Mild weather walk, baking, Harry Potter reading challenge, Drag Race

I am loving this mild weather that we are having at the moment as it makes my morning walks very pleasant. I did my round today and wished many Happy New Year greetings to familiar dog walking faces before diverting to the Co-op for a few supplies.

When I got home it was time for the weekly roll baking so that Toni has her usual supply.

I then settled in with a cuppa and decided that the first books in my Goodreads.com reading challenge for 2022 would be all of the Harry Potter books, I haven't read them before and decided that it was about time I did. I'm rising above all of the noise about her online and intend to just read the books without undue influence from the internet. You can find me on Goodreads here:

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16005996-kt-glitz

We finished off season two of Canada's Drag Race this afternoon. Compared with the US and UK versions this one always seems a little lacklustre but there were some good moments in it. This one was one of those rate occasions where we didn't actually mind who won as Icesis Clouture, Kendall Gender and Pythia were all very good. Congratulations to Icesis Couture though on getting the win.

My Sunday roast was accompanied by Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, continuing our Wizarding World adventures.

Early morning walk, good day, The Man With Two Brains and Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1)

Yesterday Toni and I discussed our lack of movement of late since all the lockdowns and vowed that we would start going out and walking again to get some fresh air and proper exercise. We were both up at 07:00 this morning and did a walk around the block. Not a lot but we decided to go for little and often and build ourselves back up to doing treks like we used to. It was great as there was nobody about at all. It's amazing how quickly you can get out of shape so I am glad we have committed to doing this. You know you are in trouble when it's a struggle to do your coat up so that needs to be improved on FAST!

It was quite nice getting back and having a cuppa together and some breakfast before I headed to my office to start work.  I feel energised having done it too.

Following the exercise I had a good working day with little stress which was great.

Yummy steak for dinner and The Man With Two Brains.

I decided to dip my toe back in to the wrestling waters and watch New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1).

Definitely much more entertaining than WWE or AEW. No bullshit, no crap storylines, just lots of grappling!

Walking, Empire v Rebellion and fun with the Lowes

Today started off with exercise. Wait, what? Yes you heard that correctly, exercise. Toni and I went to the local Turkish shop to get our body weight in vegetables and rather than drive or get the bus we decided to walk there and back again. It felt good to do it and we'll certainly be repeating it.

In the afternoon Sam and I had a run through of my Star Wars Empire vs Rebellion game. It's a quick to play card game that isn't hampered by the need to collect lots of expansion sets or spend hours building decks to play with. It just plays straight out of the box and is great fun.

After a delicious veggie meal we then hopped into the car and headed out to Essex to see Helen and Keith. Had to chuckle at this van en route, childish I know.....

After a catch up and sending the kids off to entertain themselves we had a really good drumming session to get us in the zone. We did some experimentation with different incense and oils and then a wonderful meditation working with crystals.

Their cat even dressed up for the occasion:

We had a brilliant evening and didn't end up heading home until the wee small hours. What a wonderful Saturday it was spent with family and friends.