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Helen The Melon wrote: "Of course not, always happy to share. I hope your Dad enjoyed his version. It was homemade carrot soup for me today (& probably tomorrow too).Isabella - there is never ever any leftover cauliflower cheese. I can't believe such a thing ever happens!!"
Dad unfortunately seems to have lost all sense of any taste these days. And I know this to be a fact because he has never had much of a sweet tooth but now he will happily drink a small carton of Nualtra Altrajuice.
I taste tested a little bit of one the other day out of curiosity and was surprised at just how utterly revolting they are as they are made almost completely of thick gloopy Glucose Syrup. He does still love seeing his meals nicely presented though and likes to be told what all of the ingredients are. He said his version of Cauliflower Soup went down very well which can be interpreted as being high praise from him.
I've never heard of leftover Cauliflower Cheese either! ... LOL!!! ;o>
Anita wrote: "I laughed out loud when I read that pixie pats your leg and you think it may be to find what part is the plum pest and most tender.😄"Pixie seems to be really blossoming as a character now. She has always expressed affection on her own terms but the last two weeks she has started climbing onto my lap for several seconds of a cuddle, having fun playing ball games with me, and bringing me her beloved Lion kicker toy to keep safe for her while she takes a nap.
Each day I see signs of her, slowly but surely, opening up ... finally letting go of just being a very scared but independent survivor and transforming into the most adorable little Kitten she always should have been.
It is so touching and deeply humbling to have her choose to come to me in her quiet moments and snuggle up by my side to have a blissful sleep in the afternoons ;o>
Frustrated yet again. I lost my David Coverdale t-shirt over a week and a half ago and still haven't found it. Got to be in either my own house or Mum's but for the life of me I don't know where, being I've searched everywhere I can think of. That'll teach me to leave things lying at my arse. 😠😠😠
Things do evaporate into the ether! In the last fortnight G has lost his prescription reading glasses and his wedding ring. We’ve searched and searched … Hope you find your T-shirt, cColette
I hope G finds his wedding ring especially, Isabella.
Its a total pain when you lose something like that especially, Isabella. I can replace my t-shirt (I'll just be 30 quid out of pocket). 😐Looking forward to a nice relaxing day. Couple of beers in the afternoon, and my wine and a film tonight (if Snowdrop doesn't wake D up during it).
Years ago, Mum lost a ring and we spent fruitless ages searching. It finally came to light when she had a new carpet in her bedroom. It had gone right under the dressing table and got caught up in the pile which was longer where it wasn’t trodden down. We don’t have carpet just a few rugs, so that’s not an option!
Did G definitely lose his ring and glasses in the house, as supposed to outside, Isabella? I'm assuming you've checked in clothes pockets, down the sides of and under the sofa, under the bed, in drawers, etc? Ebony managed to get her paws on D's gold lion head ring years ago. I think we eventually found it under the living room couch. My motto with missing things used to be "it'll turn up eventually". But after T-shirt Gate I'm not so sure anymore. Good luck.
Not sure where, he just noticed it wasn’t on his finger, it’s all the weight he’s lost. So we just keep looking, inside and out and asking. It may turn up, who knows? 🤞
Practicing my doublethink and supporting the current thing.
Tonight's plans...a bottle of Malbec and some X-Files.
I watched Xfiles this week Collete ,the toombs episodes which are my favourite.
He's a creepy fella, Anita. I think I'm coming to the end of Season 1. I would watch a film tonight, but Snowdrop's bound to wake Daddy up halfway through, so it'll probably be X-Files for me later along with the usual bottle of wine.I do wish ITVX would get Supernatural back soon though. I'm having mega withdrawals from my beautiful Jared and Jensen.
Tonight's plans...do a Shein order, then it's the usual bottle of ed and either Zomboat or The X-Files.8 weeks have gone by now and I still cannot find my David Coverdale t-shirt. Think I'm gonna have to start making up Missing posters.
Collette wrote: "Tonight's plans...do a Shein order, then it's the usual bottle of ed and either Zomboat or The X-Files.8 weeks have gone by now and I still cannot find my David Coverdale t-shirt. Think I'm gonna..."
