Me time

I had the luxury of a day home alone yesterday and had enormous fun. A day alone is a lovely way to recharge my batteries and have some valuable "me time".

Because my husband and I are such romantic sooks and hate to be apart we rarely have a day just to ourselves. (One day is enough, I miss him by dark.) A little sew, reading a book. wandering in the garden or sitting in the spa are all ways to pass my time.

After a long early morning walk I went to the fresh food markets to buy food and from there I wandered to the supermarket picking up some new clothes on the way. Then it was off home to put away the shopping and share a cup of tea with a visiting neighbour. A bit of secret birthday shopping for Lewis rounded off the morning.

My son and his mate were coming to dinner (have a look at www.restaurantnight.blogspot.com ) so the afternoon was spent preparing the feast. Because cooking is one of my favourite things this was not a chore but more relaxation.

Most days my "me time" is the half an hour or so I spend doing exercise, 12 hours once in a while is just bliss.