Celebrating!

It was lovely to have nowhere to go this morning and nothing to do. The last four Saturdays have either been taken up with trips out or work, so it was heavenly to wake up and ease slowly into the weekend.

I baked some pastries for breakfast, which Sophie and I enjoyed, and we actually watched Saturday Kitchen Live this morning! We both showered at midday and drove to Tesco in Kettering to buy some gifts for my Mum and Dad's anniversary today.

I had decided to make them a little hamper of treats, and Sophie gave me a gorgeous box to put everything in. Tesco was heaving with people, and we soon bought all the items we needed and fled! Sophie wanted to wash her car but the automatic one in the garage was closed, and the one at Morrison's was just a jet wash, so we gave up on that idea!

At the care home, Mum and Dad were still having lunch so we sat in their living room and waited for them. They came along accompanied by a huge bouquet of flowers, balloons, two bottles of Prosecco and cards. These were all from the care home! What a lovely surprise!

Photo courtesy of the care home

They were delighted with our gifts and cards, and we sat and chatted to them for over an hour, making a decision to go to Duxford for a combined wedding anniversary/80th birthday celebration in August.

Dad did say he wanted to go up in a helicopter, but we might have to forget that idea, bless him!

Back home it was time to do not a lot and I had a nap on my bed. The temperatures haven't been that bad today, hovering around 27c, which was bearable. At 5.30pm Sophie and I played Scrabble and I thrashed Sophie completely this evening, scoring way over 400 points. It's about time I did that! 

She cooked a delicious dinner this evening using orzo pasta with chicken and vegetables, which we've never had before. It was very much like risotto rice and the meal itself was like a creamy risotto. With slices of garlic bread and a couple of glasses of a lovely Portuguese white, it was gorgeous!

After dinner, we watched a fascinating documentary about the Ganges river in India and, to cap the night off, we sat outside with Monty cat to capture the cool night breeze and listen to the music from Walgrave's Groove on the Green. We could hear all the songs very clearly so the music must have been loud! Paul and Sharon came along with the doggies and we had a chat about the heat... it's arriving tomorrow!