No Tennis No Cry

[JaneJeffer]

We can do this!

That's so cute about the postcard Raahh

Sorry, my replies are totally out of sync

Yes that blister was awful, what an annoying injury to get as well

*Ro8er"

Spidey it would be funny, if Sue hadn't been interviewing Roger wearing a t-shirt saying exactly that!!

I love how optimistic his PR team are.

(interviewing him after the match )

What a coincidence with the scones Jane - I think most of them were overwerked (said in a Paul Hollywood accent )

Listening to David Law talking about commentating on the Cilic/Federer match brought it all back to me with Marin crying under his towel at the change of ends

I think he had a Twitter fall out with Piers Morgan or something after his reaction - it just confirmed to me what a dick PM is.

Wow!

do you think the plane is being flown by famous aviator, Roland Garros?!? Remember when the press conference journalists were asking all the players if they knew who RG was

Re the Ro8er t-shirt, I would be scared of jinxing myself with that. Maybe Fed isn't superstitious? Unlike a lot of other tennis players...

Whoop! RaahhDog has a hair-do appointment on the 30th! I doubt he will be as thrilled by this as me (he hates being groomed, hasn't been since January 2nd(!), and is a bit matted around his legs), but I am delighted.

Brilliant news, Raahh.

I slept until 7.10 this morning - usually awake by 6 so that was nice.

The air BNB where we were meant to be staying when visting France has refunded deposit & said they are looking forward to opening as soon as they can, so that was another bit of good news. Should be halfway across the Channel at this very moment but am feeling far more hopeful about a visit before 2020.

Good news Raahh and magi

Yes private I'll keep the glace cherries for this year's Christmas cake. DS saw them in the cupboard the other day and said he bet they were well out of date. I said they were good until the end of October, so they would go in this year's cake. He didn't think that was a good idea, thought I should throw them! He has no idea

Received an email from the LTA about how to play tennis whilst observing social distancing rules. Haven't read the detail yet. DS has also had an email from his tennis coach, saying that group lessons are obviously still suspended but that he could now give individual lessons. I just wonder how you get round the problem of handling the same tennis balls?

Btw, what's this subscribing to Mumsnet Premium that keeps appearing every time I go into MN?

Great news Raahh and magi!

V pleased on both counts.

kazza you made me laugh about your DS and the glace cherries I nearly always end up using some of last year's elderly dried fruit in this year's cake and they are all none the wiser!

We've also had an update from our tennis club along the same lines. I heard something about bringing your own tennis balls and initialling them but not sure if that's the "official" advice or just a rumour! Ours isn't even open yet as far as I know.

Might stick to jigsaws for the time being.

He didn't think that was a good idea, thought I should throw them! He has no idea
Best to keep this type of info to oneself I find. Why are men so obsessed with best before dates?!

Nice to hear some things are trying to return to normal even if it's a new type of normal.

kazza MN set up the premium thing as they were losing out on advertising due to the pandemic. Apparently you don't get ads if you use it. There was a bit of a kerfuffle about it a while back. Someone set up a new chat board elsewhere which some people defected to.

Is anyone watching The Sewing Bee - they’re doing tennis outfits - DH said that this was my ideal tv combo - if they were making cakes as well it would be even better

Bethanie Mattek-Sands is someone’s Style inspiration and someone is making an outfit for Serena - looks a bit too tasteful!

Not watching but Serena would be in her element on there designing outfits.

I'm stuffing my face with DS1's latest creation which has brownie on the bottom and biscuit on the top.

I keep having to watch on catch up because I always forget it's on! Will watch tomorrow. I hope someone made some Agassi style shorts?!

Jane that sounds like a great creation. I've developed a supper habit (as in pre-bedtime snack) during lockdown. Have just had some lemon curd on toast.

I was meant to watch Sewing Bee- and fell asleep, just as it started . I think it's on too late anyway- 8pm would be better.

I will catch up later.

I can already feel the 'groundhog vibes' getting to me, and it is only 9am.

Know exactly what you mean by the groundhog feeling, Raahh.

The days seem very long but the weeks seem to fly past - I can never believe it's Saturday again (when it is!) when I feel like I'm always changing the bed!

magi that's just it- the days go on forever, but it's Thursday again- and the neighbours will be out clapping at 8pm (are we still doing that?).

At the same time, the VE day stuff feels like ages ago- and it was last Friday! .

I agree about Groundhog Day, with the days going slowly but the weeks going quickly

It’s the Repair Shop for us on a Wednesday night - that always seems to come round quickly. I also agree that 9pm is too late for Sewing Bee - I just about managed to stay awake

I saw two people on Breakfast telly playing tennis but they weren’t allowed to serve because it meant touching the ball - really not sure how that is all going to work

We are still clapping on a Thursday but it did seem a bit quieter last week.

Time is so strange now. Easter seems like a year ago.

Tennis - without serving/touching the ball?

Erm. Football then?

How bizarre.

I have just walked the dog- there were so many people at the park, it was strange. Yesterday I saw a woman throwing whole apples into the water- I'm not sure ducks can eat whole apples. .Maye she was aiming at them? In fact, she seemed to have a whole picnic spread out on the wall of the bridge, and then just started throwing things into the water. .

Dh joked yesterday we should go to a garden centre. Just because. I can't remember the last time we went to a garden centre, together anyway. We don't even really have a garden .

Or maybe tennis without touching the ball is more like lacrosse? Or hurling? Just flick the ball over the net? .

Now a hurling/tennis mashup sounds fun. I think Kyrgios would be good at that

Jane I can imagine Dick would love it- right up his street.