Lovely Sunday

Ive had a lovely day today and yes I am feeling better thank you for asking.

After my swim this morning I came home a relaxed with breakfast (cold oats again, yum) a newspaper and one of these

Barley Mocha.

Barley Cup, Hot Water and Chocolate Soy Milk.

Yummy I have enough milk left to have 1 before I go to work in the morning YAY!

My other kitchen adventure was a Nut Roast. We want to have one for Christmas and last time I made one it fell apart and was more like a nut crumble! We asked in the Cafe at Taurus Crafts for their recipe as they do delicious Nut Roasts, I was quite surprised when they gave it to us, but if you don't ask you don't get. Anyway as you can see this one crumbled a bit too :( It tasted FAB and there is only half left but I was still disappointed.

SOOOOOOO what I would like to know is: How do I stop my Nut Roast from falling apart?Is it becasue I didnt leave it to stand before cutting it? Is it because I used the wrong Nuts? Or something else?????

If you are not having meat for Christmas what will you be having instead??

Fruit and Carbs

I have been off sick from work since Tuesday and all I have been craving is fruit carbs and yogurt. Today I completely gave in and gave my body what it obviously needed.

Breakfast

1/3 Cup oats, 1/3 cup strawberries 2/3 Cup hot water, soaked overnight

2 spoons of yogurt, 1 big handful of bluberries added this morning

all mixed up and followed with a vitamin c drink. It was so good I couldnt face having hot oats when I woke up feeling hot and sticky but this was so tasty and refreshing first thing in the morning. It was kind of like a Jamie O recipe from Return of the Naked Chef, called Pukolla I used to make it alot when I had early starts for uni.

Lunch

Melon, Blueberries and Ginger, followed by ....

Homemade Cinnammon Raisin (well saltana really) bread (tasty)Toasted and topped with Bee Knees PB and Bananas, seriously delicious. I think Bee Knees is my favourite PB and Co flavour that Ive tried, but I have only tried this one and Vanilla heaven. I will be so sad when this jar finishes. I enjoyed it so much Ive packed it in my lunchbox for tomorrow.

Tea

Spicy(less) Veggie burgers. Made with Chickpeas, Onions, Carrots and Sweetcorn but no Cumin!They had no kick to them but actually the Garlic and the Corriander gave it plenty of taste and it was very lovely meal enjoyed by myself and my Ma. Plus there was plenty left over to freeze and eat another day.

Ill be glad to get back to work tomorrow Ive been a bit stir crazy, even though I have greatly appriciated this time to rest and relax a bit it will be good to get out the house.

Hope everybody is well and if you celebrated it had a lovely Thanks giving. Im quite jealous I think we should have thanks giving here, its such a nice positive celebration.

More happy thoughts

Continuning with the positivity...

Thursday
I had a lovely meal out with folks. We went to an Indian resturant somebody had recommended to me and it did not dissappoint. They even let us go into the kitchen to see our meals being cooked :) I had an Aubergine Baratha (yum) and followed it with coconut ice cream for my poorly throat :(


Friday
As it was Children in Need day we had a spotty day at work and I got to paint some faces. Three girls wanted to be spotty dogs and I apparently made their day :) I even let 2 of the kids help me paint my face. I was a spotty ladybird, it took 5 wet wipes to get it all off!!!

Saturday.
So many happy things today.

1. I get a lie in.

2. Im having a facial later

3. As its a weekend Im making myself a special brekkie. Not to sure what Im going to have today, but last week I had this fab treat.

Apple oatmeal pancakes from How it all Vegan. It smelt so spicy and yummy as it was cooking, perfect for a chilly morning. and the yogurt went all melty.

Hope everybody has a lovely weekend, Im off to read some blogs, do some online shopping and then have my brekkie before heading out.

Happy thoughts

In my last post I said I would aim to find some positive things each day, so these are my positive things for the week so far..
Monday
-We took the children into the gym at nursery, and they were so cute. It was so much fun.
Tuesday
-I finished making my first christmas present in my jewellery class. Its for my sis in law (Im not sure if I should post a photo until after christmas incase its spotted!)
Wednesday
- I got to spend a lot of time with a certain little boy at work, he was having a good day and it was so rewarding.
-booking 2 (yes 2) days off work next month.
-meeting up with Nai, even though we got to the cinema and the film we wanted to see for some dumb ass reason wasnt on. It meant we could have a drink and a chat instead

Hope everybody has had a happy hump day. I will try and make the next post longer and even include some pictures for you, my writing is kind of boring!!!

I think youll find ...

.... I may be the worlds worst blogger! I had a lovely weekend, with my friend C, last weekend, but for some reason I have been feeling incredibly negative and down this last week, I didnt really want that to show in my blog so I havent posted. BUT inspired by Veggie girl Im am going to try to find the positive things in life each day.

Too start Im taking a trip back to last weekends fun to share the firework photos. I actually have a firework setting on my camera!!!

Pretty, huh!

Anyway lots left to do before bed, so Im going to leave it here for now. But I must just say hello to Haylee and Veggie girl, its always nice to have new people (as well as the oldies, haha) leaving comments, hope you back again :)

Happy Days

Im so so so happy today for many reasons.
1. Lots of birthday wishes for my Mummy made me happy, thank you fellow bloggers youre too too sweet.
2. Yesterday at work we had our official opening and it was BRILLIANT.
3. Im learning to play Rudolf the red nosed reindeer on the guitar, twinkle twinkle is coming on!
4. I finally found my battery charger and now I have a working camera and take loads of photos :D
5. Im off to see a good friend for the weekend. :D :D Shes taking me to the see some fireworks.
6. Together we are going to, not 1, not 2 but 3 mass-eve craft shows, SO EXCITED!!!!

Hope everybody has a good weekend, I need to go make some brekkie and a cup of tea for the folks before catching my train.

Whats happening???

O my goodness, where has this year gone???? Its November already I dont know where time is vanishing to.
Tomorrow is my Mums birthday and I have her card made and presents wrapped, hopefully she will have a great day tomorrow.