The ladies not for moving.

Flu

Well I seem to have made a recovery from the flu, all that is left is a lingering cough and the snuffles. It really did knock me for six for a full seven days, which probably hasnt helped with mum...

Grans Designs

The bed and blind arrived as scheduled, both looking lovely in the room, a fact that Mum fully agreed with as we put the bed together. Then, in conversation about making plans for the move at the weekend she has dug her heels in..She doesnt want to be in the room, she never did want to be in the room  and she doesnt even like the room. Compound this with a long long speech about how she has no money and she will have no food and lots of references to "the thing".

Slightly taken aback we have left her in front of the telly with a g&t to calm down a little.  I think/hope there was just a litle confusion about us talking about "the move" She seems to think that once she moves into her new room the rest of the house will have gone elsewhere and she will be on her own. I am just guessing at that but it seems to make sense, maybe linking the word moving to all the house moves in the past?

I will pop out with her tomorrow to buy a new quilt and pillows and a net curtain, then make up the bed and maybe move a few pictures downstairs, this may do the trick. Failing that it may just be a case of biting the bullet at the weekend and moving stuff. could be an interesting couple of days. Thank god Sarah's here to help.

Beer and Books.

In other matters, the second meeting of the book club was held on Tuesday night and was , I think, a great success. Two new members which is always a good thing, two no shows which isnt. Turns out one person who shall remain nameless (Elinor) turned up on the wrong night. The other , George, will return for the next meeting I hope.

The book discussed was "At Home" by Bill Bryson, where he takes a room at a time in his house and discusses the history of how these rooms developed and facts connected to each room. Only two of us actually managed to finish the book but most of the others will finish it given time. We all agreed it is a very verbose volume, sometimes a little too so for all of our liking, and maybe better suited as a a "toilet book" to be dipped in to every now and then rather than read cover to cover. 

We discussed the fact that the facts in the book sometimes had very tenuous connections to the rooms they were linked with, maybe the book was cobbled together from older research for his other books? All present scored the book out of 10, giving an average score of just under 7.

The book for discussion at the next meeting will be "Daphne" by Justine Picardie, selected by the name out of a hat method. There is a good synopsis Here if you fancy joining in.