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Spinach and ricotta pasta
Spinach & Ricotta Pasta A classic recipe with added walnuts and raisins
Bugs, diets (again!) bargain mangoes and books
It's still germ central here. I had a hacking cough, a week off, then a head cold. Now Mike has a cold. I'm hoping it isn't different to the one I had, or I might get that one. On the other hand, I was at my daughters on Sunday and during a vigorous tickling session,...
Ancient magazines and a magazine hack
Goodness, where did all those days go since I last posted! Well, some of those have been feeling ill. Again! I had a hacking cough that started on the 18th December when I went up to Northampton to see family at Christmas. That lasted a good two weeks. Then, after a...
I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more
Had a lovely day today. We wanted to go for a walk yesterday, but it was drizzling all day and we are both fair weather walkers. It was much nicer today, so off we went. We're really enjoying getting out and walking, even if it isn't proper walking, you know, big...
A main course soup – mulligatawny, 46p a big bowl
Today I decided to make something I haven’t made for a long time – mulligatawny soup. Whenever I do make it, I use a recipe from a Mrs Beeton book that I’ve had for 30! years, eek!
First day of the new year
Happy New Year to you and yours. Did you go out last night to ring in the new year? We didn't, we very rarely do. We have had enough socialising by now, had enough of eating a lot and are feeling generally partied out. We watched a film on Freeview and by the time we...
Happy Christmas to one and all
Had a lovely day at my eldest daughter’s today. We had a traditional turkey lunch, delicious! Nothing quite like it. There were 8 of us there, including a Bolivian EFL student staying long term, including over the Christmas period. I would have been quite overwhelmed...
Bugs and books
I’ve been bugged Yearggh, I’ve been bugged. On Monday we drove the 150 miles to my sisters house in Hackleton where many of the family were gathering. Mum, who also lives there, treated us all to a lovely lunch out at a local restaurant. It was a noisy party in a...
Flowers, more flowers, and exciting plans
On Wednesday, we had our annual WI Christmas party. It was lovely! We all brought a plate of food to share. I was asked to hold a list of what people were bringing, as several years ago, we had far too many offerings with smoked salmon. Lovely as it is, there is such...
Some Festive tweets and a few questions to think about
On Monday evening, I hosted this weeks regular Twitter chat between the Money Bloggers using the hashtag #MondayMoneyUK. We tweeted from 9pm to 10pm, then for 10 minutes the next morning, I spoke about our discussion on Share radio. We were talking about...
A walk in the sun, a lunch in the pub and big ears
What a beautiful day we had in East Sussex today! Warm, sunny and bright, all day. Can't quite believe it's less than two weeks to Christmas, feels more like spring! We went for a walk from one end of Eastbourne to the other. My ever present Fitbit on my left wrist...
Stuff and Clutter. I don’t want any more of it.
Are you feeling the pull to spend lots of money now? Are you getting anxious about finding gifts for people difficult to buy for. Are you getting pulled into the annual spend fest? Can you actually afford it, or will you still be paying off the credit card months...