1. I'm typing this standing up. This is not due to some new health-thing. It's because I piled all of the junk on my desk onto the chair in a vain attempt to locate my library card, and now I'll have to tidy up before I can sit down again. Given my desk is where all of the odd homeless objects in the whole house go to lurk, the process may take hours, and then it wouldn't be Friday any more, would it?
2.You know how parents hide snacks out of reach so their kids can't get them? (Yes. Yes, you do). We're applying the same approach to our strawberries this year.
Haha, slugs. I'd like to see you try.
3. This book re-emerged from wherever it's been hiding for the last few years and it made me laugh A LOT.
Dad bought it for Mam in the latter stages of her first pregnancy. Looking at some parts of the story, it's hard to believe Mr Greedy isn't just a pregnant woman.
Anyone who's had a case of the third-trimester early morning munchies should be able to identify.
4. Since last Friday, we've all been in various stages of being ill and/or recovering. There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel, but... bleeeerrrrggg.
5. Library fines are embrassing, right? (Yes, I forgot to renew my books on time. AGAIN.)
Unless... what if those (collective) fines make the difference between a library staying open and being shut for budget reduction purposes? People of the UK, unite! Renew your books late! SAVE THE LIBRARIES! ;-)
(On a serious note, our county council is having to shut 35 libraries to meet budget targets. THIRTY-FIVE. So there'll be more unemployed librarians, and more unemployed books. This makes me Very Sad. Even my late return fees - 75p so far this year - can't do much to help that).
6. Three day weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, the possibilities... we probably won't do anything exciting, but the fact that we could makes all the difference.
7. Ze husband has just informed me that we won't be going clubbing tonight. Shame, I was looking forward to wearing my four-year-old's maxi skirt as a dress. With pink eyeshadow. And glittery lipstick. Or whatever you're supposed to do these days. Ah well, maybe next week.
Linking up with Kelly for 7QT. Go! Read! Be happy!
#2: It's the birds that did our strawberries in every year before we just gave up. I've seen some pretty sweet beds with nets over the top, but that's a little too ambitious for us at the moment. Maybe in 5 years.
ReplyDeleteOurs are too close to the back door for the birds to come, thank goodness! We never had a bird problem with our strawberry patch in France, either, but I suspect that had something to do with the sparrowhawks living just behind the house...
DeleteI hope the sickness goes away and you are all feeling better soon!! Library fines are THE WORST. So embarassing!!
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