I thought it might be fun to move this regular thread to the weekend. Monday morning seems like a time where messages like this might get swamped and lost in the middle of start-the-week tasking.
So far this weekend, I’ve been hanging out with my girls and Sarah. It’s birthday week for our two youngest girls, turning 3 and 5. And the following week, Miss5 starts school - exciting times. Though I expect she will be exhausted. I remember when Miss11 finished her first week at school and said she preferred preschool, because at preschool you got to choose to do whatever you wanted to do, unlike school.
So, if your weekdays are like school, what will you do in your preschool weekend?How will you be playing?
I've managed to fit in short pilates and yoga sessions today to soothe my aching 52-year old body, adapting to stepping up my running again. And we had pancakes for breakfast, followed by lots of drawing and a spot of dancing.
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Ooo pancakes sound good Sarb! We are all WFH so to mark the weekend differently I started the day with coffee instead of my usual original chaiwaller chai. It makes the weekend differently good and I get a coffee buzz for all the things I want to do! I walked the dogs, had a post walk spa, ordered seeds for my vege garden and watched a family movie. Now just listening to Don Letts while getting started on roasting a beast. Earlier in the week the wet weather funk really kicked in so it's been awesome to get outside but to also lean into the last of (hopefully) winter hibernation vibes- happy weekending everyone!
Sounds wonderful. I have a nice honey based masala chai mix by The Keepers Apothecary that I'm enjoying mixed into milk in the evenings. It's a light touch, but a warming, comforting caffeine free pleasure on cold rainy evenings before bed.
I have not had a decent coffee since I arrived in West Sussex. Ugh Costa and Starbucks have never been on my radar so I’m not prepared to start now. Staying in an Irish household the kettle is on permanently for tea. It was my goddaughters 30 birthday last weekend in Maulden Bedfordshire I was a surprise to her!
Wonderful to reconnect with my
mothers side of the family.
Next weekend is Brighton Pride colourful, loud and proud. I’m looking forward to that it’s generally a photographer’s paradise! Maybe there might be a decent coffee Ha
Oh my gosh you had to mention pancakes Sarb. Of course I haven’t cooked since 1985 Ha!
How I miss my partners morning homemade thin pancakes. With the left over ones he then makes them into Vegetarian Dosas, so creative and tasty. Be well all.
The quest for good coffee in the UK is a never ending one. When I was there in April / May, I even took my own plunger coffee from here because buying it there is too much of a random experience. FWIW, my experience in the UK through lots of travel back and forth is this: Like you, I avoid the chains apart from specific examples. Nero - avoid totally. Costa: the flat white is passable. McDonalds - the latte is actually satisfactory (still not great, but all is relative) and reasonably consistent. Good value too. Pret a Manger runs second to McDonalds. Brighton will have better coffee for you I hope. But lattes there are just too flooded with milk. I pretty much always go for a small size or a flat white - if I'm convinced they know what they are doing with that and its not just a small latte.
What a strange start to the week yesterday. Started with some disappointing news, not being shortlisted for a writers residency (there are tough to fit in with a young family, and this was a short one for one week). Disappointing, but there you go. But later that morning, I got the news that my publisher had sold the rights to Finding Calm to another overseas market - which is wonderful validation. I also managed to get out for another 6 x (5mins walk + 1 min run) track run, and my legs feel reasonably good this morning. How's your week going so far?
Ooo pancakes sound good Sarb! We are all WFH so to mark the weekend differently I started the day with coffee instead of my usual original chaiwaller chai. It makes the weekend differently good and I get a coffee buzz for all the things I want to do! I walked the dogs, had a post walk spa, ordered seeds for my vege garden and watched a family movie. Now just listening to Don Letts while getting started on roasting a beast. Earlier in the week the wet weather funk really kicked in so it's been awesome to get outside but to also lean into the last of (hopefully) winter hibernation vibes- happy weekending everyone!
Sounds wonderful. I have a nice honey based masala chai mix by The Keepers Apothecary that I'm enjoying mixed into milk in the evenings. It's a light touch, but a warming, comforting caffeine free pleasure on cold rainy evenings before bed.
Hello from the UK.
I have not had a decent coffee since I arrived in West Sussex. Ugh Costa and Starbucks have never been on my radar so I’m not prepared to start now. Staying in an Irish household the kettle is on permanently for tea. It was my goddaughters 30 birthday last weekend in Maulden Bedfordshire I was a surprise to her!
Wonderful to reconnect with my
mothers side of the family.
Next weekend is Brighton Pride colourful, loud and proud. I’m looking forward to that it’s generally a photographer’s paradise! Maybe there might be a decent coffee Ha
Oh my gosh you had to mention pancakes Sarb. Of course I haven’t cooked since 1985 Ha!
How I miss my partners morning homemade thin pancakes. With the left over ones he then makes them into Vegetarian Dosas, so creative and tasty. Be well all.
The quest for good coffee in the UK is a never ending one. When I was there in April / May, I even took my own plunger coffee from here because buying it there is too much of a random experience. FWIW, my experience in the UK through lots of travel back and forth is this: Like you, I avoid the chains apart from specific examples. Nero - avoid totally. Costa: the flat white is passable. McDonalds - the latte is actually satisfactory (still not great, but all is relative) and reasonably consistent. Good value too. Pret a Manger runs second to McDonalds. Brighton will have better coffee for you I hope. But lattes there are just too flooded with milk. I pretty much always go for a small size or a flat white - if I'm convinced they know what they are doing with that and its not just a small latte.
What a strange start to the week yesterday. Started with some disappointing news, not being shortlisted for a writers residency (there are tough to fit in with a young family, and this was a short one for one week). Disappointing, but there you go. But later that morning, I got the news that my publisher had sold the rights to Finding Calm to another overseas market - which is wonderful validation. I also managed to get out for another 6 x (5mins walk + 1 min run) track run, and my legs feel reasonably good this morning. How's your week going so far?