Oh how they fly

It's Sunday evening again! My how they come round so fast! Today's been a nice mix of work and relaxation. I didn't get up until noon and then got up to do some singing practice before heading out to my first rehearsal with Bolton Symphony Orchestra for the Opera74 New Year concert we're doing next Saturday night. I was very impressed with the orchestra, who I've not worked with before. My bits went ok and there are 2 more rehearsals so everything is on track.

This afternoon I've managed to catch up on my sky+'d medical dramas while Andy busied himself in the conservatory which is turning in to a weekend room. We decided not to get a TV in there so it could be used for reading or listening to the radio. It makes a nice change to listen to Radio 4 in there instead of in the car for a change.

Good news, for me anyway, we've finally chosen a carpet for our living room/hall & stairs. We went all the way to St Helen's to find one we liked in the end but it is going to be such a relief to get rid of this threadbare monstrosity we've got now, which has been down since before we moved in. For the last 3 or 4 years we've been meaning to change it and we've been positively encouraging people to spill on it to give us a kick up the bum to get it changed but finally, now everything else in the house has been done, we've got round to it. AMEN! The cat gave his immediate approval to the sample we brought home as he sat on it and refused to move! The next people to borrow that sample will probably find lots of ginger highlights in amongst the pile. He doesn't yet know that the arrival of new stair carpet will men the end of his frenzied carpet clawing attacks on the bottom stair. We'll have to come up with some deterent... hmmm, we'll need some luck on that one.