Mice and cuts and explosions...

Playlist
Fripp & Eno – (No Pussyfooting)
Fripp & Eno – Evening Star
Fripp & Eno – The Equatorial Stars
Fripp & Eno – Beyond Even
Bartok – Complete String Quartets
Pet Shop Boys – Disco 4
Various – Brother –in-Law Keith’s Xmas Jazz Comp
Spock’s Beard – Spock’s Beard Live (DVD)

Up at 7:15 and, in a failed attempt to help Anne out, I set off to Tesco with a shopping list...

I got most of it right but of course there were a few things wrong and these were highlighted as reasons for me not to be sent shopping again while Anne slept...

To make matters worse, Meg the Black cat had deposited a dead mouse on the living room floor – her “shopping” was as much appreciated as mine!

Then, as I washed the dishes to the sound of Pet Shop Boys, a wine glass broke in my hand and slashed my right forefinger (well, lightly cut it anyway)...

Mid morning, after breakfast, there was a huge crash from somewhere – it sounded like an explosion rather than thunder and there was just the one – so I surmised that something, somewhere, must’ve blown up of its own accord, or been blown up...

Around 11:45 it was back on the road (after some work on that elusive new song which I’ve been playing around with for a few months now – still no concrete chord pattern and no meaningful lyrics to speak of) – to B&Q for loft insulation – not to reduce our carbon footprint of course, just to make our house warmer...

After that, to the big new Tesco opposite where some of my early morning mistakes were rectified – however, suffice to say, the dinner menus for the upcoming week are not quite what Anne envisaged...

Then a drive into the town centre and the unending roadworks caused very frustrating hold-ups along the way...

When we arrived at our designated parking space, it was being impeded by a large bin containing glass from the restaurant next door – this annoyed me too...

I need to stop letting these little things get me upset or it’ll be an early grave from a burst blood vessel in the brain no doubt!

To Boots to pick up the photos and they are a success, although the odd foot has been cut off by the pictures being slightly different dimensions to some of the crops I did – not to worry though – I’m sure no-one will notice...

On the way back at the car we stopped at the street market in Castle Street and bought two French Egg Custards (which are like cakes made entirely of custard), one of which we enjoyed back home with coffee...

Some work on the bathroom door to ensure the lock works for the upcoming visit of Godson Ansem Sonnenschein next month...


Jorg (Far Left), Ansem (Second from right)

...and trying to watch a DVD on the computer also caused some problems but these were soon resolved...

Then to Anne’s mum’s for our first fully attended family tea for a long time (apart from nephew Craig who’s still in Spain)...

Home made curries were the order of the day and Anne’s mum is possibly going to construct a painting based on one of the pictures of us from the collection we took round today...

Back home to the usual Sunday night of computing – good to get a mail from Count Brodski in Australia - followed by “Match of the Day 2”...

Highlight of the Day : Anne’s mum’s home made curries...