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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...
Home made bread rolls with added stuffing mix
Tried something a little different today. I have a huge bag of stuffing mix from Approved Foods that isn’t being used up very quickly, so I am thinking about how I can use more of it. I wondered what it would be like used as part of the mix when making bread rolls. I...
A walk in the sun, the wind and the cold at Rye – and a nice warm pub
On this beautiful, sunny and crisp day, we decided to have a jaunt to Rye. Mike recently bought a map of walks in Sussex and we wanted to do the one featured in Rye. Ooh, cold winds – brrr When we had arrived and parked, it was still crisp and sunny, but the strong...
A good speaker, some beautiful flowers and a call to action
On Wednesday evening it was the WI garden group Christmas do. We hired the hall where we have our monthly meetings - the garden group usually meet in members homes or go out to gardens to visit. A lovely pot luck supper We all bring something delicious to share. This...
Super cheap prescription glasses – from an amazing £6 a pair!
Today's post lovely people is a guest one, written for you by my brother. He is a super tight-wad, and always has been, right from when we were little, always looking for the best value he can get, even when we were talking pocket money. So, if Kevin says something is...