Bling..

Little Bobby seems to be a bit under the weather at the moment, very quiet, but eating ok.
Bought a pair of cognac diamond earrings from QVC the other day, and they arrived yesterday. Quite pretty but small, and not as sparkly as I had hoped. VT said this morning was I happy with them so I knew they didn't look right. Therefore they went back. You win some you lose some!
We took my money off to Sainsbury's this morning, and it was really quiet. Must be the big holiday week , there were very few kids about.
Got the usual weekend things,and things for a curry on Saturday night.
VT has rung up Dobbies and got his reward vouchers to be sent, and is trying to ring Formby Hardware to see if they have Cafetiere refills.
I had a break day yesterday..
First knocked the Cafetiere and broke the glass inner, Then was getting glasses out of the cupboard and separating them and one of them broke!! Earlier in the week I picked up the pepper ball and that snapped so we had to replace that. What a week for breaking things!
Tonight we are having:
Butternut Squash lasagne (left from my birthday meal)
Carrotss sliced with onion seeds.

Mixed

This is Jane and me in the lounge of her house in Manchester. We went there before we went for our meal at Greens.
Weather that is. Very cold and blowy when we woke up, and rained this morning, but as the morning progressed it cleared up. At last I was able to do the brasses at the front without getting wet.
The paper today was full of pictures of soggy holidays. One picture of swans sailing round two tents on a campsite.. others of people with umbrellas everywhere.
Sheme if you are on holiday..no fun on a beach.
We stayed in today mainly because of the weather. I did the bathroom out this morning and VT went to the garden centre to get a plant pot for some lavender plants that arrived this morning. Lovely little plants that should thrive.
Baths this afternoon with the candles and a good read and a square of chocolate. Treat.
Tonight we are having:
Small baby potatoes baked with salt and rosemary.
Garlic Kievs,
Mixed vegetables left in the fridge..beans broccoli carrots etc.

This was taken in the last spell of warm weather..back in june.
Today it is cold and wet and I am back in my sweatshirt.If this was September instead of July we would have the heating on!¬
Jane has just rung up and said that she has come out of tesco's and it is absolutely p*****g down, like the tropical storms you get in Florida. It isn't raining here but it is cold.
VT came up this morning with the coffee and said he had been watching a family being interviewed in Barry Island and they were all huddled together and it was pouring down. The interviewer asked them what they were going to do and they said go bowling . Shame really. You pay top prices for a holiday in the summer and the weather ruins it. At least when you go to Florida you get the sun and fun.
We went to Tescaw this morning primarily to get a pepper ball. I broke our other one last night. VT is going to send that one back with a complaint letter. See what happens.
Tonight we are having:
Quorn fillets in watercress sauce,
Rice 1/2 a packet each,
Stir fry vegetables.

T-Shirts and Sweatshirts...

It's that sort of weather today. I started the day in a t-shirt, and by the afternoon had changed to a sweatshirt again. VT was looking at the paper and found it was the same temperature at the moment as Perth Australia..and it is their winter!!
We decided to stay in today and do things around the house. I did a load of ironing this morning and VT cleared the front room out. Washed lightshades, and decorative plates. I wanted to do the brasses at the front but it has showered with rain all morning so no point really. We need to de-clutter a bit as they say. We have a load of knick knacks that need going through and taking to the charity shops. There was for instance a very large planter in the front room that we originally had a big coconut palm in and that died long ago. The planter has remained not doing anything since. Time it went.
It is actually really quite cold today, and I am watching QVC on and off since it is their summer sale.Full of summer tops that at the moment are too cold to wear. You need lighter sweatshirts and cardigans.
Tonight we are having:
Vegetable Moussaka from M&S on special offer,
Caesar vegetables 1/2 price from M&S
So, it is a M&S tea tonight.
Maybe a bit of garlic bread if we have any.
OR
Might have Quorn fillets in a watercress sauce with rice and caesar vegetables,
OR
Miaght have meatballs in goulash sauce with
rice and Caesar vegetables.
Will ask VT what he fancies tonight.

Photos and M&S

This is VT in his Sunday pizza mode. Yesterday he made a scrumptious Spinach Ricotta and Pine nut one that we finished off for lunch today. Very tasty indeed and out of our little pizza book. That has turned out to be wll worth the money.
Went out today to get our usual Monday veggies, but went via Aintree ASDA first. VT went in to get the photos he had done n Saturday, 50 free prints with a voucher from the opaper. Worth £7.50. He came out with said photos and two bags of bread mix on offer for £1.
I waited in the car, then we went off up the road to M&S. It is reasonably new and on the B&Q site. made that park extremely busy, there is now a big Boots, a big Next and the M&S all in a row. The M&S is a very good one actually with all of the k own departments if some are a little smaller. There was supposed to be a sale but I didn't see much.
Anyway we had a nice cup of filter coffee in their cafe upstairs, then a bit of a look around but didn't get anything to buy either of us.
Went down to get the shopping in the food dept which is a good one and quite quiet. I bought lots of different veggies, and other bits and pieces, and we were home in time for lunch.
Tonight we are having:
Quorn escalopes or Garlic kievs,
Baby potatoes, Mixed vegetables, beans and carrots or broccoli.
Mushrooms in a bit of sauce.

July Lovely Summer Weather..

The back of our house does not look like this today. It is cloudy, grey and cold!
What summer weather..as I type this the woman next door is sat in their cinservatory on their new seats, reading a book with a wooly throw round her!! What's that all about as they say.
VT went to Maghull this morning and had to use his umbrella and I had to change from my thin top to a sweatshirt again.
Pity anyone who is on holiday here especially a beach holiday.
VT went down for the Sunday papers this morning and said the ginger cat from next door who gets nmore food from us than them...followed him the whole way miaowing.
Both our cats are curled up in little furry balls wise animals.
The crosswords were not too bad today, VT left me to do the MOS one while he watched a programme on pqasspport controls in New Zealand. I do have to say they are a lot tougher on peiople than we are, if they don't want someone they send them home on the next flight here they keep them for years that is if they don'e lose them!!
Tonight we are having:
Spinach Pine nut and Ricotta pizza ( from the pizza book)
Salad with egg and potato cucumber and avocado.
Potato salad and rice salad.

Washday Blues..

This is the back of the house which at the moment is in full sunshine, and looks lovely with the plants in full bloom.
Not really these days. It wasn't raining, and we have the modern technology such as the washing machine, and tumble dryer. I bought a new set of bedding a while ago from QVC which is 300 thread count cotton and is very luxurious, but it does crease so needs a flick over with the iron. Not really used to doing that these days, but it is worth it because the bed feels lovely. The pillows are gorgeous too. We managed to hang the washing out too which was good because for a time it did look cloudy, but as I type this the sun is shining brightly through the windows. A good night's sleep in the offing tonight.
VT went to ASDA in Aintree this morning to get his prints done. He couldn't get them done in Southport, but the card worked perfectly today in the Aintree shop. They are to be collected on Monday.Maybe we could get the prints then go on to M&S to get our veggies for the week.
He posted my letter to Joh and Ann in Australia yesterday with some prints of the photos we have had on the camera. A selection of them, his pizza, some of the cats at christmas, and some of Jane and us. They should get those in a few days, they seem to get there quicker than we get things here!
Tonight we are having:
Chinese Spring Rolls,
Stir fry vegetables,
Egg fried rice,
Sauce probably plum and ginger.