Well, Kai's had a great day. School was good, and he wanted to rent I, Robot (for the third time - he loves that film, think we'd better buy a copy) and Van Helsing (we've all decided Hugh Jackman would have made a better Aragorn than did Viggo Mortensen!) He had lots of Lego, and the most amazing pocket watch from his Uncle Arfs and Aunt Chrissie - it has a massive 'garnet' in the centre of the front cover, with a silver and gold dragon wrapped around it: the dragon's head makes the winder and the back of the case has embossed dragon's wings. I'll try to get a photo of it tomorrow (it's gone up to bed with him tonight). Thanks for the presents and cards, everyone: he'll email his own thanks tomorrow...
I've finished the bulk of the painting and one of the inner voile curtains (will do the other tomorrow, I ran out of light). I've also found the material I want for the curtains, both window and wardrobes, a darkish old gold faux silk that looks and feels like real raw silk, quite beautiful and very luxurious (and incredibly cheap at only £3.99 a metre - which is just as well, as I need about 7 metres of it. Though that'll only cost as much as a pair of ready-to-hang curtains, which isn't bad.) It'll be a fair bit of work making them, but it'll be worth it. And the last time I checked my ancient sewing machine was still functioning, which will please Kai, as he wants to examine it...
Have to buy new bedding first though, dark green or gold. The blue looks horrible against the green wall. Will check in town, and Keynsham on Saturday.
Today's cookie...

There is a great temptation in store for you dealing with cheese.

Mmmm, cheese... like cheese...
From Lutra's blog, because she says it so well...

Joules thought it could be interesting to see how/what other people eat. So, daily for the next week or so we'll be listing on our blogs things wot we've eaten that day. (<blink> Did that sentence make any sense at all? Eh. It's late, I don't really care... Anyway, back to the fun...)

I drink diet coke, all the time, and with meals. We have a Sodastream fizzy drink maker and I order the diet coke syrup direct from the company as nowhere in Briz seems to stock it any more - three dozen bottles at a time. Yes, I drink far too much of it. I'm a caffeine addict. (I used to drink too much coffee but went off it when I was carrying Kai: now I drink maybe 4-5 mugs a year.) I'm allowed, it's not as though I have many vices or an expensive lifestyle. Well, apart from anime. Heh, anime - more expensive than drugs. And twice as addictive.
Morning: I don't normally bother with breakfast (unless I'm on holiday) - my body wakes up even more slowly than I do. But I keep a bowl of organic orange and grapefruit pieces in juice in the fridge and force myself to eat a portion every day or so, with some calorie-free sweetener and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Usually I have a mug of low-cal soup (Batchelor's Broccoli and Cauliflower has been the favourite for over 6 months now) and a couple of slices of multi-seeded wholemeal toast at around 11am; keeps me going 'til dinner time. Today, however, I had battered cook in the oven calamari with garlic mayonnaise dip, half price from Sainsbug's as it was at sell-by date - something I like but haven't had in ages. It wasn't very nice at all, unfortunately...
Dinner: Today, bone-in pork chops (local, but not organic: organic meat is still too expensive except when on special offer or for an extra-special treat), mixed veg, noodles (and no veg today) for Kai. It's probably worth saying here that the family's standard mixed veg = sliced fresh carrots, fine green beans, sweetcorn kernels and peas (all organic, the latter three frozen) cooked together in the same pan. Four portions of veg in one! Saves energy and makes the process of getting veg - albeit a small amount - into Kai relatively painless. Pudding today was a small rich chocolate 'birthday' cake: Kai also had the strawberries he requested!
Evening: I've just had a mug of soup and two slices of toast, with sweet pickle and wafer thin ham - to warm up as much as anything, I'm really cold. (I think that may be because I'm knackered. Must be getting old; three hours sleep, and no nap, isn't enough for me anymore. Early night tonight, perhaps...)
Anyone else want to add their menus? [grin]