From my Diary: Lists, Kitchen and Food

28/09/11

We go with our list, we're so lucky we don't need to worry, find what we want throw it in the basket, couldn't tell you the cost of most items. But all around us it's different, people hear redundancy, offices close and the lights remain off. What is our back up, where is our plan. The onus is always on me, take stock, be sure, be prepared, be organised.

A tidy kitchen, it's a small step but it makes me want to cook more, to create something and to tidy up afterwards. I can't stand eating alone, I'll eat junk, thankfully I don't eat alone too often.

People talk about Eat, Love, Pray, the favourite part often being sitting and eating your the best foods on your own, I 'd rather share food with those I love. I enjoy eating along in a restaurant but not in a room with nobody else. I don't want to over analyse things we all have our likes and dislikes.

30 Things to do this Summer

It’s supposed to be summer here, although it looks like Autumn or maybe early winter, nevertheless there is more daylight hours, so more hours to be filled. Here is my list of 30 things to do this summer, to try and convince myself it’s possible to have a little fun I’ve mixed up all the boring tasks with fun ones – odd numbers are boring and even numbers are fun.

1. Install the dishwasher
2. Stay up and watch the sunrise on the beach
3. Throw out another 10 bags of stuff we don’t need
4. Make Margaritas
5. Paint our shower room
6. Go on a road trip with my boy
7. Install remaining light fittings – no more bare bulbs
8. Visit my wee sister and her new house
9. Clear out the garage
10. Paddle in the sea
11. Install a mirror in our shower room
12. Summer dinner party
13. Clean the oven
14. Drink beer in a beer garden
15. Weed the garden
16. Go camping
17. Cut the cats’ claws
18. Go on holiday to France
19. Go to the dentist
20. Catch up with friends over coffee
21. Hoover under the beds
22. Have a BBQ
23. Lay a patio
24. Swim at the outdoor pool
25. Empty boxes in the study
26. Wear summer dresses and skirts
27. Install a desk in the study
28. Have a cheese and wine evening in the garden
29. Scan and Shred heaps of paperwork
30. Sit in the sun and read

What’s on your summer to-do list?

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