thread I made the best frittata I have ever made tonight.
Started as a "what can I make from what I have?" situation, but fuck me, that was a little (well, huge) piece of eggy, potatoey, oniony, bacony, sagey, tomatoey heaven.

Go me.

Anyone else eating well tonight?
permalink Does Cockspur rum and coke count as a foodstuff?
permalink white wine and fags counts as well surely?
permalink I reckon you have at least two major foodgroups there.
permalink cocaine is a food group?
cor


*dials dealer*
permalink The "Class A" food group.
permalink ohh yes
eat food
*rolls spliff*
permalink I had a pizza and burnt the top of my mouth.
It now feels like there are strips of burnt skin hanging down inside my mouth.
"Further Adventures of Miniature Biscuit in her new big bed - Day 5. She now knows she has to stay in her new room and doesn't come out to get in our bed. However she won't sleep in her bed unless I'm in the room, which is not going to happen-not getting into that rigmarole. So, she's decided to sleep on the floor instead. Evedrytime she falls asleep I go up and put her into bed, she wakes up and gets out and falls to sleep on the floor, ad infinitum. She's now taken to sleeping behind the door so I can't get in without cracking her on the head. I've given up. If she wants to sleep on then floor then she can. Silly bint.
permalink strike a deal with her
bribery works everytime, but do it on your terms. Given the choice of two things (both of which can be beneficial for all parties) children will chose one or the other.

As their identity establishes itself, they become aware of being able to manipulate their surroundings, that includes you! The good thing is, if you can help direct it rather than get frustrated about it. Not easy I know, but resolute and consistent resolve works now and therefore the future
permalink We've been doing that.
A sticker chart with smiley faces for when she stays in bed all night. It worked well with her potty training. In fact she cracked that within a week. SHe started calling from the top of the stairs a moment ago and I tried to talk to her about her stickers.
"Do you want a smiley sticker on your chart tomorrow?"
"No."
Oh
permalink "do you want one tomorrow?"
"no"
"ok, have you finished yet?"
"hang on"
permalink she knows how to get round you
learn to get round her, each time she learns the trick you have to be smarter...in the end they figure it out and do it anyway....sometimes
permalink I had a screaming fit tonight.
She was yelling like she was being killed for an hour and then got asked if she wanted a smack and to be quiet or she would get one.

She shouted NO! and got a smack.

Then she had a small pause and began screaming again for another hour before sleeping.

I should stress, this is the sound of a child being murdered, but if you are with her you see that it is not so much screaming as shouting the sound of a scream. She is a little distressed, but mostly it is just noise making.
permalink we're all not perfect :)
its all trial (sic) and error, I would have responded to the 'no' with

WHAT DO THE FUCK YOU WANT THEN!
permalink ah,
the old confuse them and run ploy
permalink I offered her just about everything.
Basically we had the standard protest shrieking because she did not want to be in bed.

The other two had grown out of this by the time they were 18 months, but this one is a shite-bag and no mistake.
permalink you should frame this post and give it to her on her 18th birthday.
permalink don't worry
all parent's pray for the day when they can give it back to their kids

Eldest doesn't have clue what my T-Shirt will be on his 18th in December, by then he'll have lived here 4.5 months

REVENGE BWhahahahhahahhahaa
permalink get a fucking ball gag
permalink It gets close some time.
permalink "ONE"
..
..

"TWO"

you only have to punch them square in the face on "TEN", once


permalink only have to follow the threat of a smacked arse once
if you follow it through. Useless if you back down from anything you say will happen, if it doesn't...empty threats they suss out quick

hit me - Iann Dury - live in Brrixton circa 1983
permalink Ah. Ickleuminator is at the same stage.
She's been in her bed for a few weeks now, but she tends to come pottering through to our bed when she wakes up at 4, 5, 6, whatever. She's pretty good at climbing in and going to sleep but sometimes she doesn't sleep and thumps and kicks us until we wake up....

She took to the actual bed thing very quickly though...
permalink my boys come through about 6.30
snuggle up and I we watch TV until the race down for breakfast
permalink castle spacefish has been filling up on sausagemeat toasties and red stripe
but i harvested some artichokes this morning, and they will make us a nice soup before we head to the farmers' market the morn
permalink its beautifully balmy here
slight breeze
permalink mmm!
I forgot about your artichoke bush!
permalink i've got bright yellow and red chard coming up at the moment
it looks like spinach on acid

and i keep finding raspberries randomly growing in the hedge, which is another win
permalink mmm
I love chard.
permalink Chard crumble
mings
permalink bombay bad boy
and a nice cabernet. Possibly 2 nice cabernets. But only 1 bombay bad boy.

Dammit I wanted pizza, but that concoction of yours is making me drool. From the mouth.
permalink it was fucking awesome.
I've made frittatas a hundred times, but that was just wonderful.
permalink *still hasn't refilled freezers and fridge since nut cull*
cleaned the fuckers as well, not a trace of nut in them I can tell you!
permalink my culinary exploits this week
didn't get further than a spanish omelette :)
permalink No
but I really fancy a beer. I packed in drinking for just under 2 months (We went on holiday so I thought I'd have a few). The net result is I've lost over a stone, and I don't really miss the drinking at home, so I only do it when I'm out playing darts.

That said, I also fancy a kebab :)
permalink End of July/first week of August for Abu Dhabi
permalink I might even be there...
Will confirm dates when I get back to work on Monday.
permalink don't get seen with him
you'll get locked up too
permalink look what happened to SSSS
nuff said
permalink I had a pea fritter today, it was nasty.
does anyone have a copy, or know where I can get a copy of TLC, a sitcom with Reece Shearsmith?

permalink microwave pasta and some weird 'powerbar recovery shake'
in preparation for my 120 mile ride tomorrow night.

tomorrow: more pasta and some last minute prep
permalink did I sponsor you?
permalink i'm not doing it for charidy
but feel free to give a beers worth to your favourite

my ankle has been twingey for a few days. I'm getting paranoid!
permalink (old) nutter
permalink I had rather nice
takeaway pork and noodles. But then, I do live thirty seconds from a suprisingly good chinese takeaway. It inspires confidence when you can actually stand there and watch the chef at work with his wok.
permalink otherwise
two canned G&Ts, two bottles of spitfire, and on my second bottle of broadside. Got distracted by an ex housemate on the phone. I normally don't really do chatting on the phone. 1 1/4 hours later...
permalink had one last night
two in a row they'll think Rigby's staying
permalink i was out with two girls who want to be men. one of which is cute as fuck
anyaway the gf wasn't impressed and stormed out

whoops
permalink she's obviously serious
she just sent me a picture of her arse
permalink really?
care to show us

*smuts*
permalink though the sorrow, all through the splendour
don't take offence at, my innuedo
permalink frankly
does Brian May's playing get any better than this?