Feeling a bit tired/ill and so desperately resisting comfort shopping - especially yarn!
Must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn, must not buy yarn...
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Little bear is still poorly, and wonderful child that he is, he has shared his bug with me.
I'm still weighing up the doctor option. He is running a temperature and looking like a ghost, but it is under control with baby nurofen and I think a rest and sleep will sort him. On the cold/flu spectrum it is nearer flu, so I am encouraging liquids, letting him have far more sweeties than normal and being a cuddle cushion. However I am keeping an eye on it, and off to the doctors if it gets worse.
I'm still weighing up the doctor option. He is running a temperature and looking like a ghost, but it is under control with baby nurofen and I think a rest and sleep will sort him. On the cold/flu spectrum it is nearer flu, so I am encouraging liquids, letting him have far more sweeties than normal and being a cuddle cushion. However I am keeping an eye on it, and off to the doctors if it gets worse.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Poorly little bear
I am typing this as my eyes are nearly shutting with tiredness, but I need to get some words out and I am far too tired to write.
Little bear is poorly. It seems like a flu like virus. He was up a few times last night, calling for his mummy. OH was on official night shift, but of course I couldn't stay away. He is hot, and bothered, and I have spent plenty of time being a cushion. He is clinging onto his Ratatouille like a life raft.
Poor little mite. However it does look like nursery tomorrow is out, so that means no counselling which I was actually looking forward to and no brief trip into town. I feel rotten for being selfish, but I was actually looking forward to the time off.
Mind you, today I had nearly three hours ironing while little bear had a good long sleep - and yes, there is still ironing left, sigh. The room looks like something out of Kim and Aggie's nightmares with lots of things with no obvious homes heaped around. I won't be able to do a full sort until little bear is in nursery but I can get nearer, with a bit of luck and a long nap.
He perked up during the evening but I will be keeping a close eye on him.
Little bear is poorly. It seems like a flu like virus. He was up a few times last night, calling for his mummy. OH was on official night shift, but of course I couldn't stay away. He is hot, and bothered, and I have spent plenty of time being a cushion. He is clinging onto his Ratatouille like a life raft.
Poor little mite. However it does look like nursery tomorrow is out, so that means no counselling which I was actually looking forward to and no brief trip into town. I feel rotten for being selfish, but I was actually looking forward to the time off.
Mind you, today I had nearly three hours ironing while little bear had a good long sleep - and yes, there is still ironing left, sigh. The room looks like something out of Kim and Aggie's nightmares with lots of things with no obvious homes heaped around. I won't be able to do a full sort until little bear is in nursery but I can get nearer, with a bit of luck and a long nap.
He perked up during the evening but I will be keeping a close eye on him.
Darling Father works too hard
Darling father has felt the need to Do Things, so yesterday he cleaned out the Dragons Den (the cupboard under the front steps where the dragon is supposed to live) and today he painted it.
And he was so exhausted that he barely had the strength to watch the Liverpool game. He was looking at his watch at 7.30 tonight, to see if it was nearly bedtime. I am a bit worried, because I have not yet found any way of getting him to slow down, darn it, but as a nearly octogenarian he can't do what he did a few years ago.
I am really grateful for all he has done, but I worry. And I can't always get to things before he does, to save him a job, as little bear has need of me, and besides, darling father likes to be Doing.
He has even been going easy on the whisky!
And he was so exhausted that he barely had the strength to watch the Liverpool game. He was looking at his watch at 7.30 tonight, to see if it was nearly bedtime. I am a bit worried, because I have not yet found any way of getting him to slow down, darn it, but as a nearly octogenarian he can't do what he did a few years ago.
I am really grateful for all he has done, but I worry. And I can't always get to things before he does, to save him a job, as little bear has need of me, and besides, darling father likes to be Doing.
He has even been going easy on the whisky!
Frugal fail
I bought a bacon joint from Mr S for £3.99. I then put it in the slow cooker and cooked it all day with just a bouquet garni and some peppercorns. It was only a small joint, it wasn't even on offer, but the meat comes out beautiful and tender and not too salty.
