McQueens

[Edit: I thought I had one more blip to go until I reached the nine year milestone but blip just told me otherwise. It’s taken me a lot longer than nine years to get here but I keep coming back to it! Thanks to anyone who’s still viewing my blips!]

I was due to go out for a walk today but the friend I was going with had hurt her back so we went for lunch instead. We picked a garden centre cafe which in hindsight was a mistake as it’s coming up to Halloween so the place was really busy with pumpkin buyers, and the cafe was really noisy. But the lunch was nice and we managed to chat ok, and I bought some pansies for the front garden when it’s all been cleared of the wild flower remains.

Before all that, I’d decided to defrost the freezer as I had a morning free, so that got done. It’s more tiring than it used to be but I think it’s my age. Everything is a bit more tiring. Anyway, the freezer is now frost free, and I made a mental note to think about getting one that does it itself next time I buy a freezer - anyone know if they are any good?

After we got back from lunch, I was going to make the Christmas cake but then realised that the recipe says to soak the fruit overnight, and as I’m trying a gluten free recipe for the first time, I thought I’d better follow the instructions. So I got that on the go and measured out the dry ingredients so that I can get on with it first thing tomorrow.

In between there was washing to put on and hang up, the shopping delivery to put away, and Japanese homework to do. Luckily Paul said he’d cook dinner so that gave me a bit more time. And then we actually managed to get through a whole episode of Strictly, which is the first time we’ve managed it this year. The group’s gradually getting smaller so it’s becoming more manageable at last. Even so, it still lasts a bit too long!