This Time I'm Really Going To Do It

Watty1

Habibiboo wrote: »

Hope head and neck are behaving themselves. x

yes. Not sure if trip to osteopath fixed it or the heavy duty painkillers I took for a fortnight or the pillow I don't like but is supposed to be supportive of neck so I'm using anyway - but - whatever, crossing everything and leaning on wooden desk - so far so good. Both fine. Thank you for asking

Alchemilla

Curry with cashews sounds fabulous.

Watty1

Need to get back to riding. Haven't ridden for a week. Plan to take baby for hack tomorrow.
Today work, then off to London to see an old university pal at record launch. He has recorded his second CD. Really looking forward to it especially as going with another university friend who has offered to buy dinner as I bought the tickets. I suspect this might have been a very good swap
Operation freezer: used some carrots and more of the cashews in cupboard to make a soup for lunch and froze remaining 5 portions.

Watty1

Fabulous night out yesterday. CD launch concert was great and I saw people I hadn't seen for 20 years. Wonderful fun:)
This morning insured lorry. This afternoon picked it up and paid for it. Settled on a straight pay for no fiddling with cards and the like. Easy simple clean. Now I can get back on track.
Hacked baby. Lesson learnt - don't let him have time off - a week off and he was dancing all over the place bless him. Lovely neighbour laughed and made me feel so much better about it.
Finally Operation Freezer - busy so no input and in fact removed 2 soups for lunch and found lots of "bits" left that were due for BBQ so this evening we cooked up a lot of BBQ food so have left overs for next day or two and have made space
All good

Habibiboo

:wave:

Glad all's good ... love the idea of your dancing, prancing baby, kicking his heels in glee!

Good work on the freezer ... can't get owt more in ours at the moment! x

Alchemilla

Can we have a pic of the lorry?

Watty1

Alchemilla wrote: »

Can we have a pic of the lorry?

Of course. Will take one and post over weekend. Can't use phone as still have one of the vintage variety Got to economise somewhere!

Watty1

Not sure where Thursday and Friday have gone.
Thurs had another saddler out and hurrah have finally found a saddle that fits that I can jump baby in. Actually jumped a little cross pole without instructor here - just with saddler watching. Wow. Instructor who has been teaching him has done/is doing a lovely job, three strides before the jump baby picked up canter, popped over the crosspole and cantered away. Was so impressed I did it again. Second time after jump he !!!!!!ed off but hey ho we did it And I have ordered saddle. Now have 4 to 6 weeks to sort out funds for that. Feel emergency savings fund being depleted and the mortgage plans run adrift but it is only a temporary drift I promise
Operation Freezer skipped Thursday but the cod I found in there has been defrosted and is currently simmering into cod and butter bean stew. There looks to be enough for tea and 2 portions left to freeze so that's another couple of meals in there. And plans for more over the weekend.

Watty1

Habibiboo wrote: »

:wave:

Good work on the freezer ... can't get owt more in ours at the moment! x

Well I'm gradually taking what is in ours and turning it into meals rather than just lumps of meat or fish. Am also going through cupboards and fridge with the same idea, find something and turn into a 'main dish' or 'soup'
The plan is to end up with a list of meals that can be made stuff from freezer and minor additions. Am hoping that this will mean low food bills for the next couple of months.

Alchemilla

Baby must have enjoyed the jumping.

Dozy ponyplops tried to canter away from a tractor yesterday and ended up going towards it.