Fail number one - I tipped the liquid down the drain. I hated doing it, but there is no room in the freezer for anything at all, and I know that cooking a pile of split peas and lentils in it would not get eaten any time in the next week. I was upset by that, but took it on the chin.
This bacon joint http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1281907801312 sliced up nicely for the first meal, with frozen veg (still no room in the freezer) and potatoes cubed, stirred around with oil and a sachet of morrocan vegetable spices from Approved Foods and then cooked in the Remoska. So far so good.
It was sliced up for the second time to feed four - it was still beautiful and tender. I was going to do it with mash and beans but I had a fail. Not only did I not really do enough potatoes, and OH doesn't like Smash, but I couldn't physically lift the pan of potatoes, that I had accidentally overcooked (little bear needed a cuddle) to a mush, and so I couldn't drain them properly so it was a sort of wallpaper paste effect when I added the butter...
Fail number two - I went to the Chinese chippy, and bought two portions of chips, and while I was at it I got a portion of mushrooms. The mushrooms were very nice indeed and they should have been. The total for that was £4 or 1p more than the bacon joint that was feeding four for a second time.
And the beans were boiled to tar when I got back as apparently they had to grow the potatoes for the chips, which is how OH likes beans but I prefer less sludge...
Must try harder.
Fail number one - I tipped the liquid down the drain. I hated doing it, but there is no room in the freezer for anything at all, and I know that cooking a pile of split peas and lentils in it would not get eaten any time in the next week. I was upset by that, but took it on the chin.
This bacon joint http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1281907801312 sliced up nicely for the first meal, with frozen veg (still no room in the freezer) and potatoes cubed, stirred around with oil and a sachet of morrocan vegetable spices from Approved Foods and then cooked in the Remoska. So far so good.
It was sliced up for the second time to feed four - it was still beautiful and tender. I was going to do it with mash and beans but I had a fail. Not only did I not really do enough potatoes, and OH doesn't like Smash, but I couldn't physically lift the pan of potatoes, that I had accidentally overcooked (little bear needed a cuddle) to a mush, and so I couldn't drain them properly so it was a sort of wallpaper paste effect when I added the butter...
Fail number two - I went to the Chinese chippy, and bought two portions of chips, and while I was at it I got a portion of mushrooms. The mushrooms were very nice indeed and they should have been. The total for that was £4 or 1p more than the bacon joint that was feeding four for a second time.
And the beans were boiled to tar when I got back as apparently they had to grow the potatoes for the chips, which is how OH likes beans but I prefer less sludge...
Must try harder.
Friday, 13 August 2010
I need to buy shoes
When darling father visits, we get to watch Liverpool FC channel, which can be really good and very interesting to a die hard fan. One presenter is a lady, who is incredibly knowledgeable, professional and capable. It's just her dress sense. You expect females involved in a football club to have a bit of WAG about them. This lady, who doesn't look much older than twenty five, just has her own style.
Actually last night I was envying her shoes. They are not the killer heels you usually see celebrities in, but nice heels, a lace up front, lovely and smart. I was racking my brains to think where I had seen them, and I knew I had, just not where...
They were from Matalan, I believe, and good for her. The money that is spent sometimes on clothes and shoes is, to me, quite honestly an obscenity. It just seems odd to see someone on television wearing things from Matalan. And because she is on television is no reason for me to expect that she should be wearing all the designer stuff. It does lead me to wonder where she got that rather nice top and whether I could get one for me...
Actually last night I was envying her shoes. They are not the killer heels you usually see celebrities in, but nice heels, a lace up front, lovely and smart. I was racking my brains to think where I had seen them, and I knew I had, just not where...
They were from Matalan, I believe, and good for her. The money that is spent sometimes on clothes and shoes is, to me, quite honestly an obscenity. It just seems odd to see someone on television wearing things from Matalan. And because she is on television is no reason for me to expect that she should be wearing all the designer stuff. It does lead me to wonder where she got that rather nice top and whether I could get one for me...
Rain rain rain
Actually, I'm quite enjoying the rain. I don't have to water the tomatoes and the kids from next door but one only knocked twice while little bear was at nursery.
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