Nine to Three Thirty

This week has been a quieter and less exciting week in many ways.  I had more work to do for one and last week was a bit unusual in terms of the number of things I had arranged.  The weekend though was busier as went for a walk with a friend on Saturday and I had the family round for lunch on Sunday. I did have a friend round for lunch one day in the week and went to my yoga class, but apart from doing errands or going swimming, I haven’t been out of the house much at all.

This is a picture I took of a local swimming baths.  It’s quite unusual as it’s an art deco building that was originally a music hall, and then later it acted as a concert venue and swimming pool (with the pool covered over when in use as a theatre).  Sadly the council are planning to close it in a few years because they are building a bigger swimming centre and closing two local baths plus building on playing fields to do it.  As it’s listed they will need to convert it (again) rather than knock it down.

H has been feeling a bit sorry for himself this week as he’s been suffering from headaches.  He had an opticians appointment this week and his eyes got the all clear, so we are looking for another cause.  I think they are tension headaches, but a trip to the doctor is needed to make sure I think.

I’m taking most of my pictures on my phone these days (although I do still use my DSLR for some shots especially brand work).  I’ve been just using the phone camera on basic settings till now and it’s been much better than my old phone, but I knew I wasn’t using the full potential.  This week I got around to watching a tutorial on the phone camera and this is one of my practice shots using the portrait mode.

The week got off to a good start when I got sent a reward for taking part in a campaign.  It was unexpected so it was a nice surprise and a bit of a treat.

Sunday lunch is a bit of family tradition.  Here’s Dad about to tuck into his.  Mum and Dad used to host every week, but now we share it around. It does provide a good opportunity to see each other regularly and catch up.

This week turned out to be a busy and very social week.  I went out for breakfast one day and lunch another two days.  I’ll have to have quieter (and cheaper) week next week.  This picture is of our dessert sundaes.  I’m not a big fan of cream so I asked for mine to come without – I don’t mind a little bit, but I’d just be spooning it off and wasting it, so there’s no point.  We got a good deal on this meal as my friend had a 40% off voucher for the main meals.  That’s one thing about January, there are quite a few deals to be had, in fact my friend had a whole selection of discounts we could have chosen from for a number of different chains.

A little while ago I had to fill in a questionnaire for some vitamins I was getting to review.  One of the questions was how often do you eat avocados and the options were once a week and upwards.  I had to put down that I didn’t eat them (as I only did occasionally and not as regularly as once a week), but it got me thinking and researching them.  Since then I’ve been eating them most weeks, so it’s probably no longer a truthful answer.  This dish was a breakfast/lunch dish I had at a local cafe, The Old Dresser, it’s homemade sourdough bread, with avocados and poached eggs.  It was really tasty.