No sign of G’s ring either, Collette. 🙁 We’re still not drinking as G is dieting. On the plus side, he’s lost three stones so it feels like less of a sacrifice (and we do get one proper g&t a week). Cheers!
One day I'm gonna say something different, but tonight's plan (Snowdrop permitting) is a bottle of red and a horror film. 🍷👻
And we will all know there has been a rent in the space time continuum. Long may you enjoy your Saturday nights' pleasures Collette.
As they say, "If it ain't broke ... "
I hope Collette's favorite David Coverdale t-shirt and G's prescription reading glasses and wedding ring finally turned up?Well, Autumn is well and truly here, isn't it. The leaves have persisted in mostly staying shades of green here until this last week but are now very slowly but surely turning into their usual stunning array of fire colours.
The crop from the Tomatoes and Tomtatoes ended a little early this year but the Apple trees are still heavily weighed down with thousands of massive Apples and we are currently waiting on a couple of volunteers from the local Food Bank to come in the next few days to help themselves to as many as they can pick and take away.
Meanwhile the back garden remains frequently swamped by each downfall of rain and most of the flower beds have remained submerged since the first of the heavy rainfalls at the beginning of September and become popular paddling pools for the Squirrels and Birds ;o>
Hey Suzy, Afraid not. It's still bloody MIA. ☹️Nice pics, ha ha.
Same here, Suzy, no trace of either. I wish our squirrels would take up rowing and water skiing instead of digging. The leaves are falling so there's lots of sweeping up going on but they will convert to leaf mould in the bin at the top of the garden, so that's okay. I've just planted a new bed in the top bit of the garden (pic on profile) with ground cover and various bulbs etc. Just hope it all gets established and grows before it all gets washed away. Hope you don't get washed away either, Suzy!
I often wonder if there are tiny holes in our Universe that are invisible to us ... and all the things we lose fall through these holes into the realms of an outer Universe we know nothing about ... a Universe made up of all our odd socks, chewed biros, pound coins, paperclips, car keys ...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I often wonder if there are tiny holes in our Universe that are invisible to us ... and all the things we lose fall through these holes into the realms of an outer Universe we know nothing about ....."I've lost my headphones. I know i had them on Tuesday. I know i was listening to Spotify in Asda. I know i always have them in my pocket. I know these things to be true. Therefore, there is a temporary temporal tiny headphone sucking interdimensional portal in my pocket. Typical.
My trowel has been sucked in as well. It’s the one I used for cleaning up after our neighbour’s cat has visited our gravel at the front. Contrary to advice on the net, cats are not influenced by the size of the stones, as long as it isn’t too heavy for them to scrape a hollow …
Sera69 wrote: "I've lost my headphones. I know i had them on Tuesday. I know i was listening to Spotify in Asda. I know i always have them in my pocket. I know these things to be true. Therefore, there is a temporary temporal tiny headphone sucking interdimensional portal in my pocket. Typical."WoW!!! ... please promise us you will never ever be tempted to turn your pocket inside out to have a really good look at the lining, Sera!
It seems you were incredibly lucky that the entire Supermarket didn't also disappear into the temporal interdimensional portal in your pocket while you were searching for your headphones! ;oO
Isabella wrote: "My trowel has been sucked in as well. It’s the one I used for cleaning up after our neighbour’s cat has visited our gravel at the front. Contrary to advice on the net, cats are not influenced by th..."The 'best' advice I once read was on a Forum and it said that, as Cats are extremely territorial, the only way to try to stop them from pooing in your garden is to mark your own territory! ;oO
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Isabella wrote: "My trowel has been sucked in as well. It’s the one I used for cleaning up after our neighbour’s cat has visited our gravel at the front. Contrary to advice on the net, cats are not..."Think I'll carry on cleaning up ...
