Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 4 - The Aftermath

MeandO

I have experienced the runny-cake-mix-over-oven incident before so I sympathise.
Hope DS's cake making was more successful today and you all enjoy the results.
DS had a cookie dough pizza kit for his birthday so we're going to make that today.  

Toni'sfriend

Janb5 - At a very advanced age I’m learning to bake so I would love your recipe. Sorry for hijacking your thread, CCL. How old is your son?

crazy_cat_lady

Toni'sfriend said:

Janb5 - At a very advanced age I’m learning to bake so I would love your recipe. Sorry for hijacking your thread, CCL. How old is your son?

No apology necessary Toni'sfriend - I definitely would love Jan's recipe too please DS is 12 and a little b u g g e r whichever way you look at him. He wants to be a grown up but puberty is only just starting to hit now and it's not pleasant. See previous posts about our arguments all of the time, and today he moaned at me about his spots on his chin. Wonder if I should expect a growth spurt soon... His sister is 16 and keeps saying that she's going to give him 3 years to stop being a ^&*$ or she's going to tell everyone she doesn't have a brother. Think of Absolutely Fabulous with me as Edina and her as Saffy. She's a lush kid.
Anyway. Today didn't really go as planned. I woke up at 7am and should have gotten up then. But no - I had a little hairy huff with myself because I didn't need to get up to go walking or start work and decided I would put the tv on and stay in bed. And I fell asleep until quarter to nine and I just felt awful when I woke up and decided I had to drag myself out of bed. Came downstairs, fed the cats, sorted the litter trays and washed the dishes, and was just sitting down with a cuppa and a couple of paracetamol when my dad rang for a chat, and mentioned he needed cat food. I had 2 x 40 boxes of f3lix that my lot are no longer allowed as it gives the lockdown kitten rotten diarrhoea so I said I would take it over and he could have it. So I popped over to my dads and dropped it off, and he insisted on giving me £20 for it. I got back at 11am and both kids were still asleep so I made some more baked carrot cake oats for breakfast, plus enough for the next 3 days, and did a quick fridge inventory. I'm now urgently needing to use a couple of things from that box before they get up and walk off on their own. I found a good looking recipe for a sweet potato curry but I need red Thai curry paste, so it's on my shopping list. Sat down and waited for ds to show his face for the daily walk and then cake baking. He got up just after 1200 and told me he no longer wanted to make a cake after all - but could we do it another day? So I took dd out to the farm of frozen foods to get some cat food to replace what I'd sold to my dad. And they didn't have any but I restocked on the golden chicken requirements for the kids... I wonder if that place would consider just delivering to me direct from the lorry. It must be less hassle than me going there and emptying their freezers a couple of times a week... Also bought milk and bread as we always seem to be short of that. Couldn't find any red Thai curry paste though. And they didn't have any Whisk@s there either! So I had to go to HB and get it there, but no curry paste. So no sweet potato curry today.
Got home and had a splitting headache. Had some minced beef and veggie leftovers and another couple of headache tablets. I can only blame too much sleep. Spent the afternoon watching tv and knitting (!) - my mam's jumper back is 22cm long. Feels shamefully little after so much hard work. Then I had to rest at about 5pm while we were watching tv because my head was hurting. I'm ok now but realising I haven't walked today and I definitely don't want to sleep as much as I did last night anyway. I think I can relate to ds having no motivation for anything after he's slept so long.

janb5

Give me half an hour and I'll find it. Just watching Celebrity Best Home Cook. Xx

janb5

Hi - here it is- I make it in a kugelhupf tin well greased and floured but I`m sure another tin would works just fine!

Coconut and orange cake

4 oz marg
4 oz caster sugar
2 standard eggs
1 small orange
1 oz dessicated coconut
4 oz SR flour

Oven 190 deg 

Cream marg with sugar until light and fluffy.  Add beaten eggs beating well.  Zest rind and squeeze juice from orange( removing pips!)

Fold half the coconut and flour and then add the rest of the coconut.

bake in centre of preheated oven for 30 mins

I`m sure you could increase the mixture to 6oz of marg and sugar and add another egg.
Sorry- I still; think in ounces cos I`m so old!  xx

foxgloves

CCL - I always find that sleeping in late/too much sleep gives me a headache that I just can't shift all day, so I never do it now. If I stay in bed a bit later, I'll always be sitting up reading. Dropping back to sleep after 6.30 am is an instant road to a headache for me.
F x

f0xh0les

Sleep is evil.  I am glad some other people feel rotten if they try and 'spoil themselves' with a lie in. If I am in bed later than 7.30 then it is like trying to think through fog for the rest of the day and I get nothing done. 

Nobody else in the house understands.  It is a love affair between my boys and their beds.

ladyholly

I would love a lie but we have a border Collie who thinks 6.30 is quite late enough and as the mornings get lighter it could be any time from 5am. Once he is up there is no chance of ignoring him. 

crazy_cat_lady

I'm pleased I'm not the only one that suffers with too much sleep, but really how unfair is it? I spend much of my life exhausted and sleep deprived, and then when I actually take the chance of a lie in I just feel exhausted and unwell. I think much of yesterday's little funk was also hormone related because every month there is now becoming a bit of a struggle. I must try and psyche myself up to ring the doctor again and hopefully this time it won't be the doctor that likes to fat shame me and blame everything on my weight or mental health.
So with today being day 1 of my cycle it means I just feel cack. No matter what. I went to bed at 11, got up at half past six and felt rubbish. Was in the shower early and sorted the cats, litter trays, rubbish and recycling all before half past seven. Headache has gone but I am very yawny indeed, and my back hurts and I feel grumpy. Went out for an early morning, socially distant walk with my bestie - 3 miles. Didn't feel like doing it but I'm so pleased I did. I love a good natter, and I feel better longer term for exercising. Got home in time for another argument with ds, who has told me today that he knows he is the child I never wanted and I just hate him. This is because I wouldn't give him £52 to spend on his Xbox. Mainly because I don't want to but also because I don't have it. I would have laughed but actually I was just devastated - some of the things he says just remind me of his dad. And I really don't like that. Ah well. I told him that no matter what he thought I loved him, and you couldn't measure someone's love with how much money they give you. He's been on his Xbox for most of the day but hasn't been to see me other than to pick up his lunch (chicken burger obvs) and bring back the dirty dishes.
I am tired again now. Finished my latest crochet test project for my favourite designer so that's done. Tried to photograph it and the kitten went wild for it so I haven't been that successful so far. Back on with the jumper in a minute. I feel as though I've wasted today a bit, because I haven't gotten much done.
Thanks for the cake recipe Jan - it's very much appreciated. I will have a go at making it later or tomorrow I think - will see if I can do some bonding with ds when I feel less rubbish. I still haven't bought any red Thai curry paste - I haven't been out near any shops today, so the sweet potato curry is still waiting. I have green, unbelievably... Tomorrow is the last 'proper' day of my hols as I have meetings at the end of the week. Not a lie in (not that I can have one) as Bee Tee are coming back again tomorrow between 8 and 1 to see if they can repair the broadband again. It's still only working at half of it's usual speed, which is getting frustrating now as it's been over 3 weeks. Then I think my mam said she was going to pop in after she and my stepdad have been for their vaccines - maybe I could have orange coconut cake ready for them? Oh yay!
Then meetings all day Friday and Saturday and then Sunday will be preparing for (stressing out about) work on Monday.

evebeme

Answer to a child that says 'you don't love me' is simply 'yes I do, but sometimes I just don't like you'.