Gnocchi

Today I am making gnocchi for dinner. I found the simplest recipe ever for it. I will post it on here later. Today I was so damned tired from staying up til about 3am I just couldn't sleep. I was just chatting to one of my net friends. I woke up at 7am but went back to bed about 19:30 woke up at about 12ish, to find uncle henry in the kitchen! ooooopps. I forgot to lock the doors. Must mean im more comfortable usually i lock all the doors,, Im paranoid. Probably watched a bit much hitchcock!

At the moment I am wating for the potatoes to boil... they are bubbling but will need about 10 more minutes before i can mash them and add the flour.. gonna put a bit of seasoning into them so then the gnocchi won't be so bland. Im not sure what spice to add. Im sure i'll sort it out. Perhaps cut some of the parsley/ corriander etc.

The poatatoes have almost finished boiling another few minutes then ill mash em up write more later alligator,

Roast

Roasts are mum specialty, delicious serving of great vegetables etc. I bet nicola cant wait for mum to get there. I can though.

I guess 10days will be a testing time for me. I know it sounds little but its actually alot. I will have to see how dad and i travel.

anyhow cant think of much else to write


ciao for now.

football

I actually watched the football final.. SHOCK!Usually I fob it off and go shopping.. this time we gorged ourselves on mums sausage rolls and chips and chocolate etc. and all in the name of football final. WHich i am glad to say that the cats won by a whopping margin. Breaking a 44 year drought of going without the cup.

YAY.

Dad and i sat there talking about having a garage sale.. but mum won't allow it. I feel i could sell a stack of stuff via it though put an ad in the paper and all that jazz. Man the streets were so quiet you could hear a pin drop in the street i think.

Anyhow i didn't do work today so im thinking about doing that tonight. I bought some frames again so i can do another shadow box . I really like them they look dandy and pretty. Well anyhow. Think im going to settle in with a glass of wine and the tv for company.

Good choice? Perhaps that other Jeffery Archer Novel. Not short on those either. Dad gives them to the lady at the train station to borrow. I have nearly all his works i have read about half.
Its the same with Alexander McCallsmith novels.. i only have his scottland novels to read.

Scooters other Life!

I made the tofu bites... they are yummy mum even ate them, next time we are going to use the same marinade cept on some chicken, I will post the recipe later. Never in my right mind did i think that scooter would love tofu.. I have never seen a dog go ballistic over tofu. She absolutely loves it. She was chasing her tail around and jumping up at us, Its almost as if she must have been a monk in her past life. So ive saved the rest (all of 3 morsels) for her to have for lunch.

She is one funny little dog and a little spoiled too. We love her and she is great company for me during the day, i love to talk to her and half the time she understands im absolutely sure of it.... oh well. I made a flourless chocolate cake for louise. I hope she jolly well likes it.

Anyhow. Things to do now.

Tofu Bites

Today I am cooking these sesame coated tofu bites much to dads disgust. He said "is this what i will have to eat whilst mums away?" I said "Of course". We will see though. I think i will add spicy stuff to mine and leave dad with the bland food. I can cook sausages as far as meat goes.. Thats about it. Oh i can bung some fish in the oven but dad is allergic to that.

I have a cup of momo peach tea at my side am sipping that. Dad will have to have the chicken over from last night with some spinach, avacado, tomato, and poatato. Its funny that he used to be a cook but is mainly a 3 veggies and bland food type person.

I went down the street really early did some grocery shopping, Came home. Bought this new caDbury chocolate for tammy will post it to her tomorrow. New flavours of course. They have some weird arse names for them boisonberry tart, lemon cheesecake and chocolate brownie. So i got her one mint and the other lemon.


Well washing won't walk itself into the the house unfotunately. I have no magical spells to do that. Still not quite mary poppins yet. Give me time. Im working on it. I will post the recipe if it works out.

much love

albell

Big Smoke Again

Went to the big smoke today.. met up with evonne. That was really nice. We trekked around the city today. JUst here and there.. scamming free samples of aesop for nicola. Had a meal at this place called the curry bowl, i didn't eat that much of it though. I bought myself travel scrabble today though. It was sardine city on the train there and home.

I didnt christen my scrabble game but i shall do that next time im out and about. Anyhow. Where to gumshoe?

I'll write more sometime tomorrow. Just unwinding with some blueberry tea.

love allybelly

morning

its mid morning i had great sleep.I went to bed quite late. I mean I was up and the rugby had just started but I went to bed. Too much of a sleepyhead to stay up. I finished the other book, now im reading a book called The CLothesline Diet about a lady who tried everything she could to lose weight but nothing worked so she flew solo, and managed to lost a stack of weight. I have hopes for myself. I think I can lose alot of weight I just have to commit myself to it. I guess i have let myself go alot. *sigh* It becomes a problem when you have a well stocked pantry and resisting is really a challenge.

I only think yeah there are clothes to fit round me i don't care. Sometimes I find myself eating things i know i shouldnt. Owning up to the weight i've stacked on recently is tough. I didnt want to admit it until i went shopping the other day. As i've been the same weight for years now. There wont always be clothes to fit round me if i keep on eating. *sighs*

I want to be thin again, the same weight i was when i was in my early 20s. I get depressed sometimes and that makes me turn back to food again..its a vicious cycle to be in. Its not gonna be easy, i am aware of that. Think I will have to join a gym somewhere along the line. Im not jumping into it like that, or i won't land on my feet.. i'll end up i bit like Bridget Jones did coming down the fire pole .... arse first.

I want to start to look good for myself and no one else. After all I have no men running after me.. im not surprised looking the way i do. They all must think "shes obese, no way" personailty only gets you so far. Unfortunately thats the way society is. I have kept some of my 16clothes...that is my ultimate goal weight.

Even dad commented to me;.. he usually leaves me alone.. but for him to say something must mean its visible. I have tears streaming down my face at the moment.

Admission is the first step.

So i'll leave it at there for the moment. I will go read some more of that book.


signing out sarg,