Watching and Reading
The Essex Millionaire Murders caught my interest as we live about 45 miles away from where it happened. I can't believe I hadn't heard about it at the time but oh my goodness, what an evil mind their killer had.
The series Malpractice was really good, as was The Game which changed my opinion of the actor Robson Green! We just started watching The Chelsea Detective which I think is going to be good.
Code of Silence with Rose Ayling-Ellis is very good and makes you really appreciate how difficult life must be to be deaf, and how useful it is to have good lip reading skills.
Still watching Race Across the World and still in awe of how they find their way around with no internet access and absolutely no knowledge of the language.
Following the election of the new pope we were inspired to watch Conclave!
I started the month reading the third in the series of books by Richard Osman, The Bullet that Missed. They are very easy reads. I also enjoyed Philly Barker Investigates by Joanne Tracey and will be downloading the second book in the series for my holiday in Italy next month.
Eating
We have a kind of tradition that at the beginning of summer we go to our friends who live around the corner to us and they cook a paella. So after a week of wall to wall sunshine, it was decided that the time had come!
We had friends come to us for dinner. I decided to make a tried and tested chilli con carne because I knew I could make that in advance and have a more relaxed evening with me slaving away in the kitchen while everyone else sat outside with a pre dinner glass of wine.
I met up with friends for lunch a few times, it's good to keep in touch with people I used to work with and on one occasion I met up with someone I was at school with and that was a very long time ago!
Fish and chips at the beach, it always tastes so much nicer doesn't it?
Self Care
Still keeping moving with my pilates and zumba, some weeks easier than others to find the motivation first thing on a Monday morning! My bottom also made an appearance on the teacher’s instagram page 😳
Days out
We had four days in Norfolk, which was glorious.
Now to condense all that down to 1 Second Everyday
I just had fish and chips at the shore this week and it really did hit the spot!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, we are visiting the UK in September and I believe Norfolk is on our list. thanks for sharing your month with us at #WBOYC? Sue L x
ReplyDeleteHi, Deb - I love your paella tradition. I wholeheartedly agree with chilli (and similar make-ahead dishes) being perfect for having company over. Wishing you a wonderful June.
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, another good month for you all over there! I hope summer weather is plentiful and love the neighbourly traditions you have. Thanks for joining us for #WBOYC I always look forward to seeing what my blog namesake has been up to! Wishing you a joyful June x
ReplyDeleteWe have been on nearly back-to-back holidays and I am so behind on my blog reading and writing. Just can't seem to ever get caught up.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to catch up with you. How did the paella turn out? Does everyone bring some of the ingredients and you put it together - together?? That would be grand fun. Glad for your week of sunshine. Hope that has continued into this second week of June. We are already having triple digits.
I have a collage project I've wanted to do for several years that involves creating beach houses out of scrapbook paper and fabric. Your grand beach house photos always make me smile and remind me that I need to get busy on that project!! Glad you enjoyed your 4-day vacay.
Will you be watching the grands much this summer? I have offered to watch Lucia and Cami one day a week but they are both sick this week so it hasn't happened yet. They are sick so much.
Hope your June is as warm and sunny as May seems to have been. Big hugs!!