Tasty, tasty

First of all I have to give thanks for one of my favourite things of all yesterday evening...leisure and pleasure after acupuncture. If I have a good session I like to savour the flavour not deal with anything serious or sensible. I managed to get my odds and ends done before the treatment and all I did afterwards was come home and c-h-i-l-l!

I caught up with some TV and had some tea and I'm very thankful I had a meal because I cannot face food beyond an oatcake today. Never mind...I can live off my fat for while I reckon!

Have any of you been watching the house that the 50s Built? It's very entertaining for its Boy's Own approach to the science, but if you remember or admire the designs as well I heartily recommend it I'm rather partial to a bit of 'retro' or 'vintage' myself and am fascinated by the blurry borders between these exalted states and 'old' and 'old fashioned'...As my family were slow to catch up with the trends that started in the 50s, I was of an age to pay attention to the stylistic changes as they came...oh, and have a stylistic opinion of course! Very infuriating for my family, I'm sure... The presenter was telling us about James Spangler who invented a portable electric vacuum cleaner and was saying if he'd been the one to commercialise the idea we'd talk about spanglering the carpets and rugs...or was it spangling? Made me chuckle anyhow.

I give thanks I've a better idea for how the neck shaping of my cardigan should go after knitting a few rows of theirs. I already changed the cuffs and lower sleeve and have some thoughts about the fastening too, See above. Either I've a strong sense of taste or I'm just plain fussy...one or the other! I give thanks for my second new sheet set which I've just finished laundering. I couldn't get one just like the first but this is the same colour just with embroidery trim rather than pintucks. The embroidery is two close toned intertwined rows of leaves. Looks great with the two toned leafy wallpaper. Uh-oh, I'm off again aren't I?

I'm grateful that Laura has offered me a quick trip to the out of town stores and I've done some internet recce as to which one has the best deals on paint just now. Time for a quick spearmint and chamomile tea and maybe another oatcake methinks...