I managed to find a site where I can buy a wodge of Bicarb of Soda..1kg upwards instead of those little pots you see in the supermarkets. Yay! And they sell herbs and spices..most things you can think of actually. So, I did a 'tester' buy to suss them out, even though they have good reviews, and this morning received my Bicarb, whole nutmegs, vanilla pods (to be used in the making of my own vanilla extract..you put them in vodka and leave!!) and some dandelion root to be used in herbal tea.
I hope the bicarb works. I can't scrub too well because of the old rickety joints, which is really frustrating, I tell you. Does my head in. So, having viewed a tip off Pinterest, I'm gonna mix up a paste and slap it on my electric hob, which is HORRENDOUSLY ingrained with dried up sploshes from cooking. The oven door could do with it, too. Too embarassed to do a before and after, but might do if the paste works. lol
Meanwhile, mega icicles here. One (the biggest) is hanging from the guttering over our front door! Yikes. Might need to knock it before it does someone an injury, but how to get up there? We are told that a final heavy snow is on its way tonight and then heavy rain....and the big melt. Sigh.... Might be able to get out of the back door, at last! lol
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Quarter of a Century
He's a big boy now. 25.
How time flies!
This is a special effects piccie he took of himself years ago.
Ought to get it blown up and printed for him. lol
PS. Binmen didn't come. That's what you get for paying extra! The landfill sack ones did, but not mine. Grumphhh
Monday, 21 January 2013
What a waste!
It's soooooo cold outside. I can't get out of the back garden room door into the back garden. It's all wedged and iced up to oblivion.....and it's bin day tomorrow! Yikes. Worse still, it's the bin with all the cat litter that's due to be emptied. I pay the council extra for this. My little darlings have been rather prolific in the 'Must go to the toilet department' lately. It's the cold...makes 'em go! You know how it is. So, I am about to embark on the epic task of trying to squeeze the old body out of said garden room, try and find the bin, which is entombed in snow and ice, attempt to open the iced up back garden gate, oik the bin to the front pavement so our heroic bin men can empty it tomorrow....if they can get the lid open, that is! They've got to turn up first, though. Wonder if they will?
What to do about mega iced up lid, which is clamped SHUT? Do I spray the lid seal with de-icer or what?
Will take me a while to don my Arctic gear! lol
Might be a while....adios. x
What to do about mega iced up lid, which is clamped SHUT? Do I spray the lid seal with de-icer or what?
Will take me a while to don my Arctic gear! lol
Might be a while....adios. x
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Inspector Gadget
Yes, more of the white stuff today. Our brave Tesco people delivered our order. lol.. We have our Snowed In supplies. lol
Actually, it's quite nice just staying in and pootling about.
I rang my Mum, who is 82 and lives 70 miles away, just checking she's ok with all this cold weather and stuff. She feeds the birds. There's a tree outside her first floor flat and all manner of creatures congregate there. You name it, they are there. There is an ongoing squabble between a pair of magpies and a grey squirrel. All over food, of course. Robins feed off Mum's hand, woodpecker lives in the tree, pigeons and doves are about, thrushes, etc..... Anyway, Mum has her top opening window open slightly. She hates it being too warm and likes her fresh air. Her cat, Jimmy, can't get out of it...being too fat! lol. Anyway, she tells me that she has a new resident. A little bluetit. It must have gotten in through the window gap and had taken up residence in one of her plants that she keeps on the windowsill! Don't blame it, given the weather outside. The mog was barred from the living room and locked in the bedroom. He was not happy. lol Poor little bluetit. Must have been desperate to get away from the cold. Well, he flew off again, after a warm up, rest and nibble of food. Hope the little fella is ok. Can you believe that one of the residents at her place complained that she feeds the birds?
May have sorted out the camera. Junior, it turned out, was holding the box (and all the instructions) hostage in her bedroom, for some reason. lol I mentioned, again, that I couldn't find the box and she tells me 'Oh yes, it's in my room with all the Christmas pressie bags that we got'. Arghhh... Anyway, here are gratuitous photos of the white stuff.
Henry and Tinks looking out at all this white stuff.
Henry and Bart doing the same. My finger is the shadow on top. lol
Have you seen all THAT? !!!
This was early this morning. Much, much worse later in the day
Junior
A young Junior. She'd been mucking about with the special effects. The kids spent hours on this.
