The Kitchen

I said on Tuesday that the kitchen was finished. Weeell I thought it was, but when I told the gruesome twosome (Sharon and Dale) (GT) when they dropped Korey off on Friday, they immediately started to snagg the room and picked up umpteen faults and gave me another 3 days of work.
I spent the rest of the day a broken man.

I just wrote the above incase GT read this, I am never broken, just thought I'd try to give a guilt trip to them hehehe LOL.

Anyways - I've spoken of anyways before, have to stop it - spent the day babysitting the wee man Korey and thoroughly enjoyed myself watching him play.

Another update I am still waiting to hear from my consultant the one I saw in February, I have phoned to find out when I might hear from her but her Sec. says variously - a letter is on it's way, a letter is waiting to be signed, she knows your waiting for results, she's on holiday, she has your notes and will get to them when she returns from holiday. I just hope that all this waiting isn't going to mean that the condition I have in my feet won't be able to be remedied because of the delays. I am getting quite depressed at times with not knowing what is wrong and what might cure/ correct it.

well phantom readers of mine have a good time and behave.

the kitchen

The kitchen is today officially finished and I am officially chuffed to the gutties. It is looking fantastic, photos will come later. A few compromises and slight changes for instance the dishwasher had to go into the utility room instead of next to the sink, this was because pipes running through space meant the machine wouldn't have gone all the way back so another cupboard is in the space, so more storage - bonus. When we took down the wall and door to the space under the stairs - this was to allow the oven door to open - we found we could put another 3 small cupboards in this space, so even more storage. We have ended up with about twice the storage we had originally in the same space it really is mind boggling.

Haven't meantioned wee Korey for a while no excuses just haven't been here for a while. The little fella is not only crawling but is pulling himself up on the furniture and standing he is so fast at learning it's mind blowing and he never stops smiling. I heard him laughing with his mum for the first time on Monday it was brilliant and so infectious. I better stop or I'll run out of superlatives life at the moment is good to the Nth degree.

Enjoy phantom reader and have a good life.

wandering mind

Reading a blog tonight which was discussing stovies. it mentioned that there are more ways of making stovies than tongue can tell and reminded me that i haven't had stovies for quite some time.
My recipe - my mothers really and probably hers before that - is this;

ingredients.

• knob of lard or beef dripping
• 4lb potatoes peeled and sliced about 5mm thick
• 1 large onion finely diced
• 1 lb of round or square sliced sausage
• salt and pepper to taste

method you'll need a large heavy bottom pan.

melt the lard or dripping in the pan

Place rest of ingredients in the pan over a medium heat and cover, stirring occassionally to make sure that nothing sticks. cook until potatoes are fairly soft.

serve as soon as its ready and enjoy it really is good and tasty.

I have substituted the dripping/lard with a drop of water to start things off there will be enough fats from the sausages to bind the dish as it cooks.

My daughter cooks them in a slow cooker wich is a great idea as it doesn't stick and burn.

I have tried the corned beef method but it's not as good. I prefer to make a pot of mashed potatoes then mash the corned beef into the potatoes we always called that corned beef hash. That too is good solid grub.

which is what I was brought up on and its what I like to eat.

Both of the above are my comfort foods.

I'll have to have stovies soon now thatr the kitchen is finished.

Korey

Korey is now 6 months and 2 weeks he is now climbing up the furniture and standing up how good is that? The kitchen is nearly finished now - I keep saying that but I really am so close to completion. Everything except the fridge is bought just have to complete putting together. thats the last fun bit.
I bought a new telescope the other week and it's rained or been cloudy ever since, so it's all my fault, so much power in one so old.

Big toe still hurts like hell if I'm standing too long, but I suppose it'll get better.