FEELING DISCONNECTED!

Hi all, sorry not written, it's been a weird couple of weeks with regard to the virtual world.  I avoided as much as I could the week after the election due to my total disbelief that the Torys got in and the subsequent panic attacks and depression that followed.  I wanted to distance myself from everyone's anger, posts, comments, worries and outrage as I was feeling very delicate myself and didn't want to spiral and I certainly didn't want to blog in that state as I felt I'd done all that already.

A few weeks on and there is still disbelief and outrage on places like Facebook, but I'm now in that state of mind that it's a bit like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.  I know all of those that are still raging didn't vote them in, but enough now please.  It's happened!  Apart from assasination and/or attempting to do our bit by signed petitions, there really isn't anything we can do about it now and, to be honest, assasination won't help as another bugger from the same party will just step up. We had our say and others voted wrongly, whether by choice or tactical voting, they are in and we have to deal with it.  So please, please stop posting.  Please, please can we have something more positive, something uplifting, something funny to brighten the dark days that we now have to endure for the next 5 years.  Yes, sorry to remind you, but we have 5 more years of this and I dread to think about what the state of this country will be in by the end of it.

I've withdrawn a bit for the moment.  I'm not in the mood to socialise and I'm trying desparately to get everything paid off or necessities bought before the dreaded day when my money will, probably, stop.  Perhaps I'm just practicing ;-)  I do have a few things with my son planned and I do have Glastonbury to look forward to, luckily paid now and, after kind donations at Xmas and up and coming birthday, I should have some spending money (even if it's only enough to feed myself and provide myself with tea), but I must admit that in my head, the calendar stops at the end of July.  After that I'm in no man's land with regard to plans, money, my son's education, etc.  Won't know until at least then if we are safe for another year or we're holed up indoors for the next however many until either he's old enough and confident enough and able to get himself a job and/or I am capable of finding one that fits in with my pain threshold.

STOP!  I'm off again and that isn't what I'm supposed to be doing.

Decided I'm just going to add some photos that cheer me up and start to do what I want other's to do - be a bit more positive.

My gorgeous kids and grandchild with The Gruffalo

A lucky spot whilst at Fort Horsted

Cheeky Chappy at Heligan

Me and my longest known mates at Hever

Pig!  Just because

Plate spinning (yes I really was)

Natural History Museum Butterflies

Sweet little things, cunningly hidden

Cya

HOW DO PEOPLE DO IT?

Hi all, after a very off/on, off/on weekend with the poorly bug and other half being at home for past 4 days, today was 'back to normal'.  Well, it was supposed to be, but it didn't quite turn out that way.

Woke up and enjoyed the lovely peace and quiet of no Radio 5 Live blaring from the kitchen and no teenager up yet, so a couple of very leisurely, very calm cups of tea were taken before I decided to start the day.

Then the computer awaited me.  The dreaded finance time; check bank account against spreadsheet, pay bills, move money around from one account to another and then see how much was left for the month.  EEEEEK!!!  Skint, again and I've only just started.  I've got the grand sum of £29 to last me the month, yep the whole month!  Admittedly I shouldn't have any shopping to buy, but I'm going to Brighton tomorrow and I wanted to stock up on some unusual bits from Infinity Foods (different pastas, flours and the like).  I have also paid for osteopath, all the household bills, Callum's trampolining lessons and set aside some money for holiday, but really, £29!!!  I say again, EEEEEEEK!

So what else today.  Well, after having realised the cash flow problem, I thought I'd better get out in the kitchen and get some food cooked for tomorrow's jaunt as buying bits is out of the question apart from aforementioned Infinity Food shop.  So gluten free rolls made, butter bean and red pepper 'burgers' also made, broccoli hot dip made but not cooked ready for return tomorrow night which I can have with some tortillas and/or veggie crudites and I made a version of an apple sauce cake using the orchard fruit butter that I made ages ago and was beginning to look a bit, how shall we say, in need of using up quickly.  I did a bit of  bottom of fridge foraging and found I have enough veggies to add to the bean sprouts that I have to make a prawn stir fry tonight, so not a bad afternoon's cooking, but, boy, did my hip hurt after doing all that standing.

Then, on looking around, I thought I'd better hoover through and change the mats and dog beds as they were looking a bit grim.

So, by that time it was rather late and so no home ed was done.  Callum didn't mind as he was happily playing on his new XBox game.  Not exactly brilliant though is it?

Anyway, my reason for the title?  I have a reasonable large kitchen, but during my furious cookathon my kitchen ended up looking like this:

And that was only one side of it.  The other side was full of washing up!!  I seriously don't know how people do it in a small kitchen.

Cya