Hooray its the weekend!!!! So what to do with it? Tonight i'm going to chill out I think. Hubby and both daughters are going out so I think I will visit my brother who only lives around the corner. Him and his wife are lovely and always make me feel really welcome and comfortable. Will probably stay there until hubby gets home unless daughter picks me up on her way home. He usually wants to order a takeaway so I will take around some crisps and nibbles and a bottle of wine so that we can have those instead and not spend any money. Had a quick look at the budget for this month and its looking a bit tight so will have to be pretty careful. Think it will be a weekend at home then for me!!!
Called in to see my mum this morning on my way to work as she is going away tonight for the weekend. Old people are great arn't they? I was standing by the fridge and she had put on some fridge magnets these were in the form of 6 very ornate miniature photo frames. At first glance I though they were quite nice but on closer inspection I noticed that the top 3 had photos that my mum had cut out of those order of service booklets you get at funerals. They were of 3 of her close fiends who have died recently. Whats wrong with that I hear you say. Well it was the 3 empty ones waiting to be filled just below that were bothering me!!!! On mentioning my concerns to mum she just tutted at me, took them off. and put them into the kitchen drawer. Off into the lounge she went muttering "only you would bloody say that!" Its made me smile all day.
I'm still working my way through my meat from the abbatoir. Tonight we had sausages, mash made with potatoes and swede, roast beetroot and onion gravy. I obviously didn't have the sausages. It was the first time i've ever roasted beetroot. Upside is it tasted great, downside is I now have a very purple thumb and forefinger where I stupidly believed that I could just peel off the skin easily this way after reading it in a recipe book. Hmmm!!!!

If you're wondering what the greyish powder is the photo is, it is black pepper that my hubby decided to cover his tea with just before I took the photo. Men! Don't know why I bother to cook everything fresh, I may aswell just microwave horsemeat laden ready meals as they get covered in either pepper or brown sauce anyway!
Well have a lovely evening folks, whatever your doing. Until tomorrow.
Jules x