a rainy sunday...

Yesterday was glorious weather and since the early morning all it has done is rain. They did forecast that it would, but after such a beautiful day one always hopes that the weathermen have got it wrong!! So we will stay indoors and paint. Yes, we are finally at the stage of painting the walls and finishing off the last few jobs in the kitchen, and WEDNESDAY the new one will arrive!!!! Can't wait! We are so looking forward to having it in and being able to use everything we have chosen for ourselves. Learning how the ovens work, making lovely food for Easter - I will try a Simnel cake maybe.....yummy! Not that I can eat any of it on my diet, but it is still a joy to bake. Look it! When we can have a larger freezer I will be able to have my saturday baking day again - wonderful. And I will be saving up for my KITCHEN AID, oh yes, that is on my wishlist Ineke!!!! Ineke asked what I would like for my birthday - but that must be something that people de here 'cos it isn't typically English really. We do ask our friends what they would like if it is a special birthday or occasion, but usually we like to guess what would please them or try to listen out for hints during the year when you are out shopping etc. I am always happy with a garden centre voucher, Ineke - I enjoy the garden and have got lots of ideas for this year! The Kitchen Aid needs to be scourced and bought for the lowest price as it is truly enormously expensive but utterly desirable, sigh.................I will start the search! Being 50 next year I hope to treat myself to some of the things on that wishlist of mine, right?! The pennies in the piggybank are growing slowly towards next february!!!!! Thinking about it, these are things I would like, not necessarily for my birthday but just 'things': an olive oil pourer with a long spout in RVS. a cake stand microwave dishes ( really must try and use it now we have one!) Intratuin vouchers DVD 'Atonement' CD by Alicia Keys CD by Amy Winehouse Tickets to see Cirque de Soleil ..........can't thing of anything else right now!! Mostly it ends up being stuff for the house or my scraproom - I will have to go to Ikea for the handy cupboard that Loes has - great for storing my stamps! Ah well, better get into the painting mode shortly and do the ironing and washing that Tim will give me today!! Only 4 days of school this week and hopefully we are going to see around the Horeca set-up which is his course of choice next year. He is 15 in 4 weeks - where has the time flown?