Easter Extravaganza...

Well not really. We had a normal weekend with our usual evening meals. Since we don't have a family there really isn't any need for a big Sunday Lunch. We don't have Sunday Lunches at the best of times, the only day that we do have a proper lunch is Christmas Day. Saturday was quite nice but cool, although Vin didn't light the fire till lateron. Next doors have obviously bought a new barbecuse because they were out cooking stuff on Saturday..we got a brief smell of sausages coming over the wall later on. Hope we aint going to have a long hot summer of barbecues coming up HaHa.
Sunday was ok actually, Vin went to crosby, and he said there was nothing open except the Martin's newsagent, and the Costa Coffee shop..wonder if he went in for a quick one??
Crosswords in the afternoon, which weren't too bad, although Vin's one was a Jumbo oneit wasn't too difficult.
Today Easter Mondy is wet and rainy..little Rusty who jumps on our bed very early came in quite wet. Vin said she was soggy!! but he left her. She will balance on your hip and stay there quite a while till you move a bit, then she either jumps off to return a bit later, or she jumps over to Vin and goes on his hip. I wonder if she thinks she is guarding us? We watched the britain's Got Talent auditions yesterday afternoon while we were doing the crosswords, and there was an amazing little dog on it called Pudsey. Absolutely terrific, even got Simon Cowell on his feet. Wouldn't be surprised if it isn't inb the final this year.
Last night we had:
Pizza with tomato sauce, mushrooms courgette andpineapple
Egg and potato salad with avocado
Wild rice salad for Vin and potato salad for moi.
Tonight we are having:
Lemon and black pepper escalope
bread sauce and cranberry sauce
baby baked potatoes
Chanterey carrots and green beans.

Good Friday!

Bank Holiday, and dawned sunny but coolish, but by tghetime I am typing this it is raining. We went off to get our weekend things and only went to Formby because we were late getting up, and we didn't fancy going anywhere too far. Waitrose is only around ten minutes away and we can get back for Vin's coffee.
Naughty little Rusty keeps jumping on my knee while i am trying to type thisn and it is very difficult typing round a cat's legs.Then she decided she would jump up on the printer and sat looking at me over the top of the computer..What a Minx! She is now on the bed in front of the big basket that bobby is all curled up in. Aaaah!
So, we whizzed round waitrose, and got our things, easy parking too, I thought it would be busy today.Did buy some Hot cross Buns as a sort of nod to Easter, which look quite nice, but no big Easter lunch in this house on Sunday.I wonder just how much the Easter Eggs will be reduced by next week?
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from waitrose
baked tomatoes to go with
Rice puddings from Waitrose too..Vin's favourite.

fEELS lIKE a fRIDAY...

Funny how what you do determines what day it is in your mind. Today dawned bright and sunny, so we decided to go to ASDA to get the things that Jane wanted.As a result it now definitely feels like a Friday now. We had a really good look round the ASDA store, and got her paper that she uses, Cherry Coke, and lots of other things that she said she wanted. It was odd going round because we had to not think about what we usually get for the weekend.Vin went off to get a student card from the customer services desk. This is a god system where you get two cards, one that you put money on and the other that the student or daughter in our case can keep and use for shoppingin their ASDA.So we put £50 on that which should keep her going for a bit when she gets home. All she needs to do is make sure she doesn't lose the card. I said I'd go and look at the Quornstuff, which I did, then i decidd to go back to where he was to find him,, but we must have crossed and he found me a bit later. Typically, he was a bit cross about that..with a "Where were you going" sort of manner.Typical...has to be my fault! So I let him!!
Went out to the car in bright sunshine, gorgeous day. It was a bit too early for our coffee so we made our way to Dobbies because Vin wanted to get some more logs from there. We have bought their logs all Winter and they have been terrific, burn beautifully, and don't spit..kiln dried hard wood.


Rusty is a lot better over the last few days. We have been watching the "Street cat Called Bob" who seems to be doing the rounds of sites promoting the book. i downloaded a sample of the book on to my Kindle and Vin has read it, says it is quite good. It's a gorgeous cat, just sits on the couch looking so placid , sits up for a biscuit, and does a high five too. very intelligent cat that one.
Lovely cup of coffee at Dobbies sitting in the car in the sunshine. Very pleasant.
Tonight we are having:
leek and cheese escalope
Mixed vegetables
Hollandaise sauce
Little baked potatoes.

Brrrr...

