Tweets on 2008-07-28

Suddenly receiving 20 texts from Twitter that were sent some time on Saturday, while I was up to my armpits in river water. #
Coming back from canoeing with river itch, sunburn, one septic toe, one rashy toe, and surprisingly steely biceps. #
Liking a Guradina photo caption that says “The fire englufs the end of the pier” #
@gavinwhenman I thought that was “time-servers” but online dictionaries don’t appear to agree. #

Tweets on 2008-07-27

logistical nightmare getting the right people and cars to the right place but the weather is good and the scenery ace. #
Sending off some outrunners to see if they can find a guitar and learn the theme from Deliverance. #
Canoes are here! Woo! #
All safely back on dry land with aches, pains and blisters a-plenty. #

Poring over OS maps getting ready for tomorrow’s canoeing trip. #
@artesea River canoeing not sea canoeing 🙂 #
+++ CAROL VORDERMAN TO LEAVE COUNTDOWN!!!! OMFG! #
Sitting in the garden with a v hot cat on my lap. #
Lighting the barbecue for the third time this week. #
Having disturbing thoughts about herds of @jamesgraham-ses sweeping majestically across the plain #

Watching two small boys get excited about a huge sunflower #
@willhowells and the sack of grain, don’t forget the sack of grain! #
Having a quick look at Park Life in Melbourne Park and thinking it would probably be more fun if I was 5. #
Mini-eggs – EPIC QUAIL! (what is this bizarre thing everyone was doing yesterday?) #
Council House clock just struck 8! It’s actually 2pm! #
Grrr: people’s messages on voicemail when they get their own numbers wrong, so you can’t phone back. #
Eating surplus end of term chocolates kindly donated by teacher friend who’d made herself sick. #
Drizzling crumbled Fortekor over tinned cat food #
Realising I’ve spent two hours on the internet without actually looking up what I turned the computer on for. #
@libdemjo would that I were that organised! #

So, crack of dawn, we meet again! #
@thoroughlygood 27 year old pianist doesn’t know what he is talking about. There are many paths to the Proms! #

Oh my, what beautiful weather today. And weird dreams. One about Jan sales in Debenhams and one… #
Blimey, solar panel is recording temps of 145 degrees! #
Inspecting Notts County football ground. #
Well, it all looks safe enough, but, really, how would I know?! #
…about people talking when they were supposed to be singing “Christ is made a sure foundation” #
Finally lighting bbq after full hour of inserting slot a into groove b with flange channel outermost #
@jonxyz intense. I was always intense as a child. Did you bring the bedrolls? #

Contrasting the ruins of my kitchen with the cake/mudslide/disaster in the fridge and wondering if it was all worth it. #

@Meryl_F where’s that? #
Plans to make Black Forest Gateau coming screeching to a halt at lack of tinned cherries in supermarket. #
@libdemjo I don’t like stoning fresh ones, and there wouldn’t be any syrup for moistening the sponge. #
Going through the ritual of preheating the oven and lining a cake tin. #
In the kitchen making a cake while my husband builds a rose arch. V heteronormative. #
This is, however, one badass cake. Block and a half of butter, practically whole tub cocoa… #
Questions being asked re why we don’t appear to be making Cat Forest Gateau – or indeed addressing imminent cat starvation. #