Twas on a Thursday morning....
....the plumber came to call.
He told me the puddle of water on my kitchen floor was from my sloppy housekeeping rather than a leaking pipe (oh dear, though quite relieved about the pipe) and that he could do nothing about the strange whining the shower makes.
He attempted to solve the leaking radiator by turning the nut a bit tighter - well if that's all it was, I should probably have tried that myself. Still, let's hope it works.
However, he did sort out the taps in the toilet (though that involved me going back to the tap shop to exchange the ones I'd already bought for some other half taps) and the leaking toilet itself.
Am feeling poorer but happier for the house working a bit better again.
And lets face it, it's not nice to have a leaking toilet.
Ice cream, nice cream
I suspect I am coming late to the party on this one.....but oh my....G&B Organic Chocolate Ice Cream is to die for. Satisfyingly dark, bitter and creamy all in one go. It's not too sweet and it melts beautifully in the mouth to create a fluffy, moussey mouthful.
I should have been satisfied there, and for the most part I was. But a small part of me whispered, what if there were chilli in there too. Oh my, that would be truly glorious. I wonder if I can spike it somehow. Or maybe ask them nicely.
Labels: food, icecream
Oh Lakeland....
....how I love thee.
In particular your handy gadgets for every need, even those needs I never knew I had.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you .....drum roll please.....the strawberry slicer
Yours for just £3.99 from the wonderful
LakelandI'm not sure I've ever sliced a strawberry in my life. But now I am filled with the desire to do so. Is that wee gadget not so red and shiny and adorable. Are there really people out there who do slice strawberries? And do they get sick and tired of all the slicing and wish they had a gadget to do it for them? And how wonderful that Lakeland think that I, I of the slatternly housekeeping, may too be such a person who slices strawberries.
Twitter
It has come to my attention that not only are a good number of my friends on Twitter but also there's a whole work thing going on there as well that, as a good freelancer, I should probably be part of.
Twitter also appears to be like the only bit of Facebook I actually like- the status updates.
However, I am already capable of frittering away large parts of the day and night on the interweb so am scared that if I succomb I may descend into the depths of cyberspace never to be seen in reality ever again. I also may never get any work done.
So....those of you who tweet, what do you think? What are your experiences, good and bad? Should I or shouldn't I?
Weekend Options
Options for a weekend....
1) Mope
or
2) last minute Friday night walk out in the countryside with a friend; go to the summer Eco Design Show; get lost on the buses, shiver on a platform and get to BAC to discover the event you were going to go to is actually on Sunday not Saturday; get the right bus, walk along the Thames; have drinks with friends old and new; have lovely pizza supper; go to the theatre with friends*; sprain ankle (again); go to church; drink too much wine** in the pub after church with lovely people over a roast lunch; stumble to Waitrose; stop off in park on way home because too sunny and too tired from all the wine; eat both chocolate puddings purchased in Waitrose; do some DIY and general clearing; go out for an early evening cup of tea with friend; more DIY and clearing; veg over Kingdom and asparagus; fall into bed at a vaguely decent time.
I chose the latter.
* England People Very Nice at the National. Jolly good. All about the swathes of "religious" immigrants around Bethnal Green over the years (Hugenots, Irish Catholics, Jews, Bengali Muslims). Could have been heavy handed and 'worthy' but was, for the most part, done very well. Also funny.
**Only two glasses but apparently that was one glass too many!
How long does lard last?
Does anyone know how long lard lasts?
I just found a pot of dripping at the back of my fridge left over from a roast shoulder of lamb I did at Easter. It's essentially just lard, none of meaty jelly bits at the bottom because I used all of those for the gravy.
Will it still be OK to eat/use?
(I appear to have left it uncovered if that makes a difference)
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Tonight.
R4.
6.30.
Me laughing away in the audience. Stephen Fry hosting. The first since Humph went to the great panel quiz in the sky.
Tune in and have a laugh.
