The Tougher Thread continues.....

Kimsmum

Mrs VP Sorry about your friend ((hugs))
Taurusgb Good Luck for tomorrow

Candle lit Ladies

mardatha

Phoned plumber today to check they were coming before we started lifting carpets and moving furniture. The boiler hasnt arrived yet. So we wait a bit longer

greent

CRANKY40 wrote: »

We had him cremated instead. I keep his ashes in my wardrobe so I can shout at him now and then when things go wrong. The house elf (my now 6 year old son) doesn't want to part with his daddy's ashes as he feels that would be like his daddy leaving him for good. We did however have some of the ashes placed in glass hearts for a very reasonable and smallish sum of money by a company called Bath Aqua Glass who have very sensitive and caring staff. As the elf said when we received them "Look mummy, daddy is always in my heart now".

How absolutely lovely! What a wonderful thing your son said - children come out with the best of things - they say it straight form the heart without the awkwardness many of us get as adults.

I can imagine wanting to sometimes rant at Mr greent afterwards, should anything happen to him - so the line about shouting at Mr Cranky's ashes in your wardrobe brought a wry smile to my face - and I was promptly asked what I was smiling at by him - he agreed I'd probably shout at him in that case!

NualaBuala

mardatha wrote: »

Phoned plumber today to check they were coming before we started lifting carpets and moving furniture. The boiler hasnt arrived yet. So we wait a bit longer

Oh no! Well I will save the kale cookies for a while then! Hope you and RV are warm enough. x

Welcome to all the delurkers! :wave:

Draagonfly

Hugs & best wishes to all who need them.

My slow-cooker pot-roasted brisket was a triumph :jbeautifully tasty & super tender...best of all lots of leftovers for O/S recycling into other meals

scottishminnie

Greent - so sorry :grouphug:
Taurus - good luck

I had lots to post tonight but I can't concentrate. I've been glued to the Tv watching the last Indycar race of the season. Was desparately rooting for Dario to win the championship again (which he now has by default) but there has been a horrific accident and I can't focus on anything else. One of the drivers looks very badly hurt and nobody knows what is happening. Much as I live and breath motor racing my stomach is doing somersaults just now.

I'll be back tomorrow - I think a lot of people need candles lit for them tonight:(

greent

Phew! Finally caught up!

Thanks to Haribo, Nuala Buala, Mrs Chip & scottishminnie

Sorry to hear about your friend, Mrs VP

Kimsmum - what a lovely thing to do!

Taurusgb - good luck


And welcome to all the de-lurkers!

Now I'm off to do some ironing... keeps me warm!

7_week_wonder

Big hugs to everyone who needs them, especially Mrs VP, greent, JackieG and Taurusgb. My candle has been lit since just before dusk.

I've had a real OS day here. I managed to repair my slippers which were in danger of causing me a major accident as the sole and top had almost completely parted company. I also made some yummy soup at lunchtime. I got a big bag of whoopsied carrots yesterday so after some googling I came up with my own invented soup "Morrocan honey-ed carrot soup"

2 onions finely chopped
750g carrots diced
1 litre veg stock
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 dessert spoon honey

Fry the onion in some olive oil, then add the carrots and sweat with the lid on for around 5-10 minutes. Add the spices and cook for 1 minute, then add the honey and cook for another minute. Finally add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the carrots are done. Then blitz in the blender. It was yummy!

And today's cookery lesson is: never under-estimated how powerful just 1 teaspoon of green curry paste can be. I decided it didn't look much and threw another couple of teaspoons into my curry just to be safe:eek:

Hope everyone has an ok week.

kidcat

mardatha wrote: »

Phoned plumber today to check they were coming before we started lifting carpets and moving furniture. The boiler hasnt arrived yet. So we wait a bit longer

Nooooo, tis awful - good job you called though.

sianlee

Promised myself I would post more often now I have officially 'de-lurked' but just don't have the time at the mo for anything lengthy.

Big hugs to all you :A's out there & to all those experiencing the saddest of times.

SL x