While I consider this pregnancy to have been fairly ‘easy’ on me so far (not that I have anything to compare it to), I have been experiencing hip pain and heartburn at night. Looking at the long and intimidating list of items to purchase in preparation for your new arrival I noted one said ‘nursing pillow’ and wondered […]
I’ve never had a very sweet tooth. While I like the odd chunk of dark chocolate or creamy desert (mmm custard), you won’t find me salivating over rich cakes or sugary treats. I had a milkshake the other day that was too sweet for me to drink. Even a handful of dried
Our furniture finally arrived two weeks ago. I heard the beeps backing up the driveway and was surprised to see they had an enormous truck carting a entire container on the back! In London, they had just loaded our stuff into a medium-sized lorry. We didn’t even have half a container’s worth,
For three weeks running we received bok choy in the veggie box. This in itself is not a problem. We like bok choy, it is tasty and good for you. The problem was my limited kitchen apparatus. I usually stir fry bok choy or at least use a fry pan to wilt it when
Yesterday morning Mr Duncan was wittering on to me about a pair of his socks. Freshly laundered, he went to put them on and found them full of holes. This was no big surprise to me. I don’t know how he goes through socks as fast as he does, but he is regularly throwing
Although I compose a half paragraph or two in my head nearly every day, I’ve not found the motivation to actually commit any of them to a post. If I started this blog to foster and record my creative efforts with some vague ideas about correlating creativity in general with creating new life, now I’m
This week in the veg box we got a little bag of pattypan squash (also known as scallop squash). I’ve never seen or heard of them before. They look like little yellow flying saucers from 50’s advertising. I did a bit of googling to find out what to do with them and was uninspired until
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted and to be honest its because I’ve been in a bit of a funk. While its true I’m not the biggest fan of Christmas (I’m more “ho-hum” than “ho ho ho” due mainly to the commercialism and saccharine idealism of family life in the media) Mr
Once we received Mr Duncan’s visa grant and were working out the details of our move to Australia, we thought we’d spend a month or so experiencing the good food, weather and laid back lifestyle to be enjoyed holidaying on an island in Thailand. While we waited for our stuff to be shipped to Australia.
I’m not very good at preparing small portions, so we very frequently have leftovers. This is good when it is soup or stew or something that can easily freeze and be revisited some time in the near future. Unfortunately my potato salad is not a freezer friendly dish, so we had a portion or two