Mrs McB's countdown to adventures with chooks (and Rock Gods)

Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

I'm currently reading Nigella's 'How to Eat' (Dounby CBSale) and getting very hungry in bed - although the book is so heavy I'm generally pinned to the bed.

:rotfl:

See, I have that book - I love the fact that she published a recipe for the topping for crumble. At the time it came out, celeb cookbooks were beginning to be all the rage - so you could cook a 16 course 'tasting' menu, but no-one was telling you how to make crumble or white sauce or anything. It's definitely the best thing she has written though.

Greying

troglodyte

Thanks for the recipe link, that salad sounds intriguing and since OH loves beetroot and blue cheese (and rhubarb) and we still have a patch of beetroot in the garden needing harvesting, that will be next on the meal plan I think!

Had visitors the other day (OH's parents) so he cooked and made Nigella's liquorice pudding for dessert, it was nice and certainly unusual!

Pippilongstocking

Morning mse world!

Those recipes are lovely especially the beetroot and cheese one - its epic - I took home all I could of that one. So I wish you well with it if you try it chaps.

And as for Nigella - she writes as she speaks deeply sensiblely, and whilst I rely on Austrailian Womens weekly for anything requiring baking - I've just about everything they ever produced on the subject just a pity I don't like cakes , her crumble recipe does seem proper good too



Off to make a list and plan the day already been out for a blustery walk with mutts and done a bit yoga (amazing what focuses the mind when paperwork beckons)



Hope you all have a good un whatever that brings.

Pippilongstocking

Todays plans

Work meeting in town - miles paid
Work meeting out of town - miles paid
Paperwork at home, save miles
Walk mutts either in or out of town (miles paid)
Organise flight for xmas to get me off island (more travel, none forecast in January)
Write up work expenses claim which includes work flights/food/petrol for friday.
Hokey cokey and air dry bedding
Chop up some wood or go cold
Store cupboard meals tonight.this am (out for lunch) - might do grandads naked chook nuggets. undecided, as also have pasta/ham option which is easier.
Finish getting all work off old computer and find old laptop bag
Try and walk a few miles even if its just round the house doing chores/hanging washing up
More declutter to charity shops - books ready to go in this am - wonder if I can take anything else in with me
Pop to local food bank and see how folks donate - already made enquiry about working with them via work - chase that up
Tidy up a bit
Declutter a cupboard or a drawer
Put away summer clothes in box/bag for moving as unlikely to need before leave here, lets be honest.
Do some more Wii later even if its just fun games
Look out clothes for xmas (easy, leggings/runners/long sleeve t shirts and fleeces, perhaps one pair of jeans new welly's and a pair of walking boots.) - I'm all about the glamour.
Look around for new contact lens supplier getting low on my ones but have glasses
Maybe (if time) harvest some spinach at work I do like my leafy greens and grow perptuetual to have them all year round.

Enough to keep me out of mischief?

I do hope not...........................

Pippilongstocking

I also realised why the bed was so crowded having changed it.

I've been sharing it with Mrs Beeton, Nigella, Nigel Slater, Jamie O and several Australian housewives.

I'm planning on imbibing all their wisdom whilst sleeping.

EssexHebridean

Morning! :hello: All sounding good with you, apart from the expensitivity of one ex-Cellist DD that is. Of course the plus point on that is if you can trade household job for paying for things like driving lessons. Lucky DD getting those paid - I had to pay my own!

I'm another cookery book collector - I put a pile of them away off the table the other day where they'd accumulated - mainly Hugh Furry-Wotsit whose style I love, but Mr Oliver was lurking about too. Tend to use them far more for ideas than for cooking actual recipes mind you! :rotfl:

Contact lenses - I've just used We Love lenses but the jury is out there at the moment - parcel hasn't turned up but a card from the postman telling me I need to pay £3.60 postage has...errr, no, it was meant to be postage included! They're sending me a replacement so we'll see what happens.

rtandon27

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Payment a day's are as follows...

