23rd February 2013
Man has never made
any material as resilient as the human spirit. Bern Williams
Well you can take
the girl on holiday but you can’t make her sleep ;-), it’s half six and I’ve
been awake half hour, but it was a relaxed waking, no diving out of bed to get
ready or be somewhere, just down for a cuppa then back up to write my
blog. The staycation is going fabulously
so far, this place has all mod cons you don’t always get in the middle of the
countryside, so I’m relieved to say it now has WiFi again, the waters good for
tea making because some of those old cottages have musty water that makes
drinks taste yak! It even has Sky+ and
there are pre-recorded programmes for us to watch (ones we like too) and a few
movie channels – that’s today sorted, I’ve just got to find a newagents for the
papers – I always read the papers when I’m on holiday, it’s the only time (actually
I look at the pictures, I don’t like news it’s depressing).
In preparation
yesterday I went to Marks & Spencers for posh provisions, I have a few nice
bottles of good wine, I’ll have to take some home with me though as I did the
buy 6 save 25% deal, and I did succumb to the meal deals, I was buying the
chicken tikka masala anyway so it would have been silly not to, and the side I’ve
had can actually be a meal in itself.
You can do your
shopping in M&S then go fetch your car and come back and collect it, so
that’s what I did, but of course having the memory I do, I was half way between
there and home before realising I hadn’t picked it up! And I take the mickey out of my mom for her
bad memory ;-)
I met my bestie and
her two kids for lunch, we all shared one starter (combo for 1), I ate two
little bits of chicken and a couple of onion rings and the salad off it. Then I had steak for my main, Jenny swapped
her mash for my chips and I have to say I preferred the mash, looking in eat
out guide a similar dish in Weatherspoons is 29pp, so that will me all my
ProPoints used up, I am now officially in the red, but I’m on my holiday and I
will do damage limitation whilst having fun and then get back on it 100% Monday
morning. Lynne and I watched the kids
eat pudding and Jen left a lot of hers but if you watch Jen eat a pudding you’ll
understand why we didn’t finish it off for her ;-) Yes she eats it with no guilt – no worry –
just yummy, she doesn’t appear to need a spoon either!
A little walk round
the shops with them afterwards once again reinforced why I made the decision
not to have children myself but to borrow them occasionally when it suits me
for fun times because they really are hard work aren’t they, Lynne bless her
has the patience of a saint as do most moms I’m guessing.
We bid our
farewells then I went and had the most amazing massage at the Chi Rooms to
chill me out in preparation for my holiday at home and I have to say it was
amazing, I told her to chill me out and oh my word she did, I could barely
dress myself when I came out, then I left without paying! Good job I’m a regular and they know what my
memory is like!
So today is all about chilling out, good job I’m on my
staycation because there is so much that could be done in this house and
office, hey ho it’ll wait till we get back to real life! We have an M&S chicken tikka masala for our
main meal, I’m thinking of a bacon square wrap panini for my breakfast, I will
get dressed but only long enough to walk the dog a bit then its back in my PJ’s,
I feel so chilled – it’s fabulous!
For those who think I’m crazy with
my idea of a holiday at home, apparently I’m not the first and the word
staycation is actually in the dictionary, here’s the definition;
A staycation is a unique kind of
vacation in which vacationers, or staycationers in this case, stay at home
instead of going away. One might ask how a staycation can be a vacation if it
is spent at home. The idea behind a staycation is that one takes time away from
their everyday life, without actually having to travel away"
World English Dictionary
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informal a
holiday in which leisure activities are pursued while staying
at one's
own home
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[C21: stay 1 + (
va ) cation ]
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[C21: stay 1 + ( va ) cation ]
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On that note, I’ll say whatever you’ve got planned this
weekend, enjoy it because every day is a bonus and you’re gorgeous. xx
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