Monday 25 April 2016

Signs of ageing 1.

Needing to have an easy day after a busy day.
In fact, the whole of last week was very busy, preparing for the Yard Sale.
I spent three days in the old laundry, washing china at the old stone sink and putting it into priced tomato boxes ready to carry out and put on the tables on the yard on Saturday morning.
Boxes of Aunt Mollie's china from Shardelows surfaced, none of which had been washed for at least 30 years, so this was included, washed, priced, tea services put into  baskets and the exciting pieces taken into the house.

On Sat we were putting up the tables just after 6.00am, goods all out and tea urn and biscuits on the well by 10.00am.
We had fewer punters than in the Autumn, but had a good day with a couple of dealers who bought a fair bit.
Everything away and no sign that it had ever happened apart from a dozen tables in the drive, under a tarpaulin, by 5.00pm.
After scrubbing up, we had dinner at The Bull at Furnace End at 6.30pm - just the job and always good value.
Result: a healthier bank balance
            Fewer boxes of stuff
            hands like sandpaper.
and goods priced ready for The Whitacres and Shustoke Show on 27 July.

At short notice, I took the service at Shustoke on Sunday, I managed to start my sermon whilst preparing tea for J and Th on Tues, finishing it later, having done the thinking whilst slaving over a stone sink!

Now in Bicester, planning a day of culinary delights, T having planned the menu for dinner tonight.
It looks cold out there!

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