The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

beanielou

MatyMoo wrote: »

I have been eating mainly from cupboards and freezers in May and have only been in a supermarcardo once.........and I appear to have missed most of the British asparagus season

May have to make a visit tomorrow to see if they have any!

To be fair, I was away last weekend staying in a hotel with a friend and our dogs so was being thrifty for the rest of the month

When I was a teenager I tasted asparagus rolls as part of a wedding buffet and loved them. Then realised it was expensive and so told my Mum, who adored it, that I hated it so that she could buy a bunch and then gorge herself :rotfl: A little white lie, but with a very special single Mum it was worth it! Not sure she ever knew I liked it

How lovely of you.
Hoipe you enjoyed your weekend away

Greying_Pilgrim

MatyMoo wrote: »

When I was a teenager I tasted asparagus rolls as part of a wedding buffet and loved them. Then realised it was expensive and so told my Mum, who adored it, that I hated it so that she could buy a bunch and then gorge herself :rotfl: A little white lie, but with a very special single Mum it was worth it! Not sure she ever knew I liked it

beanie was right to embolden ^ this bit, MatyMoo - that was indeed a wonderful thing to do :T I don't know what supermercados are near you, but mrL have quite a good selection of British Asparagus, reasonably priced, and if you have a HB that has a chilled foods section, and you have time to check them out, well then there might be some good stuff there - although on yesterday's viewing, I think a barrel was being scraped......... And of course, don't forget mrM's 'wonky' stuff. But i appreciate you have limited time and may not choose to spend it perambulating around supermercados in search of perfect British produce at a perfect price!:D


So, here we are again - 'start' of the week. And a reasonably jam-packed one it is going to be.


We've guests for tea tonight. So better think of summat to make...... :think: um................... :think:



We've guests for tea tonight. So better walk round on egg shells so as to not disturb the 'pristine show-home' look that is the result of DH's housework endeavours across the weekend :T


We've guests for tea tonight. So better not dwell on how crap the towers looks inside and out


Sticks on a smiley face


Still, the baby has been bathed :T We've breakfasted and I'm pretty sure most of the ingredients for summat to eat are about the house :T


Need to get in a walk about today, to breath some fresh air and have something to natter about with BG, although one of the neighbourhood cats has already caught their attention this morning. Walking about on the fence, as though they own the joint, if you please


Right, shifting-a-tail-feather, as I write


Ta for popping by.


Greying X

Fortune_Smiles

The guests are coming to see you all - not to critique your home. You've been working hard on the house and I think you should be proud of everything you have achieved. There's always more to do but remember to recognise how far you've come.

Have a lovely time with your visitors.

Fortune x

rtandon27

GP...

You seem to be having guests for tea...

NAUGHT ELSE MATTERS!

Enjoy their company and stop fretting about anything else!

xoxox

beanielou

Guests for tea & chat.
Not to critisise your house.

Greying_Pilgrim

...Greying sneaks in......


"Greying considers self told".......:D:kisses3:



....Greying sneaks out...


XX

Cheery_Daff

Glad you consider yourself told :j :kisses3: I do understand the desire to remove your pants from the radiator and wipe a wet flannel round the bathroom sink, but don't be fretting and feeling inadequate - these are your friends! Also, I'm pretty sure your house is not 'crap' inside or out :kisses3:

Go and have a cheery day with BG and then you'll have lots of adventures to talk about and won't be tempted to point out minor flaws in your house to your guests

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:


Went your day well? Ours did


Achieved everything that I wanted to today - including completely forgetting to make one item for tea and completely forgetting that another was sat in the fridge....... And no, not a one of us went hungry..... Everyone appeared to eat their fill and we have leftovers



In between food prep - which interests me, but BG less so, although they did make a 'cake' (cue lots of bashing and banging of pots, spoons and things - must have been spiffing :smileyhea when mumma was baking We managed to get out and about to see how far it was and take in a bit of sunshine. We also got to spend time on an outdoors activity that BG likes to do, so I think we got the balance right today


I must make a list of things that I want to get done tomorrow. It was no point in trying to shoehorn them in to today, it all would have got too stressful, and I wouldn't have enjoyed the day as much as I have. But I do need to get on and do them.


Today I am grateful for these 3 things;


a chatter and a natter and a catch-up


BG being a joy all day - I know it's a rarity, and I won't be saying that everyday, but dang they were super- scrumptious today!


a supportive fella, who's just made me a cuppa tea :A:rotfl:


Ta for popping in. See y'all tomorrow


Greying X

MatyMoo

Hmmm, I'm about half way between Mr T and Mr M with a couple of German supermarkets, Mr S and Sir W (too posh to be called Mr :rotfl:) a little further afield.

All that choice and I made a mad dash to Mr T who wanted to charge me £3 for the smallest, woodiest pack I have ever seen :mad:

May try a dash to Mr W tomorrow

I'm going to spend more in fuel than asparagus

As for visitors, I'm with Cheery, remove underwear from radiators, throw bleach down the loo, wipe sink and kitchen surfaces and pray they don't move anything that leaves confirmation that I didn't dust it's the company and food they come for :T:j:T

rtandon27

Cheery & Maty - just love your mad dash visitor strategy :rotfl:

GP - so glad to hear you had a fabby time and that BG was an :A