Today I shall mostly be ... helping my Mum to have a good clear-out and clean of all the Kitchen Cupboards.Ohhh, be still my beating heart! ... I have such an incredibly exciting life these days that I can hardly even begin to contain my joy and excitement! ... LOL!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Today I shall mostly be ... helping my Mum to have a good clear-out and clean of all the Kitchen Cupboards.Ohhh, be still my beating heart! ... I have such an incredibly exciting life these days ..."
Aah yes, Suzy. The ‘pleasure and fulfilment’ of spending an hour clearing the leaves to return five minutes later and find it all to do again… but I wouldn’t be without the trees. 🌳🌲🍁🍂
Watching election coverage with really no complete clue who will win. Interesting times.
Hoping for The Trumpet, but we will see.
TOOT, TOOT
Also watching 'Everyone Else Burns' on C4.Light, funny entertainment.
Needed sometimes.
Serial wrote: "Watching election coverage with really no complete clue who will win. Interesting times.
Hoping for The Trumpet, but we will see.
TOOT, TOOT"
I am completely bewildered as to why such a huge majority of American people could ever possibly believe that someone that comes across as being as incredibly dangerous and completely deranged as Trump really can 'make America great again'.
He gives me such bad vibes and it genuinely disturbs and terrifies me to see such people coming into any positions of power in any country.
I have tried asking a couple of Americans on Facebook why on Earth they are wanting to vote for him but they don't seem to have any other answer beyond America is somehow 'finished' if Trump does not win. I still don't know why they think and feel like this and would like to know how voting for such an unstable and immoral man is going to change anything at all for the better?
I am guessing that maybe it is all about money somehow but I would love to know why this is happening. I get the distinct feeling that Trump could actually commit a murder in full and open view of all of his voters and STILL manage to get away with it ;o<
Isabella wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Today I shall mostly be ... helping my Mum to have a good clear-out and clean of all the Kitchen Cupboards ..."Found ... one small tin of Treacle (circa 1990s ?) with the 23p price sticker still on it ... I can't really explain why, maybe just for the nostalgia and sentimental reasons, but I gave it a quick wipe and then put it back in the Cupboard again ;o>
Thankfully it’s not all Americans as you say, Suzy. Many of our friends are worried by the result and what it means for them and their country. The rampant self interest on display is unpleasant to say the least. What happened to a nation that has the words on the Statue of Liberty as part of its (apparent) self image? Part of the moral of this is don’t field a woman candidate. I’ve believed for decades that the US would vote in a non white male before any female and they did. I find Trump thoroughly unpleasant, although I accept that I only know his media presence which has to be taken with care but even so… Three times in the last few years I have been taken aback by political results and Trump accounts for two of them. Heaven help us all if people don’t come to their senses soon and start to behave in a kinder, more rational manner. As far as I can tell ‘MAGA’ means make me prosper at the expense of anyone I don’t like or respect and stop them from behaving or believing anything I disagree with.
Still it’s their country, their choice. I hope it doesn’t end in tears.
Isabella wrote: "My trowel has been sucked in as well. It’s the one I used for cleaning up after our neighbour’s cat has visited our gravel at the front. Contrary to advice on the net, cats are not influenced by th..."My dog, Minnie, has a marked preference for taking a dump on gravel/stone driveways which, whenever the stool is not absolutely firm, is a bugger to pick up with a poop bag. She gets her lead yanked sharpish whenever I'm sufficiently alert to the risk.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Serial wrote: "Watching election coverage with really no complete clue who will win. Interesting times.
Hoping for The Trumpet, but we will see.
TOOT, TOOT"
I am completely bewildered as to wh..."
The devout MAGA types seem to genuinely believe that Harris and the Democrats are tantamount to communists. There were some interviewed who recognised the huge personal flaws of the Orange one but that he was the only way to achieve greater personal prosperity and that and stemming irregular migration are worth sacrificing women's rights, Ukraine, potentially NATO etc for. A more successful version of Reform UK in other words. Clacton may just see a fleeting visit by its MP now that's settled......and then again.....
It is so heart-breaking to see and hear the overwhelming escalation of even more raw and angry and devastated emotions coming from so many already deeply depressed and scared friends in Ukraine :o<
Eating Sushi at a new Sushi restaurant. And it was good. With my stomach generously lined, it's off to the Pub for the evening.
