Our habits.

Toby and I are very much creatures of habit.

We like to go grocery shopping on Friday or Saturday nights. The aisles are clear. There are fewer children (if any) running around. And then, Sunday doesn’t come around and force you to go because you don’t have food for the rest of the week. Sundays are the worse day to go shopping. The store closes early, so people are frantically running around to “pick up a few things”. The shelves are never stocked. The veggies and fruit (if there are any) are soft and look icky. Not healthy.

We take three bags with us. A grey shopping trolley we bought with part of a Habitat gift voucher from Britni; a German shopping bag with a picture of a turtle and a frog kissing inside of a rainbow circle, and a Birmingham newspaper recycling bag that has a number 64 on it. We inherited it from Toby’s gran. Our grocery store (a big supermarket called Sainsbury’s) doesn’t give the “paper or plastic” option. We would certainly take paper if we could.

When we come home (Toby carries the trolley and I take the other two bags), we pile everything up on the kitchen table. Toby puts it away and I put the bags away.

This happens every time we go grocery shopping. It’s a nice habit.


By the by, we bought tickets to see Modest Mouse at the Royal Albert Hall. Toby’s excited because Johnny Marr’s in the band now. I’m excited because I’ll finally set foot in the Royal Albert Hall.

and, and, and to make this post really long, here's how we're planning our stateside trip in 2 months!! any advice can be given here....

may24 arrive
25 janesville
26 janesville/wedding
27 hit the road spend night in toronto?
28 niagara falls
29 ny state
30 nyc
31 nyc
june 1st DC
2 DC
3 cape charles/virginia beach
4 v. beach
5 head back to midwest
6 indiana
7 indiana
8 janesville/minneapolis
9 minneapolis
10 janesville
11 janesville
12 fly out

Charitable Toby

The other weekend Toby and some of his workmates joined in a football tournament to raise money for cancer research.

Toby's the one on the far left, if you're not in the know.

Tonight's telly

Options for tonight's TV?

Paul O'Grady in a clown's suit, playing with a dog on the Comic Relief Telethon type thing'y

OR

Channel 5's "Dark Side of the Hippo"


I just can't decide what is better TV.....

Hello Sunshine

Ah, the weather is getting warmer and sunny. I love me some grey rainy days, but sushine every once in awhile is OK too.

It was so nice that I sat outside at lunch and even decided to walk home from work. Well, almost all the way home from work. I strolled through picadilly and soho and found lots of lovely restaurants and cafes I like to try. The problem is whenever I decide to go someplace, I forget what's out there. Maybe I should start a notebook.

It was starting to get dark when I got to Baker St, so I thought it would be a safe decision not to go through the unlit park. My feet thanked me. Converse are not good walking through the city shoes. I find it very hard to believe that they used to be the shoe of choice for basketball players. There's no support there.

They look cool though.

Red, Red Moon

I know that it's only 10 to 11pm on a Saturday night, but I consider it past my bedtime. I'm staying awake to watch the lunar eclipse. The moon is currently turning red. A lovely red red color. We took a walk up to Primrose Hill, but we'd have go back again to catch it in color. There were a few people with cameras up there....

I'd try to take a picture, but normal cameras never capture the moon. I'll just take a mental picture.

I'd explain how the whole thing happens and why it turns red, but..... I wouldn't be able to. If you'd like to know, go look it up (BBC.co.uk)

Happy Saturday night!