Sunday 30 August 2020

Project 366 : Photo diary week 35

 The summer is finally over - school kicks off again tomorrow. Sophie's heading back to England on Thursday morning, I go back to school tomorrow morning, Juliette and Pierre on Tuesday. I don't know how I feel about it at the moment, as everything is up in the air. Will it still be half classes or are we back to full classes? Will the pupils be staying put in one classroom all day or are they moving around as before? So many unanswered questions, but I guess we'll find out tomorrow ! Our final week of the holidays has been a bit rubbish as it's been raining really hard at random moments so we haven't really wanted to go out much.


Sunday 23rd August - I thought Juliette was still sorting out her room but when I popped my head around the door, she wasn't there. Looked in the kitchen (probably looking for a snack in the fridge !) - nope. In the toilet? Nope. Looked all over the house, asked Sophie if she'd seen her sister, then we both sniggered as we spotted a leg sticking out of the heap of covers on her bed. Yep, she was having a little nap ! What I thought was a big pillow is actually her hoodie with the hood up. Ahhh teenagers ! lol


Monday - My shopping bill will go down when Sophie goes back to England next week ! She's always spotting things she wants to try, like these Nutella doughnuts. Juliette added extra sprinkles to hers ! We spent ages doing a big shop online for Sophie's new flat in England - she'll be in confinement all by herself for two weeks so we bought loads of food, plus all the basics that we kept thinking of (toilet roll, kitchen roll, cleaning supplies, bin bags ... I'm sure we'll think of more !)


Tuesday - Another quick DIY job ticked off my list. A brand new toilet seat, as the old one was looking a bit worn out. The kids cracked me up by all lining up to go to the toilet to test it out ! It's been declared very soft and comfortable !


Wednesday - Having gone to a bigger supermarket and bought some crispy taco shells, we had tacos, instead of our usual fajitas. Very tasty and great fun to eat. I'll have to go back and buy more !


Thursday - Pierre had asked if I could fix up his old bike - the tyres needed to be pumped up and we couldn't find the pump in the garage, then Juliette said that the tyre had a hole in it anyway. One of the post-lockdown moves in Dunkirk was the introduction of a new scheme reimbursing 80€ (or €150 I think, if you're low income) if you buy a new bike from a shop located within Dunkirk. Well, why not? His old bike was getting a bit small for him anyway. We went to Decathlon, a huge sports store on the outskirts of town, where they have four or five aisles of bikes to choose from. The only problem was, the aisles were completely empty ! They had about ten pink bikes with baskets on the front (something special as they were 270€ each), three or four toddler-sized bikes and one bike that looked the right size for Pierre. I told him to grab it while we looked at what else they had, which was obviously a good idea, as it ended up being the only one there ! Luckily, he loves it. I planned on getting a photo of him on it but didn't manage - maybe next week ?! I just have to fill out the paperwork now for the reimbursement.


Friday - We headed back to the sports shop to change a pair of leggings that Juliette had bought for school PE lessons. It's a pain in the bum that all the changing rooms are shut now - I don't really understand why. Even if they shut every second cubicle, surely people could use them without breathing on each other ?! Oh well. We finished off with a walk along the canal with the dog, in between the showers.


Saturday - I finally managed to go and visit one of my friends - someone who I used to work with until she retired a few years ago. I took her a huge bag of books (everything I've read since February!) and she gave me loads of things from her allotment. Lots of lovely tomatoes (black, yellow and dark red ones), a cucumber, some apples, some pears. Plus some peanuts and almonds that her husband had grilled and some chocolate cake for the kids. It was lovely to have a big catch-up on all that has been going on in their lives.

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24 comments:

  1. I hope the return to school goes well and Sophie has a safe trip back to England.
    It sounds like you've had the same type of weather as us. It has been rubbish with all the rain.
    Ohh! I think I would have to try those Nutella doughnuts too, they look so good.
    That is great about the new bike scheme. x

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    1. It is a good scheme - great to get some money back. The bike had to go back in for repairs though *sigh* lol

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  2. Fingers crossed, everything goes smoothly for you, and us all, when the school is back. My boys will go to school on Thursday, as Tuesday and Wednesday are Inset days. Lol @ the teen lost in her bed. I used to be able to sleep for ages, when I was a teen. Our weather was pretty bad as well, raining almost every day. Tacos! I should make some tacos for Eddie, he loves them, but we haven't had any recently.
    The bike scheme sounds like a great idea. Wishing Sophie a safe return home. Is she going by train with all the goodies? Or will she drive?

