and more logs
Some repetitive tinny music grating down the stairs from the phone at the top. Oo it’s stopped. The phone is trying alternatives. “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”. Michael Buble. Interesting to see how MB is this generation’s choice. We have finally moved on from Bing Crosby. Probably not a bad thing. I have to move on myself. For a swim…
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Not too bad a swim although for some reason the local traffic was worse than normal. There’s no telling why these things happen sometimes. Was the same last night when I dropped John off at Jazz Vehicle. Ended up coming home via Brant Road.
So right now I have two bags of logs being delivered. £135. Should see us for a reasonable while as we don’t have a fire that often. As soon as the trailer has gone I’ll light the fire. Petals Hardwood Logs. Looks like a good bloke. He is unloading and stacking them for me – thought I was going to have to do that myself.
Anne is busying herself in the kitch making stuff for various functions. One is a Christmas event in Market Rasen fundraising for John’s forthcoming Easter hockey tour to Amsterdam. They want people from the Lincoln contingent there but this is totally impractical this weekend because we have so much on.
The kids are starting to get excited about coming home for the market. Joe and Charlotte get here at 8pm tomorrow, Tom at 9 and Hannah at 11 on Saturday. In anticipation I’ve been down to Fosters on Monks Road and purchaysed 3lb of finest spicy Lincolnshire sausages and 2lb of dry cured back bacon. Curtis’ sausages and Fosters are neck and neck in quality in my opinion but Fosters’ dry cured bacon is top dog. I don’t think they cure it themselves mind you. We will also be getting the Christmas joint from Fosters and bought all the food for JoeFest from there. Especially as the Butcher in the Bail has thrown in the towel.
The main weekend (inc party) shop is Tesco tomorrow at 9.30am where I’m picking up the loan glasses, booze and other bits and bobs so I’ll bulk out the breakfast stuff with shrooms and tomaytoes then plus some bread. I’m not going to rely entirely on homemade bread this weekend as we will need quantity.
Coming back to the Christmas thing, it is now December so I’m ok with the season having officially started even if we don’t put the decs up for another week or so.
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You need to know that the first of the new batch of logs is burning in the grate.
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Made another loaf using a smaller tin. I’m optimistic about this. Will let you have the results before close of play. In the meantime popped out to Tesco for a couple or three ingredients. We need more milk and I’m making leek and cauliflower gratin so needed more cheese and some double cream. Anne will not approve but hey…
In the Tesco car park noticed a couple of old blokes sat in the front of a K reg car chatting away. Presumably the wives were in the store shopping. When I got back the car was still there but the old men were not. Got bored waiting so went for a stroll. Tesco have a caff but they would probably do well to have a small pub in there for partners to while away the time.