Today I had a lot to do, so I got up early to get it done, and everything started fine.

Joe had urgently demanded to be collected at 9.30 prompt to take him to Issy's to borrow a card table prior to going to Great Limber church to set up for the festival. It took him twenty minutes to get together the things that he urgently needed to take to the church along with the card table. Query: Wouldn't any sensible person have them stacked by the door ready? Whoopi Goldberg excellent on Desert Island Discs while I was waiting.

Issy for once not in rush mode as she was having a leisurely morning, Jeni having stopped over in Louth for a last day of school before GCSE exams party.
Nice long chat over a cup of tea.

To Limber church: Joe takes just as long to unload as to load the car.

To Morrisons for the shopping, and I find myself parking just as Sharon draws into the neighbouring space. Coffee and much needed catch-up chat in Morrisons cafe.

Shopping was Friday slow and there was a queue at the petrol station.

Home to do flower arrangement for church. Quite pleased with my efforts in theming it to the village fete with a maypole design.
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Manage to have kitchen almost tidy by the time Pa gets home.

Becky phones. Long talk. She asks about the poem I said I was writing. It's ready, but I'm not sure she is. She wants to hear it. It makes her cry, but she loves it and wants a copy.

Take flowers and newly re-illustrated, re-formatted and laminated church history and tour to church. Veronica was there and in chatty mood while she arranges altar flowers and I pin up the history, sort out the archive photos and copies of the registers and censuses, and put my small flower arrangement in place. A pair of swallows get in and make a heck of a noise while settling in for the night much to our chagrin.

Come home. Pa has had a good lunch so, rather than set to and cook dinner, I make a bread and butter tea which we eat while watching Ballykissangel on ITV3.

I have promised cakes to both Swallow and Limber churches so I set out my stuff for baking. Joe wants to go to Swallow church to see what we have done and to collect his plug bar, so we go there first. The plug bar has gone walkabout, but Kath and Lynne are there and in chatty mood.

I get started on my cakes. The boys turn up and get under foot. However I do manage to make three coffee cakes and three shortbread rounds. It is now past midnight, the cakes are cool and I have just finished icing them.
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At least I am not on church-watch and tea making duty until the afternoon.