Morecambe

Oat Recipes

There are over two thousand recipes using oats here, at Food Down Under and of course at the Quaker oats site.

Peter Kay's Universal truths

Came across some universal truths on DamienT98's Xanga Site today.
My favourite was "Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had their
arm broken by a swan."

TeaBag cards

I made my swaps for the internet purple swap over the weekend. I will get them posted off tomorrow. Clicking the pictures should enlarge them.

I have already recieved my swaps, they are much nicer then mine but then I am still learning.

Williamsons Of Lancaster

My dad is in this photo of some of the staff of Williamsons in the 1960's. Click on the photo to enlarge. I shall be posting this on the I Love Morecambe site to see if anyone recognises anyone.

Morecambe kite Festival

Morecambe is having a Kite festival this weekend. Hope it keeps fine for them. I'll see if I can drag Darling daughter down to the promenade. It might be as packed as in this photo, you never know. If everything works correctly clicking the picture will enlarge it.

Knit alongs

My Daughter was off school with a multitude of symptoms today which meant that I had to ring work and tell them I'd be in later if she felt better.I think she is just a bit run down after the exams. I left her to sleep and rather than spend this unexpected free time ticking things, such as ironing, off my "to do" list I promptly logged on and surfed knitting blogs. I came across this list of knit alongs which was interesting, and discovered many a new knitting blog. Funnily enough I have not been knitting recently, or doing much of anything really. I seem to have found myself in the doldrums, my life just leaking away, wasted day by wasted day.

Flour Mite

I was doing an absent minded wipe of the kitchen worktop this evening whilst waiting for the kettle to boil and noticed of all things a flour mite. This was a bit of a puzzle as I had washed all the worktop down properly before and after making tea and, since I have entered this, hopefully temporary, depressed phase, there is no way my kitchen has seen flour for at least a year. My first thought was "my Gawd, I'll end up on the TV show "how clean is your house" but then the more rational side kicked in and pondered on how one can have a flour mite in the absence of flour or any flour products. The bread last used was fresh today, the chopping board has been through the dishwasher and I couldn't spy a stray crumb. A little research and I think I have an answer. Apparently flour mites also live in cheese and guess what I put in one of Sirs sandwhiches to take to work this night. Oooops, I thought it smelled rather strong.
Speaking of Sir, he has won something on a radio programme this evening. Naturally we listened keenly for the announcement hoping for a car or even a patented flour mite zapper. He has won some cd's, which is very nice but I am not sure what albums they are. The presenter called him a "sweetie" and said he would spend many a night chilling out to the music. Bless her. "Sweetie" is not a word that even his own Mother would apply to him.
When he first rang me and said to listen to the radio I had a wild idea that he had dedicated a song to me but, as far as I know, there is not a song entitled "you are a grumpy cow, snap out of it"....to the tune of "come and get yer black bin bags" as sung on Phoenix nights.

The Decluttering Box

Anyone who has decluttered much knows the method of having a box for charity, a box to be re-homed and a box to be put away for a while and chucked if it's not accessed within 6 months. I have added a box, and it is a very popular box. You put things in  it that you no longer require, but it is like the first stop before the charity shop. You place it in your hallway and invite visitors to take what they want. It is always emptied and whoe betide the person who inadvertently leaves some shoes or a bag nearby.