cultural thrills

[gfrancie]

Senor Onion was out of sorts and insisted upon an early morning. So we were up, listening to the radio and doing our best to pull things off of shelves.
Now there is something I ought to do when I feel off. I should go into shops and pull things off of shelves. All the years I worked in retail; a good portion was spent picking up after people who pulled the things off of shelves. Maybe the population is feeling grumpy.
After schlepping about the house this morning; we went to the grocery store and had ourselves a grand old time as one should.
I spent the rest of the morning making ratatouille. Some of it will be served with dinner and the rest will be saved for another meal. It is research and fine-tuning for the Vegetarian series I will be doing for my food blog. Tonight's dinner will be croque monsieur and ratatouille.

I finally finished Thursday Next. It was fantastic. Jasper Fforde is very funny and has a real knack for turning a story on its head. His books always inspire me to read more books. I haven't exactly had the time/energy to read a great deal but I am proud (funny word to use but it works) of the fact that I have read nine books this year despite being distracted by a short person. Obviously most of it wasn't Tolstoi or Trollope but it still entertained and delighted.

I suppose I ought to go and face the laundry. There are stains to treat and whites and brights to sort through.

Comments

[genesisdiem.livejournal.com]

The grumpy population must carry over from the retail environment. I spend half of my day straightening shelves that look as though we've been hit by an earthquake. Nevermind the children, even the adults are horrible about knocking shelves over or leaving things that fall in the floor or just laying books down in random places when they've changed their mind. And heaven forbid they think anything was actually in some sort of order in the first place...

I can imagine letting my children loose in my study someday. I do hope that I have half the patience you have with your little one. Maybe it's all the cooking that calms you down?

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I recall dealing with that when I worked in a library. I spent a number of years working in the children's library and I didn't mind kids going crazy and pulling out all of the books. I had less patience for the adults who treated the books with blithe disregard.

As for patience, my Mother gave me the advice long ago to pick your battles. A lot of things aren't worth getting your knickers in a twist over. Dealing with the frustration over the lack of control is hard sometimes but again it is a matter of letting go.

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

I was very tempted to buy Thursday Next yesterday but I stuck to my original plan to wait until it's in paperback. Besides the hardback was over twenty euro and I'm trying to be good and thrifty. I got The Fourth Bear in hardback back in April and I see it's in paperback already so hopefully I won't have too long to wait.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Ouch. They are really gouging you on the price.

[(Anonymous)]

werent you pleased to find out at the end of the book that aunt ada doom had been telling the truth all these years?

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

It finally all made sense.