The lump under my chin is still there but has completely ceased to hurt. I think it might be smaller too. Have decided to give it a few more days and hope it vanishes completely ( Read more... )

Part of my Amazon order arrived today! I now have Lost in Austen, Friends (x2), Juno, and a camera card for work. At least I assume I have Friends, I've only opened three of the five jiffybags. The Drina book arrived last night, and I finished it in the bath after netball ( Read more... )

Having posted that some people vanish, I notice I haven't posted myself for a few days ( Read more... )

Pasta. I want pasta. I blame the Jamie Oliver advert, but I can only think about eating pasta with tomatoes and mozzarella and leeks and mushrooms and whatever other veg I have. I might have to cook some so I can eat it for lunch tomorrow. Although there is much hummus etc in the fridge. But I want pasta... I have a trout in the fridge for ( Read more... )

Do you know what I fancy right now? Jelly. Honest to goodness jelly, preferably orange, although I like lime and blackcurrent, and rainbow layers would be fabulous. My Nan used to make the jelly in particular moulds with ribbed edges, and she always made the mixture much stronger than Mum did so it was more rubbery. The jelly was never turned ( Read more... )

I did gut the fish (thinking that if Susan Walker can do it on an island with a penknife, I should probably manage it in a kitchen with a sharp knife). It wasn't nearly as messy and unpleasent as I expected, probably because it was only a mackerel without many innerds. I don't think I'd want to have a go at a salmon or a large trout. And I am ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here hoping that I'll get a text to say that netball is cancelled because of the gale blowing outside. I do really enjoy netball, but every week I find myself hoping that it will be cancelled. I think that this is my inherant laziness - or a hangover from school sports. Once I get there I have a great (if ineffectual) time ( Read more... )

I've just opened a bag of raisins (jumbo juicy mixed raisins for snacking, lunchboxes and picnics) and plunged my hand in only to discover the inside of the bag is revoltingly sticky...I'd forgotton raisins ooze.

Yes, once more I have a deadline and I'm not concentrating. Maybe posting my shame on lj will work - it did last time...