A useful day

It has been one of those useful days around the house for James and me. Various administrative matters were addressed, both trivial and important, including a visit to the lawyer about arrangements for the sale of my Mum's house. Some tidying was done. Discussions about our summer walking holiday, plans for the garden and the layout of the kitchen took place. Lunch was eaten in Zizzi's in Princes Square while we were in town to collect my pearls (the string had broken but luckily it was knotted between each pearl so only one was lost, and it has been replaced - it looks as good as new). Our lunch was very nice; I had cicchetti, which are like tapas and are (according to the menu) often served as lunch in Venice. They were absolutely delicious; I chose mushroom arancini, aubergines in sauce, and ragu with polenta. Yummy. When we got home we kept on pottering about happily until tea time, which is now! I am going to serve out our tea and then we are going to watch the next episode of Mad Men. The boys have also been gainfully employed; Jamie is back in Dundee working on his research project, Ally and Cat did some studying before she went home, and Davie has been playing with Kyle. Jack the cat has been trying to relax amid all this activity!