Shuffle

 We were both awake early. I went down to make coffee and bring a tea back up for Diane. It was a gentle start to the day. I joined the Zoom call with my cousins at 09:00, and we had our usual 40 minutes of banter and news.

My plan had been to go for a walk before the forecast rain set in. As I was finishing another coffee while updating the accounts, I got a call from upstairs, "Can you spare me 10 minutes?". And so it started.

Diane had been pondering the layout of her sewing room and the inconveniences of shifting her various sewing machines around as she moved from one to another. Was there a better layout for the room? Could we swap the positions of the two cabinets in such a way that the sewing machines can remain poised and ready at all times? We hummed and hawed and wandered back and forth with the tape measure. A plan was hatched. I'm not convinced that it was the best plan, but it was Di's plan and therefore worth trying. The next hour was spent clearing space and shifting cabinets before double-checking the cable runs for power to the machines.  With the shifting complete, I returned downstairs while Diane spent the rest of the day "sorting things out".

During the afternoon, I finished another book before starting another.

Dinner on Saturday evening is traditionally salmon, chips and peas for Diane and curry for me. I usually work my way through batches of curry that I have made up. Tonight was a bit different. There are several Indian/Bangladeshi chefs who advertise their curries online and send them out in frozen packs. I ordered a mini curry box from "Aktar at Home". This comprised 1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 lamb curry, and 1 vegetarian curry, along with some naans and pilau rice. Tonight I tried the chicken "bhuna" with a naan and must say that it was delicious. I look forward to trying the other curries over the next few weeks.