I had a lovely surprise this morning - breakfast in bed - tea, orange juice and toast and marmalade. Thank you Word for Today which we both read as a daily devotional and which has had the theme of bringing back that first sizzle in a relationship. Sara made pancakes for the children and then she and Mary went into Salisbury for Mary's dance lesson. Tom and I leafleted Saxon Leas, Weaver's Close, Young's Paddock and Stone Close with the Alpha Course invitations. It was good to get the exercise of walking up and down the drives especially the steps to the houses on the Saxon Leas' Green. Lunch was couple of fish paste sandwiches and I then went into Salisbury myself to pay a cheque into the bank and do some research on flat screen TVs. I also bought 4lbs of bananas off the market for £1 and some lovely nectarines - also just for £1. Back home I followed the final scores on the Internet to find that Saints drew 1-1 at Charlton - a good result - and Grimsby beat Hereford 1-0 to pull themselves out of the relegation zone. Sara and I had enough time to get changed into our "glad rags" - cocktail dress for Sara, dinner suit for me - and set off for Devizes to attend a Provincial Officers Dinner at the Masonic Hall there. We had a pleasant meal - prawn cocktail, beef medallions in red wine sauce with vegetables, fresh fruit meringue, cheese and biscuits and coffee. The PGM was in fine form with many jokes and anecdotes from the year with the butt of the jokes being the other chain gang members, principally. Sara drove back as she had drunk just two waters whereas I had a Gin and Tonic before the meal and two glasses of red wine with the meal - courtesy of the Junior Grand Deacon, Chris. Sara finds it difficult driving my car as it is automatic and her eyes are not too good in the dark. We got home safely at around 11 p.m. having had a pleasant diversion from a usual Saturday evening in.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Provincial Officers' Dinner
I had a lovely surprise this morning - breakfast in bed - tea, orange juice and toast and marmalade. Thank you Word for Today which we both read as a daily devotional and which has had the theme of bringing back that first sizzle in a relationship. Sara made pancakes for the children and then she and Mary went into Salisbury for Mary's dance lesson. Tom and I leafleted Saxon Leas, Weaver's Close, Young's Paddock and Stone Close with the Alpha Course invitations. It was good to get the exercise of walking up and down the drives especially the steps to the houses on the Saxon Leas' Green. Lunch was couple of fish paste sandwiches and I then went into Salisbury myself to pay a cheque into the bank and do some research on flat screen TVs. I also bought 4lbs of bananas off the market for £1 and some lovely nectarines - also just for £1. Back home I followed the final scores on the Internet to find that Saints drew 1-1 at Charlton - a good result - and Grimsby beat Hereford 1-0 to pull themselves out of the relegation zone. Sara and I had enough time to get changed into our "glad rags" - cocktail dress for Sara, dinner suit for me - and set off for Devizes to attend a Provincial Officers Dinner at the Masonic Hall there. We had a pleasant meal - prawn cocktail, beef medallions in red wine sauce with vegetables, fresh fruit meringue, cheese and biscuits and coffee. The PGM was in fine form with many jokes and anecdotes from the year with the butt of the jokes being the other chain gang members, principally. Sara drove back as she had drunk just two waters whereas I had a Gin and Tonic before the meal and two glasses of red wine with the meal - courtesy of the Junior Grand Deacon, Chris. Sara finds it difficult driving my car as it is automatic and her eyes are not too good in the dark. We got home safely at around 11 p.m. having had a pleasant diversion from a usual Saturday evening in.
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