To find a torrential rain storm storming down upon London and probably elsewhere as well!
So she rethought her day, took her Bond Street finery of, for that was where she had been planning to go, put everyday clothes on and started to pull apart the bathroom cupboard.
Some lucky person is going to receive a few pretty sweaters, if you garden like she does, you build up back and arm muscles and these pretty little things are too small for her. Then she sorted out the baskets of belts and gloves.
Tucked new lavender bags and bars of soap amongst the now tidy contents and shut the doors, did a load of washing, paid a bill on-line, made an appointment with her GP doctor and made us lunch.
And this, Dear Readers, is what she made me and it was very scrummydumptious and I suggest you make it as well as it extremely LOW in fattening things. Speedy Houmous is its' name and very speedy it is too!
You'll need the following.
Tin of boiled Chickpeas in water.
2 Cloves of Garlic.
Lemon Juice - 3 tbsn.
2 Tbsp of Fat Free Greek Yoghurt
Salt and freshly ground black Pepper.
Pinch of Smoked Paprika or Cayenne Pepper.
A liquidiser / food processor.
Method,
Put the rinsed chickpeas, chrushed garlic, lemon juice, and yoghurt into a food processor and pulse until fairly smooth but not TOO smooth.
Season with salt and pepper, add more lemon juice to taste and sprinkle with a pinch of HOT smoked paprika or cayenne pepper.
I love this as I am extremely partial to all of the things that are in it! She'll have it for her supper with raw vegetables.
Yesterday she went off to L'Oreal to have her colour done, the people were on their 'mock' final exam at the highest level of training. She had a young woman who was amazing! The teacher was thrilled with what she did to my mum's hair, she understood exactly what mum wanted and did it beautifully!
Yippee..
She's got happy news.. Tom and Bob, our very dear friends from NYC will be here in September for three days, they arrive on the 11th and leave on the 14th, she hasn't seen them since she was last in NYC in 2007 and I haven't seen them for TEN years!
What else have I got to report?
She's shrinking! Her actual skeleton is very small, think size four & a half feet, so she can carry too much weight and people think that she is a normal size, it is only when she is her normal weight that people suddenly go "WHAT!"
And no one has ever called her thin, except when she came out of hospital after the kidney operation forty years weighing seven and a half stone!
So here we are, the allotments are going glugglugglug and drinking up this rain, there are probably no figs on the trees.. those miserable thieving bastards and naughty birds have probably eaten the lot, but she'll be off on Saturday, dressed in rain survival gear, to see if there is any fruit to pick.
Much tidying to be done in the wreckage of our pretty sitting room.. several boxes of papers to be shredded, a pile of laundry to be ironed and put away. A pile of beautiful clothes that are no longer needed need to be taken to the Consignment Shop to be sold. It is only when she gets these type of clothes out that she thinks of how her life has changed so dramatically.
Lives change.. our's certainly has. Now she's going to dodge the deluging drops of rain and go to the Library. I'll cogitate my feathery tumtum, yes, I am no longer bald, you'll be pleased to hear.
Stay happy and healthy.. wherever you may be.
GeeGee Parrot.
August 13th, 2015.
So she rethought her day, took her Bond Street finery of, for that was where she had been planning to go, put everyday clothes on and started to pull apart the bathroom cupboard.
Some lucky person is going to receive a few pretty sweaters, if you garden like she does, you build up back and arm muscles and these pretty little things are too small for her. Then she sorted out the baskets of belts and gloves.
Tucked new lavender bags and bars of soap amongst the now tidy contents and shut the doors, did a load of washing, paid a bill on-line, made an appointment with her GP doctor and made us lunch.
And this, Dear Readers, is what she made me and it was very scrummydumptious and I suggest you make it as well as it extremely LOW in fattening things. Speedy Houmous is its' name and very speedy it is too!
You'll need the following.
Tin of boiled Chickpeas in water.
2 Cloves of Garlic.
Lemon Juice - 3 tbsn.
2 Tbsp of Fat Free Greek Yoghurt
Salt and freshly ground black Pepper.
Pinch of Smoked Paprika or Cayenne Pepper.
A liquidiser / food processor.
Method,
Put the rinsed chickpeas, chrushed garlic, lemon juice, and yoghurt into a food processor and pulse until fairly smooth but not TOO smooth.
Season with salt and pepper, add more lemon juice to taste and sprinkle with a pinch of HOT smoked paprika or cayenne pepper.
I love this as I am extremely partial to all of the things that are in it! She'll have it for her supper with raw vegetables.
Yesterday she went off to L'Oreal to have her colour done, the people were on their 'mock' final exam at the highest level of training. She had a young woman who was amazing! The teacher was thrilled with what she did to my mum's hair, she understood exactly what mum wanted and did it beautifully!
Yippee..
She's got happy news.. Tom and Bob, our very dear friends from NYC will be here in September for three days, they arrive on the 11th and leave on the 14th, she hasn't seen them since she was last in NYC in 2007 and I haven't seen them for TEN years!
What else have I got to report?
She's shrinking! Her actual skeleton is very small, think size four & a half feet, so she can carry too much weight and people think that she is a normal size, it is only when she is her normal weight that people suddenly go "WHAT!"
And no one has ever called her thin, except when she came out of hospital after the kidney operation forty years weighing seven and a half stone!
So here we are, the allotments are going glugglugglug and drinking up this rain, there are probably no figs on the trees.. those miserable thieving bastards and naughty birds have probably eaten the lot, but she'll be off on Saturday, dressed in rain survival gear, to see if there is any fruit to pick.
Much tidying to be done in the wreckage of our pretty sitting room.. several boxes of papers to be shredded, a pile of laundry to be ironed and put away. A pile of beautiful clothes that are no longer needed need to be taken to the Consignment Shop to be sold. It is only when she gets these type of clothes out that she thinks of how her life has changed so dramatically.
Lives change.. our's certainly has. Now she's going to dodge the deluging drops of rain and go to the Library. I'll cogitate my feathery tumtum, yes, I am no longer bald, you'll be pleased to hear.
Stay happy and healthy.. wherever you may be.
GeeGee Parrot.
August 13th, 2015.
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