Food

Day Thirty-Nine

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It’s the weekend and the start of the holidays for some of us.  Brilliant.  Shame about the chilly weather but we all know that we can’t have everything.

Upstairs is fully formed now with the final wall in place.  We had a last minute change of door position for the back bedroom and all the electrics and heating have been amended to accommodate the door’s new position.  We’ve also decided to change where to put storage.  We’re going to use the space to the right of the door for a built-in wardrobe, it was Gibby’s great idea, thanks Gibby.

space for the wardrobe
space for the wardrobe
from the stairs
from the stairs
back to front today
back to front today

All we need now are some windows and the plastering can start.  Nothing happening with bathrooms for the last couple of days, I’m looking forward to having a shower again.  Hope it won’t be too long now.

Other Stuff

Just thought that you might like to see the gorgeous ranunculus my sister just turned up with, they are my favourite, what a super surprise. I discovered them two years ago when I was planting lots of pots up for the garden ready for selling our house.  I’d never seen them before then, they are so pretty and full of petals I bought lots for the pots and the house sold very quickly. Not sure if there’s a connection, but I’ve loved them ever since.

runuculus in white
ranunculus in white

I wonder how much snow we’ll have here in Edinburgh, we’ve missed most of it so far.  The forecast sounds like it could be quite serious.

Have a good weekend everyone, whatever the weather x

P.S. nearly forgot…I had beetroot on a pizza last night and it was amazingly tasty. Worth a try.

roast vegetable pizza with beetroot
roast vegetable pizza with beetroot

Day Twenty-Seven

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Back to normal service today, busy busy yesterday so no chat.  The scaffolding has gone at the back which is great. I was tempted to use it as a bonus washing line last week when it was so sunny.  The sun decided not to come out today, look how grey the sky is.

dormer at the back
dormer at the back

The space for the bed at the back is free of insulation now and we have measured it again.  Looks like it’s plenty  wide enough – hooray – panic over.  The hole you can see will be a bookshelf inset into the wall which will be handy and give that wee bit extra feeling of space next to the bed.   Nearly all the perimeter has been insulated now and the stairs should be here quite soon.  The windows are ordered and a wee bonus that I’ll show you another time.  The extra Velux is  here too and works on the new bathroom have resumed.  I love a bath but I am missing having a shower, especially on work days.  Tiles and flooring are being researched at the moment and I even glanced at wallpaper and paint the other day.

back left
back left
front to back today
front to back today

Other Stuff

I’ve been meaning to tell you about what I made of Friday for days now. Aubergine Parmigiana is one of those dishes that is so much more than the sum of its parts (or ingredients).  I used  Sarah’s recipe as a starting point,  http://www.viewfromthetable.co.uk/2012/07/pimp-that-veg.html . I used mozzarella as a layer and the parmesan type cheese on top.  Absolutely delicious. We had ours with crusty bread and green salad.

not the most photogenic dish
not the most photogenic dish but tastes brilliant

I notice the view from the table uses only a corner shot for the photo, very clever.  Don’t be put off by how it looks, make it, you’ll be glad you did. x

p.s. If you like woolly tights, Tesco has loads of colours and spotty ones half price at the moment.  Random, I know, apologies.

Day Nineteen

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Four weeks done and boy can you see a difference.  Here are the highlights today:-

The back dormer has been prepped and the back section where the alarm was holding everything up is all sorted.

Loads of slates have been taken off at the back ready for the dormer to go in.

Still more invisible electrical work and plumbing done.  Some not so invisible like the 6 holes with wire tentacles coming out of them in the new bathroom.

We have bath taps, the children are looking forward to having a bath in a bedroom, as they see it.

The space where the stair used to be is nowhere to be seen any more.

There was another huge load of insulation on the drive today along with other bits and bobs.  The upstairs seems to be shrinking at the moment.

Have a look for yourself.

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Lennie surveying his patch
Lennie surveying his patch
small room's window has gone
small room’s window has gone
front to back today
front to back today
to front window today
to front window today
insulation making its own way upstairs
insulation making its own way upstairs

The Dogs – being photogenic

Lucy mid stretch
Lucy mid stretch
Lennie looking out for squirrels
Lennie looking out for squirrels

I’m very excited about going out for tea with a pal of mine for dosa masala, a fantastic Southern Indian dish which has a gram flour pancake filled with spicy potatoes and is served with 2 or 3 different sauces (for want of another  word).  I acquired a serious taste for dosa when I lived in Malaysia.  Well worth braving the cold for.

Have a fabulous weekend x