Making : piles of things to take to the charity shop
Cooking : Thai Red Curry Butternut Squash Soup from Olive magazine’s website – recipe here. It’s delicious. I doubled up the onion, garlic and red Thai curry paste. And used 1 kilo of (frozen) BNS cubes. If you like thicker soups definitely don’t use all the stock
Drinking : a mug of soup
Reading: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
Wanting: to find out who’s who now. I’m up to 94% read on my ebook, the app estimates it will take 25 minutes to finish
Playing: Kermode & Mayo’s Film review podcast (they’re talking about the Bohemian Rhapsody film)
Deciding: what to read next
Wishing: for a smart Boden bag
Enjoying: cooking lots of new recipes
Not a new recipe, just a colourful tray of veg for roasting: carrots, yellow and red pepper and fennel with sprigs of rosemary
Waiting: for SNOW
Liking: snowdrops and croci appearing
This verge will be full of a host of golden daffodils soon
Wondering: when I’ll meet a rather lovely friend for lunch, we need to find a date that doesn’t clash with anything else. We’ll get there
Loving: ebooks – from the library! All without going to the library. Choose what you fancy on the library app, place a hold for a popular book, an email comes when it’s available and I use the Libby app to download and read it. They are FREE! ❤️
Pondering: posh coats, bags and leather gloves
Considering: a new foundation – do you use liquid/double powder or nothing?
Buying: I got a rolled eyes reaction when I got home from the dentist and a quick visit to one of my favourite yarn shops. Yes, I know I can’t actually use it at the mo, but you don’t pass up Rowan when it’s £2 in the sale! Sheesh!
Watching: Cold Feet, our old friends are back
Hoping: that varying the strength exercises will progress the healing of my hand
A cheeky G&T on Thursday night
Marvelling: at the slowly slow progress of my hand but it’s definitely improving. Had another Physio Hand Therapy appointment yesterday
Cringing: at how reconciliation, communication skills and empathic behaviour seem to be missing from some people’s emotional intelligence
Needing: chocolate
Questioning: whether I can keep thinking, typing and listening. Nope. See you later Wittertainment
Such a fun girl’s weekend away: so much chatter, laughter, tasty food, gin, prosecco and a large Baileys too
Smelling: my perfume
Wearing: a tunic with big front pockets, leggings, chunky red cardie
Following: so many things on TV, Netflix and Prime that I’ve written a list! We’ve stuck to the trad viewing habits of tending to watch an episode, or two at most, a week despite the constant availability of complete series
Knowing: binge watching can spoil the impact and enjoyment of programmes
Thinking: I sound like the forty something I am!
The fridge has spoken again
Admiring: bright colour wearers
Sorting: socks, I’m putting pairs together, then folding and folding them again, rather than pairing them into a lump. I wondered if it stretches the ribbing otherwise. I think my sock drawer looks pretty cool, (if that’s not a total contradiction of the definition of what’s cool….) with all sets in order and like colours together
Frozen single gloves seem to be in abundance on fence posts this month
Getting: nerdier by the year
Bookmarking: recipes, Guardian article and helpful quotes which I rarely go back to read
Coveting: a book of labels
Disliking: the book of labels and stickers I ordered online, they didn’t show many pages online
Opening: the book, wondering why I need a huge Bon Voyage or an Ex Libris sticker which take up half a page
Still going strong
Giggling: at The Navy Lark despite it not being very funny
Feeling: full of soup
Snacking: not necessary right now
Helping: Mum find the BBC World Service so she can record The Beatles Last Concert on Freeview tv (BBC R4 play a selection overnight of The WS programmes. It’s on tonight on The WS if you’re keen to hear it live)
Hearing: Someone saying “I thought you were going to put the heating on!”
Mixing: radio stations. I’ve tried Chris Evans on Virgin, Zoe Ball on BBC R2 and Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 during the early mornings
Mixing II: spices for curry powder
Worrying: it’s pointless, I try not to
Slicing: cucumber. It’s been in the fridge for weeks now
Celebrating: blue skies and sunny days
Forgetting: to put the heating on. Oops, but it’s an hour or more since I said I would, so it can’t be that cold in there!
Winning: nothing since a raffle at Christmas
Pretending: this time next year Rodney, we’ll be millionaires!
Sneaking: marshmallows
Embracing: birdwatching, though our RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results on Monday included just the usual garden birds, no woodpecker like I ordered and which came one year, during the hour!!!!!!!
You? Tell me two things, three if you’re feeling particularly chatty
The Little Room of Rachell 
I’m so glad to hear your hand has been improving! Your poinsettia looks lovely. So does the giant tree against the blue sky. And I can’t wait for those daffodils to emerge – please take and post a picture when they do!
I’m finishing the translation of Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively, enjoying the bouquet of flowers that I received last Saturday for my nameday and looking forward to my next lesson of Norwegian. (These are the 3 things :) )
Thank you so much.
I promise I will.
I’ve enjoyed a few of her books. I grew up with one for younger readers called Going Back. I remember the lump in my throat when I read for the first time.
Happy Belated Birthday! (I think that’s the same occasion?)
Norwegian too? You are one clever person.
Thank you but I just like languages :). I’ve always wanted to learn a Scandinavian language (they seem to me much more intriguing than e.g. Italian or French) and my family gave me this course as a present.
In fact, a nameday is different from a birthday: according to our calendar with all different names (like the Church one), it’s someone’s nameday (=holiday) every day, and mine happens to be on Jan 26. We only have small celebrations of namedays, not like birthday parties, but I do like having an opportunity to celebrate! :)
Lovely jubbly!
Three things.
1 Relieved we gave in yesterday and hired someone to help me sort out the garden which rather ran away with us last year with Mr E out of action.
2 Panicing slightly that we have to sort out a new internet provider, and I don’t understand the questions I have to ask never mind the answers.
3 Enjoying the beautiful blue sky today contrasting against the white frost on the ground.
1) Good. Same thing here with family. Seems sensible.
2) We got a very good deal with ours, email me if you’d like to know which provider
3) I had a Winter Wonderland to look at this morning while I drove. Fabulously white and looked like icing on the trees
That is a lot of ruminating! LOL! It has a running theme of keeping cozy and warm and well-fed during this chilly time of year. Almost February!! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
It’s been 2 degrees all day – cosy is perfect for January. I like it.