Tuesday 7th January - this, that and the other

 Today ended with soup for supper. BB had an emergency dental appointment on 2nd January, and while waiting for the follow-up appointment later this month another crown came out yesterday.  So guess where he spent this afternoon? 

He came home tired and achy after keeping his mouth wide open for a whole hour. Soft easy supper was the order of the day. 

I sweated a random selection of diced vegetables and elderly spring onions in butter, added water, a chicken stock cube, soy sauce and sriracha sauce and simmered until the carrots were soft. 

To make it more hearty I then added one and a half portions of chinese noodles and served it all up when they were done. It made a substantial bowlful each.

But how did we begin the day?

We shifted the three amaryllis plants, a poinsettia and a yellow miniature rose that I was given onto the windowsill. The amaryllis which is just coming into flower has straightened itself up through thar day.

Morning coffee and cake; his and hers portions... BB had espresso without milk in the purple espresso cup, and a leaning tower of pieces of fruit cake. I had espresso with a little hot milk and two smaller pieces of cake accompanied by the last of the Christmas Cornish Yarg cheese. And the nuts from the top of BB's cake; I swapped them for the glacé fruits part of the decoration. On account of the tooth situation...

We have a bit of a 'Jack Spratt' situation going... it's most unfair but BB who is tall and thin loses weight under stress and can eat anything. I'm short and - well let's say 'chunky'. I'll never be slim. You only have to look at pictures of my father and aunt and grandmother to see why. My solution is to try and eat half as much as BB on every occasion. Most of the time. I have more of an incentive to pay attention since weighing myself yesterday morning l

I finished the scene of the mice in the sitting toom, taking down the decorations. 

There's still loads to do! Maybe I'll have it finished for... Easter? I don't mind how long it takes. It makes a good 'slow stitching' project. 

Little Missie Mousey looks as though she is getting into a bit of a tangle with her tinsel; I seem to havecgiven her a bit of a worried expression. I expect Mr Mouse will put down the box of baubles and help her before she loses her balance and falls into the tree!

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I spent about 20 minutes playing the piano after posting about a Piano Playalong. I did some 'Dozen a Day' exercises, and then worked on the last bit of the Arietta. It felt So Good! I'll only put piano playing stuff on Piano Playalong posts in future so you can dodge them if you are not interested. 

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Last of all;

Changing to this sock yarn was such a good idea. Memo to self; choose self-striping or self -patterning yarns in future. This skein, ball, whatever, is a centre-pull one, wh8ch means that I have no idea what the next colour will be, adding to the interest. The top is complete so it is easy peas round and roundy for a while now.

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The Lord's Prayer, today's section; 'for thine is the kingdom, the power ....' (kingdom was yesterday really).