Sushi and Guinness. Sure what could go wrong.
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Thing is, the Ukraine war will only end one of three ways.Either Russia annihilates Ukraine, Ukraine annihilates Russia, or there's a negotiated peace.
Russia has proved it can throw men endlessly at the war, and Ukraine already has huge manpower issues.
It seems awful yes, to cede territory to Russia, but without some peace treaty that satisfies neither but can be lived with, thousands more men and civilians will be killed and maimed.
Brass Neck wrote: "Isabella wrote: "My trowel has been sucked in as well. It’s the one I used for cleaning up after our neighbour’s cat has visited our gravel at the front. Contrary to advice on the net, cats are not..."You need to be even more alert, so you can get her shit directly into the bag.
Serial wrote: "Thing is, the Ukraine war will only end one of three ways.Either Russia annihilates Ukraine, Ukraine annihilates Russia, or there's a negotiated peace.
Russia has proved it can throw men endless..."
The problem is that this war is not really about seizing power and territory, Serial. The horrific reality is that Russia is intentionally trying to destroy every single centimetre of Ukraine whether they occupy it or not and to kill every single Ukrainian that doesn't embrace the brutal and bloody enforcement of Russian citizenship. What is really happening is a systematic genocide of the Ukrainian people.
Today I shall mostly be recovering from making a small start on the clear-out of the many things that my Dad has been hoarding for many years in the Shed while making out to Mum that he had taken them to the Tip ... LOL!!! ;o>
Today I shall mostly be trying to recover the already limited use of my hands after spending most of the day very slowly working my way through destroying approx 60 Floppy Disks. This is only just one bag's worth of Floppy Disks and I have an awful feeling there may be even more to be found (tucked away by my Dad) somewhere else in the Shed.I've had to pace myself in-between trying to get other jobs done as both my Thumbs frequently refuse to co-operate and my usual pain levels these days are almost always off the scale before I even attempt to do anything.
I have no idea what, if anything is on these Disks and no way to find out either ... but I do know that my Dad used to love to create Spreadsheets for all of the household finances and bills and to save Files containing all kinds of personal and essential info such as Bank details, birth dates, and security passwords/questions for accounts that might still be relevant.
Not knowing of any other effective way to be sure of completely destroying them before binning them, I've been lifting and bending back the slidey metal part until it comes off and forcibly prising the plastic part open on each one with an old Wallpaper Scraper. Then I've been removing the circle of Plastic Film and cutting it up into pieces with a pair of Scissors before binning all the bits and pieces.
A Facebook friend was laughing at my thoroughness and told me all I needed to do was to pass a Magnet over each Disk and he had no sympathy for all the extra pain I was putting myself through ... but the OCD perfectionist side of me still felt the need to be absolutely sure that none of the Disks will ever be useable again! ... LOL!!! ;o>
The joys and rewards of gardening! I am delighted to announce (drum roll, please!) that I was digging up some alkanet on the top path this morning and an inch or so down, there was G's wedding ring. He must have lost it when we were up there showing s-i-l the new planting in the summer. We looked along there nearly every time we went up and Gez the gardener has had his eyes open but there's been so much rain it must have washed into the soil pretty quickly. There's hope for your t shirt yet, Collette!Hope your hands are better this morning, Suzy.
Isabella wrote: "The joys and rewards of gardening! I am delighted to announce (drum roll, please!) that I was digging up some alkanet on the top path this morning and an inch or so down, there was G's wedding ring..."Oh WOW! ... that's wonderful news, Isabella! ... ;o>
That's brill about G's ring, Isabella. Just his specs to find now.
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I am definitely going to try your cauliflower and coriander soup.The beasties love soup,our go to is butternut squash with a s much veg as I can get into it (and hide from Ted)They love cauliflower cheese so I think cauliflower soup may go down quite well,thankyou for Helens recipe.
Suzy ,I hope things going along ok for your dad.I laughed out loud when I read that pixie pats your leg and you think it may be to find what part is the plum pest and most tender.😄