DINNERWARE

 I mentioned yesterday afternoon that I had a story about 'dinnerware', following my afternoon tea in Cambridge.

Well... it goes like this:

We were all served food on little side plates.  They were all different, old plates.

I finished my food and was sitting there, looking at my plate.  It was making me feel 'weird'.

Then the penny dropped.

It was a plate from the dinner set my Mum used way back when I was a small child!

I immediately wanted to nick it!  lol

But as I said to the ladies around me, I simply couldn't, as it would eat away at me.  Stealing a plate!  Yeah, nah.

Next thing, the waitress is clearing the tables, and she drops literally half a dozen cups and plates... and they ALL SMASH on the floor.

Me, ever resourceful, thinks I can nick the plate now, and they won't notice, right?

But no.  I still can't do it.

So I decided to take the plate up to the counter and ask if I can buy it!

And that's what I did... and the girl behind the counter said she would go and ask the owner, who was outside doing some weeding of the gardens.

Next thing, she's back, and says "You can have it"!  I was so happy.

I went outside and gave that lady a hug.

ABOVE:  So there it is, a random side plate.  I'm going to put it in one of the  china cabinets, so it isn't broken.

Now, what am I doing today?

First and foremost, I am going over to Cambridge to see a friend.

After that, I will come home and do my usual Monday housework.  Oh Ya.  😁

MY POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

12.16 pm:  And I'm home from being out and about.

It was a good, productive morning.  I got to see a friend I'd not seen since we moved here to Hamilton.

Then I visited Stew and had morning tea with him.... OK... I had Diet Coke, let's get real!

Home now, and I've got washing on, and am about to have a baked potato with baked beans for me lunch.

Brylee is here just to annoy me (she said it, not me!).

Looking forward to wizzing around with the vacuum cleaner later.  Weird.

Dinner is on.

Vacuuming is done.

SPARKLING:  It's super easy to use.  Works on the hard floors just fine.  Empties like a breeze, just open and tip. Light and easily manoeuvrable.  It picks up all the shit on the floor as you would want it to. I have not used any of the attachments yet, but I do believe they will be wonderful too.

I think the most useful thing about it is that it's so easy to use... you just take it off it's charging station and away ya go!  No cords.  No damn hose.  No pulling a vacuum around behind you.

I went out with Brylee this evening. She's been looking for a new flatting situation.  So, we went to look at a house that has 4 other 20 something people in it.

The minute the door opened we were confronted with two really LOVELY young women, who invited us in and proceeded to charm us.

Well, it didn't take much.  We liked them and the house.

Brylee will be moving in over the next two weeks.  She's very happy.

Here's hoping it's a better fit for her.

And that's the end of my day.

Catch ya tomorrow.