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Youre right there Dea, all the seasons blend into one :-S


So, do I wash the bedding or not?

Good morning all!

I don't like eggy bread so I will have cheese and onion tarts, home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon and extra bacon on top please.............Yuuummmm :-D :-D

Thank you Sylvia <3

Still 'muggy' here, even though it has rained :-(

I think the difference in the weather is that when we were children we did actually have 'seasons' - we always went on holiday for the first 2 weeks in July - It was Summer then and good weather was always guaranteed. There was a definite 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter' pattern but nowadays there is not !

We can go from winter weather to summer weather overnight now and hardly ever get settled into anything for more than a few days (except the cold and wet, of course ;-))

See you all later,

Dea Xxx

Good morning both!

Thanks Sylvs......eggy bread for me too please.... :-D


It feels quite humid here - as though it can't make it's mind up what to do... :-S


I think we all have childhood memories of long, hot summery days, but maybe we just saw them from a child's perspective - it must have rained at sometime I suppose..... :-S

Mornin Syls..................


Im gonna treat myself this morning with your lovely eggy bread, two slices please..........its 'that' time and I dont care today!

Its stopped raining but is damp and grey outside, what happened to my childhood summers of the 70s :-( I remember scraping tar off the road with my friends, it was so hot in 1977

Good morning everyone
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wakey wakey!!!



breakfast is ready


and a few items for lunch as well :-D




Fresh fruit salad with vanilla yoghourt


Honey Yoghurt and Berries, with granola and walnuts

Granola and yoghurt parfait


Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )


Selection of cold cereals


French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup
Caribbean Banana Fritters


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, multigrain, Hovis, gluten free),
raisin bread,
hot cinnamon rolls,
barm cakes,
croissants,


bacon & cheese quiche,
mushroom quiche,
cheese and onion tarts,


Full English

Ulster Fry-up

The Transcontinental - 2 eggs any style, choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage, chef’s own hash browns, toast or fresh baked muffin

The Continental – choice of assorted chilled fruit juices, hot oatmeal or assorted cold cereals, toast or fresh-baked muffin

Florentine Feta Cheese Omelette garnished with Hollandaise sauce, and served with chef’s hash browns and toast

Boiled eggs and toast

Scrambled eggs, bacon, baked beans, and toast

Chicken and basil sausages, 2 eggs any style, chef’s potatoes, toast

Maille Croque Monsieur (French ….. basically ham, cheese and tomato sandwich on toasted bread, with Maille Mustard),

Huevas Rancheros

cheese blintz with blueberry compote and turkey sausage,


stirfry (chicken, or vegetarian),

Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)

Jamaican beef patties

Country Wrap (Black Forest Ham, Fresh Scallions and Cheddar Cheese),

Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese)
Kielbasa (Polish) - garlic-flavoured pork sausages

Chicken wings (bbq, teriyaki, honey garlic)

vegetable samosa

Cheese burger, with onion rings, mushrooms, lettuce and tomato

Pulled Pork Sandwich – BBQ’d pulled pork on toasted Kaiser roll, garnished with sautéed onions

Smoked ham hock, with house fries

Hummus served in a lettuce cup with warm pita bread, slices of cucumber and tomato


cheesy potato patties
home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon


Potato, dill and cheddar soup


cranberry & orange muffins,
lemon and nut muffins,
rhubarb and strawberry muffins,
crunchy-top blueberry muffins,
pear ginger muffins


Cheese scones,
raisin scones


jams, jellies, marmalades, Nutella (hazelnut spread)


Tea, coffee, juices


(some extra bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sliced baby golden beetroot, Maple baked beans, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)






enjoy
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:-D :-D :-D

Well I guess he likes it........he's here most days at some point!


Im pooped so am orf to bed.........night all <3

awwww

Its warm but fresh here.......the air I mean ;-)


I have been given a job tonight.......design and help decorate a mates interior :-0 (house!)

Why me I ask him............caus you make your house look/feel like a home...aww bless


........yes he's single!

C


feeling very lightheaded!!


and OH came to pick me up .................. then asked her if she could cut his. Which she did



so he is a "baldy" as well, and feeling very lightheaded :-D



He's amazed ............. this is a uni-sex hairdressers, specialising in cuts ............ she charges him less than his regular barber used to. AND does a much better job!


I've been trying for years to get him to try Anh, and he refused until about 4 months ago when he finally got fed-up with the locum at the barber's (and realising that the "locum" had now bought the business) ..... then he agreed to "give Anh a go".

still sunny ......... tho' some clouds are coming in!



Cyn .......... we'll see how this Hoover one works. He is doing the front room at the moment.


I'm sure the carpet cleaner companies would do a much better job, but most of them over here want you to move most, if not all, of the furniture beforehand ........... or pay an arm and a leg for them to do it.


Of course, that may be what we have to do next time the carpets need cleaning.


I'm think the one in this room, with the very bad marks might actually need replacing. Which creates a bit of a problem, because the carpet is fitted, and is the same throughout the house, just flowing from room to room. THAT means trying to decide on a colour for this room that doesn't look too bad against the hallway or the room right next door.


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Night Dea......don't forget to clean yer teef after all that chocolate!! Sleep tight. xx

Don't panick - I have found one in the fridge !!!

Nite nite all,

Dea Xxx

P.S. - I can't have a stiff drink 'coz you know what will happen !! :-D :-D :-D

A choccy bar would do the trick though !!! ;-)

Dea Xxx

Not good indeed Cynths - However - one more day and I have Friday orff !!

Dea Xxx

Not good Dea..........you sound as though you need a stiff drink.....



I've got a home carpet cleaner too Sylvs. It's okay but isn't as thorough as the industrial type.


How was the hairdresser's? Do you feel light-headed now???

How about 'hot and muggy' and two tired 'hot and muggy' little grandchildren !! ???

Dea Xxx

oooh


not nice Dea!

I hate hot and muggy



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OH has started the "clean the house before the daughter comes to visit" routine

I'm not allowed to help, except by moving ornaments


He started in the study (where they will be sleeping), and which was actually the cleanest room in the house because we so rarely go in there.

But he wanted to try out our new carpet cleaner.

We've always cleaned our own carpets, but rented an industrial sized cleaner for the local supermarket. We realised that we can no longer clean the carpets in the whole house in 2 days ........... so decided about 6 weeks ago to buy our own.

We got a Hoover steam cleaner ............. and it seems to work really well :-D



The real test of it will be when it has to clean where OH always sits, and where his slippers have made horrible dark stains on the carpet. He is very good, usually changes into his slippers as soon as he gets in, but for some reason the last pair of slippers had soles that stained. :-|



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Hot hot here and 'muggy' too !! :-(

Dea Xxx

hia all
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sunny, sunny :-D



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