Today I managed a mammoth ironing session, then made considerable progress with “Vanity Fair”.
Becky and Ian, having returned home to Southbourne after dinner yesterday, were not present for this evening’s meal of oven fish and chips, garden peas, pickled onions and gherkins, with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Mighty Murray Shiraz.
Sounds like a full day, Derrick. I’m impressed with the ironing.
Thank you very much, Pat
Ditto! I do all the ironing and I’m not sure I would trust my OH to do a satisfactory job. However, I should add that my Dad taught me to iron.
I commend you on your ironing.
Thank you very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
An ironing session? Chapeau!
Thank you very much, Luisa
You’re so welcome!
Two “tasks”, I love doing .
Thanks very much, Sylvie
Hi, Derrick – I must be part milleanial.
I bought an iron when we moved back to Canada 8 years ago and I still haven’t taken it out of the box once. It can be a conversation piece at a garage sale one day. I look foreward to hearing your thoughts on Vanity Fair.
Thank you very much, Donna
We have an iron . . .somewhere. I can’t remember the last time I ironed.
Oh, the irony! Ha! Did you know irony is the opposite of wrinkly? Ha!
Yay for a mammoth ironing session, reading time, and a delicious meal!
(((HUGS)))
Thanks very much, Carolyn
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Well done with the pile of ironing. I used to enjoy that task. Such a great feeling when the basket was emptied… until the next weekend!
Joshua tends to do his own and most of mine is non-iron.
The same balance in our household. Thanks very much, Sue
I have an iron. Gets used occasionally.
Well done with all that ironing! Actually, I quite enjoy ironing and do it every week.
I’ve done it for many years (since single parentage) Thanks very much, Clare
I have not ironed in years, though my husband does occasionally. I can sort of imagine how it might give one a sense of satisfaction.
Sort of
Thanks very much, JoAnna
I have three baskets of laundry waiting to be ironed – the days have been too hot to tackle them!
Thanks very much, Anne. Very bad luck
I’m impressed Derrick!
Thanks very much, Aletta
Ironing? Meh
Quite. That’s why it piles up, Eugi. Thanks very much
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Do you watch or listen to anything while you iron? My mother used to iron while watching her soap operas.
I wondered, too, if you watched or listened to anything while you ironed. I guess it would be hard to read at the same time–and probably dangerous.
It’s been an ironing kinda day I think.
Thank you very much, Gary
I have never seen a man ironing in my life. I am immensely impressed, Derrick.
Thanks very much, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
Fish & Chips is always a favorite.
Thanks very much, Steve
There was a time under the sun when I read and relished Vanity Fair. It must have been late in the 1980s. How convinced was I in that aeon that I would take up teaching Literature in my favourite university!
That explains why you write so well – but I thought you worked in a bank who keep moving you about. For some reason I haven’t been receiving your posts, so didn’t know you have been so ill. It is so good to see you back. My very best wishes, Uma
Thank you, my friend. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter.