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LadyWithAPlan

Glad you have a nice lunch then a garden potter after the week you have had / enjoy! 

car lights always stress me out too .. 

nut cream ? Do you have a recipe please ? 

A neighbour did have a very loud girlfriend so loud that when they ‘started’ she made so much noise for hours (!)  our building what’s app group filled up with comments about how she was so loud she must be faking it .. the screams, of varying intensity .the 2 3 hours of it . it was funny the first time but quickly got old 
- I had a zoom call with work one afternoon and all I could hear was ‘oh God’ at varying levels of pitch - you get the picture.  And they start up at 1am regularly - and wake the building up 
I rarely hear noise in my flat as it’s v thick walls but screaming echoes thru  the not great windows and high pitch sound carries and It was  really inappropriate if there were kids in the building 
Luckily I think he dumped her - probably cos of the whats app conversation every time 
‘has she finished yet?’
’I think so’
’oh no she has started again’ 
‘that sounds painful’ 
‘Can I buy them a gag?’

Either put music on yourself when they start or some neighbours would just put earphones in - I have some AirPod pros which are amazing  but it is an annoying solution. 

KajiKita

Oh my word … @LadyWithAPlan, that must have been horrendous! So intrusive on a whole other level too! 😳

I never wear anything that plays music or voice in my ears - I have never found anything that is comfortable for me to wear. I also just resent having to live with noise that is unreasonable. 🤷‍♀️

Had a good start to the day: 
- 2 loads of washing wrangled, second lot in tumble (I know, I know, only to damp, not dry-dry)
- new tap purchased - we looked at cheap ones but neither of us were willing to compromise so we have gone for a mono lock with lever taps and a 12 year guarantee! 😉 Mr KK has fitted (with just a mild dose of grumping) said tap and you can feel the difference in function already. 

- cleaning of bathroom and loo DONE! 👏😊 (Proper proud of this one.)
- Printed off and reviewed coachee’s homework - do I automatically mark him down by 50% for on,y giving one page of writing instead of the two I specified ….? 🤔😉

Currently having a quick brew and then I will chuck some relatively respectable clothes on and head out to lunch 😊

KK

redofromstart

That sounds very productive.  I've made a cooked breakfast and drank lots of tea and looked at 89p seeds on Suttons.

Hope you have an enjoyable lunch.

beanielou

Enjoy your lunch. 

KajiKita

Thanks @redofromstart, @beanielou and @LadyWithAPlan 😊
Had a lovely lunch - was good to catch up with my friend and she is doing well 😊 Mr KK was impressed by the gargantuan slice of white chocolate and passionfruit cake I brought back for him 😉

Having a breather on the sofa, rather than running around in the garden before I do my English coaching session and then cook a batch later. 

KK

Brie

@LadyWithAPlan
I had a downstairs neighbour like that.  Single woman and bless her, well, let's just say she was voluptuous.  And nearly 6 foot tall.  And took up with this petite Italian chap.  And that was it...morning, lunchtime, dinner time, midnight, repeat.  She eventually moved out the day they were getting married but unfortunately he forgot to tell her about his wife... 

redofromstart

I have a rather delicious to read vegan cookbook (SS went vegan briefly) that seemed to start every recipe with whizzed up nuts soaked in water. Is this the nut cream? I drooled through every recipe, especially the NZ ginger crunch which was absolutely spot on calorie fest amazing.

redofromstart

(I hid it in a clip lock tub and ate it all myself. It was just shamefully calorific but utterly gorgeous) 

skint_spice

The cake sounds delicious! Glad you had a bit of a rest for once😂

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

I have a rather delicious to read vegan cookbook (SS went vegan briefly) that seemed to start every recipe with whizzed up nuts soaked in water. Is this the nut cream? I drooled through every recipe, especially the NZ ginger crunch which was absolutely spot on calorie fest amazing.

This is exactly it. 😊
That recipe sounds lethal …. Do share! 😉😂

@LadyWithAPlan, it’s not so much a recipe as a technique. 

-1 cup of cashews 
- 1 bowl
- cover cashews with water and leave for 8 hours (if you forget you can use boiling water and wait 30 minutes) 
- put drained nuts and half a cup of the soaking water in a jug blender blitz to a cream (I did try using a stick once, but oh dear, the mess! 😉)
Various uses - tonight I have added a good pinch of salt to offset the sweetness and added a little activated yeast to make a bit more savoury to go in my riff-recipe 😉

KK