The weather is back - rain and wind and gloom, gloom, gloom. I feel a bit like the weather myself, having had very little sleep. One of the effects of the Fast days is that I am extra alert and buzzing when I don't wish to be, and am wide-awake all night. Well, in this …
Still still
The weather remains still and calm. We remain frustrated that we did not go away with Brunhilde. C'est la vie. Fast Day today and lunch is coming from a packet - just pasta with a Tesco ready-made sauce, and a humongous salad to make up the 500. I'm not feeling too guilty. I'll be spending …
Still Quiet
There is little happening today. The weather remains beautiful. I planned to bake onion bread today ready to make Melba Toast on Wednesday. Mr L has taken over the kitchen however and is stripping what remains of the cork tile flooring. So I have been sitting here with my Thrummed Sock, making some kind of …
The Quiet Life
Things continue in a subdued vein here. We like to take our pleasures quietly... I blogged some knitting notes over at Sanday Spinners: the completion of Mr L's socks and the start of a new pair, and also some yarn purchases and my plans for the yarn. The new socks are to be done quickly, …
Two Little Piggies
Well, yesterday I was just a wee bit peeved. Having elected not to go to town due to the weather forecast, the weather turned out not at all as expected. In fact, we had the best day's weather that we have had in weeks! We might easily have gone to town but as we were …
Best Laid
Today's Plan was to make sausage rolls for this afternoon's Spinning Group meeting. In turn this made Yesterday's Plan the pre-making of the Puff Pastry. Unfortunately, I had forgotten that the Fitness Kick currently in operation means that I have stopped buying fats. I had no lard and insufficient butter with which to make a …