A dragon of a day

Happy St Georges day to those who care about such things. He's the patron saint of England, although no-one really seems to know why:-) he almost certainly never came here!

It's also shakespeares birthday & deathday (how convenient!) today. Much more important really (I am an english graduate after all), as well as William Wordsworths deathday. the two greatest poets in the modern English langusge deserve some recognition.

23rd april is also the first day decimalised currency was used in England (1968) - a great idea, even if a bit late:-) And the death day of Ethelred of Wessex & Ethelred II (the Unready)

I get to remember it nice and easily, as it's the day after my twin sisters birthday (31 yesterday, happy birthday to them), but generally people in england are completely unaware of the significance of the 23rd april, which is a shame really. We're due for an extra public holiday - most of europe has more than us, and 23rd april seems an ideal date. I think Paddies day is mre celebrated by the English than St Georges day! I'm not much of one for patron saints - but shakespeare is pretty much a national hero (every child has to study his works at school), and at least he certainly lived here!

We've spent the day getting all dressed up in out re-enactment gear and collecting money at a local supermarket, then getting on with some DIY. I was going to write an essay, but just couldn't get into it. i really needed to sort out all the kids clothes (summer/winter, too big/small, cleann/unironed etc), but I hate all that stuff, so I decided to paint a wall instead:-) Aggie was supposed to make a shutter for mstr a's bedroom, but he got as far as getting the wood, then left me to paint it, and never got any further.

typical

ah well. i shouldn't complain. he has done quite a lot of useful stuff over the past few weeks. Just not a lot of house stuff!