Stormy Sunday

It was lovely to wake up this morning and know we hadn't got to be anywhere or do anything important! We had a very lazy start to our Sunday and outside the weather was wet and windy. Another named storm was affecting the UK today, a Spanish one called Herminia. It was a perfect day for staying at home and pootling about!

We did several loads of laundry today and I applied a colour to my hair to hide the roots! It looked a little darker than my usual colour but I was pleased with the results. Sophie spent a long time preparing vegetables for a Thai curry tonight and the paste she made smelt delicious! It involved a lot of work!

We had a few things to catch up and we sorted out Keith's DNA test I received for free last year. We'll post it sometime next week to an address in the UK. With mine, I had to send it to the US, so hopefully we'll get the results sooner if I send it first class. We're looking forward to finding out where Keith comes from!

It was Mike's 25th birthday today, but he has spent the weekend in Nottingham with Abbie. He will call in on his way back to Northampton on Tuesday so we can give him a card and some gifts. I can't believe he turned a quarter of a century today! Where have the years gone?

Before Sophie cooked dinner this evening we played Scrabble and I opened the bottle of Canadian Riesling I'd bought yesterday in the Olney wine shop. It was 9% so we thought we'd give it a try. Well, I wish we hadn't! Sophie took one sip and then refused to drink anymore so we'll keep it for weeknight drinking. What a disappointment, and it wasn't cheap! Instead, we opened the Muscadet that Sophie bought, which was lovely, fresh and crisp. 

Sophie cooked dinner and I cooked a pan of basmati rice to go with the curry. The meal was delicious and very fragrant with all the spices she'd used!