Good morning Bloggets. Feeling sad today, said goodbye to a
part of my life that I really enjoyed. For once I felt as though I belonged.
But I also felt that I wasn’t doing enough and was stepping on feet in a clumsy
way. A between the liners for sure. But hey, it’s sunny and I’m walking soon.
The dogs across the road are barking like crazy, I hope they
are OK? Wagga as ever is waiting in the hall to go out, she loves being out and
about, as long as there are no busy roads. Mind you, yesterday as we walked
along our dreaded road she was great.
Teen had me worried for the first time last night, or this
morning. I asked him if he was OK at
about two in the morning his time, left it for two hours tried again and by
half five, this morning, called him, that normally gets a response of a text.
Nothing, at last at half six, he texts. Kind of. So I think his lifestyle of
not drinking “much” may have broken last night/this morning. Three more sleeps
thank God.
Yesterday as we said goodbye to our friend, we were asked to
go to our friend’s/neighbours garden. They were having a BBQ, but we just
stayed for an hour or so.
Today we are having a heatwave. I’m melting. After just
doing the delightful dog run, I could dive into a cold swimming pool. So,
thinking of summer and cooking something other than new potatoes to go with
salad, what else can I make for a summer recipe? How about summer chicken stew?
This is how.
Fry some finely chopped leeks in a pan of a little oil and
add butter at the end with a tiny bit of salt and just after that, two cloves
of garlic. Just toss that around in the pan as it’s cooling off. I find garlic
sticks, don’t know about you?
Cook your chicken in a casserole dish in the oven for about
half an hour. Chop them and add to a large pan with new potatoes halved,
carrots chopped into slices and mushrooms.
Pour over a large amount of chicken stock and boil then add
your fried leeks and garlic. After cooking for about twenty minutes, add some
chopped green beans and peas and put lid on and turn down heat for a further
fifteen minutes. For an easy vegetarian chili, a can of chili beans, a can of
butter beans and a can of chopped tomatoes all in an oven dish pour over mild
chili sauce and put lid on cook in oven for half an hour serve with rice.
Very easy, and if you make enough, fridge the
dishes for tomorrow. Four meals in one.
Not wanting to turn on the TV as the news this week has just
been horrific. But on line in you can skip all that nastiness and head for
lighter news, but seriously, there is nothing. But one thing that I am a little
afraid about as we eat loads, is this story.
In the UK, shoppers are being reminded to thoroughly wash
mixed salad leaves as two people have died after eating such leaves. They
caught the virus E- coli
It’s read that the house prices in London are coming down,
well that is good, people may now be able to afford to buy, having said that I
bet they will reduce by just enough to carpet a two-bedroom flat. Just our
press again being dramatic. We have a disease in the UK where we don’t like
good news. Only bad news is reported. I can’t stand it. We should have a feel
good press, thing is, who would buy it? It’s a fact, if I have a blog that is
sad or full of some kind of drama, wow, the statistics go through the roof, if
it is a happy blog, average views. Sad
isn’t it?
Really excited as tomorrow I spend time with my friend
Geordie. I can’t wait.
A normal day today inn Paradise. Housework phone call and a
visit from Artie. It’s been about eight weeks since I last saw her. So loads to
catch up on.
I hope your week will be peaceful and just before I go, some
words. “It isn’t what you have, had, or will get, that will make you happy, it
is what you think about.” In my opinion, to be wanted by those we love is the
closest we can come to happiness. To feel wanted and needed in life is so
important to feeling as though you belong. Sadly, belonging is a problem I have
had all of my life. I think due to my dreadful start in life, I have been scarred.
Learning how to forget my history proves to be a challenge. A battle I will
wrestle with daily until I can say I have won.
“Happiness is acceptance.”
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