| 02/02/2017 | |
| Can you believe it's feckin February already FFS!? | |
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I've been
having fun
with my new
camera,
Plenty new
features,
much reading
etc. (If in
doubt RTFM) Yes another Shefali shot ( I like her) What's good about this is, it gets me out of the house and makes me walk around a bit again! I did start walking round the lake every morning, but my legs started playing up, so I had to give that exercise up last year. I still managed to loose about 2 stone in weight though by just counting the calories, and also with the help of my fitness gadgets. (fitness band & scales) Then came Christmas - Fell off the wagon - gained nearly a stone. Yesterday I climbed back on - It's a bumpy ride ! |
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SnuffBox This is a Facebook group - A collaboration of Musicians that I know, and I have invited to take part in a new version of England Dan & John Ford Coley's "Where do I go from here" (also done by the Carpenters & others) This has been delayed somewhat, by me having some new recording equipment which includes Hardware, Software, and even a new Synth. It took me a while to decide which DAW software to use due to various factors, but I think I now have all that sorted? I've also been doing more fiddling on my Roland SPD-SX (Drum Sampler) It's now also a great Juke-Box for me to play my Premier along with as I do intend to guest drum with a band one day (Bucket List)
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| COOKING | |
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Pleased to
see another
of my
recipes
printed in
Take a
break's MFR
again! It does make it worth all the trouble of creating the write up & doing the photo's ! This week I noticed a tub of small mushrooms were at their best by date, so I thought I'd use half for a curry last night, and the other half to make some mushroom paté ! It was more a guessipe than anything, and I used some ingredients that I had at hand, rather than the normal ones used! And yes I'm having the saved half of the curry again tonight ! |
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Rufus is
a tit man This song was the last played on good old BBC4 last night ! It did make me laugh, especially as I've met the tit man Loudon sings about haha!
This is an
older Loudon
Wainwright
Link (as
in the
picture) I missed
the first
half of the
show, but
the artists
I did see I
enjoyed
immensely!
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| T-Shirts | |
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I did say on
my facebook
page, that I
would
explain
about the
t-shirt
posting, so
here goes! Over the last year I have just plonked most of my clothes on two chairs in my Conservatory after they have dried on the clothes dryer rack! On my list of things to do this year was "Tidy The Tory" I did that, and decided to fold up all the towels, & then proceeded with many many t-shirts I also have newer ones on hangers in my wardrobe, so I had forgotten about all the ones on the Conservatory chairs!!!!! |
I folded up
the t-shirts
to make a
neat pile &
thought I'd
better iron
all this
lot! As they have been dumped on the chairs for quite a while, even just wearing them wouldn't make them look much better, (that's what I normally do) So Ironing skills may be the order of the day quite soon!? I'm tidying up my Conservatory in readiness for some bird-watching (Roll On Summer) |
| Comedy | |
| I've been searching for some vehicle documents for me "Black Bitch" and also came across this office circulation which I hope you find amusing. I have had to type it out here, as the photocopy is a bit crap! | |
| STOKE-ON-TRENT EARTHQUAKE APPEAL | |
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An
Earthquake
measuring
5.7 on the
Richter
scale hit
Stoke-on-Trent
last
Wednesday
morning. The
epicentre
was Chell
Heath and
Fegg Hayes. Casualties were seen wandering aimlessly saying "Oh me belongeens ar brock" "worapend" and "ar conner bayleeve eet" The earthquake decimated the area causing in excess of £17.55 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Ibiza, Corfu, Rhyl, and Blackpool were damaged beyond repair. Preserved areas of historic importance were destroyed and cars burned out. Many locals were woken before their Giro's arrived. One resident, Kylie Sharon Smith, a 15 year old mother of four said "It was such a f**ckin shock, little Chardonnay-Destiny came running into my bedroom crying; my hands were shaking that much I could hardly skin-up." The British Red Cross has so far managed to send 4000 crates of Sunny Delight to the area to help with the crisis. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found numerous "Elizabeth Duke" sovereign rings, benefit books and Poundstretcher ornaments. This appeal hopes to raise money for food and clothing parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in the disaster. Clothing is most sought after. Urgently needed are Lacoste tracksuits, white socks, Burberry caps, Beanie hats, and Rockports. Food parcels are also needed. They include McCain oven chips, Aldi Beans, Monster Munch and Iceland pizza. Alcohol is also in short supply, especially White Lightening, Cider, and Special Brew. Cash donations are also needed. 22p buys a signing-on biro, £2.50 buys a Jumbo sausage dinner. £20.00 buys a fake MOT and £16.00 buys 200 Regal from the back of Tomo's lorry. Your help is appreciated. |
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| Baking | |
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Last night
(Wednesday)
as there was
bugger all
on tv I
thought I
would make a
start on the
puff pastry required for something I have never tried before! As have never been one for using ready made pastry, unlike some slacker so called chefs I could mention! haha! I started work in my kitchen even though I knew I would get flour everywhere, including the sticky mess on my fingers if I followed the advice of Mr Hollywood! I have quite a few books on pastry, but I'm taking notes from Paul Hollywoods "Pies & Puds" It does have many pictures to follow! :-) The pastry will be used for "Ham & Olive Empanadillas. A recipe in "The little Tapas book" |
2 hard
boiled eggs 40g chopped stuffed green olives 95g ham finely chopped 30g grated cheddar cheese 3 sheets rolled puff pastry (not ready made) 1 egg yolk lightly beaten
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Preheat
the oven to
hot 220 deg
C |
ENJOY! |
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| Sausage Rolls | |
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