Soledad's Journal

Happy Birthday, noadvertising! I hope you had a nice time.



( As for us... )

Happy Birthday, red_day_dawning!

Here, have some virtual calories (in the form of a home-made mango cake):



Since it's winter on your side of the globe, I hope you had a nice day and could celebrate properly. *hugs*

Happy Birthday, dear disthrainsdotte!



I hope you had a lovely day. A lifesign from you would be very welcome.

Me, I had a busy day. Gave Mum her weekly shower, cleaned the balcony, mended one of Mum's nightshirts and finished the second little purse.

Here are both little darlings in their rather modest glory. Size and shape are different, as the original shoulder pads were different, too.

I tried to have a nap in the afternoon but - for the umpteenth time since my visit at the eye doctor - I couldn't fell asleep. Apparently, I'm too full of tension all the time. At least I can sleep nights; it would be terrible if I couldn't.

Happy Birthday,dear mirasaui!

I hope life is treating you better than last time I heard of you. 😘
Here, have some virtual calories:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, the_wild_iris!

Thank you for over a quarter century of friendship and support. I remember fondly of our meeting in person in Cambridge, London and Budapest and hope one day we can see each other again. Have a fabulous day!

Not much happening on my end of the connection. This entry is late because my desktop PC spent two and a half hours to configure the updates - exactly those hours I usually spend with reading and commenting and playing games. *sigh* Mum and I watched episodes of "The Repair Shop" instead.

In the morning I did the grocery shopping; then I cooked lunch. In the afternoon I gave my friend Evie a call, which lasted over 30 minutes; it was really nice. I'll watch the re-run of the GBBO, soon - the last season with Mary Berry - but afterwards I might return to read and comment a bit. Assuming my eyes haven't rolled out of my skull by then.

I had a restless night. Neck and shoulder (and back) pains made me unable to find a position in which I could have slept any longer than two hours in a row. It took me nearly fifty minutes to fall asleep in the first time, and then I woke up again... and again... roughly every two hours.

Of course, the fact that I had to get up an hour earlier than usual because Mum wanted to attend to Mass via TV didn't help. Ah, well, at least I was pissed off suitably to finally clean the kitchen; something that had been long overdue. And to take down the dried laundry. And to give Mum her weekly shower.

Funnily enough, neck and shoulder (and back and wrist) don't bother me when I'm doing slave labour. Just when I'm trying to rest. Or to work at the computer. Bleh!

No cooking was necessary - long live the leftovers - so I used the time to do a tiny bit of sewing. One set of laundry room shelves is now finished. All I need to add are the little hooks for the towels, which I need to buy first in a sewing shop. A good thing that I'll have to go to the Allee shopping center tomorrow anyway. They have an excellent craft and sewing supplies shop. I hope I'll find there what I need.

After lunch I gave in to the inevitable, and since my various body parts chose to behave I slept for two hours. It was a real blessing. Then I gave H. a call, who's fighting off a bad cold (again), posted the next chapter of 'Alternate Caretaker' to otherworlds_lib and we watched the GBBO - the only thing worth watching tonight.

Oh, and I forgot: I also started a small notebook for collecting various... unusual jam recipes I intend to try for this year's Christmas fair. Like apricots with rosemary, sour cherries with thyme, strawberries with basil and balsamico vinegar and the likes.I've just added the spicy fig jam of noadvertising's DiL to the list.

Many heartfelt thanks for the lovely Christmas cards received from:

red_day_dawning,
meathiel,
curiouswombat,
noadvertising,
the_wild_iris

I'll keep adding names when more cards arrive. You are the best, folks!

Happy Birthday, dear elwenlj!

I hope you had a quiet, peaceful day, with a bit of birthday indulgence. :)
Here, have some virtual calories:



Over here, it was fairly quiet, too. I've made the gingered pears but they haven't set properly, despite the gelatine I added in the last moment. I'll try to put them into the fridge for a night or two, perhaps that will help. If not, I'll sell them as pear sauce for pancakes, pudding, ice cream and the likes. Problem solved. We tried some for our Topfenknödel today, it tastes heavenly, so there.

I also worked a bit on H's birthday present. The recipe book is taking shape, so I'm well content. Tomorrow, I'm planning to cook for two days, that gives me a bit of leeway for Tuesday, so that I can do the food shopping. Thursday is a national holiday when the shops are all closed, so people will be afraid of starving - better not go on the last day!

Several websites got small changes in appearance. None that would meet my approval. I think the new designs are uglier than the old one - YouTube, I'm looking directly at you! - and others, like the new tiny symbol of Outlook, make me nervous when I first see them not knowing what's happening. Why do they have to change things time and time again? Grrrr!

Happy Birthday, dear manue7a!

Once again, Lj failed to send me an alert. Fortunately, I saw on my Friends page that this is the day. Have some virtual calories:



I hope you had a nice day. :)

Happy Birthday, dear noadvertising!

I hope you had a terrific time today, family situation notwithstanding.
Here, have some virtual calories: