Friday, 12 June 2026

Tomato Ketchup Jackpot ... and Books

 

Alan hit the tomato ketchup jackpot today when we went to Booths for breakfast.

The guys that are rendering the outside of our bungalow couldn't come and do anymore today due to the heavy rain that we currently have.  So Alan said he fancied a later more leisurely start to the day, and a bacon butty and a coffee in Booths while we had a catch up on all things renovation related, before he headed to the bungalow to continue stripping the wallpaper off the ceilings.

He ordered his usual bacon bun and was given two tomato ketchup sachets without asking, and as I have him so well trained he just accepted them without question.


They were added to my little stash as soon as I got home.  I haven't had to buy ketchup for a long time now.    

Yes, they are all lined up in date order ... I am that organised. 😁


On the way out of Booths we have to pass the charity book table, and after weeks and weeks of me being very good and not buying anything, suddenly there were four books that looked well worth a read.  So they came home with me too.  It was only when I got home that I remembered I was being so good so that we would have less books to move house with.

Oh well, at least I have my reading mojo back at the moment, so I will continue to donate all the books that I read that are deemed not really worth keeping.

The book I am currently reading, which also came from the book table a while ago.

What are you reading at the moment?


Sue xx



15 comments:

  1. I remember that I quite enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant when I read it, but now I can't recall the plot at all.

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    1. The blurb says 'Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled existence. Except sometimes, everything ...'

      It sounds interesting. 😀

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  2. "they are all lined up in date order ..."

    👏 it takes considerably less time if you 'file' them as you store them, than it would do to dig through a messy box every time you want ketchup.

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    1. Exactly, it's just good time management and I don't have to keep putting my glasses on to check dates. 😄

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  3. I read A room with a view after seeing the film, which meant I could see the scenes as I read. It was a stellar cast. Elinor Oliphant was funny and sad...

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    1. That's a good way round to do it. I like comparing films to books, it always seems to vary which is best. But it is very satisfying when it's equally good.

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  4. I tried and failed with the Elinor Oliphant- no idea why.
    Hope you find some good recipes among the 60 new egg recipes!

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    1. I thought the egg book was worth a look while I'm eating eggs again. 🙂

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  5. I loved Elinor Oliphant, I haven't read any of the others. I am reading our Book Group choice at the moment, The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom, pretty good so far.

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    1. It seems to be a popular book, it might haven't jump the 'to be read queue'. 😄

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    2. I found Eleanor Oliphant slightly tricky to get into, but once I did I really enjoyed it.

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  6. I have read the Lisa Jewel book and have enjoyed all her books but like another comment above, I can't remember anything about it now.

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    1. Melody's house burns down when she's young, she loses her memory, but it all starts coming back in snippets after she's hypnotised during a stage act on a date. It's an easy read. 🙂

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  7. I'm about to read James Rebanks - The Place of Tides. I've enjoyed his other books and expect this one will be good too. I'm not reading much at the moment, very unusual for me. I'm going very slowly through a Val & Arbie - cosy mystery by Faith Martin at the moment. What I would call a 'tube book' in my long-ago commuting days. A book that you can pick up and put down repeatedly without struggling to pick up the thread of where you are in the story.

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  8. I’m reading Crossbones Yard by Kate Rhodes ( a well known but ‘new to me’ as in unread) Her first novel turned into a series (Alice Quentin forensic psychologist) it sort of shows in the writing yet is easy to read with a complicated plot that has me wondering just who the killer is.

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