Season of Mists and Mellow Crepiness...

[QueenQueenie]

Here you go Crepesters...

Rudy, my 15yo ds liked it I think (he sat solidly glaring at it and asked questions afterwards, which is the way he seems to enjoy films). There is the scene when the Welsh ladies discover the contents of the gay men's bedside cabinet....I thought it was a great film for teens - really strong story, a fair bit of on yer sleeve sentiment about how people can come together to change the world, the power of friendship and solidarity - but it did actually happen so quite inspiring I think.

Definitely Rudy - DD wants to see it and DS would enjoy it too. It's social history, comedy, sexuality and political

Rudy, when it comes out on DVD I'm going to watch it with my two!

Have ahem got DP to order the girls' winter costs online from H&M. Dd1 and I just strolled to Sainsbury's in the sun to get yet more things we had forgotten (soap, ffs, and eggs!) and I have added yet further to my extensive red lipstick collection

Spent a lovely afternoon in bright sunshine watching DS's team win their match
Came back to find that the risotto which I had to stop cooking in a rush when DH suddenly said it was time to go had magically cooked to perfection with the gas off and the lid on

BTM - there was footy success here too, including two goals from DS who is a defender. Both scored from massive free kicks. He was pretty chuffed, as normally he couldn't hit a barn door if you stood him in the goalmouth.

After football we all went out for brunch at a local gastropub, and I had the nicest Eggs Benedict I have ever had. Service was glacial, but it really didn't matter, sitting in a sunny conservatory with the Sunday papers. I've spent the afternoon tinkering with my job application (it needs to go in this week) and fighting with DH about curtain poles and his inability to put them up properly.

Rudy - hope you make it on Saturday.....

I have to confess I've never heard of Pride.

We want to see Gone Girl. I haven't read the book, which is probably a good thing.

BTM-
Wish all cooking was as easy....

We've been out for lunch with Dmum and Ddad, plus entourage of other family and friends. Both if mums lovely bridesmaids. Some great stories, and passing round of photos of the wedding. My mum was quite the 60s model and ddad is the picture of youthful JFK in the wedding photos.
Apparently much fuss was made of the colour of the bridesmaid dresses( searing turquoise silk) as being 'racy' and 'not very traditional'
Mum said that as a result they had to agree to a 'dry' wedding and so it was orange juice all round.
The nieces were in stitches laughing at all the stories .
Lovely day , but I am a roly poly after a giant old fashioned 4 course Lunch.
Splat.

Can I just check that Auriga is coming next week?

Well done CV's DS and good luck with the job application!
But black mark for not having heard of Pride (nor has my mate who is Something Very Important in a RG uni)

Yes Rudy, hope you can come!

Cremo, that sounds lovely. Did they have to agree to a dry wedding because the bridesmaids wore turquoise?!

I think Auriga is singing on Sat, but I may be completely wrong!

I am hungry already. I am meeting a friend for lunch and wine (she is more focused on the wine than the lunch), but will try not to be too pissed when I arrive.

Although Sunday evening has a little of the gloom of Monday hanging over it, it is the only time in the week that I am ever on my own, so am sitting here listening to Serge Gainsbourg, surrounded by cats and mess.

Biking, walking and general messing here... Definite autumn in the air.

I have a week of sending emails that will piss people off ahead....

Have had a lovely weekend driving up to take DD's gear to her. We also had to buy lamps, fancy cushions etc at Primark to make her room look nice. DH very impressed
with uni accommodation and the town. Of course I was driving so he got to sample lots of interesting named beers like "Old Nutty Hen" and "Bonkers Conkers".

Anyway DD seems fine and happy and although I'll miss her like crazy - it was a relief to see she is so well installed. Now she needs to get down to work!

I want to see Gone Girl too and haven't read the book. I did notice on the preview that there seem to be a lot of deep south accents which means subtitles for DH.

Oh that's lovely HM. I spent the weekend driving to the other end of the country for a uni open day. I must admit, one of the rooms we looked in had been done really nicely; all white crisp duvet and a little rug on the floor.

I'm hoping for a quiet week at work, culminating in a noisy Crepey bash on Saturday

Just back from emergency visit to ill sister. Grim situation. She may be willing to accept some help now, though feels she doesn't deserve it. Other sister at wits' end.

Sorry can't come on Sat. Have sent invitations to our concert on FB, though I know you can't come, just because it's a nice poster.

Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were amazing, by the way, though the weekend that followed makes it all seem a long time ago already.

I'm sorry about your sister Auriga - why would she feel he doesn't deserve help?

I'd love to see Bringing up the Bodies - I'll have to hope it gets extended so I can organise a weekend in London!

Auriga, , sounds terribly difficult for you all.

Hatty, how lovely to see her all set up.

I absolutely hated Gone Girl the book.

To be hones Lalsy, I didn't think it was my sort of thing but I've heard so much about it ... guess I'll wait for the film now

Auriga, sorry to hear about your sister.

HM, sounds like your DD is well settled - bittersweet

I am off to try to get an appointment at the GP's as my ears still feel blocked. DD sounds terrible, but is insisting on going in

We have had a lovely weekend with DSis and her DH - have eaten far too much good food. All of my family came for a buffet lunch yesterday so the house was full of noisy people catching up, surrounded by little ones chasing around.

We ate some of the tomato soup cake and it was a great success: similar in taste to a carrot cake, but without all the faff of grating carrots.

DSis will leave after breakfast and then it'll be tidying and laundry for me for the rest of the morning.

Auriga, that's awful. Many sympathies. It must in some ways be even tougher because of your professional expertise, I suspect (I may be wrong, of course; I often am).

I have a rather busy but interesting day ahead - interviewing a succession of people for different features, all of whom are being v keen to talk to me - and then ahem train to Norwich, getting in at 11pm for tomorrow's appointment....

Good luck for tomorrow, MI. Sorry to hear about your sister, Auriga, and the one at her wits' end, poor thing. Families, so difficult.

Re absent students, we're surviving on the occasional text from ds, along the lines of "Where's my X game?" To which the answer is, we encouraged you to pack it, but you chucked it out again. Honestly. At least he has found people he wants to play games with (these are board games) and who want to play with him. He will so bore them with the rules.

That's great that he's found some kindred spirits Molly Must be hard not hearing from them much - I'm not sure how I will cope.

We've had to send a lot of parcels to dd at university, She went away this weekend on a society trip that involved a lot of mud, which always makes dd happy .

And I have just shed the last bit of a really annoying job involving someone rude, incompetent and possibly mendacious and been offered something that sounds much more fun as a reward.

Lalsy, I can't imagine having gone camping in the mud when I went to uni - great that she has been able to do something she enjoys

And great news on the job front!

Go Lalsy!

I am frugally recycling a feature for the third time.