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Make me stop reading playwrite's posts, pleeeeeeease

*grrr*

Hmmm ... am feeling a little unsettled right now around here but he arrives tomorrow so that'll take my mind off all the possibilities of everything being my fault

Yeah, I know it's about this 'n' that, but I'm fairly sure I can shoehorn myself into it somehow without too much effort.

I've come over all Scottish again recently Bought Tutti Frutti (finally released on dvd in August ... did I say that in a previous post?) Desperate to watch it. Will wait till da man's here.

Watched Mr & Mrs MacIntosh this morning, about Charles Rennie MacIntosh and his wife Margaret (recorded from last night) It was EPIC. Really enjoyable, and stirred up a big heap of Scottishicity in me. So much so that I made those bluddy Rowies (butteries) today. They were grotesque. Am slightly ashamed for being such a shit baker. I ate 3 of them when they were warm, not too bad. Forced Mini to have a bite of a fourth Gave one to Mini to try and finished that one too. Big Mistake. I can still taste the lard. The butter should be the prominent flavour

Watched The Glencoe Massacre too. Feck. That got the tartan blood running a bit quicker! Catastrophic fuck up. Total mismanagement of arsey government officials and double-dealing. Nothing's changed then. Made me want to cry TBH. That's not uncommon though, when hearing the tale. I've wept, as millions of others have, when travelling through that way. I used to live near Fort William for a time, years ago.

I can't do it

but someone will be able to.

Cheapest easy meal I know, that I had a craving for recently. Nom.

1 lb potatoes
1½ tbsp ghee or oil
1 tsp Panch Phora
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped mint or coriander
1 tsp ground turmeric
1½ tsp salt
½ tsp chilli powder (optional)
1¼ cup (2 fl oz) hot water
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tbsp lemon juice

Peel potatoes, cut into quarters or, if very large, into cubes.
In a heavy-based pan with a lid, heat ghee or oil and add the Panch Phora. When mustard seeds begin to pop, add the onion and fry, stirring, until soft.
Add chopped herbs, turmeric, salt and chilli powder (if used).
Add potatoes, stir well, sprinkle with hot water and cover pan tightly.

Cook over very low heat for 20 minutes, shaking pan occasionally to prevent sticking.
Sprinkle with Garam Masala and lemon juice, replace lid and cook for a further 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Serve with Parathas, Chapatis or rice.

It says it's for 4 people but ... no way! That did me 2 nights tea, so it's a meal for 2 (with rice or whatever)

From Charmaine Solomon's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook

(frickin TOP recipe book, BTW)

from Explosm who are now doing videos!

24 out of 75 friends

and six other friends who don't blog here now

and a few who aren't on my list

lol

weird innit? who knew that we would meet?

EDIT ... Oh no, I forgot to remove the doubles

it's 24 of 69 friends

so the real answer is 34.7% of list

In all the months I've been going to aquafit ... I've never seen anyone else in the swimming pool with glasses on.

So does everyone buy swimming contacts or summat?

GO HERE it's totally ACE

(courtesy of Andy)

... what the DSS sent me today

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They're so organised and good at their jobs

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My P45

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has been a bit shit, and a bit cool.

* Terry Wogan is retiring from his breakfast show. Absolutely gutted. I love the waffling banter, the micky-taking, the bawdiness and the Janet & John sketches. I didn't hear the whole statement he gave till this afternoon. I cried. He sounded close to tears himself, at times.

* Mini and friend went out the back door to start their school journey ... Mini ran back and battered the door ... there's a squirrel in the trap! It totally freaked out. Flinging itself round the long thin cage, after an hour or so it had ripped skin off it's scalp by battering the top of the cage. I was shaking and close to tears. Texted ex. Texted Andy. Ex would come to get it. After chatting to Andy I realised that I hadn't thought about what would happen once it was trapped. I didn't think it would be daft enough to go in the trap Texted ex saying - if you kill the squirrel you have to cut down the tree. Then ... The squiirel is freaking out. It's head is covered in blood. Very stressed ...

He phoned me. He thought the only options were to kill the squirrel and cut the tree down! I suggested he might set the squirrel free somewhere.

He ended up taking it in his car, driving to work and having to shoot it. It was too badly injured.

We saw another squirrel foraging this afternoon

The thing is, he says the grey squirrels appeared from America and brought with them a virus. The red squirrels we had weren't immune to this virus and so have seriously suffered for this. 'They' want to kill as many greys as possible so they can introduce red squirrels back into the UK. Apparently, if a grey squirrel goes onto yer bird table, you have to sanitise the table or the virus spreads (to birds?)

* I saw the Shouty Man when I left the house. He has Tourettes and I've not seen him for aaaaages. Had a brief chat and he said he's been in the local 'institution' quite a bit recently. Was a relief to see him and know he was ok.

* Had to go to DSS for a Rapid Reclaim. They closed my claim because (they said) I'd missed an appointment. I have proof that I was there on the day they said I wasn't a dated print-out that the dude gave me (about a job) plus I went to a Back To Work Session the next day. How would that have been arranged if I hadn't seen him. EH???

My appointment today was at 11.40am. Got there at 11.30am and had to wait till

... 12.35 to be seen

They are so over-booked, it's ridiculous. Someone was on a sickie. They handed me a Complaints Form for the claim being closed and asked that I remembered to write that I had to wait an hour. They must be so fucked-off with being hated by busy people and trying to juggle everyone's lives.

* I came out eventually, after a relatively smooth reclaim, got the bus into town jumped off to get a drink and fortunately the same bus was still there when I arrived back with my bottle of iced tea (lemon flavoured). RESULT.

All in all, quite a hectic, emotional day. And I have PMT

P.S. Although they closed my claim ... they still paid me on 2 dates, including the one they said I didn't sign-on for. Fucking useless gits.