Filling up the paddling pool!!! It's a big one so still filling.

Hoping it's flat enough to not collapse under the weight of the water

Well, Forum trip to France then - you and Cyrilla jump on a plane - and anyone else who fancies hot weather, pretty rivers and great pastries (although it's only 32 today) - and I shall ensure a plentiful supply of lovely food and drink upon arrival!

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D'you'know..... I am so so so tempted to just swim across with my fiddle on my back... (No really... how about a Forum trip next year?????? That would be fantastic!)

Tidying my room/sorting out uni stuff

Forum trip is an excellent idea - I declare that there shall be much fiddlin', drinkin' of local wine, eatin' of pastries and - just for Cyrilla - a guided trip around the local shop that made those chocs (perhaps with a small kilo or two of taste samples too - just to see us 'til a fab dinner)...

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Sounds like heaven

Trying to stay cool, and checking some bits online...not a very exciting day for me obviously! haha, although I am hoping to fit in some playing in a bit...yay

Playing scales.

Running an experiment, which I think I messed up. Logged on while waiting for everything to cool down so I can start again. And to give me time to stop feeling cross with myself and recover my patience!

Doing that on a sunny day shows considerable dedication

Hum, I'm just plodding on at work with this behemoth of a project

Just been to the loo !

Too much info! "Tuesday's Trombone Concerto, 1st Movement in F Sharp Minor"?

Having blood taken at the GP surgery. Fun fun fun!

Or maybe it could show that I have a grade 8 exam in 2 weeks and am not very good at the scales.

LOL, I can now say I know that feeling of panic and the resulting mad rush of practice before a music exam. Good luck, I'm sure you'll be fine

Sleeping.

Again.

Eating tea. Wasn't hungry!

Playing piano for a choir concert in Filey festival - went well.

weeding the garden

Playing my clarinet

dinner.....

I was 'googling' Picasso and discovering he had been adopted for a while by a dachsund called Lump.

I was also talking to my brother on the phone about buying my Dad a metal detector for his birthday.

What a wonderfully random post, lottie!

Eating cherries.

Topping and tailing worcesterberries; a nice fruit from a swine of a bush that requires you to wear full body armour and waders, so I'm not going to waste a single one.

* goes off to rub sudocrem onto scratched arms and legs*

Drinking wine, and choosing OU courses for October. A rather brilliant selection, if I may say so!

pcf in giving the herbal tea a miss SHOCKER!

..having a somewhat surreal telephone conversation with someone who's clearly lost it...

Sorry, I dialled the wrong number

You said it, Solari, you said it...

Real life is boring, I'm happier living in Denial

Which reminds me of one of my faves..


I was so much like Calvin as a young kid I think I still am...

I was eating breakfast - Nutella on toast, yum

The Guardian Sudoku.

Baking No.1 Son's birthday cake - he's twelve today

Putting out loads and loads of shade-making things for the dogs... even though one of them will still be determined to lie in the sun! If she does I'll take her inside because she ended up with heat-stroke last year

I can't believe the heat here today.. and there's no breeze. It's that kind of heat that grips your lungs!


Off to give all the dogs some ice-cubes.....

eating lunch and trying to cool off a bit before an afternoon with friends and young boys. The paddling pool is on the agenda again

Yes, well he's had a couple of days working in the East End in boiling weather - he says it's been quite an eye opener. Hopefully it will teach him what happens if you spend more than you've got!

Fact is, so many people don't realise that you have no obligation to open the door to them. They aren't allowed to force entry (but can, however enter through say an open door or window). Not that I've been or plan to ever be in a position where I have to deal with Bailiffs!

Unless there's an accompanying Police Officer with a warrant/court order, you can politely tell them to do one

Sleeping (er, AGAIN..)

Commuting...

Very hot...

Glad I'm on a shift pattern as I avoid the rush hour and crowds most of the time. There's not much worse than a sweaty builder's armpit in your face on a train!

Well Solari, as you know, there are two types of train on the lines round our way, and this was one of the newer ones. The heating was on, and the windows could only open a tiny way. That is called, apparently, progress. Well done, Southeastern Trains...

Asking the kids whether they wanted pizza for supper or homemade healthy food (I know, I know). One phone call later and I can log on to the forum feeling somewhat guilty, somewhat relieved to be excused culinary duties.

The annoying thing is, if no-one opened the windows on the new type of train, it'd actually be OK as they have air-con (well it seems to work on some of them!) It also infuriates me when people open all the windows on those trains with no consideration to hay-fever sufferers!

The air con on the Aldershot line trains is so much better than the ones around our way, however

That's another line I use from time to time, and yes, it is Solari.

It works so well as there aren't any windows for the muppets to open either

Eating fish 'n chips in Bryans restaurant in Headingley

Ah, a man of Taste. Vanilla, possibly!

Back on topic . . . I was playing Bridge on-line and waiting for supper to be ready (not my turn to cook).