Finally, the auction catalogue is nearly finished. I didn’t like some of the layout of the first draft, so spent a lot of time redoing it today, which was pretty silly of me. No one but me would have cared. But, if I’m going to go to a lot of trouble, I might as well like the end product. I’ve got a few measurements to add, I’ve sent it to Wink and D for checking and I’ll go through all the spacings and so on, but hope to get it finished tomorrow. I’ve also got to do the advertisement for the antiques magazine – which reminds me, I had the bill for that a day or two ago and I haven’t paid it yet. Another job for tomorrow.

More interestingly, all 14 of the family are meeting for lunch at a local restaurant. It’s fairly central for all of us, on the Ipswich road out of Norwich. We’ve got a lot of family birthdays and anniversaries in late August and through September, so I thought a whole family celebration would be good. I’m not doing anything for my own birthday, it doesn’t interest me. I’d ignore my birthdays altogether if I could, but in fact I’m going to a wedding the day before and going on a short holiday the day after, so options would be limited anyway.

September is busy with other celebrations though. A 70th birthday party and a golden wedding anniversary, as well as the wedding next week and my holiday. It’s only to Kent, actually, but I haven’t had a ‘real’ holiday this year, just a couple of overnight visits to London and three to the caravan in Pembrokeshire. I really must get my passport renewed, it runs out in December and I’d like to have something to look forward to next year.