A year ago tonight I spent the last night in my old life. How quickly that year has passed! I haven't done all the things I set out to do when I moved into this 'sensible' house but when I look back at my year I have achieved so much.
I have a job I love even though I am so stressed atm with the new term (2 weeks in so far hence the lack of blogging!!) I have saved a sensible amount of money that has allowed me to have a nice holiday in Orkney and to do some essential maintenance/repairs to my home. I am going to a special family wedding in Singapore in November and do not need to rely on credit cards to do so. Ok, I get a family rate with Hilton as my middle son works for them but I am so lucky I am able to afford the flights for me and The Teenager to see a very special event.
My wee back garden has been producing courgettes by the dozen so luckily I love courgette soup!!
I am so disappointed with my tomatoes. They've grown but have absolutely no flavour Varieties are Ailsa Craig, Moneymaker and Russian Krim :-( I had to pick them green as the plants were dying off. They've ripened in the bowl but are still tasteless.
A recent family dinner left me with a few extra veggies that I turned into soup.
I'm loving the wee cartons of Alpro cream. They really make a difference to dishes and as they have a proper screw lid last for ages in the fridge!
Today I made a batch of soup from some bendy carrots at the bottom of my fridge. That's this week's lunches at school sorted!!
Hello just found your interesting blog and have enjoyed reading through it. As well as sharing the same first name as you I also work in education so you have my sympathy as I know how utterly exhausting a day at the chalk face can be. The soup looks fab, great idea for left overs. Not too long until half term!!!
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