So Pips, having absorbed your very very good banking mojo...

I've used my 'sick' day to tackle the finances and westle them under control...

...got my act together and made all the payments that were planned for Aug/Sep/Oct (minimums are auto-paid) and took a whopping 813.39GBP off the nasty, horrid card of temptation - mind you they were 90% budgeted spends - 10% are pressies for best friend's sweet boy (adopted nephew)...

... now why oh why have i let that get out of hand when the money was sitting there not getting interest whilst the card of temptation gathers interest?!?

[:o:oholds hand out for a stiff knuckle wrap with a wooden ruler:o:o - or whatever kick up the pants you deem appropriate - lol]

(:jskips off to update siggy & plan out payments for the balance remaining:j)

Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

I also realised why the bed was so crowded having changed it.

I've been sharing it with Mrs Beeton, Nigella, Nigel Slater, Jamie O and several Australian housewives.

.

Pippi - tis an ace thing that you are so sweet and innocent* and are talking about cookery books.........:eek::rotfl::rotfl:

Greying

* and tis why we love ya so

Pippilongstocking

EH the children of today - many of them - have often been robbed of their independance and stamina and their parents forget that they're born with it (myself included) and shourd them in such 'parenty goodness' that we forget that making your way in life is actually a decent lesson to learn.

I am lecturing myself here. I know I provide lots of it then moan.

They often expect life on a plate because out of kindness we provide it and then forget that whilst we know they are independant, we are so involved in giving them the best experience/keeping them safe, we don't let them breathe and find their own feet often til uni.

I'm very guilty of it - whilst mine can wash dishes/clothes/cook/travel alone/have some of their own money - being rural types buses and self reliance in other ways has been bred out of them by mum's taxi and purse. I know kindness and support is a parental obligation but finding a balance is hard. I'm blaming myself here and my need to 'protect' at all costs. So they're cossetted (in my opinion) and I know I'm guilty of it too. So guilty, I had little so perhaps I provide too much and cos Dad's lets face it, a bit silly and doesn't provide, I'm often doing the job of two of us, just cos.

Now where did that come from? I'm so sorry.

Shame on me, I'm learning to let go a bit but its hard.

The driving lessons - yup expensive, I think unrequired at the moment (I learnt at 22 and my own money when I needed to learn) she got a few as a gift..................she's got cello money in a savings account which I've been loathed to hand over for instant gratification. So some of it is coming from there.

Shakes head at myself. Perfect example here tonight - DD off out to a class in town, late, assumed lift was ok even though its 10pm when she's done. Why I asked do you think I'm OK to just head into town at that time. You're the parent I was told, and you'll make sure I'm safe and I'm grateful.

Busted. Those green eyes and a reasoned argument gets me everytime.



I'll get off my soap box now.

Pippilongstocking

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Pippi - tis an ace thing that you are so sweet and innocent* and are talking about cookery books.........:eek::rotfl::rotfl:

Greying

* and tis why we love ya so

Well there are a couple of them I wouldn't kick out of the bedroom for pumping and I'm sure Mrs Beeton would never dare - however those Australian Housewives :rotfl::rotfl:

rtandon27 wrote: »

So Pips, having absorbed your very very good banking mojo...

I've used my 'sick' day to tackle the finances and westle them under control...

...got my act together and made all the payments that were planned for Aug/Sep/Oct (minimums are auto-paid) and took a whopping 813.39GBP off the nasty, horrid card of temptation - mind you they were 90% budgeted spends - 10% are pressies for best friend's sweet boy (adopted nephew)...

... now why oh why have i let that get out of hand when the money was sitting there not getting interest whilst the card of temptation gathers interest?!?

[:o:oholds hand out for a stiff knuckle wrap with a wooden ruler:o:o - or whatever kick up the pants you deem appropriate - lol]

(:jskips off to update siggy & plan out payments for the balance remaining:j)

:j:beer::j:beer::j:beer::j:beer:

Well done to you and most excellent use of a day off. Sorry if you're sick though. Fab payments.