Well it's cold today. Quite a lot of snow around especially up in Scotland. Vin said one weather man was saying this morning..think January day and you'll be about right. Someone on the Delia site that I go onto had posted a picture of snow about three feet deep in their back garden yesterday and her two little kids standing in snowsuits in the middle of it. She said it seems hard to believe that they were having a picnic in the garden this time last week! Tornados in texas..what a weird world.
Jane rang up before to say she had been to the pain clinic for her follow up appointment today and got on fine. she was going to tescos to get some bits and bobsthen home to do her washing!
We were going to go out to ASDA this morning but we got up too late so didn't bother, stopped in instead and did bits and bobs, at least it was warmer. we shall have to get up earlier tomorrow!
Lovely item on the television this morning about a man and his cat. he has a book out called a "A Street cat called Bob" and the cat was in the studio, sitting beside him as good as gold and doing high fives to him. Gorgeous ginger cat. had a look at the book on Amazon but it is in hardback so a bit expensive yet, but read a bit of it and it looks really good. I'll wait till it gets cheaper.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a green bean and asparagus sauce
A bit of garlic bread

Snow in the Highlands!

Strange old country isn't it. last week we were warm and in our lighter clothes, this week we are back with fires and warmer layers. When he brought up the coffee this morning, Vin said he had been watchibng a bit of the news and weather. There was a lady reporter up in Scotland who was standing ovverlooking a motorway, all wrapped up, and snow covering her face..she was saying that last week she was on the beach in Aberdeen eating an ice cream..Weird. it rained here this morning, but the pots in the garden can do with that, Vin said they are very dry, and as I type this it is sunny, but cold. Vin has been out to wash the back window which a bird had used for target practice, and he said it was really cold. Doesn't look it though.
Stopped in today, and this morning we cleared ut the freezer, since the bins are due tomorrow so a good chance to get rid of stuff. Surprising how much there is to clear out actually, bits left from Christmas, and lots of bits of bread, that gets put in there and not used. The birds will like that.Wanted to clear it out a bit before Jane comes home so we can put some stuff in for her. She has just rung up actually, and given me some ideas of what she wants..so we will have some shopping to do. A few things that we don't normally buy, like strong cheddar cheese, we don't get a lot of cheese any more. While we were talking on the phone there were a lot of sirens in the background..she said it looked like a bad smash, and she could see two cars badly bashed up. trouble for someone there.


Little Rusty is more settled today, and much better in herself. She definitely wasn't herself yesterday, but she is a lot better today, thank goodness.
Tonight we are having:
Quorn cornish pasties from our cleared out freezer
Mushroom gravy
Carrots peas and beans.

Decidedly Cooler!

Definitely cooler today, I had my thicker coat on to go out in, have been wearing my thinner one, but Vin said it was deceptively cool today. Went out to crosby this morning to get the things for the week, veggies and stuff mainly. had our free half hour in Sainsbury's which tends to make you hurry round a bit, but there is enough time to get everything. We had one of those checkout girls who was in a hurry to get rid of us though, and threw everything down the conveyor belt before we had time to get the bags ready!! can't be doing with those types..I like to get them packed properly and not be hurried. I think she was on a go fast programme.
back in time for coffee which pleases Vin, and the boring post had arrived. We never seem to get anything interesting these days, you certainly don't get letters any more, those days have gone. All we seem to get is building society things and bank statements. I'm still waiting for one of my many competitions to come up..Dream On...


little Rusty is a bit under the weather at the moment, she was sick again this morning, and is quite quiet at present. Vin will keep an eye on her, and hope it's one of those short term things.

Thinking about letters..haven't heard from John and Ann for a bit...
Tonight we are having:
lemon and black pepper escalope
bread sauce and cranberry sauce
Little baked potatoes
Mixed vegetables.

Hares and Rabbits...and April Fools Day!

1st of April already, doesn't the time go quickly,doesn't seem that long since Christmas, and here we are another school holiday.
No Dancing on Ice to watch today, so back in the routine of doing this at the normal time. Vin is presently sitting outside drinking his cup of tea, he is welcome, it's too cold for moi.It will need to warm up a lot before i get out there.
Jane rang up this afternoon on her way to work, she is putting things on a list for us to get her before she comes home! Cherry Coke from ASDA... cheap paper from Tesco, and Vin has to look out for wiper blades for her car. She said she is thinking of other things too!! HaHa..
He went out to crosby this morning to get some stuff that he wants, at least he was early today. Yesterday he went to maghull, but was very late going because Rusty had us up..well Vin up at some ungodly hour chucking up in the bedroom..fortunately on the carpet..which is cleanable. Does break the sleep though, so we were up late as a result. never mind..poor little Rusty can't help it.
I finished my first kindle book on friday..really enjoyed that too. Quite miss it at the moment. vin is now reading his broadmoor book which he says is interesting. that was a free book. I have ordered another 10th Anniversary, by james Patterson and will read that when he has finished his.
It's a great thing, and I'm glad I bought it.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with Pesto and mushrooms, pineapple and courgette
Egg and Potato salad with avocado
Potato salad for moi and coronation rice salad for Vin.