Monday

I received some fantastic news yesterday ... my friend Julie's eldest daughter is expecting her first child in February. R sent me a text addressed to 'Aunty Eileen' containing two scan images, so beautiful and I haven't stopped smiling since. Julie phoned me in the evening for a long chat as well.

That wonderful news cheered up a fairly dull day. Thankfully I went out for a walk early on as early in the afternoon it poured with rain. I'd decided against going out because rain was forecast but it was one of those really drab days where the house seemed dark and I had to switch the light on much earlier than usual. I had a bit of a lazy day as my knees were killing me after my walk so I didn't feel like doing much, but resting and taking it easy worked as expected, and within a couple of hours the pain was gone. Lesson learned!

It's supposed to rain every day this week so I'll be looking for indoor things to keep me amused. I may carry on watching the Friends series, or pop out to the library to choose a load of books. I have plenty of books here but none of them are grabbing my attention so a search through the library shelves should solve that problem. The library also loan DVDs so that's another option.

My joyful activity for today is to try a new recipe. I have all the ingredients for two new to me recipes - chicken balti or honey chili chicken - but I only have enough chicken to do one of them, so will make the decision later.