On Summer Related Friday Fives

[danieldwilliam]

 

1. What made you smile this week?

How happy my son was at the arrival of his long, longed for guinea pigs. He was positely gyrating with joy.

2. What ingredients make a perfect Saturday?

At the moment a perfect Saturday would involve being left alone with nothing to do and the prospect of nothing to do on Sunday. That is mostly because I am tired, everyone in my family is sick and there is still too much to do.

3. What is the best thing you ever had for dessert? Share the memory or the recipe.

Food is so far from my mind at the moment that I'm struggling to fit this question in to a useful schema or taxonomy.

I like a sticky toffee pudding or a bannofee pie but my brain won't let me remember eating them.

4. What is your favorite memory of your mom, or your favorite thing about being a mom?

There are a few to go at.

I remember her taking us camping with some of her friends and her friend's kids when were were in our mid to late teens. The adults all got quite drunk one night and my mum became concerned that the moon (behind a cloud) had gone missing and set off to search for it before we put her to bed. It remains very, very funny.

My mum getting schooled by my daugher about 4th wave feminism and eventually conceeding that she had a point and then joining Tumblr to find out more about it.

5. What are your plans for the summer (or winter, for those in the southern hemisphere)

We have a family holiday planned for July in Northumbria. This will include my daughter's graduation ceremony in Newcastle. I'm planning some extensive birthday celebration around the middle of August. (Mind you, celebrating is currently low on my list of things I actually want to do.) I think we will go and see James and Madness in concert and Stephen Fry's book tour of Mythos and Heros.

Mostly I am looking forward to not having football on Saturday morning or rugby on Sunday afernoon for a few months.

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[danieldwilliam]

I think we're all on the mend now. As usual, I tend to be last in line for family illnesses. MLW was at choir last night.

The Captain is currently full of beans and tending to his livestock.