Avent, Day 4

[wiseheart]

I started with going to Lidl in the morning because they had raspberries on sale (still outrageously expensive, but considerably cheaper than usual, so Mum and I decided to splurge ourselves for a change), plus I needed to replenish my stock in mineral water and ginger ale (very important for my peace of mind!). I ended up buying some meat and cold cuts as well as some cane sugar (of which I was running off, and I need it for the continued baking) - needless to say that the bill looked rather... shocking. But Mum gave her okay to everything, so all is well.

After that, I've decorated the rest of the cookies from yesterday, took down the laundry (fortunately, everything had dried during the night), cooked Gummipute (=turkey nuggets) for lunch, cut out the parts for 7 felt poinsettia flowers that I intend to sew until Thursday... somehow..., talked to H. on the phone - and then collapsed in front of my laptop, in serious need for some solitaire.

In the meantime Mum rearranged the kitchen and the living room, putting everything on the highest possible surface, since tomorrow will be the pre-scheduled cleaning frenzy... for the first time in a month, since last time our cleaning lady got ill and had to cancel. I'm dreading it in advance. *sigh* I'll still have to do the same rearranging of my bedroom and the study, the latter of which will be particularly challenging, since the stuff prepared for the Christmas fair practically occupies every square inch. But I'll manage... somehow... I always do, after all.

There should be some witty last sentence to round up this entry, but I'm too brain dead at the moment to think of one.

Comments

[meathiel]

Good luck for the cleaning frenzy tomorrow.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll need it.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I could send you my husbsnd. He ususlly is the one who picks up things, puts them up on shelves and the like then does cleaning. And he is indeed very good at it. Makes me a bit nervous when he starts doing this... We don't need a cleaning lady anymore. We now have a retired hubby who seems to be bored...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think he'd suffer the shock of his life to see all that stuff in our little flat. It's nippes and other such things for Mum and craft supplies for me — really more than what's reasonable.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Hubby is used to things like these, same here!

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, raspberries! It sounds like your crafting is going well and I always love your photos of the marvelous things you make!

There should be some witty last sentence to round up this entry, but I'm too brain dead at the moment to think of one.

How about, "Mum's the word!" It was lovely to read about your Mum in this entry, but when you get to the end and aren't going to say any more, a slang expression for "not talking" seems appropriate!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks! I never knew what that particular expression means. It's hard sometimes with English as a third language.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Your English is so amazingly good that I tend to forget!

You say "Mum's the word" generally with regard to a specific topic that you've agreed not to talk about. Like so:

Grocer: I'll give you a special price on these raspberries, but you can't tell anyone else.

Customer: Mum's the word!

I don't really know where it comes from, but "to keep mum" about something is a less slangy synonym for "to keep (or stay) silent."

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Brain death is as good an excuse as any. The pre tidy up is one reason I could never have a cleaner...the other being cost.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Personally, I could do without going through this trauma every other week. The only thing I really need help with is the window cleaning, as I can't climb onto a ladder without getting dizzy. But it's Mum's flat and her regime, so...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm going through sugar by the kilo at the moment, too.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know the feeling! I'm so glad I've stocked up during summer and early autumn, considering the current sugar shortages. Now I just walk out onto the balcony and fetch me a package if I need one.