Sabbath rest

I have no idea where the day went, but it was lovely to wake up to working heating, a warm room and hot shower, and a light dusting of snow! That is to say, I had no idea where the day went when I started writing, but it is coming back to me now...

• Saturday morning lie-in til 7.10am
• Slow start, shower, breakfast, wander round taking photos of the snow, sit in a guest room watching the northern bird scene
• 8.45am Lauds, moved from its usual slot at 7am to replace Terce
• Laundry til 11am or so, including cleaning, which should have been yesterday's job but didn't have time to set foot down there
• Quick cup of tea
• Quick job to make label for front door bell, except the laminator jams so have to take it apart, so not a quick job after all
• [No 12noon Eucharist on Saturdays]
• Write yesterday's blog, while still maintaining the pretence that I am writing it on the day itself; can't think of a title, so don't post it yet
• 1pm Lunch
• Should have been having a siesta, but back down to laundry til 2.15pm None
• Weekly meter reading round; still a discrepancy between mains water input and boosted cold water consumption, so email architects
• Finish off in laundry ready for next week's incumbent, but now have a sneaking feeling I forgot to take the clean tea towels back to the kitchen
• Phone parents
• Tea and conference at 4.30pm
• 5.30pm First Vespers of Advent Sunday
• 6pm Now on cook's assistant for week
• Manage to snatch 15 minutes of prayer before 7pm Supper
• Phone friend, post blog despite unsatisfactory title
• 8.30pm Compline
• Read for a bit
• Lie awake in bed pondering how I could have done the day differently, and resolve to do the bare minimum of work tomorrow, read more and go for a walk

I tried to get a photo of the front door in the snow before there were any footsteps around, but was too late. Here it is anyway.