Dead like a doornail

[wiseheart]

I had a busy day: big grocery shopping, post office (where I had to stand in the queue for almost 30 minutes), pharmacy (where I had to stand in the queue for 15 or so minutes), Pepco, Kik and Tedi, where I heroically withstood the urge to buy ungodly amounts of beautiful but completely unnecessary Christmas decorations... well, save for a sheet of sparkly stickers at Pepco. They were really cheap and, well, sparkly: golden stags and stars and lovely, dark green pine trees.

That about ate the day from 9am to 2pm, after which I was really, really dead. Counting in the sore muscles from yesterday (squatting in front of the freezer for more than an hour can do that to your legs), I was just not up to cooking today. Fortunately, Mum had no objections to instant tomato soup and Vienna sausages with Butterbrot. Mum can be very reasonable. :)

My friend Evie dropped by with some apples that the kids failed to eat up at school, so now we are well equipped with our most basic source of vitamins. Of course, I'd bought mandarins in the morning, and even a pomegranate - no idea if the latter has any vitamins, but I like it, even though Mum does not. The reason must be that I still have most of my teeth while she has not. *g*

So, for the rest of the afternoon I was pretty floored. Played some Solitaire on Methuselah, the geriatric laptop, wrote a bit to calm my conscience (it is picowrimo month, after all) and talked to H. on the phone. An early night would be reasonable... if it weren't for the finals of the GBBO: The Professionals today.

Comments

[meathiel]

Kudos to resisting at Tedi!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised you were pretty floored!

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Pomegranates are so weird and so delicious. Eating them is such a strange, wonderful experience.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

The main post office in my town is bad for queue's all year round, but between now and Christmas it is horrendous. It's not unusual to stand in line for that amount of time. Fortunately, we have some smaller sub post offices dotted about inside grocery shops.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

That was definitely a busy day! Those were certainly long waits in line. I find since we've moved to a smaller city that has three post offices within a short distance, I haven't had to wait in long lines there like I used to back at our old home.

I have already bought a new Christmas tree this year. Last year I bought one after we had moved but by then it was mid-December and I didn't have much choice, so I bought one that was far too big and covered with glittery stuff that fell onto the floor and got over everything. This year I shopped the day after Halloween and bought the right tree for us.

I also tend to get very tired in the afternoon since I prefer to get all my chores and outings done in the mornings. I also play a lot of solitaire on my tablet.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It wasn't easy!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

As an epic postcard said: Getting old isn't for the weak of heart. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Not to mention messy... *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Actually, this little post office is quite pleasant. As a rule, no matter how long the queue is, you are done in ten minutes, tops. I think this was because all the little old ladies (and gentlemen) had gotten their pensions a day or two previously and wanted to pay their bills or whatnot. In any case, no-one in the queue seemed any younger than 200 years... including me!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Once, in my forgotten youth, I was a regular night owl. Deep within I still am, but now I've got a lot more chores and outings that need to be done, and since I hate them with a passion, I'm trying to get them done as early as I can. I definitely wasn't born to be a homemaker.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Pomegranates! I love them! Hubby brought me some from the Turkish grocery shop together with quinces! They are so much bigger there! Blessedly I still have those narrow drinking straws!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What do you need the drinking straws for?

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I will gently knead the pomegranate for a while, until it's soft to the touch, then I will make a tiny hole, put the straw in and drink the juice. If I need the seeds, I will take them out, but only after enjoying the juice. Less mess this way...

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

After kneading you can drink the juice with the straw straight from the fruit, without making a mess.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I have not had a pomegranate since I was a kid. Such an unusual fruit.