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    1. Sophie had just started driving lessons before confinement but it was all put on hold. She can start again once her 2 week confinement is up though. She went back on the Eurostar.

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  3. Hope back to school goes well. I bet Pierre is pleased with his new bike.

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  4. Hope back to school went ok. We had bike vouchers here, but the website crashed as soon as it opened. Luckily N's bike is fine for him (mine's in a farm shed under cobwebs probably). Those allotment fruit and veg looks really good. Bet it tasted good, so fresh.

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    1. Oh no, that's not good. The scheme is working well here - too well, if they've run out of bikes ! lol

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  5. Hope back to school went well and that Sophie had a safe journey back. Those Nutella doughnuts look tasty as do the tacos. Glad that the new toilet seat got everyone’s approval and that you managed to get a new bike for Pierre. What a lovely basket of goodies from your friend’s allotment. I’ve never seen black tomatoes before. Did they taste any different from red ones? #project366

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    1. The black tomatoes are lovely - very sweet, but I don't know if that's because they're black ones or just homegrown ones !

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  6. I hope back to school for you all goes well. I've got a food shop being delivered the day after I get back to the UK ready for my 2 week isolation, which if I'm honest, I'm actually looking forward to. Hope Sophie had a safe trip home. The donuts look fab. Good luck claiming gate money back for Pierre's bike and I had to laugh at you looking for Juliette.

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    1. It's lucky she's a teen. I might have been panicking if she was a toddler ! lol

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  7. Oooh I like the look of the Nutella donuts but even with so with the added sprinkles they look even better with those. I might have to have taco's this week seeing your photo. We usually have fajitas on a weekly basis, I love them! What a fab trade books for edible goodies!

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  8. Hope the start of school went smoothly. The bike scheme sounds very sensible and useful (so obviously our country won't do it!) #project366

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    1. This is true !! That said, I'm very jealous of your half-price restaurant scheme !

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  9. I love the donuts! Hope all went well with going back to school!

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  10. Hope Sophie got back okay and is managing isolation, it can not be easy on your own. Hope the back to school went well and all those tomatoes look delicious, sounds like a very good swap to me.

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    1. The swaps were a great idea for both of us - she loves reading (and I needed a clear-out !) and she had way too many tomatoes ! :)

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  11. OoOo nice. My college is opening on Monday with classes every alternate day. I love the pillow of Stitch. Cute sneaky Juliette, and the donuts look delicious. OOoO tacos. Thats a lot of different coloured tomatoes in one place

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    1. I was impressed with the different coloured tomatoes too ! :)

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  12. Awww I hope Pierre is liking his new bike and how lucky were you!!! In all fairness, bike sales have been storming over here... more bloody cyclists to contend with now... great! *eye roll* ;) They are the bane of my life!
    Bless Juliette having a little nap, I wish I could sneak off for a little snooze on many occasions!
    I hope everyone is well and everything is going well with the schools too. Here, already... an entire year 11 of one high school has been sent home for 2 weeks and I think there are around another 35 schools in Manchester who have sent groups of children home (primary and secondary)... they have been back less than 2 weeks!!! Not the greatest start but it really needs to start getting better soon, utterly fed up of this now! Sim x

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    1. It's crazy in schools - I really don't know how we move through this and out of the other end. I hope they find a solution soon though ! xx

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  13. I hope the return to school goes well and Sophie has a safe trip back to England.The weather has been rubbish. I think I would have to try those Nutella doughnuts too, they look so good xx

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  14. Well done for grabbing the bike, Isaac's is from Decathlon and its been brilliant so far. Hope school goes well. We are back to full size classes but they are still in bubbles

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