Missed the Low Oil Price and All Sorts of Other Things

 I get emails from Boiler Juice - a company that compare heating oil prices and you can order via them too. Yesterdays email tells me that oil prices are at a nine month low - of course I haven't got room for 500L - the minimum order, because 730L were put in in February . It's all a guessing game when it comes to oil prices although the difference isn't hugely massive, just a bit annoying - £490 now against £543 then, and I'd rather fill up when the tank is just under half full than risk it getting really low waiting for a better price and who knows when the next war, pushing up prices, will happen! 

Got my usual pot of Basil to take cuttings and root them in water. Last year it didn't work very well so I'm hoping for better this year but once again the pots are forced so much that the shoots shoot up without any side leaves - which is where you have to snip to get roots growing.

Did anyone watch the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday night? There were some wild and wacky singers, songs and stage effects although I like Olly Alexanders song but not the weird performance. Hope he does well - anything has to be better than last year (25th out of 26!). Did you know that since the first Eurovision in 1956, 52 different countries have taken part and it's watched by a massive audience every year. Love it or hate it or couldn't care less? We always watched when I was little and have ever since although unlike my Mum I don't fall asleep before the end!

This below was a very good read. I wondered what the author would do with this series after the Queen died but she's solved this by going back to 1957. These are great fun to read and totally (almost) believable!

Old men playing snooker is the sport on TV to keep me company this week - Seniors from years gone by, although they're not That old, it's on 5 and 5Action. Surely I can't be the only blogger to like watching snooker, I'm not sure I've seen anyone else mention it. Excited about Tennis and Olympics  in the summer too.

Look what I won! It's a very unusual occurrence for me to win a prize in a draw, raffle or tombola but I still have a go as it's always a fund-raiser of some sort. This lovely box of goodies was won from a church flower festival event last weekend. (Church and flower photos next week). The theme of the flower festival was 'Going to the Movies'  and the prizes in this draw had been gathered by colour into boxes with each box being a film title with a colour in it.

 My Blue Hawaii box had chocolate biscuits, a mug, Cath Kidson tea-towels, hand lotion, wine, a tin of pretty notelet cards and a folding umbrella. I was so pleased even though I will be giving most of the things away!

Thank you to everyone for comments yesterday and apologies as comments keep going into spam without me realising until days later.

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