Last Sunday...

I did the Race for Life.

I walked fast and it took me longer than I'd hoped but the atmosphere was incredible.  People joining together for a cause.  There were all ages and abilities there, as well as lots of dressed up dogs!  I find reading the messages people had on their backs very emotional.

I look like a beetroot!

In the afternoon I had a massage and facial that my friend had given me for my 40th.  I was so relaxed I fell asleep in the garden when I came home.  A great end to a great day.

 

Nights Out

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This week due to the good weather we had a couple of spontaneous nights out.

On Tuesday we went to the sea side after work. Had fish and chips, walked on the beach and finished with an icecream.

A couple of nights later we decided to go for a picnic.  We were already having soup and sandwiches for dinner so packed them into a bag and drove to Castle Howard.  We sat in the car, enjoying the view while munching on our butties. 

After we finished we walked round the lake.

A family of ducks had bedded down for the night in the middle of the path, we tried not to disturb them as we walked past.

 

 



Before heading back to the car as the sun was setting.

We really enjoyed just doing something different, rather than just sitting in and both evenings didn't cost much. 

Menu Plans

Yesterday I sorted out our meals for the week.  I am really not wanting to have any food waste and also make things easier for me.

While getting dinner ready, which was a very nice Jamie Oliver chicken dish from his 15 mins meals, I put some beef in the slow cooker for dinner tonight, made sausage casserole and cooked the rest of the sausages to make pasties.  I while the oven was on put jacket potatoes in, made tomato soup and chicken chill all for lunches this week.

I even prepped the sweet potato for dinner this morning  before I went to work so when I got in just I cooked the veg and thicken the gravy in the slow cooker ready for when I came home after visiting mum.

So this weeks menu plan is..

Mon – Beef, sweet potato mash and veg (enough left over for another two meals now in the freezer)

Tue – FQ Sausage pasties, Jacket potatoes and salad

Wed – Pasta carbonara, garlic bread and salad

Thurs – Tuna steak , roasted veg and rice

Sat – Pizza, wedges and beans

Sun – Roast chicken and all the trimmings

 

 

What have I been up to...

There has been one of these...

One of these...

A lot of this...

And hope to do more of this...

 

Life Begins...

at 40, so the saying goes so in one week's time I will find this out! ekk

Say A Prayer

Good News

Well the washing up trial didn’t lead to anything, but he got £30 for the shift.

But…

One of the hotels he dropped a CV off at were looking for a kitchen porter.  He went in for an interview with the Head Chef, who once he saw OH’s CV said they might be looking for a Night Porter so he asked him to come back and see the Manager.  They can’t offer anything permanent but as it is Christmas Party season they are looking for someone to work four nights a week helping the Night Porter setting the function rooms up and other general duties.  So as I post this he is in bed after completing his 2^nd shift.  I am so pleased, not only for the financial side of things (it’s more money too), but it has given my OH a boost.  I think it must be very easy to think that after being made redundant that no one wants me.  I am so proud of him for staying positive.

Other news is I’m off work with whooping cough!  I have had this cough for about 5 weeks and yesterday went to the Doctors who sent me for blood tests.  I am passed the infectious stage but once work knew that’s what I have they didn’t want me to go in so I have to self-certificate for 5 days.  I am a bit annoyed by it as when I started with it they were happy for me to carry on working and the environment that they have created now is that you are scared to take time off sick as it flags up against you.

 

And more good news is that my job is (at the moment) safe for another 2 years.  The restructure has gone through and is being finalised.  We are going to get a pay rise of £35 a year!

Thank you all for your great comments of support J