LONG (BUT MERCIFULLY CUT-SHORT) GOOD FRIDAY

7:30am: alarm clock goes off
open eyes and focus on woodle
sleeping peacefully and beautifically
mrs f already up n tapping next door
feel like a lie-in
roll over and go back to sleep
8:30am: woodle is up and at em downstairs
loud voices n some shenanigans going on
need the loo but resist
roll over again and carry on dozing
9:30am: open curtains n look out
morning sunshine on wet pavements
pull on dressing gown n head to loo
go downstairs and make breakfast
strong black coffee n muesli with soya milk
it turns out that raised voices
concerned super-dooper new washing-machine
pater losing it with mater
for putting on wash
without referring to instruction manual
there in a nutshell their opposite natures are captured
'caution n planning' versus 'dive straight in'
10:00am: eat brekky at living room table
with easter chicks mrs f and woodle have made
woodle switches on telly
mrs f heads back upstairs to continue blogging
10:30am: refill coffee
replace water filter on filter jug
run three lots of water through filter system
read a couple of pages of building green
whilst on throne
11:00am: watch cbeebies tv
woodle on lap
11:10am: uncle johnny suggests switching over
to watch anastasia cartoon film
woodle cooperates
m & p head off to do easter shop at sainsburys
woodle climbs onto uncle j's lap to watch movie
historical details are subject to considerable artistic licence
rasputin is a gross caricature
j n i gloss plot details to help woodle follow story
half watch film and half peruse washing-machine manual
12:00pm: get up to make more coffee for uncle j and moi
12:30pm: film ends
m & p return from supershop at supermarket
log on to wikipedia
to check out real story of rasputin, tsar nicholas and anastasia
1:00pm: shower
1:30pm: lump giant strawberry bag downstairs
full of accumulated washing from last week
but before anyone puts a wash on
dad insists on weighing out 6 kilos of laundry
using bathroom scales
to see how much machine can take
(6k = maximum machine capacity according to manual
though he hasn't actually read it)
6 kilos looks like a very large amount
dad seems satisfied
finally get wash on
2:15pm: heat up yesterday's tofu n vegetable stir fry
eat with couscous
3:00pm: make bread using breadmaker
3:30pm: make vegan flapjack mixture
4:00pm: flapjacks in oven
delicious smells of rising dough n baking flaps...
ah - that's enough cosy domesticity for one post
i'll leave ya to imagine the rest
a happy easter holy day to one n all