"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

taxi73

Woohoo you've done your 1st trade ...well done
your folk festival sounded interesting and great fun and glad you enjoyed it..sorry to hear about your sister hope she gets better soon

gilligansyle

Its really warm here, the sort of warm that makes you tired (!) but I've just been up to Mum's followed by a huge black cloud. And it absolutely chucked it down for all of 2 minutes! If I look out of the front window its really grey and overcast, and beautiful blue sky at the back.

(((hug))) for your sister.

Karmacat

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

I had cream cheese on toast and a nice real coffee (zapped in micro) and a nice biccie left by OH mum

HP II on dvd on, peedie (almost 5 and not really a puppy) on a bean bag, dd on other sofa - bliss

KC I think you should give the gluten free flour a go with the scones (if you do them) - let me know how you get on. soya milk should work fine too if I'm stuck I use water sometimes or half and half (water and milk)

Enjoy your tatters (great word)

Thanks Pippi! Okay, I'll adapt the scone recipe then - it won't be till after the flooring is laid, and the kitchen has been re-excavated from the books - but I *did* have my salad - soya beans, chick peas, beetroot, lettuce, and I threw some avocado oil, toasted sesame oil and balsamic vinegar over it (then a tiny bit of mayo, for luck ).

youareallhelpingme wrote: »

Its boiling hot here, DS is running a stall at his school fete, DH and the doggies are all fast asleep, thank goodness for ceiling fans!

I headed into the garden and my wonderful neighbour took pity on me and my saw hacking at the tops of the conifers and cut the rest of that side with his chain saw - and he wouldn't take a penny from me. Mind you he's probably please to see those tops gone as his garden was the other side and its very pretty!

What a great neighbour! I hinted to mine about the tree I'm doing, especially as he was up a tree in his front garden at the time, but he never got round to it, and with the scraping noise it was madness.

You've made me remember about my fan! Unfortunately, its in the shed, at the *back* of the shed at that :eek: no way I'm excavating in there!

taxi73 wrote: »

Woohoo you've done your 1st trade ...well done
your folk festival sounded interesting and great fun and glad you enjoyed it..sorry to hear about your sister hope she gets better soon

Thanks Taxi! I remember that I was just getting into small trades after Easter last year, and I had to stop because of all the stress around moving house. Its comforting to remember that and I'm really ready now - as I said, the adrenalin doesn't overwhelm me the way it did

And thanks for kind words for my sister....

Karmacat

gilligansyle wrote: »

Its really warm here, the sort of warm that makes you tired (!) but I've just been up to Mum's followed by a huge black cloud. And it absolutely chucked it down for all of 2 minutes! If I look out of the front window its really grey and overcast, and beautiful blue sky at the back.

(((hug))) for your sister.

Hiya! Its getting dark here now, beautiful sunset - no clouds to go pink, so the sky itself is going pink, its amazing. And hot! I'm a bit wary of keeping the windows open because of these bees that seem to have made their home in the eaves _pale_ but I'm about six feet away from them, and hopefully they're tucked up in bed now.

Thanks for hugs for sister - she's keeping on working (she's a teacher - unless she's falling over, she goes in).

I had a *beautiful* walk this afternoon - another path I hadn't been on before, and also ancient - sunken pathway surrounded by tree roots, but this one has a field by it now earmarked for building work, so it won't be peaceful for long. However! I took the less travelled option, and found another field, obviously abandoned by the farmer for annual crops, and planted instead with oak trees - hundreds of them :j:j:jsized anything from eighteen inches to eight feet :beer: they were amazing. And I'm sure I ended up on an animal track, not a path, there was just that sense about it. It was all absolutely glorious... and only 20 minutes slow walk from my house.

The blackberries are coming on too - lots of flowers still, so the bees are still doing their thing, but there are tight little clots of berries beginning to form. I swear I'll have some this year - wondering about Pippi's no cook jam, but I don't like the texture of blackberries, they'd have to be boiled and strained, I think ... I'm a wuss :rotfl:

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

I don't like the texture of blackberries, they'd have to be boiled and strained, I think ... I'm a wuss :rotfl:

Texture? Blackberries have a texture? Are you sure that wasn't the maggot..?

redsquirrel80

Sounds like a good weekend! Hope your sister is feeling better soon though x

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Squizz - have you tried baking soda and vinegar instead of shampoo? I've done it myself once or twice - always given up after a few days because it's not *quite* as easy as shampoo but actually hair is fine! Will get back on the case again (as soon as we have a working shower, that is, not quite so nice in the bath... )

I've read about that but never tried it - intrigued by the 'no wash' method as well but don't think I could stand the feeling until it sorted itself out :eek:

Karmacat

Hiya! Z, what fruit are you thinking of? Blackberries have a very strong structure, which ends up being their texture ... well, on my planet it does, anyway and I'm officially going to have loads and loads of blackberry jam :D:D

But I'm very, very annoyed with myself this morning - I didn't get to bed till midnight last night, and as a result woke up too late and missed a beautiful, beautiful trade, sob ... and now, I'm so annoyed with myself, its quite difficult to settle, and I've missed another one. Many grrrrrrrrrrrrrrs and all that. I think I have to go away and have breakfast.

youareallhelpingme

Go have a wander in the garden and start again tomorrow x

redsquirrel80

Aww don't be annoyed - it obviously wasn't right this morning - you can't be expected to never have a late night!

Karmacat

Good advice, thank you! Its just so different from the image I had of this morning, I was really disappointed with myself.

Onwards and upwards.


EDIT - and actually, that advice is exactly right - its really important not to distract yourself with beating yourself up. Lesson learned!