THE USUAL FRIDAY PERFORMANCE

As is often the case today,Friday,major cleaning day,brought a steady stream of visitors at the most inconvenient times beginning at breakfast.

We were about to begin our meal when a knock at the door heralded our first guest,a good friend who often pops in to join us in our morning meal. Thankfully we had plenty of crumpets and hot cross buns to go around.

Of course we spent longer over breakfast than usual,which of course made us late beginning the days chores.

My son took the vacuum cleaner upstairs to begin while I baked the bread which today consisted of two large split tin loaves,four baguettes, two welsh cobs a large batch of rolls and a pizza base. Pheeeeew!

The merry roar of the vacuum cleaner drowned out all else for the next couple of hours as first upstairs and then down was given a thorough going over. We were congratulating ourselves on having made up the time when,behold, more visitors in need of tea,biscuits and a sympathetic ear.

An hour and a half later with the floors still not mopped,a pile of dishes to wash and an empty cookie tin we cursed ourselves for having jinxed our luck and set about our various tasks.

We were, of course late with dinner as I had been unable to get into the kitchen to prepare it,I had wisely made the tabbouleh earlier while the bread was rising but the kebabs, sauces and other accoutrements had still to be made. By the time we sat down to eat we we were starving.

The house looks lovely,clean and tidy....for now, and we are all having a well earned rest.

Tomorrow I shall make more cookies. Four tins of shortbread to be precise to fill the now empty tins.

During the course of the day the suspicion that I was staring a cold has developed into a certainty, bum, blast and bugger!!!!! However Most of the work is done for the week and the meals for the next two nights are quick to do, so I can shiver ,shake and sneeze at my leisure.

One thing is certain,nothing,but nothing will be allowed to spoil the joy of knowing that in a little over a week my son will be working his last night shift for his shiftless employer. HASTEN THE DAY!

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