I believe I’m quite a tolerant person, but sometimes I’m pushed beyond the boundaries of tolerance and I get really annoyed. This morning was a classic example. It was really hot yesterday, so lots of people flocked the beach to enjoy the sunshine – I have nothing against that – but this morning I walked […]
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May
May
We’ve been pretty slow on the renovation front this year and after knocking great big holes in our studio walls in January nothing much happened with regards to installing our wood burning stoves for quite a while. Then Colin laid the hearths last month and last week we got round to getting the holes in […]
Colin sent me this funny snippet yesterday. He’s not sure where he got it from so I can’t quote the source, but it made me chuckle. It’s the kind of stuff I would hope he would get up to in order to make each shopping trip more fun, but he chooses, quite wisely, to stay […]
02
May
May
Last year I made sourdough bread – which is bread made with naturally occurring yeast and it’s a task that takes practice and experimentation until you get the results you want, so I’d heard, but I couldn’t believe my beginners luck. The first batch of loaves came out perfectly. I gave up the bread baking […]
02
Apr
Apr
We’ve had the worst stormy weather in years this week and Kinghorn got totally battered by rain, wind and sea. The bad weather started last weekend and it just would not stop raining. The winds then picked up and by Monday night the rain was falling horizontally. Taking the dog out for a walk was […]
14
Feb
Feb
And onto Part 2 of our Christmas Away. We went to Jordan on an organised trip with Explore. It was Colin’s parents idea and what a marvelous idea it was – scorching weather, fabulous company, delicious food, donkeys, camels and overall an amazing destination. Here are some highlights from the trip – not your usual […]
12
Feb
Feb
This is a belated post as I’ve had a horrible start to 2010 and only just picking up the pieces and getting back to my normal routine. It feels odd that I haven’t blogged for so long, but I’ve been ill and so has my computer – I got the dreaded blue screen of death […]
19
Oct
Oct
Colin is now the same age as me [I’m 6 months ahead of him] and his birthday was a great day.
16
Oct
Oct
Colin’s birthday is fast approaching and one thing I wanted to make him this year was a pair of Joy Division oven gloves. Let me elaborate…