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greenbee

My nephew told Santa off last year for letting the reindeer poo on granny's carpet My brother had to explain (chocolate coffee beans for those who are worried...) and Santa had great trouble keeping a straight face while promising to keep them under control next time :rotfl:

Mind you, having seen the shocking amount of whisky Santa manages to drink just at our house every year I'm amazed he manages to get anything done. I assume that the elves (who are apparently female) actually do the work :cool:

In all seriousness GP - there are toys and bits being cleared out here, and I'm more than happy to post them on to you. Frankly it would be less hassle to wander down to the PO on a Thursday morning (via the community cafe) than to get in the car to go to the CS. So it's not all selfless

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Oh my godness, visitors

rtandon - those 'pick of the week' aren't too bad. If the BN squash is a reasonable size, I can see one of those going in the basket. And I had seen in the 'big' magazine that there was going to be a baby event, just didn't take in when it was, so thanks for that. We use the wipes from there, they are very good. Thanks for posting hun, appreciate it

slowlyfading :wave: - have I got this right, your little one has turned 1 now? Time flys.

INOD - :rotfl::rotfl:

greenbee - Imagine how well the world would be organised, if we girls were in charge.....

To all the very, very kind people who have offered toys to Baby Greying - my heartfelt thanks. Your generous offers are just so typical of the kindness I was mentioning earlier. Baby Greying hasn't got loads of toys, but they've probably got sufficient for their age at present. We have also been given, and stored away, several toys that would be suitable at a later stage ie toddler stage. I have only 'bought' them 2 books thus far (Gruffalo :j), but we regularly 'fleece' the library shelves of story books, and read, read, read and laugh at the pictures together (DH especially ). I have also, directly as a consequence of our 'conversation' on here, looked into the availability of our local toy library. It is still going, I remember it being set up and the person who set it up (now deceased), and the scorn they encountered for doing so. I rather think that there are probably alot of children in the area who have had access to a wider range of toys than they otherwise might have. The charges are quite reasonable, and it is another potential social activity. We will have to wait until BG is a little older though, to join.

We are also keen to carry on 'taking BG places' for stimulation, whether it is the local park & gardens, natty trusty places or, just now, the swimming baths. I don't need BG to be an olympian, just not scared of water, like I was as a child. I didn't go to the swimming baths until i went to school and we weren't 'taught' to swim. I suspect that our teachers couldn't swim either

Baby Greying is one blessed baby, they have so many people looking out for them. I hope they grow up continuing to know kindness, and in turn to be kind.

Tea last night was a curry plate. I thought at one point it wasn't going to happen, but it did, just not quite as I planned. Instead of making aubergine curry - although DH had picked up a couple of aubergines from mrAl for me - I made Massaman Potato curry with some of the gifted potatoes (variety: Kestrel, and very tasty they were too), had some kerelan aubergine curry and sri lankan dhal out of the freezer and popped a little rice on the plate too. I also chopped up some cherry tomatoes (mrL 29p, 250g) with some chilli flakes for a little fresh hit. Picture here;



The recipe for the potato curry that I linked to has tofu in it, the recipe I make doesn't (it originates from a student cookbook), but in all other ways, resembles the recipe that I follow (I had no peanuts).

I also would like to know how come on 'mysupermercado' it said that aubergines were 45p each, but instore they were 55p each (DH thought they were dear :eek: - £1 a piece almost everywhere else that I have daily access to). What's the point of having a price comparison site, if the prices aren't accurate to compare?

This morning I am already grateful that I took the night and early morning shift. I 'missed' p00 armeggeddon as I was having a top-up snooze :rotfl::rotfl: DH coped with it though, but there's a load of laundry as a result...............

Right, Baby Greying is now getting fidgetty, so we'll go and get some tummy time.

Thanks for reading and supporting, and offering unconditional help to me and my family. It is appreciated more than you know.

Greying XX

Pippilongstocking

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Green bee, you've just reminded me of a time of major embarrassment. On a visit to Santa, DS was asked what he wanted for Christmas and replied batteries. Felt bad as I'd been removing them from noisy toys.

:j:rotfl:

Not just me then.



Hugs and lots of lovely love all round. Nice to read all of this as I catch up on life on a quiet sunday with no one here.

Sounds like BG is as spoilt in real life as they are virturally from all us extra aunties and uncles.

Have a great day greying - that curry looked lush. Pray tell what will happen to those aubergines I'm quite concerned for their safety now.

:rotfl:

greenbee

I was just debating what to do with my aubergines, so thanks for the inspiration

Swimming is a great thing to do with babies - I took my nephew nearly every saturday from 18 months until last year when travel got in the way. I still take him occasionally and he's a fantastic swimmer now. I used this book to help me work out what to do, but there are others around, so worth checking out the library. When he got to 5 I had to improve my own swimming as he started spending most of the time underwater and I needed to be able to keep up and deal with him when out of my depth as well as his.

Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Pray tell what will happen to those aubergines I'm quite concerned for their safety now.

:rotfl:

Pipster :j Long time no *see* - I was just thinking of you. Look out for a notelet through the snail-mail sometime soon Promise I'm not writing to cadge a fiver Ah, worry yeh not about t'aubergines - they will be *transformed* into beetroot & aubergine pilau and Cambodian aubergine curry, with a bit of luck and the wind in the right direction.

greenbee - that book looks good. Perhaps I shall learn to swim properly too! DH is good at swimming and likes it, but it's probably good that we're both competent at least.

Do you ever get a song as a ear worm. Of all things, I had the 'Donkey Riding' song going round in my head - and sung the bits i know to BG - I didn't know that it was a canadian folk song/shanty More good things coming out of the land of maple syrup & lentils :j

Although, 'Have you ever been to Cardiff Bay, where they all shout out hurray!' - nope, I disagree, it's 'alright butt?' :rotfl:

Right, best make some egg mayo sangers for lunch, even though we're not taking them for a walk

Greying X

rtandon27

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

...Do you ever get a song as a ear worm. Of all things, I had the 'Donkey Riding' song going round in my head - and sung the bits i know to BG - I didn't know that it was a canadian folk song/shanty More good things coming out of the land of maple syrup & lentils :j ...

If you are in need of an earwig to remove the earworm, try this one! OH has on more than one occasion caught me singing it to myself! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

There are a few others that all youngling canucks grew up with (well those of us of a certain age!) and every last one of them gets stuck going round & round only being dislodged by the next one!:D

slowlyfading

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

slowlyfading :wave: - have I got this right, your little one has turned 1 now? Time flys.

He is, beginning of August. Can't believe it :eek: make the most it, every stage seems to be better than the last

greenbee

The aubergine curry is fabulous GP

I'm not quite sure why she thinks 2 aubergines are needed for 2 people though. I used one (admittedly a large one from the organic farm shop - it's not a posh farm shop, it's a market garden with a shed) and there is at least two, possibly three portions left.

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

How time flies.

:rotfl:rtandon - i think that song is charming. Although, I don't think a chap simply being a good dancer these days would make a girl content......

greenbee - glad you liked the curry. I think it is good too - simple to make and relatively inexpensive (depending on the price of aubergines). I was wondering about the aubergines. Wasn't she a fan of the mrS 'basics' aubergines? They are apt to be long and thin aren't they? Perhaps 2 of those would be needed, but if you can drop on a plump glossy aubergine - from mrL or mrAl even, I'd wager 1 would be enough for one meal for 2 people. Moreso if you're having a dash of rice or a bit of dhal.

Monday night's tea was a cheat - veggie sausages, oven chips and mixed veg all out of the freezer and a tin of baked beans that had been bought to try from h3ron foods - I think the manufacturers need to stick to peas, they are no good at beans...... Under my new planner, the meal on a Monday, is supposed to be from the freezer, but this wasn't quite what I had intended. Ah well, onwards and upwards.

Last night was soup and I made harira, which we've not had for an absolute age. Partly due to the weather I guess, but I really can't remember if I even made it when I was pregnant. I also had the time/energy to rustle up some flatbreads with nigella seeds, so it was a little like old times

Tonight I used one of the aubergines that had been so rashly purchased for curry at the weekend And used it to make Beetroot and Aubergine Pilau. This is another dish that we've not had for yonks (I'm enjoying flicking through my recipe index and pulling out some 'oldies') It's a dish that is better than the sum of its ingredients lead you to believe, and I always enjoy it. I teamed it with some gifted runner beans and a tomato 'salsa' (just tommies, oil and lemon juice). Picture here;



Baby Greying and I were out and about in the metropolis today. We walked miles And I've just realised that we actually had a nsd :j We hooked up with a mummy pal and had a good time nattering, giving and receiving encouragement and learning new things

In the last 2 days I've managed to despatch 3 bits of correspondance to various folk. All 'social' correspondance, including a birthday card, so nice to accomplish. I actually picked up the birthday card in a mAr1e cUr1e shop yesterday - it was only a £1 for a nice card. Their stock of cards isn't huge, but they'd got most events covered, and there were some really nice designs amongst them.

Must remember rtandon's advice and ensure that DH is despatched to mrL's tomorrow at some point in his journeying around, to peruse the butternut squash offering......

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

for very busy people who take time out of their day to write a reply to your email that makes you *snort*

for encouragement and support, freely given

that Baby Greying is teaching me as much about myself, themself and life in general, as I hope, one day, to be teaching them

Thanks for popping in, reading and joining in the conversation. Greatly appreciated. By me. Always.

Greying X

beanielou

Thanks for the card tip
Have also found Barnardo's good in the past