Doing the Rezza recipe tomorrow AND I have a new gadget! Yay. Gadgets help me out. Rickety joints need help, especially mine! lol
We've had the heating on all day and I'm still not warm. Hot water bottles are awol....I suspect they are in a certain teenager's bedroom, under some pile of whatever! sigh... Why do I think this? I did a 'raid' earlier today and rescued half our mugs, glasses and dishes!
Actually, it's quite nice just staying in and pootling about.
I rang my Mum, who is 82 and lives 70 miles away, just checking she's ok with all this cold weather and stuff. She feeds the birds. There's a tree outside her first floor flat and all manner of creatures congregate there. You name it, they are there. There is an ongoing squabble between a pair of magpies and a grey squirrel. All over food, of course. Robins feed off Mum's hand, woodpecker lives in the tree, pigeons and doves are about, thrushes, etc..... Anyway, Mum has her top opening window open slightly. She hates it being too warm and likes her fresh air. Her cat, Jimmy, can't get out of it...being too fat! lol. Anyway, she tells me that she has a new resident. A little bluetit. It must have gotten in through the window gap and had taken up residence in one of her plants that she keeps on the windowsill! Don't blame it, given the weather outside. The mog was barred from the living room and locked in the bedroom. He was not happy. lol Poor little bluetit. Must have been desperate to get away from the cold. Well, he flew off again, after a warm up, rest and nibble of food. Hope the little fella is ok. Can you believe that one of the residents at her place complained that she feeds the birds?
May have sorted out the camera. Junior, it turned out, was holding the box (and all the instructions) hostage in her bedroom, for some reason. lol I mentioned, again, that I couldn't find the box and she tells me 'Oh yes, it's in my room with all the Christmas pressie bags that we got'. Arghhh... Anyway, here are gratuitous photos of the white stuff.
Henry and Tinks looking out at all this white stuff.
Have you seen all THAT? !!!
We've had the heating on all day and I'm still not warm. Hot water bottles are awol....I suspect they are in a certain teenager's bedroom, under some pile of whatever! sigh... Why do I think this? I did a 'raid' earlier today and rescued half our mugs, glasses and dishes!
Friday, 18 January 2013
Oh No....Not More!
The white stuff is still falling. 20cm is on its way, apparently. Our garden room/lean-to is like a freezer! lol Pity it's where I keep the cat litters! lol The mogs don't hang about in there in this weather.
We have hedges at either side of the garden. It's long (the garden) and the hedges are high. You see, I haven't trimmed them this year...mostly because rheumatoid arthritis renders me useless nowadays in the DIY dept..... but the birds have been nesting in one of them.. a privet hedge. You're not allowed to trim hedges during certain times if birds are nesting in them...big fat fine if you get caught....so I haven't!.... Glad I haven't gotten the old strimmer out, given the weather. Poor little mites need all the help they can get. The mogs are mighty frustrated, though...sitting in the cat run...on their viewing shelves......behind the wiring.....so near and yet so far. You can almost hear the Tweety and Sylvester type conversations going on. lol
Did anyone hear me scream the other day?
Was cleaning out the cat litters when I, obviously, accidentally dropped a WHOLE bag of Tesco Value cat litter on my poorly, arthritic foot....which has an ingrowing, arthritic nail on the end of the big toe! Google arthritic toe and I bet you go 'Yuk' at the image. Anyway....yikes...brought tears to my eyes. Yes, I cried....more out of frustration. Even with bloody rheeumatoid arhritis, I hopped around that garden room like an Olympic gymnast! Junior was in the kitchen, at the front of the house...oblivious to Mummy's screams. lol. I eventually hobbled in and, bottom lip quivering, said 'I could've died in there and you would never have known'. Aye, tad dramatic, but you see how you feel with 10 litres of gravel flattening your foot from a great height. Funnily enough, it seems to have cured the pain in my ankle. Just got one foot bigger than the other now.
Gratuitous piccies.
A young Junior
Olive...kipping. No guesses for who tucked her in. lol
Still trying to sort out the camera. Not enough hours in the day for all this techy malarky.
We did a Tesco on-line delivery order today. First time. Saves petrol and impulse spending. Got £12 off my first order. Woooo... We ordered what we need..supplies for the great Snow In! lol Have a Rezza recipe that I want to try. Spicy polenta and vegetables, so I ordered the ingredients. Rezza Mahammed is the author of Spice King of India. He comes over as such a nice chap and I like him. He has a nice, decent gentleness about him. I hate bolshy chefs. Such a turn off. Son No 1 got me his book for Crimble, so I am going to work my way through it...the veggie bits, that is.
