with a camera, and getting some pics. I haven’t actually looking at them on the big screen yet, but the snaps I got on the phone (see instagram)

#52memories

(sadly the original project as run by the mumdrum is coming to an end. I will be continuing to select and share a weekly memory here on the blog though, I like the focus it gives me.)

Snapshots.

Big passed her basic star at cadets today – she has missed no sessions since she started, and this was her second training weekend. I’m really proud of her commitment to it – the amount of time she spends ironing uniform and polishing boots is quite startling. Small has started preparing for his role in the great Tudor recreation at Kentwell Hall this year as a page, and has started studying Latin. (I have wanted to work with a child on Latin for so long!) Smallest is back on birds, as I blogged the other night. And is also getting increasingly confident in her swimming – she moved to the deeper area of the shallow pool this week. Tigerboy is excelling at being as changeable as the wind. Once moment he’s utterly adorable, kissing me, cuddling, reading a book, carrying the best Hobbes around. The next he’s destroying playdoh by ripping it up and throwing it round the kitchen, or hiding a cake in his drink in the hope of getting another one to lick the icing off. (No of course I didn’t fall for that. Sigh.) This too will pass.

And for me, I’ve not done a huge amount of drawing this week. There was this from the other morning in the garden though. Need to do more work on perspective. But hey.

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