Saturday At Long Last

Hello Readers. I think we have a total of zero readers as evidenced by our overwhelming comments page. Yet I will continue writing for the sake of bloggers everywhere.

Weekends become more and more precious as weekdays get busier. This week has flown by. Not sure how time actually flies, but this week it did. Complete with dinner out three nights, 10 year old drama at school, one relaxing night-in when I dozed off after a sweet and sour chinese stirfry at 9, and teens till 11pm Friday. And what a wonderful, relaxing, exhilarating weekend we had to look forward to.

The thought of sleeping in sounded so good. But why oh why can my body not sleep past 7?! Bodies must create some sort of internal alarm clock. But I took advantage of the morning by drinking coffee in bed, eating desserty granola, and signing up for freebies on the internet. That was a mistake. They sneakily ask you for you email and phone number and then send texts and emails to lure you in further. What tricksters. Dave awoke and we watched a mesmerizing hour of Master Chef. One hour of food drama. One hour of enjoyment. That show creates entertainment for foodies and drama seekers alike. They make you love a certain character and then they drop him in the final three. After daydreaming about food, we tied our tennis shoes and went running around a castle. However, our run consisted of hardly running. We are both sorely out of shape. But the run was worth a try. And it's around a castle. Excellent.

Then groceries. Tesco parking lot equals insane. Rugby games in the afternoon completely change people's food shop schedule. Wales rugby runs social circles here like football season in the states.

I could recount the rest of my day for you - mixing instant and proper coffee, having wonderful ladies over, walking through sunny merthyr, but I won't.

I will say that our next door neighbors got a knock from the police today. I nosily watched it going down out the window. Let's just say that the icecream truck that comes around 7 each night sells products other than icecream. Products coated in powder are their specialty, and our neighbors enjoy buying and selling them too!

Washing clothes here.. different. Half the size washers makes for twice the amount of clothes loads. And glimpses of sun force me to quickly run wet clothes to the line. Then hang the rest around the house to increase the wetness of our home. Steps to washing clothes here:
1. Just bring them to someone's house in the church that has a large washer and dryer and borrow their electricity, water, and appliances. Just kidding. Can't use the excuse that we don't have a washer anymore. Will just have to learn the welsh way!

And I will leave you now to meet my husband. I love you all.