Saturday

Hi, all.  Sorry this is late - I overslept, got stuck into kitchen stuff and forgot the time and then had to go out.  I'm back now so here we go.

Yesterday turned out to be more busy than I expected.  

I went to SW, of course (two pounds off), and then into Morrisons to do my weekly shop;  a bit more expensive than the last few weeks because I had run out of things like ketchup, red wine vinegar, olive oil, etc.

Once that was home and away, I had time to make and eat my lunch before driving round to Beth's.  We took her van into the precinct because of her wheelchair/hoist and trundled into Curry/PC World.   Beth looked at all things laptop while I roamed the kitchen gadgets until she had made her choices.  Bank of Mum then swung into action as this will be her birthday and Christmas presents all rolled into one.  

It is being set up according to Beth's requirements and then she is having a 1:1 for someone to go through everything with her.  I won't be involved in that.  So, well before she has to hand back her work laptop, she will have been able to move across all the training programmes she created, anything that is her 'intellectual' property in plenty of time.

Then we did Hobbycraft, of course.  Beth bought some fabric and I bought the sewing thread I needed.  Finally, we went into Costa for a reviving coffee - something I very rarely do.

So that was yesterday.

Today, I feel economically virtuous.

I blanched some apples for the freezer.

I picked, topped and tailed, strung (stringed?) and sliced some runner beans and they are also in the freezer.

I had four potatoes . . . to go back, last time I needed to buy potatoes, Morrisons didn't have any Maris Pipers, always my first choice, so I got a bag of 'baking potatoes'.  Big mistake - they didn't chip or roast at all well; they went all limp and soggy.  Just not nice.  I have some Maris Pipers now but I had four of the other potatoes to use first.  I have microwaved three of them and wrapped them individually in foil to reheat and crisp up the skin and the fourth I cooked and mashed.  That's in the fridge and I will use it to top a fish pie on Monday - they certainly baked and mashed a lot better than it roasted!!

Now I really must do another freezer audit - I have taken stuff out, put stuff in, and I don't have much idea of what is there really.  And it is all higgledy piggledy and taking up way more room than it really should.

Time to get organised before autumn hits.

Maybe I will start that one this afternoon . . .

Have a lovely day, everyone.  Take care and enjoy the sunshine (assuming you have some - it is lovely here).

See you tomorrow.   xx