Fifteen, Post #15

[usedtobeljs]

Fifteen things for 15 June and my fifteenth post of the year:

1) My fave Alex Jennings has been given a CBE in this year's Birthday Honours List. Hurray for Alex! Well past time!
2) Other cool folk have been honored too, like Dame Imelda Staunton, but let's be real, we know where my heart lies.
3) It's amusing me that this is the "birthday" honours list, because KCIII's actual birthday is in November, but I guess this is his birthday observed.
4) After sustained hideous heat, the subtropics where I am have transitioned to ordinary hideous heat. However, we're not getting the rain we need, and I miss it.
5) No real news about stuff I've watched. I'm behind on Doctor Who (although I caught the episode with Rogue, which was cute), and I haven't started Bridgerton Series Three yet.
6) This is because instead I've been slowly getting through more of The Tunnel, also known as Let's Torture (Emotionally and Otherwise) Karl and Elise, the Show. I've now watched four episodes of the final Series Three and, because I read Wikipedia and know the ending, am not entirely sure I have the fortitude to finish the last two episodes...
7)... Even though Stephen Dillane suffers so prettily!
8) We will see.
9) The Night Manager Series Two has just started filming, but that's a year away, and heaven alone knows when Dalgliesh Series Three comes out (although it has FINISHED filming).
10) Am contemplating another Medium blogpost about style, but while I'm thinking, I've also been sorting through clothes to send to Goodwill and clothes to send to ThredUp.
11) In the ThredUp pile for consignment will also be a v.v.expensive handbag that I still think is cool but does not work for my life, alas. Better to let it go to someone else than to stay in my wardrobe.
12) This summer has been profoundly expensive, I must say. First, a new roof; this past week, several thousand dollars of tree-trimming.
13) Besides the fact that I don't want to retire in the subtropics, this house will be too expensive to maintain once I've retired. Time to save for the move (in just under two years).
14) So my summer projects are writing, cutting back on Diet Coke, and taking a bunch of Pilates classes, none of which are interesting to record here at Dreamwidth.
15) Let us close, then, by saying that Miss Adventure and I wish you a happy third week of June!

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

Ouch - a new roof sounds very expensive!

[usedtobeljs]

It was. Oh, it was.

[kathyh]

Apparently the Sovereign’s “official” birthday was moved to June by Edward VII on the grounds that the weather was better for the parade. Given our current weather it might have been better to have it in November!

Yay for Alex Jennings!

Only watch the last two episodes of The Tunnel if you are feeling very strong.

Happy third week of June back to you and Moss Adventure :)

[usedtobeljs]

Thank you for the explanation of the Sovereign's birthday celebration! Now that I think of it, Queen Elizabeth's didn't tally with the celebration either, so I must just have missed why. :)

By the way, how has the kitchen renovation gone?

Hugs hugs, K!

[kathyh]

The kitchen renovation was rather slow but now finished and very successful. Our rather small kitchen now feels bigger and brighter. Having a big declutter when we cleared stuff out of it before work began also helped (“why do we have a barbecue set when we never barbecue?”). Thanks for asking :)

[usedtobeljs]

Hooray for the renovation! :)

[anne_d]

That's quite a list! Happy week to you and Miss Adventure!

[usedtobeljs]

Thanks, A, and all hugs!

[misbegotten]

Oh, not a new roof!

I did really well cutting back on caffeine for two years. The past month has seen me backsliding. Good luck!

[usedtobeljs]

Yeah, the roof was more than I had budgeted for. My savings did take a hit, I'm sorry to say.

I'm still drinking caffeinated tea; it's the artificial sweeteners I'm trying to cut!

Anyway, all good thoughts for a happy and easy move!

[gwynnega]

I loved "Rogue." I've really been enjoying this season of Doctor Who.

[usedtobeljs]

Oh, glad you're enjoying! I'm certainly enjoying it more than the Chibnall era, at least.

[janus_74]

We did our roof last year, it does hit the savings hard.

[usedtobeljs]

It's a bummer, but at least we have new roofs! :)

Happy week, T.

[alhbooks]

Late to the party as usual (we were trying to sell books in Portland last weekend) but yay for slightly less hideous heat. We're having some of that this week now that we're home, but Portland was downright chilly, though sunny.

We saw a wonderful play in Ashland last night that is right up your alley (and you've likely found a way to see it by now). "Born with Teeth" is having its west coast premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the two-man cast was amazing! Apparently it first appeared in Houston and went on to the Guthrie and has been raved about (with good reason) everywhere....

[usedtobeljs]

I had to look up Born with Teeth! :) As a dedicated Shakespeare fan who dislikes Marlowe, I suspect this play is not for me, but it sounds cool.

Stay cool! [hugs hugs]

[desdemonaspace]

Wish I could send you some of our cool weather. It's in the 50s right now.

Would you believe I have never checked out ThredUp before? I like.

I can't read "King Charles" without thinking this.

Want Dalgliesh!

[usedtobeljs]

ThredUp is great! There's a bit of difficulty in figuring out color of items sometimes, but the deals are real. :)

Happy Sunday!