Where do the weekends go?
Friday was the usual rush round the shops but also a quick trip to the opticians to pick up her new specs. I finally had enough of Vision Express even though their tests are more thorough and the specs are made faster, I was sick of being told that children can only have appointments are down right inconvenient times and being looked at funny for asking why she couldn’t have one of the available apointments on the board when the shop is empty…. We now hvae a SpecSavers much more locally so they will do nicely thanks.
Friday evening was the "Whi Factor" (Whitegate Church…. yes, tenuous isn’t it?) talent contest. Thre were some spectacularly good turns and some down right awful stuff. One of the good acts (but not the best - she was a 13 year old girl who sang her heart out) got first and one of the local school kids got second for singing along badly to some song or other whilst her kid sister bopped about behind her. But all her school mates were there to vote for her and so Aprilia learned one of lifes less delightful lessons - it ain’t what you know but who. The singer definitely deserved to win, no arguement (and that from the mother of another entrant!!!)
Yesterday I was supposed to be at Oulton just for the morning whilst Duke did something with the electics in his den with his nephew-in-law. Was a 2 hour job aparently. Which is why I ended up staying all day cos they were still sweating it at 3pm! Which would have been fine if I’d planned on being there all day but I only had 1 can of pop in my bag! This did mean I had to beg lunch of Harley and was then thoroughly taken pity on and ended up with several other people donating spare food to me. I ended up with more than I would ever have packed up for myself! But I can definitely recomend Cathedral City cheese and Branston on Asda’s brown bagette, very pleasant!
Today? You know, I have no idea! Well, not strictly true, I know I went to church in the morning and sewed a few more badges on my camp blanket in the evening but the middle is a haze. Must hvae done soemthing surely! Ah well. Oh yes, chatted on line to a Guider who it turns out lives not far from me and knows Jacki from EO! Small world hey?
Also found out today that both copies of the CRB form I filled out last year for Guiding (and which I am not supposed to be let loose alone until confirmed as okay) never got as far as the lady who co-ordinates it let alone to the Criminal Record people! Ho hum.
