A relaxing Saturday

I woke this morning feeling a little fragile after not sleeping very well! I can't do late nights and red wine as well as I used to! Isla's mum had sent me a message saying that one of the cats had caught a live mouse and was heading home with it. In the conservatory, there was a standoff between them with the (now) dead mouse lying on the floor. Gomez was growling at Mooney, even though I think it was Mooney who had caught the creature in the first place! The next time I looked out there, the mouse was gone. I swept the floor and mopped it as there were smears of blood, grass and little mouse organs. It was like a murder scene!

After tidying up the conservatory, it was lovely to pootle about and not do much today! Sophie prepared tonight's dinner, a Malaysian coconut chicken curry, and when she was mixing the spices, it smelt divine!

I made bacon sandwiches for Keith and me and caught up with the newspapers from the previous week. We've given up on the regular delivery now and buy them whenever we're out. Some of the bills were approaching £100 as the newsagent delayed invoicing us!

I contemplated cleaning the oven but decided to invest in a proper kit from Amazon to do it properly. Any other cleaning was put off until tomorrow when we'll put up the Christmas trees, and I'll blitz the house. So, it was great to relax and unwind after a busy week at work.

In the evening, Sophie and I played Scrabble and she made Martinis with the juice from a jar of ginger. They tasted delicious, a kind of dirty ginger Martini! I beat Sophie at Scrabble so I seem to be on a run at the moment, much to her disgust! She then finished cooking the curry while I boiled the rice. It was delicious and there was enough left for our lunches on Monday.

After dinner, we argued about what film to watch, and gave up in the end, choosing to see Never Mind The Buzzcocks instead. To my and Sophie's delight, Charlie Simpson (late of Busted) was on one of the shows! We have fond memories of going to see him at the O2 in Islington and we were great fans about ten years ago!

A sleepy Gomez

Scrabble and cocktails