Going to bed now...to defrost! The mogs and Cilla dog are up there already. Bed warming! lol
We have hedges at either side of the garden. It's long (the garden) and the hedges are high. You see, I haven't trimmed them this year...mostly because rheumatoid arthritis renders me useless nowadays in the DIY dept..... but the birds have been nesting in one of them.. a privet hedge. You're not allowed to trim hedges during certain times if birds are nesting in them...big fat fine if you get caught....so I haven't!.... Glad I haven't gotten the old strimmer out, given the weather. Poor little mites need all the help they can get. The mogs are mighty frustrated, though...sitting in the cat run...on their viewing shelves......behind the wiring.....so near and yet so far. You can almost hear the Tweety and Sylvester type conversations going on. lol
Did anyone hear me scream the other day?
Was cleaning out the cat litters when I, obviously, accidentally dropped a WHOLE bag of Tesco Value cat litter on my poorly, arthritic foot....which has an ingrowing, arthritic nail on the end of the big toe! Google arthritic toe and I bet you go 'Yuk' at the image. Anyway....yikes...brought tears to my eyes. Yes, I cried....more out of frustration. Even with bloody rheeumatoid arhritis, I hopped around that garden room like an Olympic gymnast! Junior was in the kitchen, at the front of the house...oblivious to Mummy's screams. lol. I eventually hobbled in and, bottom lip quivering, said 'I could've died in there and you would never have known'. Aye, tad dramatic, but you see how you feel with 10 litres of gravel flattening your foot from a great height. Funnily enough, it seems to have cured the pain in my ankle. Just got one foot bigger than the other now.
Gratuitous piccies.
A young Junior
We did a Tesco on-line delivery order today. First time. Saves petrol and impulse spending. Got £12 off my first order. Woooo... We ordered what we need..supplies for the great Snow In! lol Have a Rezza recipe that I want to try. Spicy polenta and vegetables, so I ordered the ingredients. Rezza Mahammed is the author of Spice King of India. He comes over as such a nice chap and I like him. He has a nice, decent gentleness about him. I hate bolshy chefs. Such a turn off. Son No 1 got me his book for Crimble, so I am going to work my way through it...the veggie bits, that is.
Going to bed now...to defrost! The mogs and Cilla dog are up there already. Bed warming! lol
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Yuk
It seems that horsemeat has found its way into some of the burgers that can be bought nowadays in our supermarket frozen sections. Bloody hell! Glad I don't desire them. Yukkety yuk.
What else in the dodgy dept will get into our food? Worrying.
What else in the dodgy dept will get into our food? Worrying.
Monday, 14 January 2013
The White Stuff
We have snow. Tons of it!!
Apparently, we are in for a 'big freeze' week. Joy! I am glad that I work from home. Listening to my neighbours scraping away these last couple of mornings.....I feel sorry for them....then I snuggle back under the duvet with BIG cup of Earl Grey, specs on and internet tablet at hand!
Wouldn't it be lovely if we could share our weather out...globally..so those in need of water get it, those who need warmth, etc....
We recycle LOADS. Ought to have my face on the entrance at the old recycling place...we must be their best customers. Junior gets fed up of it all and a tad lazy. Recycling stuff ends up in normal bin bag. Noooooo....... Keep telling her it's all for her and her offspring. Don't want them to inherit such a polluted planet, do you? I get the 'Hmphhh'.
Gotta get to grips with my new camera. About time I put some piccies up here. It's boring without photos.
Am working on it...once I find the box that holds the instructions. My house is full of boxes, lately. Doesn't help when Junior 'tidies' and then swears blind that she hasn't touched said box! Sigh...
Apparently, we are in for a 'big freeze' week. Joy! I am glad that I work from home. Listening to my neighbours scraping away these last couple of mornings.....I feel sorry for them....then I snuggle back under the duvet with BIG cup of Earl Grey, specs on and internet tablet at hand!
Wouldn't it be lovely if we could share our weather out...globally..so those in need of water get it, those who need warmth, etc....
We recycle LOADS. Ought to have my face on the entrance at the old recycling place...we must be their best customers. Junior gets fed up of it all and a tad lazy. Recycling stuff ends up in normal bin bag. Noooooo....... Keep telling her it's all for her and her offspring. Don't want them to inherit such a polluted planet, do you? I get the 'Hmphhh'.
Gotta get to grips with my new camera. About time I put some piccies up here. It's boring without photos.
Am working on it...once I find the box that holds the instructions. My house is full of boxes, lately. Doesn't help when Junior 'tidies' and then swears blind that she hasn't touched said box! Sigh...
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