It's raining again now!
Friday, January 8
Escape from the rain.
We've had quite a lot of flooding in our area, thankfully our village escaped, so it was nice to head down to the beach this morning for a chance to let Bing and Sadie have a run about.
It's raining again now!
It's raining again now!
Tuesday, January 5
Zero waste.
We are just about back to normal - but I couldn't resist one of my all time favourites to use up some left over cheddar and some ggs - yes we have an egg glut!
I grated the cheese, whipped up a couple of eggs, mustard and some worcester sauce - awesomeness on a plate.
The fridge is full so I am refusing to buy any food until we have used up everything. Our lovely organic vegetables last us for 3 night's dinners and by day 4 any left go into a soup.
The roast vegetables get chopped together and I make a vegetable kegeree with spring onions. The yorkshire puds ahem have now all gone.
The mashed potato had the lovely addition of some celariac - again I added spring onions and will make the mixture into fishcakes.
I haven't thought about any New Year's resolutions but zero food waste is one of my aims. Throughout January and February we will be eating traditional warming dinners and I also want to eat more fish.
I grated the cheese, whipped up a couple of eggs, mustard and some worcester sauce - awesomeness on a plate.
The fridge is full so I am refusing to buy any food until we have used up everything. Our lovely organic vegetables last us for 3 night's dinners and by day 4 any left go into a soup.
The roast vegetables get chopped together and I make a vegetable kegeree with spring onions. The yorkshire puds ahem have now all gone.
The mashed potato had the lovely addition of some celariac - again I added spring onions and will make the mixture into fishcakes.
I haven't thought about any New Year's resolutions but zero food waste is one of my aims. Throughout January and February we will be eating traditional warming dinners and I also want to eat more fish.
Friday, January 1
2016
Happy New Year - 1.
New Year's Eve has become a village event now - this year we were invited to our neighbours over the road but the evening commenced with happy Hour at ours. I made some cocktails and we had a fun couple of hours.
Wendie (in the hat) is a great amateur dramatic fan so the hat provided a could prop for many hours of entertainment.
After 10 years of the same spring like curtains I often talk about....
I decided on a change........
We visited a few neighbours homes (we had been invited) and got to bed quite late.
This morning Jon made us bacon sandwiches for breakfast and we have sufficient nibbles and party food for later.
I have a week to clear and prepare the porch as we have had a huge leak on the roof. As we don't tend to use the porch a great deal, chosing to use the kitchen door as an entrance, we were blissfully unaware of the rainwater coming in from the flat roof extension. About 5 months ago the local roofer "patched up" the corroded felt but after the heavy rain a more permanent solution was needed, so he replaced it all but now we have to have the ceiling repaired, possibly replaced. We will know when the decorator comes next Monday. The carpet needs replacing so we are replacing the hall carpet too. Once everything is finished, together with some additional storage we will use the porch as the main entrance. Currently a pale yellow I am once again exploring the world of bold colours and going for a grey theme - dark grey. The carpet, currently beige will also be grey...watch this space!
New Year's Eve has become a village event now - this year we were invited to our neighbours over the road but the evening commenced with happy Hour at ours. I made some cocktails and we had a fun couple of hours.
Wendie (in the hat) is a great amateur dramatic fan so the hat provided a could prop for many hours of entertainment.
After 10 years of the same spring like curtains I often talk about....
I decided on a change........
We visited a few neighbours homes (we had been invited) and got to bed quite late.
This morning Jon made us bacon sandwiches for breakfast and we have sufficient nibbles and party food for later.
I have a week to clear and prepare the porch as we have had a huge leak on the roof. As we don't tend to use the porch a great deal, chosing to use the kitchen door as an entrance, we were blissfully unaware of the rainwater coming in from the flat roof extension. About 5 months ago the local roofer "patched up" the corroded felt but after the heavy rain a more permanent solution was needed, so he replaced it all but now we have to have the ceiling repaired, possibly replaced. We will know when the decorator comes next Monday. The carpet needs replacing so we are replacing the hall carpet too. Once everything is finished, together with some additional storage we will use the porch as the main entrance. Currently a pale yellow I am once again exploring the world of bold colours and going for a grey theme - dark grey. The carpet, currently beige will also be grey...watch this space!
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