*9**2016

It's early morning and the sky glows pink in the window in front of me.  It must be windy outside because the purple clouds fly by.

No 3 is still asleep.  Tonsillitis. High temperature.

I should be tidying up ready to drive to the airport and pick up mum later, instead I'm faffing here and deciding what to have for breakfast.  I know I'd feel better with a green tea and gluten free something.  Instead my body is craving sugar and coffee.  

I was always of the opinion that it was good to listen to your own body... but not this one.

Traitor.

Can you believe Christmas was only a month ago?  It feels like ages.

And we haven't had any snow.

Pants.

We're going to Venice for the Easter break and then to my parents for a few days.  

I'm sure the boys will fall for its magic.  It's a place like no other.

When I grew up it was the main school trip destination but I haven't been in 25 years or so. Geesh, that makes me sound old!

I can't wait.  

To see Venice, not to be old.

What should I read when I'm there. Don't say Shakespeare... I won't.  I would like something romantic and old fashioned...

According to Goodreads.com there are 227 books set in Venice.

Should I go for the classic 'Death in Venice' by Thomas Mann?  Henry James' 'Wings of a dove'? or a more modern Jeanette Winterson 'The Passion'? or a detective novel like 'Death a la Fenice' by Donna Leon?  Or maybe Hemingway's 'Across the river and into the trees' (which I'd never heard of by the way)?

Too many choices.  Unquestionably not enough time.

 

No 3 in his pre-tonsillitis pre-delirious phase had decided he was going to set a 'children's party'.

The manifest is simple: more television, less school, no work.

Sigh. 

He'll be prime minister in a few years time.

And all because I asked him to take out the rubbish.

You never know what will inspire your children, folks!

I bought myself a new pair of fabric scissors.

My old ones were not the same after the electrician 'borrowed' them.  Yeah... let's not dwell on that...

These are nice.  VERY nice.

And if anybody touches them... they'll DIE.

Simple.

Comments

[driftwood]

hope no.3 is all better soon

and those scissors are a thing of beauty x

[Anj]

I love the Donna Leon ‘Brunetti’ books… I’ve never been to Venice though so I don’t know how evocative they really are! Brunetti's descriptions of his food are great too…

[Laura]

I would love to hear the rest of the electrician story. And I'm fascinated that the instructions have to include a statement about not using them for pruning?!?

[Clicky Needles]

I'm surprised the electrician survived!

[domesticali]

I have sewn a loop on mine (through the handle) clearly stamped with the word FABRIC in big black letters. Woe betide anyone who uses them for other things....

[Amy at love made my home]

Hope number 3 is much better soon. I never though that I would have scissor envy. I do now!! xx

[Emma]

Don't read Hemingway or Thomas Mann. I read both books and they are both horrible. Especially Hemingway! Thomas Mann is bearable, but I find it really exhausting to read. Not the perfect holiday lecture in my opinion...I've never read Donna Leon but whenever she publishes a book it immediately appears in the bestseller lists. So there must be something about them.

[Joanna]

How about Miss Garnets Angel

[gina]

You do make me laugh! Venice... Wonderful, we were there last Spring. Hope the tonsillitis is clearing up.

[Janet]

I was going to suggest that one or any Donna Leon.

[SewBertie]

I love Venice; had a very romantic trip there with my husband many moons ago in the early days of romance and the memories are very magical in my head. I read Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers whilst there and recall enjoying it very much.
I also have new fabric scissors after my sister in law abused my old pair, hmm, not as beautifully packaged as these though.