Postponed

[wiseheart]

I mean Day 2 of the kitchen project. The morning was pleasant enough after last night's torrent rain, so that I could take Mum out to the café for breakfast. After which I hopped down to Lidl to buy a plum Streuselkuchen, as these apparently can be thawed out on room temperature in about five hours and eaten without the need to be baked up. I wanted one with apple filling, but those were too high on the shelf for me to reach, and this time there were no tall young men I could have asked for help. I do that regularly and shamelessly, but no such luck today. Mum said it was good as she prefers the plum one. Alas, tomorrow the Alpenfest (half-)week is over, or else I'd have tried my luck again.

I realize that most of the time I'm talking about food and grocery shopping, with some crafty stuff in-between. But the sad truth is: this has been my life for the last four years or so. Even getting down to the grocery shop next corner has become a big event. And I had such plans for my retirement...

Anyway, we were both too tired to finish the kitchen, especially as Mum also had a visit from the physiotherapist, so we decided to do it tomorrow. I had neither the strength nor the inspiration to do any crafting or writing today, but at least I've typed up some more of the stuff I had written a couple of days ago. One should count one's blessings.

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Honestly I enjoy reading about your grocery shopping as your shops have such different things to ours ☺️

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is interesting how different eating habits are. I keep running into problems when trying out Mary Berry’s recipes: half the ingredients she takes for given — like treacle or ginger compote — are unavailable here.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

{{{hugs}}}

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I am 5.9 but even I have still been known to ask the occasional lanky young man to reach me a carton, when they're right at the back of the shelf.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Imagine me with my mere 164 cms and accordingly short arms!

[meathiel]

I hear you about stuff on upper shelves ... really very annoying.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They thank we are all basketball players or whatnot.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I am short- I always have to ask tall people to do the taking-down of things I cannot reach!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me, too. I’ ve grown horizontális since the age of 8 months or so. Hard to imagine that I started off as a skinny baby.