P's been over in Switzerland this weekend, visiting his family, so it's just been me myself and I for the past few days. As the weather was so miserable over the weekend (grey skies, drizzly, high winds and occasional heavy bursts of rain) I didn't bother leaving the house from Friday lunchtime until this morning. I had everything in that I needed and it was lovely to have time to do just what I wanted to do.
I finished making the Christmas present that involves polka dots of felt, and very pleased with it I am too. I didn't spend a penny on materials and it all went together really nicely - well, if you don't count the broken needle incident with the sewing machine when I thought I'd adjusted the stitch length but had in fact messed about with the tension button instead. That'll learn me to actually read the instruction book before messing around with the settings.
I got a few of those lets-put-it-off sorts of jobs done, like shredding old credit card and bank statements (there was a humungous pile of those) and even did some of the should-be-done-much-more-frequently-than-they-are jobs like dusting the bedrooms. I only ever seem to notice dust when it gets so bad I could write my name in it!!
I watched Strictly Come Dancing both Friday and Saturday - I love that programme, and Ann Widdicombe is undoubtedly the star of the show for being such a game old bird. I cooked my favourite meals and ate them on a tray in front of the telly - bliss! I spent hours trying to watch the end of 'Hot Fuzz' via You Tube as I couldn't be bothered to watch the second part after the ITV news on Saturday evening (why do broadcasters do that to films - split them up with the news - it's most annoying) and, no, I still haven't got to the end of it.
All in all it was an extremely quiet and relaxing weekend although I could have done without finding a slug in the kitchen Friday evening and having to relocate it to the garden. And I could certainly have done without finding there must have been half a box of tissues stuffed in the pockets of P's tracksuit bottoms, which I hadn't checked before I put them in the washing machine, and which resulted in the biggest snowstorm of microscopic flaked tissue over absolutely every item that was also in the wash!!
Sounds like a lovely weekend. I eat my meals in front of the computer/tv all the time, watching the catch ups.
Posted by: ilona | 10/04/2010 at 06:51 PM