Hello lovely weekend

I LOVE the weekend, don't get me wrong, I love my job too, it's not like I have a horrible week at work and from Monday count down the days till freedom. My weeks go by pretty quick, there's always something to be doing and Sept/Oct are our busiest times (lots and lots of new books published). But weekend's are special, even when we're not doing anything planned, I love spending the day with my boyfriend and doing the mundane. Today is Saturday, this evening we're visiting friends but the day time is ours. We need to go to the supermarket and the pet shop (our cat is booked into the vet on Friday and he can already escape from the plastic carrier we got 5 months ago, we're looking for something metal!). So we'll take a 25 min drive to the nearest pet superstore, listening to our favourite cds and singing along. We'll find the cage, argue about which type to get, come to an agreement and split the bill 50/50. We'll go onto the supermarket, split up and each get our own shopping, make mini deals for the stuff we share (you get the cat food and I'll get the washing powder), then drive home singing to those favourite songs and making up new lyrics. And I love it. This afternoon I'll maybe walk along the river to Battersea Park or bake something and that's it. One of my favourite ways to spend the weekend, doing nothing at all.

Jamie's America

I'm a real sucker for cookery books and really like Jamie's new one. Jamie's America ties in with the TV show and has some really yummy looking recipes. Only one TV show shown so far (L.A. concentrating on Mexican dishes) but it's much more gritty then his previous shows and I can't wait for the next one.

3 things to do in Norfolk

1. Go crabbing in beautiful Blakeney

2. Play on the beach

3. Have a barbeque

The Smithy

I've found a really cosy little cottage in a village in the heart of the Yorkshire wolds. It looks perfect.

Roll on October

I'm not getting a summer holiday this year. My boyfriend started a new job in July so can't take any time off until October. Instead we're going for a staycation in late Oct (just in time for my birthday). Last year we went to Paris:



This year we're staying in England. In March we fell in love with the Cotswolds:




So after a bit of thought - Northumberland, Wales, Scotland, Devon, Norfolk... we're looking at Yorkshire. I've only been their a couple of times and I don't think FB has ever. So I'm at one of the best stages of holidays - planning. I love it. Searching online for acommodation (I want to rent a little cottage) and hints and tips on where to visit. Definitely the seaside and the moors but where else??

The Last Station

I've just finished The Last Station by Jay Parini. It tells the life of Tolstoy's last days, how his family is at odds with the Tolstonian followers and how everyone around him is suspicious of everyone else. I read it because there's a film coming out later this year with James McAvoy and Helen Mirren, but I hope the film isn't as depressing as the book. Although it's fiction it's based on the actually diaries of his family and followers and it's really sad to think that such a great writer lived his last years trapped in a power struggle.

Time traveler

I really want the new film of Time Traveler's Wife to be good. Though looking at the trailer and the poster art, I have a sinking feeling that it won't. The book is one of my favourite books of all time, so I will go and watch it at some point in the next few weeks but fingers crossed I won't be disappointed.