Lawns and houses

Last Thursday, I was helping a friend move house. E has just finished training to be a priest in the Church of England and he’s getting ordained as a deacon next weekend (that’s kind of like a final training time – you can do some priestly stuff but not everything, and you get to be curate, which is an assistant to a vicar). So, he was moving out of college and into a ludicrously large house (for one person) in the wilds of Cambridgeshire. Amidst a pile of boxes, we scrabbled to find televisions, computers and the all-important cables to connect everything up. Fortunately, only one thing seemed to get broken (his dining table…). The house itself is nice, although the decoration is slightly odd (one bedroom was bright green, pink and blue!), with a small garden, complete with old Bristol sink. Next thing is to get myself off to Ely cathedral this Saturday afternoon for the ordination service!

Saturday morning, I was mowing our lawn, because Anne had invited friends from the BabyCentre boards over for the day. Our lawn being long and the weather warm, we thought mowing was a good idea. Sadly, after only 5 feet, the mower gave up the ghost, so I had to dash into town and buy a new mower (thank you Argos for stocking cheap and, yes, nasty lawn mowers) before picking up said friends from the railway station. Quite a nice day, except for the ridiculous heat this weekend has given us.

Still, at least we caught the last episode of the new Dr Who series – we forgot to record it on Saturday (clashes with children’s bathtime) but remembered to record it on Sunday. Thank goodness for BBC3! I thought it was good. As long as you remember that it’s primarily children’s TV and don’t expect too much depth in the plots, it’s been an excellent series. Billy Piper (who plays Rose) has been a revelation, if you remember her teeny-bopper days a few years ago. It’s a shame to bid farewell to Christopher Eccleston after only one series, but that episode did show that the departure wasn’t quite as unexpected as the media made out – they had time to write it into this episode as a fairly crucial part of its structure. A shame also to bid farewell (apparently) to the Daleks, although never say never!

pax et bonum

Article posted at 4:35pm on 20 June 2005
Category: Life, Struggling, TV, General