Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Another month down

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I fell for a whole slew of Aprils Fool pranks. And after the 1st, they kept on coming!

Flew back from Sicily – the flight was delayed from 8pm to 2.30am. So instead of getting home at around midnight, we didn’t even land at the airport ’til 5am. The car in valet parking wasn’t in valet parking (because technically we’d arrived on the “wrong day”) and when they found it, the battery was completely flat.

After a few hours kip, went to collect my van from the private farm I’d parked it in, and they’d rotated the monthly combination lock for entry (so couldn’t collect it) which meant I missed the MOT test I had booked for Monday morning. While we were away something froze and knackered the boiler – so we need a new boiler now. But the new boiler has a wider flue, so it can’t be just swapped out so we’ve got builders coming on Thursday to knock a hole in the kitchen wall (while we have no heating or hot water in the meantime!)

I went out for a coffee yesterday and when they got my order wrong I was *this close* to booking a return flight and leaving it all behind! I’ve had enough of Aprils Fools.

 

Hot drink? Tea is my go to. But if we’re out and about (or sometimes at home, just for a change) I’m quite partial to an Americano. With extra hot water. Yeah, really weak, like tepid dishwater. And decaffeinated if you’ve got it.

 

Here’s your question for Friday:
Fruit in salads?
For years I’ve been an absolutist on this one – absolutely no way. Then I discovered “insalata del nonna” and am a complete convert. Orange, onion and olives. I don’t think there are any ingredients left beginning with “o”. Chop them up, pop them all in bowl, call it a salad. Absolutely amazing.

 

Music – CJ Wildheart has a new album out. Here’s an old(er) song but that’s only because I’ve not heard the whole album so don’t have a favourite to recommend. This one’s a banger –

 

In other news, it’s warm enough now (just) to move back into my end-of-garden workshop. So all my hobby stuff has been kicked out of the house and I’m setting everything up again. Infuriating. But exciting too. It’s a right mess at the minute, but by the weekend I might even be ready to post some photos!