I am trying to work out a puzzle. One of my grandchildren wrote it down for me at Christmas, and do you think I can solve it? No!
Aching muscles and brain, and a shopping list
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New Years Day
Well, that's day one of the diet done and dusted. Leftover risotto at lunchtime and this at dinner Two thick slices of ham, a crispy jacket potato and a salad. The potatoes were microwaved first, then a tiny bit of oil smeared on the skin and crisped in the oven with...
New Years Eve
You off out this evening? I’m not. I’m usually pretty partied out by now, and I am this year too. I struggle with late nights these days as well. Takes me days to catch up, and I am prone to getting a migraine too. Half the fun when I was a youngster was in everyone...
Live the life you wish you had & Merry Christmas!
This pops up on my Facebook feed now and then. I have no idea if it is a real nurse that has written it, if they are real comments, or if there is some other agenda going on. But whenever I see it, it always strikes me as a pretty good way to live your life. On this...
It’s Christmas Eve – yay!
It’s Christmas Eve!! One more sleep! Stockings up this evening, oh how I loved this day as a child. The anticipation, the excitement. I would have carefully chosen gifts for my sister, 2 brothers and parents and bought them from my saved up pocket money, wrapped them...
Kitchen update
I'm off to a funeral today. We weren't really close, but she was a relative, so I'm off to pay my respects. So I thought I would show you a quick kitchen update. You can see the size of the space more now. The table is out there now and being used every day. We still...
Kitchens, Christmas Menu and avoiding debt
The kitchen is coming along beautifully. Most of the floor is down now and I hope to get the tree up in the next few days. We moved the table out there today and had our first meal on it. I didn’t remember to take a picture of that until it was too gloomy! The...
Trees, bags, walls and floors
A friend and I went to a startup WI meeting last night. It was proposed that a WI was started up in Heathfield itself. Unfortunately only 5 people turned up, including my friend and I, plus 4 WI advisors. The main person organising it said that it had been well...
New ceilings and old favourites
The de-humidifier has been running, but the windows were still streaming this morning. It all takes a while to dry out. Walls next! Yesterday, SIL-to-be plastered our ceiling. Not much to look at in a picture, but another big step forward. The de-humidifier has been...
Pea soup, Approved Food order and Christmas food bank contributions
Had a simple pea soup for lunch today. I used butter in place of the veg oil for a little extra flavour. It was served with a small Sharwoods nan bread from Approved Food, one of several packets that I have in the freezer. I have been serving these as accompaniments...
20p lunch, 19p vanilla pods and extremely cheap vanilla & cinnamon extract
Had a pitta stuffed with soft cheese, carrot and lemon zest for lunch, along with a bit of leftover coleslaw from yesterday. Followed by a handful of grapes and a pear. So super healthy lunch today. I have taken to doing coleslaw dressing the Slimming World way as I...
Bread cooked in the slow cooker – who knew you could!
If I said to you I was going to bake a loaf, what would you think of? I would think of mixing flour, water, yeast and salt, giving the dough a good mix, leaving it to prove, knocking it back, shaping it, leaving for a second rise, then baking it in a hot hot oven....