The Cheerfulness Didn't Last, Nom.....

[gness]

Today was a day for a long soak in the bath......washed my hair and lathered on a hydrating mask......face pack on the face.....well obviously ....and settled in the suds with a book....large print as the glasses keep steaming up.....and.....

My electric awning began to go out and in........out and in....like it's needed today.... :-(...and then the power went off.....

Slithered out and looking more like something from the deep than Ursula Andress coming out of the sea, I clambered onto the bonnet of the car to sort the fuse box contraption......
I lost the bath towel on the way......how do they keep them on in films?......
All was well there for a change......stupid place for it to be......half way down the garage!

Back into the bath to shower off the products promising to make me beautiful......but the pop up plug was stuck......back into the garage for a bowl to empty the bath enough to use the shower.....and the doorbell chimed......
Well no way was I answering it now....unless Stephen Fry was on the step......though looking in the mirror I don't think even he would have been welcome....or hung around for that matter....

Luckily the rain stopped and there was plenty of wind to blow dry my hair on the patio.....where I spotted the men in the field up the pole fixing the wires......we waved......

That, NoM is why the wine is open...
And now the sideways rain is back.....the soakaway drain is overflowing....the road is flooded and if the water comes through the dining room ceiling again I may finish the bottle..... :-)

[gness]

Thunder, lightening and hail now......bowl under the hole in the ceiling and bed with the bottle and book I think.... :-(

[shoota]

Lol - time for a holiday....

[gness]

Tomorrow, Shoota...... nice to see you....AB a pain for you I gather.....x

[shoota]

It's being impossible at the moment, this seems to be a temporary respite... Where you going tomorrow?

[gness]

Off to Ireland.....bit of birding in Clare to spot some white tailed sea eagles......Blue Grass festival in Mayo....and one of the family wants to buy a house over there so I shall have a look at what's on offer...in places I like.... ;-)

[shoota]

I had a red kite over my back garden the other day - you should move in with me.

[gness]

Just the one?....Hmmmm you'll have to offer more than that.....I have kites and buzzards all day long........xx

[shoota]

Got some partridge in the freezer....

[gness]

My teeth are too old to deal with the shot..... ;-)

[gness]

And don't dare come back with.....take them out then!!!!

[shoota]

Take them out then....


The shot that is


Of course.

[gness]

Yeah!!!.... ;-)...x

[NoMercy]

My cheerfulness has gone AWOL too.

I wish I could join you in wine :(

[gness]

But you're okay?......Just not cheery?......xxx

[Smowball]

Can I be cheeky and have your soup recipe that you made yesterday NoM? : D (am sure it was you) .

[Smowball]

And hope you're ok??

[NoMercy]

Smow, you need to make a good chicken broth from a carcass and strain. I fried onions, garlic and carrots and then added the stock and broth, brought to the boil and then turned down to a simmer. I added a can of chopped toms, a carton of passata, some tom purée and red pesto, and then a jar of roasted red peppers. When everything was soft enough I blitzed with a hand blender and added seasoning.

Just first trimester fatigue, Gness.

[hereIam]

Probably silly question but are you preggers NoM ?

[NoMercy]

Yes, I'm in the club.

[DTCwordfan]

how many weeks now, NoM?