May Day Bank Holiday

Ah the bank holiday weekend and its promising to be a nice sunny one! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned?

This morning I went to the local car boot sale and picked up a couple of bits and bobs, nothing huge as I'm sure the economy is affecting the quality of goods being sold. Its a case of, 'Thank you but I really don't want a two foot high musical plastic dragon, no, I don't read martina cole novels and yes my local store sells ceramic doves on a stick for less than 2 quid so I don't need one of those either.'

Anyhow, as I don't have my camera with me ( the dh has nabbed it)I can't show you my pretty thrifted items. Boo Hoo. I'll promise to show you them next time.

In the meantime I thought I'd let you know how I went on at my creative writing class this week when I read out my story.

I read out Cinderella part one and was greeted by silence. 'Is it that bad?' I thought, 'why didn't someone tell me and spare me the misery?'

After a few moments one fella said, "What book have you got that from?"

Deciding that he wasn't actually accusing me of plagurism, I replied that my inspiration came from the fairy story Cinderella.

'Yes but you've got all the descriptions of the house and her life from a published book haven't you?"

'No,' I said getting annoyed, 'I got it out of my head.'

He gave me an unconvinced look and said, 'How long did it take you to write it? A week?'

I shook my head, 'Ten minutes.'

I got a long stare before he replied, 'Well which of us is going to be her agent!'

So, I suppose that was a good result :-)

Also while at the library I picked up some bedroom reading.

Mr Brown's War - diary of a gentleman during the war. I'm hoping its as good as Nella Lasts but I still have to start reading it, I'll let you know if it's any good or not.

Tomorrow we may be going for a walk along the local river. I am booked in a dog show but don't think I'll be going.

I'll probably bake a few pasties to take with us

I made this huge pile of chicken and veg last weekend and they were delicious! I know, I know I'm supposed to be on a diet but I forgot to tell you... I hit my target weight!!!

Besides the freshly baked pasties I'm in the process of using this.....

My Panasonic breadmaker which has been used virtually on a daily basis for over a year now. I've got a lovely granary loaf baking right now and the smell of feshly baked bread is filling the house.

Have a Great weekend everyone! Don't forget to blog about it!

ttfn

Sharie