Listening to an audiobook of 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern pretty much from start to finish for the whole eleven or so hours whilst stripping my kitchen walls. It was magical, romantic and immersive and although it was the kind of thing I usually find cheesy (a victorian circus entirely in black and white, a bit young adult in storyline with numerous romances) I was hooked from start to finish. I enjoyed the slightly Ray Bradbury edge and it was light with beautiful descriptions.
Visiting my sister and her boyfriend in Exeter with my mum, dad and husband. We walked down Victorian gingerbread bricked terraces in the sunshine to the waterside to have an ice cream, and had homemade scones, clotted cream and jam in a church. Mum made my day when she pointed out an acacia tree and when I asked her "who lives at 29 Acacia Road?" she correctly answered "Bananaman - or more correctly- Eric, who turns int Bananaman".
Playing Minecraft with Jon.
De cluttering after listening to Marie Kondo's currently in vogue book "The life changing magic of tidying up". She says you should only keep the objects which 'spark joy' in your home and get rid of the rest, and that instead of tidying bit by bit, to do the whole house in one go. This way you will enjoy the feeling of a clear house only filled with the things you love so much that you wont rebound to clutter again.
She strongly suggests a particular order for going through your belongings and states that you need to purge by category not area. So do all the clothes, then all the books- not 'the bedroom, the lounge, etc. etc.' Her order to tackle things goes; clothes, then books, papers, miscellany and lastly mementos. I have done the clothes part ( my cupboard now looks amazing and is filled with only the clothes I love and enjoy to wear) and am ninety percent done with books.
Eating things Jon has grown in the garden.
