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What are you doing right now? Part 2
Ruth wrote: "what is pasta e ceci Laura?"It is pasta with chickpeas.
Hi I hope you had a wonderful Easter.I have been offline for a while due to Passover and the fact that after a day working from home I need a rest from my laptop.
Instead I have been watching the operas from the Met as well as some ballet and operas from The Royal Opera House and the Bolshoi.
Luckily both DH and I are still working. He has to go in but I am working from home. And there is no over-time (which has many pros as well as cons.)
DS is still on his army base. Just as they started to talk about letting them go home for short breaks they discovered one of the new recruits is infected so they are now all in quarantine.
DS sent us a message late last night so we wouldn't see it first on the news.
DD is out of quarantine but more or less trapped in the house. Although there seem to be so many needed for Corona related positions it is not in this area. If you don't have a job to go to or shopping to do you are only allowed 100m from your home.
So she now accompanies DH on shopping trips instead of me.
I am finding that working from home is really tiring and I get even less done in the evening than I did before. Also without my commute I can't seem to find time to read!!
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A thock soup with short pasta - better if made with egg, fresh, but if you don't have any, a normal short pasta can go - with cheackpeases Gorgeous!
https://images.app.goo.gl/13YXZT7AVFG...
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Christine wrote: "LauraT I would like that soup"
It is good indeed!!!
And happy May to all of us!!!!!!
I’m sure the soup is good LauraT and aww thanks LauraT
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Ei fu. Siccome immobile,
Dato il mortal sospiro,
Stette la spoglia immemore
Orba di tanto spiro,
Così percossa, attonita5
La terra al nunzio sta,
This one of our most famous Poem "5 Maggio", on the death of Napoleon ... By Alessandro Manzoni
LauraT I didn’t know that the poem was in Spanish
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It's not Sanish. It's Italian!!!! Manzoni is our XVIII century most important novelist - with his The Betrothed - but wrote also some poetry and theatre plays
Oh, happy day, my local library has started curbside pick up! Only holds that had already arrived and books from our library for now, though.
Bit sad really - it's our 14th wedding anniversary today and I'm now chilling in the garden with coffee and a book (Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck) having just painted the garden shed! We would normally be away for a weekend break to celebrate - last year we were in Whitby and this year we should have been in Mablethorpe. But at least we are safe and well, as are the rest of our family....
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Congraturlations anyway!
Oh ok LauraT and I’m Italian LauraT and that’s cool Karin and Kim I agree with what LauraT is saying
Kim wrote: "Bit sad really - it's our 14th wedding anniversary today and I'm now chilling in the garden with coffee and a book (Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck) having just painted the garden shed! We would n..."Congratulations! Perhaps next year you can do something extra special after missing out this year :)
Kim wrote: "Bit sad really - it's our 14th wedding anniversary today and I'm now chilling in the garden with coffee and a book (Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck) having just painted the garden shed! We would n..."Hope you had a nice anniversary at home. Do you take a trip every anniversary? I've never been to Whitby but my sister says it is beautiful. Sorry you had to miss out this year on Mablethorpe.
Christine wrote: "HAPPY JUNE EVERYONE!"Happy June! Let's hope it brings sunshine and we see the back of the coronavirus!
Aww thanks Milly Jane and I agree with you Milly Jane
Milly Jane wrote: "Kim wrote: "Bit sad really - it's our 14th wedding anniversary today and I'm now chilling in the garden with coffee and a book (Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck) having just painted the garden shed..."Hey Milly, yes we generally go away somewhere in the UK on our anniversary - quite often it's Whitby but not always: one of our favourite coastal towns within easy reach of our home.
Happy July! Things are starting to open back up here on the Isle of Wight, staying cautious of course and wearing a mask when shopping, but getting out a little more will be fabulous! Hope everyone is doing okay in their neck of the woods.
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Yes, we're getting there as well. Hairdressers are opening up next so I have an appointment already. Haven't heard anything about going back to work but I know some departments are getting so we shouldn't be much longer, I think I will have to get a mask for travelling though.
My state has been opening up slowly. I actually went to the library for the first time since March.
Aww thanks Milly Jane and Milly Jane everything is starting to open up where I live but no indoor dining and I agree with you LauraT and Ruth I hope you got a lot of books at the library lol
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Thank you.
I have been vegging out by watching reruns of the Australian/American sci fi series "Farscape". Lots of fun :-)
We have been swamped around here, so my reading has slowed down. Plus, I have started watching a bit of TV again after a six month break.
A while ago I started watching Line of Duty which seems to be very popular in UK.On Friday DH joined me as I watched season 3 and got totally hooked. We ended up bingeing season 3, 4 and 5 over the weekend.
It is really good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of...
We didn't finish the bingeing until late Saturday but the Met were streaming an opera I really wanted to see and they only have each performance on for 24hrs so I ended up staying awake up past 2am!! It was worth it.
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I can't say I'm not happy, to see some new faces!!!!
Christine wrote: "HAPPY FALL!"Happy Fall! It's looking like it will be a quiet one with the new restrictions for covid, so reading will be even more important than ever! And lots of lovely nature walks now it's cooler.
Aww thanks Milly Jane and I agree with you Milly Jane
Yes, fall is going to be quieter, and yet I have been going flat out lately. I am hoping things go back down to a dull roar soon.
Milly Jane wrote: "Christine wrote: "HAPPY FALL!"Happy Fall! It's looking like it will be a quiet one with the new restrictions for covid, so reading will be even more important than ever! And lots of lovely nature..."
I have been venturing out for a few nature walks lately - the weather has been lovely lately!
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Yes, I'm curious too!
My mom had an anecdote about the word fagioli. She and my father were visiting Italy and she ordered 'fagioli' ice cream trying to get strawberry! She liked telling that story so I have always known that fagioli meant beans.