We were woken at 2.30 a.m. by foxes screaming in the street. I mean really screaming, it was the most unearthly noise. After this disturbance we got back to sleep but when I woke up I was confused about what time it now was. Luckily the clocks went back last night which meant that we got an extra hour of sleep.
I made gratin dauphinois while James made gammon joint with cherries, and we served this with buttered carrots for Chanel’s birthday lunch. Our lovely Chanel is 29 today and we have known her for a decade; I remember very well the day that we first met her in Dundee on 15th November 2015. Josh was here too; he’s working in Ayrshire this week so is staying with us overnight. The five of us had our lunch followed by Chanel’s favourite dessert - sticky toffee puddings which I made yesterday. They turned out very well and we didn’t have room for birthday cake, although we lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday. Then we went through to the lounge and played a board game called Seven Wonders which I purchased earlier this year, after seeing it being played very enthusiastically by a French family when we were in Madonna di Campiglio. They played it every night in the bar after skiing. Chanel deciphered the rather complicated instructions and thank goodness she did because I couldn’t make head nor tail of it at first. But by playing the game I gradually got the hang of it and we all enjoyed it. After Davie and Chanel went home (with the birthday cake!) Josh, James and I had pizzas and watched a very good film called A House of Dynamite on Netflix. It was an all too believable tale about the start of a nuclear war, and was told from three concurrent points of view. It was compelling and well acted.
I made gratin dauphinois while James made gammon joint with cherries, and we served this with buttered carrots for Chanel’s birthday lunch. Our lovely Chanel is 29 today and we have known her for a decade; I remember very well the day that we first met her in Dundee on 15th November 2015. Josh was here too; he’s working in Ayrshire this week so is staying with us overnight. The five of us had our lunch followed by Chanel’s favourite dessert - sticky toffee puddings which I made yesterday. They turned out very well and we didn’t have room for birthday cake, although we lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday. Then we went through to the lounge and played a board game called Seven Wonders which I purchased earlier this year, after seeing it being played very enthusiastically by a French family when we were in Madonna di Campiglio. They played it every night in the bar after skiing. Chanel deciphered the rather complicated instructions and thank goodness she did because I couldn’t make head nor tail of it at first. But by playing the game I gradually got the hang of it and we all enjoyed it. After Davie and Chanel went home (with the birthday cake!) Josh, James and I had pizzas and watched a very good film called A House of Dynamite on Netflix. It was an all too believable tale about the start of a nuclear war, and was told from three concurrent points of view. It was compelling and well acted.
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