Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Welcome to Hector, no doubt with lamb for your lunch he was even more attentive

Sunny & warm here so up to volunteer garden this morning, just mooching really as I was really out to collect my prescription

Finally made my mind up on next on line shop, its Asda, coming Wednesday morning, this shop is a fishy one, including the fresh mackerel, plus I’ve included a Smart price chicken which may not be a smart move but time will tell. With fresh chicken & mackerel a date check will be required right away I think, some reviews talk of OOD the following day so one to watch

Lunch, pate & salad sarnie

Dinner, I made a carrot coleslaw yesterday and should really have salad today, but there’s last of the LO beef stew lurking in the ‘fridge so will probably be that

justkeepswimmimg

Long office day with lots of meetings. As a result of this and being awake far too early, I’m exhausted 🥱 

Lunch was chickpea, pomegranate and feta couscous. Smoked mackerel pitta pizzas with coleslaw and salad tonight (summer is here for a few days at least 😂) - really enjoyed it and LOs for lunch tomorrow…

Brambling

Nightmare of a day work wise, major system issues due to a update on Saturday although our developers are denying it has anything to do with the deployment  to be honest they have no idea what they have done which is different to the test environment where everything was working ok

Just finished now at 10pm and my brain is too active to go to bed even through i'm tired, I'm sure I should feel guilty that our IT guy has been up 24 hours and a couple of colleagues are still waiting for a fix to test but I'm not paid enough to be guilty!!

lunch was 3pm and just the LO mackerel pate and crackers on the run.  I've been on the go rather than eating dinner and managed to grab a chicken and salad wrap and some fruit. 

I've told the boss i'm retiring in 2 years  so the cost of living increases had better sort themselves out by then so I can afford to do so

Farway

Seems like the CFO workers have been busy so very glad I’m no longer one, retiring is one of the better moves Brambling and cost of living “crisis” will always be with us in one form or another.

Sunny again, with scorcher on the way for Friday, today’s must do is keep up the watering of my pots. My Asda delivery due tomorrow, with the scorcher forecast will there be any salad still in stock by then? If not I’ll have to eat cake & make a trifle

Lunch another pate + salad sarnie

Dinner, steak, HM AF chips + salad with HM coleslaw

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Hector continues to be a delight albeit an exhausting one. He still doesn't recognise his name but will sit beautifully on command. He has his second jabs tonight. My sister's pooch is not hugely impressed but I had them both for a couple of hours yesterday and he's beginning to come round. I'll have another session with them both today. My sister goes on holiday today so her pooch will be mainly here for the next week. I'm hoping by the time she returns they will be firm friends.
Apart from puppy watching I'm not getting much done but if the rain stays away hope to get some gardening done this afternoon.
Last of Saturday's lamb in a wrap with salad tonight. Tonight it's either bangers of IKEA meatballs with potatoes and veg.

justkeepswimmimg

Retirement is a distant dream for me, luckily I mostly enjoy work, just wish some of my team felt the same 😂

Another busy one but productive and as I was wfh also managed a swim, couple of loads of washing out and taking delivery of garden furniture 😉

Lunch was the as advertised LO smoked mackerel pitta pizza, salad and coleslaw. Quick salmon and broccoli pesto pasta tonight as I was out to a meeting in my voluntary admin capacity. Tidied up the last triple chocolate cookie with a cuppa when I got home.

Brambling

Farway I get a 25 year pension from my previous employer in a couple of years so have forwarned  the boss i want to retire early or go part time depending on the sums until my state pension kicks in.  He's a year older than me and is waiting for his youngest to finish uni so understands where I'm coming from  one of my younger part time colleagues was confused as to why we would want to retire early even after I told her it was because I started work before she was born. 

JKS at the risk of sounding like my late mother but as you get older time flies especially when work is manic 

We are still experiencing major system issues at work although I managed to get away by 6.30pm so not as bad as yesterday and no need to go into the office tomorrow

I got a hour lunch break today so lunch was a chorizo, potato and shallot omelette.  Dinner was chicken salad with jersey royals 

Farway

Hot & sunny day ahead but master CFO food plan has been derailed by this morning’s Asda delivery. The hoped for fresh mackerel was out of stock so they subbed two packs of smoked peppered mackerel, they went back, the boil in bag kipper fillets bag was split, so they also went back, he did offer to reduce the kipper price but CBA, I want to just nuke in the bag not faff about with kipper pong lingering forever

Did have one sub gain, cheapo coleslaw subbed for posh stuff, and the cheap chicken looks fine and plenty of date left, probably eat that on Friday, and the cucumber is a monster log so all in all the delivery was OK if not as fishy as intended

Meals today, I still have YS pate LO so probably toast + pate for lunch

Dinner, should’ve been fresh mackerel but now it’s changed to knock up some HM mash, open tin of mackerel fillets in oil and eat with salad

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
I'd say if you get the chance to retire or partially retire early go for it. No one I know who has done this regrets it.
Lovely and sunny today so lots of pegging out to be done.
Pup continues to be an exhausting joy and yesterday we discovered that empty plastic 10cm plant pots are the scariest thing in the world lol!! Sister's pooch seems to be thawing but I'm going to have my hands full tomorrow when DS2 is in Newcastle so might not get the chance to post.
Salad bits for lunch and tonight it's pasta with chorizo, HM pesto and baby plum tomatoes.

justkeepswimmimg

Is it really only Wednesday? Long week, not helped by being in a stuffy office this afternoon. Oh well, another long weekend coming up for me (probably why the week seems so long 🤔)

Clearly not with it this morning as forgot to add the feta to my chickpea couscous salad lunchbox before leaving the house. Luckily I did remember the flaked almonds for sprinkling but lunch was a bit disappointing…shoved a jacket spud in the oven before I went swimming this evening, made a bacon, mushroom and soured cream topping for it when I got back, and served with salad.

Another warm one forecast tomorrow and I’m back in the stuffy office but thankfully wfh for the forecast 32 degree-er on Friday 😅