How Was Your Week? Confuzzion, Germites and a Nice Suprise!

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I hit the ground running this week after last week’s self-imposed isolation thanks to ‘man flu, ‘ aka a cold. The weather can’t make up its mind. Heavy showers, thunder, lightning and bright sunshine. But despite ALL the rain we’ve enjoyed, the local reservoir is less than 30% full because the powers that be have not fixed all the leaks.

Volunteering – I finally had my induction at the local animal charity shop. However, I was slightly confuzzed because I thought I’d volunteered my time for a different charity, which is also a local animal charity and one to which, over the years, I’ve donated many clothes and sundry items. I could perhaps be forgiven for my confusion because I’d only dropped donations off at someone’s house, which I thought they sold in the shop where I’d now volunteered to work. Nope, that charity sold items online via their FB page and had no connection to the shop. I had an ‘ah … ‘ moment. But that’s okay. The charity shop I had volunteered for didn’t have a FB page. Ho hum. As they say ‘Never ass U me‘.

Still, I enjoyed the morning dusting shoes and boots, reorganising the window display, and then redressing the mannequin, who, for some reason, was wearing a beach wrap and summer blouse. This was another ‘Ah’ moment. We are in winter (so say Spring), it’s raining cats and dogs (no pun intended), and it’s cold. Common sense told me we had to shift winter stock or store through the summer. I know in big stores, it’s fashionable to sell beachwear rather than coats and gloves in February; this is a little town where people are practical. Or at least I am. I had great fun exercising my creative spirit, redressing the manakin in a leather jacket and scarf, plus meeting nice people. I will also get to practice my Portuguese. Do you volunteer for anything?

Yoga: I had another Yoga class this week. We focused on balance by standing on one foot and twisting the upraised knee at a right angle. The move has a name, but it escapes me as the class is held in Portuguese. But that’s okay. I can now stand on one leg to a count of 10+, although the knee contortion move still needs practice. I can also bend in half and touch the floor. Luckily for me, I have a long body and short legs. I am pleased with my progress, so once Mr. Piglet reads this, I will have no excuse not to bend down and pull up the weeds. Can you touch your toes or stand on one leg?

Germite: I usually enjoy the pampered feeling of having my hair cut and blow-dried. But when I leaned my head back over the washbasin and closed my eyes, all I could hear was the assistant sniffing as she leaned over me to massage my head. I opened my eyes. I saw her reflection in the mirror opposite, and she was wiping her nose on her sleeve before disappearing to the staffroom to blow her nose. Gross. Germs. GERMS! Since COVID-19, I have become neurotic about germs.

Great. Just what I needed … not.

A Nice Surprise: When Mr. Piglet went for a walk this afternoon, he found a plant by the gate. Enquired ‘Is this plant coming or going?’. ‘Coming’ I replied. What a lovely surprise! I’d admired it in a friend’s garden months ago, and she had made a cutting. I now need to discover its name.

Easy Chocolate, Oat, Banana and Walnut Cake

I made another oat, chocolate, banana, and walnut cake. This time around I added cranberries..

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That’s me for this week. How have you kept yourself busy?