Tuesday 9 April 2019

Tuesday

Good morning, everyone!  It was a day of two halves yesterday.  It started off misty and damp but in the afternoon the sun came out and it was quite nice although none too warm, I felt.

The day started off well with an hour of holiday tuition and now that's it until Bank Holiday Monday which is the day before the new term.  It's really quite nice to forget about planning for a short time, just like a real holiday!

After that, a message pinged through to tell me I was getting a delivery.  You see, I am having real issues sorting out my books in that right at the moment I cannot bear to throw out quite a lot of old, battered childrens books that Mum kept from our childhood and gave me several years ago plus the fact that I sorted my books out a few years ago anyway.  So late week I ordered a couple of plain, low, three shelf bookshelves to go in the blue room (my guest room) and I will move some of the nicer books into there.  It will look OK (I do love a bookshelf!), be convenient for guests and clear some space in the sewing room.

They arrived late morning which was impressive as they had initially said Tuesday and later on in the afternoon, Beth and Alex helped me make them up and get them upstairs.  I was right; they do look nice, even empty, and I can put some of my knitted toys on the top.  Emily (remember Emily, the doll I knitted?) is back again as I had given her to Mum and Dad didn't want her, obviously.  She can go there for a start.

Just after the bookshelves were delivered, Beth and Al turned up.  Beth went up to work while Alex and I walked round to the Flyer/Hungry Horse, only to find a notice on the door saying the kitchen was closed due to stall illness.  Disappointing, but we popped next door to Morrisons and I got Al some nice salads (his request) and some garlic bread.

Later, after they had gone, I got out the ironing board and got the ironing basket empty.  I stitched up the hem of a skirt and did some knitting.
The skirt has a bit of history.  It's one of those pre-gathered length already set onto a waistband either by gatherings or pleats (this one has both) so all you have to do is stich the back seam and turn up the hem.  You nused to see them a lot but not so much nowadays, I think.
I bought it decades ago from Liberty's but never made it up because it was too small around, but it is beautiful fabric and colour so I didn't get rid of it at any point.  I'm glad I didn't because now I have a lovely skirt, great quality, something that I will wear quite a lot.

Anyway, that was yesterday - quite a bitty day!  Sometimes I think this blog ought to be entitled Diary of a Retired Teacher Who Doesn't Do Anything Very Much But Takes a Ridiculously Long Time to Talk About It!

Today, there's nothing in the diary.  I intend to pop to Sainsbury's and Tescos for specific things that they have and Morrisons - I will do that first thing.  Then I think I might read over Sooze's notes about her sourdough bread and give it a go as the starter is well established now.  The other thing I plan is to move some books and therefore clear more space for Beth to put her work.
(I'll explain about all of that in another post, another day)

Have a great day, whatever you have planned, everyone.


10 comments:

  1. It was a beautiful day here yesterday and we were out enjoying the sunshine and making the most of it.
    I'm sure Emily will be quite happy on top of your new bookshelf. I'd love to see some of your childhood books. They can be so difficult to part with can't they. X

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    1. Very difficult - there are so many happy memories attached to them.
      I'm glad your day was lovely.
      xx

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  2. I love your new blog title!! Perhaps just a wee bit long to fit?!
    Have a lovely day moving books, bet you get sidetracked into looking through them :-)

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    1. Just slightly, I suspect!! Appropriate though!
      Sidetracked into reading? As if I would! < blush >
      xx

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    2. I would definitely get sidetracked into reading the books. Dipping into old favourites and revisiting remembered stories and characters is a fantastic way to spend an afternoon... a complete time waster, but such good fun! xxx

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  3. I love old children's books - I have my old Enid Blyton's Year book complete with scribbles from my younger sister -it is battered but I would never part with it. I love the fact you tell us all about your day. x

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    1. < grin > I don't half go on sometimes, I know. I'm glad people like it!
      I'm not going to get rid of those old, familiar books. If I keep them neat and in the same place, it won't be a hassle for the next generation to sort them and it won't bother me by then.
      xx

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  4. I'm glad you will be keeping your old children's books. Besides the memories, they usually have beautiful illustrations. I love reading about the ins and outs of your days.

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    1. Thank you, Sue, I love that people are so reassuring. I do wonder sometimes, when I drone on! :-)
      xx

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  5. Hello, Joy, I find it hard parting with much-loved items, too. I even have some old exercise books from my grammar school days from 1959/60. How daft is that? They are no use to anyone, they are mainly Geography books as it was about the only subject (apart from English, which came easily to me) that I enjoyed. But do keep at least some of your old children's books, they are part of your life.
    Margaret P

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