MAKING great fires in the log burner! Does that count?
COOKING warming veggie curries; pumpkin & chickpea and a peanutty aubergine recipe
BAKING Scottish Shortbread. Delicious!
SIPPING a few hot chocolates lately. Well, it’s cold. 3° yesterday, 2° today. Brrr!
READING Mad Blood Stirring by Simon Mayo (and listening to it on Spotify)
WAITING for snow. First snowfall nearby last night
LOOKING very wrapped up when out. All the woollies. Wearing my rainbow bobble cowl at the mo and wrapping my purple Hitchhiker scarf on top when I go back to the car
LISTENING to The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny podcasts by Danny Robins
WISHING Christmas presents magically bought and wrapped themselves
ENJOYING lights and sparkle when out and about
DISLIKING Christmas trees and decs up in early November. Soon it’s going to be Christmas from the day after Halloween…
APPRECIATING any sunny blue days
EATING toasted goats cheese, rocket & red onion chutney toastie in a favourite cafe today
LIKING the mocha that always accompanies it. Strange combo maybe…
LOVING heated car seat and stirring wheel. A car with gizmos
BUYING a Star Bar recently, then dropping the last bit in the gutter
MANAGING to forget about a third of all I need to remember
WATCHING Ant & Dec in Australia. They make me laugh
HOPING for a good December
LISTENING to be audiobook of Mad Blood Stirring by Simon Mayo (on Spotify)
WEARING black jeans, green top
VISITING The V&A: Gabrielle Chanel, Fashion Manifesto
NOTICING how one person with a (very) loud voice can dominate a space. Shoulders went down in the cafe when they left
FOLLOWING …it’s macabre, but so many death announcements today …Shane MacGowan, Alistair Darling, Henry Kissinger and Dean Sullivan (Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside, a particularly English soap opera)
SORTING photos. Where do you store your digital photos? Cloud? Lap top? External hard drive?
GETTING organised with lists, but not much action
COVETING I can’t think of anything. A chateau maybe? A castle?
FEELING relaxed
HEARING a buzz of conversation, South Oxfordshire accents
How are you? What are you up to at the moment? Tell me three things?
The Little Room of Rachell 
Hello. I was delighted to hop on and see a new post from you! I love this post! It’s nice to hear what you’ve been up to lately. Blue skies and sunny days are the best, especially this time of year. Scottish cornbread looks delicious by the way. And I love the sound of toasted goat cheese and chutney on toast.
I’m currently meal planning and making a grocery list for tomorrow. Although I need to get dinner going for tonight – a sausage, cabbage, and potato sheet pan. We’ve had blue skies and sun along with cold temperatures the last few days, but are expecting clouds and rain tomorrow and Saturday. I’m looking forward to going out to lunch with my family tomorrow. My husband works from home and since we homeschool my daughter doesn’t have school on Fridays so tomorrow will be a fun day for us along with grocery shopping. Take care. Keep posting. Love seeing updates from you!
Thank you that’s such a lovely thing to write.
I’m really into tray bakes / sheet pan meals too. So easy as you basically just pop it in and leave it to cook. No stirring!
Have a lovely week Julia.