Weekend waffling

look at the pretty stripe frothy coffee :)

Yesterday I was "civilised", which, despite protestations from my friend, with whom I was out playing at "ladies who lunch", is something I am most of the time.... she disputes this, she says I am way to eccentric to be civilised unless I've been told I have to.

We went out to a craft barn for a wander round and for lunch.  The picture was my dessert.... well, there was cheesecake... it would have been wrong not to.... and yes, that is a coffee.... but a decaffeinated one alas.... the other people in the restaurant gave me some strange looks for photographing my food!

Anyway, we had a lovely time out catching up on what's been going on each other's lives..... and she is now on board as nagger/cheerleader/beta reader for my story.... which is evolving, slowly...

I am meant to be writing today.... but I am 94% through my current book and I'd like to finish that first.

I might also have had to go laundry, shopping and a touch of housework............ but that had to happen anyway.  I've got a veg & rice casserole in the slow cooker and a rice pudding in the oven, so the kitchen is starting to smell very homely..... Particularly combined that for the first day in what feels like forever we have warmth and sunlight so the windows in the kitchen are open to let in some fresh air.  The cats don't believe that it's warm enough and are under the duvet moaning about the fact that I've opened the vents on the upstairs windows to

I think I may be trying avoidance tactics and busy work..... must stop it.....

So, it's currently 1.45 pm and my total writing word count today is zero...... still more than a month to the deadline....... erm... well month plus 2 days.... that's not long is it?