Hmmm, that stew looks yummy issima but not sure of my chances of finding pickled lemons (or even harrisa) in Albert Heijn (a sorry excuse for a supermarket)
Shifty I know one of the ladies on my post-natal thread was telling a story about her Mil who bleaches her drive regularly!
madwoman my thorough cleaning of the lounge paid off yesterday as my BIL/SIL and DNs rolled up unannounced to visit MIL/FIL next door (who weren?t home) so for once drop-in visitors coincided with a tidy downstairs (or ?public rooms? ? though this was thwarted by young DNs wanting to see DS?s room ?just in case it?s changed since last time?!
Only managed to write in my journal/diary sc but was very satisfying. I always find when I write with a fountain pen I make more effort even if it?s just a to-do list. With ballpoint my normally neat script tends to turns to scrawl. Did look back at the last short story I wrote a few months ago though ? it was very weird (and dark!). I really must make more time to write ? it makes me feel quite peaceful (and therefore impossible to do while DS is awake!).
Your lunch sounds lovely SC. I think the happiness that being around friends creates compensates for any over consumption of calories! Did you see the news item this weekend about the ?happiness of teenagers? ? and actually material possessions doesn?t make then happy, but having friends over for tea and going swimming once a fortnight does? Reckon they might be on the right track. But don?t tell them : they?ll be IMPOSSIBLE to live with if they think they?re right (said with all the authority of someone who hasn?t lived with a teen since I was one 
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dizzy my ex-boyf and I had TWO publics rows over board games (once I decided, probably unfairly, that he was being overly ?smug? at beating me at Trivial Pursuit and the other time while playing Cranium and I had my eyes shut and was doing the blind Pictionary task, instead of guessing, he walked outside to smoke, leaving me shouting, ?come on, it?s obvious?, gesticulating wildly with a pencil, as everyone else collapsed giggling. I can laugh about it now?.). My only relationship advice is keep talking to each other and tell him how you feel. My DH is not the easiest man to live with, but being honest with each other is what makes us work (as opposed to my ex ? we tiptoed round our probs and disagreements, never complained to each other, only about each other so the only person surprised when we split up was him.
Stew was delicious (and leftovers for dinner tomorrow night, plus a few portions squirreled away in the freezer for one-of-those-days). I know I moan about DH but I really shouldn?t. He is a wonderful cook, even if that is his only ?everyday? chore.
sowornout glad you had a good weekend
Glad you got some work done castle - and seeing friends is always wonderful (see my comments re? teens and happiness above!). Hope you had a good run.
Managed to do ALL of my list yesterday except make DH phone his aunt, which I am going to have to do now . Time to brush off my Dutch telephone voice.
List for today:
Put away yesterday?s washing (okay, so didn?t manage this yesterday, but it WON?T hang around all week!)
Change DS bed (snotfest as usual)
Spend 30 mins on decluttering bookshelves in lounge. Time to select next batch for donation 
Pop into town and get ? tights, zip up bags to store for garden cushions, small storage box for phone/ipod/kindle chargers that live in the lounge, check out rates for photography studio in V&D for DS, 30 mins on Christmas journal
Bully DH into inviting his friends over for DS?s party (apparently HE has to send them, not me )
Wrap DS birthday present
Write wedding card for colleague whose reception I missed Friday evening due to snot.
Print, sign and send reference for colleague.
Handwash
Do bathroom floor and sink/mirror (do not need to do shower because I did it yesterday!)
And?get out Rory?s story cubes and do another short, weird story.
Okay, time to get to it! Happy flying everyone. 