Stormy Monday
May. 23rd, 2011 09:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dinahWhew, let's hope those dodgy roof tiles stay on, shall we? It's stormy and cold and I am under the weather so I've popped LotR into the dvd player and shall be watching it on our new fantastic 42" telly. It looks so good I really don't see why I ought to be getting the Blu-Ray version that comes out soon.
I'll spend the day writing things, like the 'about me' section for my homepage - can you say oh horror? We spent Saturday in Belfast, first shopping (a good bargain haul of pretty bowl scrapers 75% off, a Soho Spice rack for a tenner instead of 40£ and an apple & berry pie half price - all Avoca) and then seeing Spamalot. Phil Jupitus is adorable and he had his usual specs on and he was good but it was still a bit like watching your dad in the community play. Jodie Prenger is gorgeous and has a great voice but she just comes on wayyyyy too strong. Not a subtle singer, and Sarah Ramirez clearly remains queen.
Yesterday MiL came over - cue frantic cleaning & tidying, but I think the visit was a success and the pie came in handy. I have to say, for being from the famed Avoca cafe it was nothing special and the pastry was cardboardy.
Oooh, my Steenbergs haul came down with her (had accidentally gone to my old address) and I have a wealth of new spice mixes now that I cannot wait to cook with. They smell fabulous, they are freshly imported and freshly mixed to order so you know you are getting good quality. The Madras Curry powder smells divine.
And I think I'm allergic to Fenugreek as I bought some and it makes me sneeze. Right, I shall put up my achey knee, relax my achey back and make my sore throat another cup of tea. Bah.
I'll spend the day writing things, like the 'about me' section for my homepage - can you say oh horror? We spent Saturday in Belfast, first shopping (a good bargain haul of pretty bowl scrapers 75% off, a Soho Spice rack for a tenner instead of 40£ and an apple & berry pie half price - all Avoca) and then seeing Spamalot. Phil Jupitus is adorable and he had his usual specs on and he was good but it was still a bit like watching your dad in the community play. Jodie Prenger is gorgeous and has a great voice but she just comes on wayyyyy too strong. Not a subtle singer, and Sarah Ramirez clearly remains queen.
Yesterday MiL came over - cue frantic cleaning & tidying, but I think the visit was a success and the pie came in handy. I have to say, for being from the famed Avoca cafe it was nothing special and the pastry was cardboardy.
Oooh, my Steenbergs haul came down with her (had accidentally gone to my old address) and I have a wealth of new spice mixes now that I cannot wait to cook with. They smell fabulous, they are freshly imported and freshly mixed to order so you know you are getting good quality. The Madras Curry powder smells divine.
And I think I'm allergic to Fenugreek as I bought some and it makes me sneeze. Right, I shall put up my achey knee, relax my achey back and make my sore throat another cup of tea. Bah.
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on 2011-05-24 01:54 pm (UTC)And did the roof tiles stay where they were?