Nutty as a Fruitcake

Its great to get to the end of the week… its been a long one. My brain had definitely decided it wanted to work a four day working week, not a five day one. The thaw has arrived, but we are still seeing unusual birds such as this Fieldfair in the garden scoping out the apples impaled on the willow tree. We can see the green in the garden again, and life is almost back to normal.

Breakfast, as planned, was scrambled eggs on a slice of mixed grain toast. This bread has been fantastic; soft and chewy when first made and excellent for toast over the last couple of days.

I am looking forward to more daylight and am starting to plan what I am going to do in the garden and allotment this year. Work and injury, and then rain dominated and finally crushed my enthusiasm last year, so this year I have decided to take a much more pragmatic approach. I will not grow seedlings this year. I will buy plantlets from the market and Internet. I will try a few rows of seeds but not worry if it doesn’t work out. I will grow lots of peas! And I will not grow too much lettuce! I need to put the joy back into my garden.

Lunch was a quick dish of pasta shapes, tomato passata with a bit of chili, and a sprinkling of cheese. This lunch is not on my plan, but I needed something warm and comforting.

Friday’s work was focused on preparing reports for the businesses reviews next week. I know they have to be done, but the automatic reporting tool we have is tedious and frustrating to use. I hum a happy little tune to myself as I watch the screen freeze again…. lovely.

Afternoon snack for a cafe machiato with cinnamon syrup and two toffee apple biscuits. Boy, did I need that caffeine… I may have an addiction.

The news from Haiti gets worse and worse. Without infrastructure and only one runway at the airport, the relief agencies have a mammoth task.

Dinner was fish tacos and spicy wedges. The corn tortilla was warmed, with a spicy tomato and chili relish, a salad of crispy chinese leaves shredded, watercress, sweet peppers, tomatoes and avocado. Topped with a crispy Basa Fillet and more relish on the side.

We watched Transformer this evening… I think I’m about twenty years too old to enjoy it. They had tried really hard, and spent lots of money, but I couldn’t decide if it was supposed to be a comedy, a children’s film or scary. Oh well.

After all that adrenaline 🙂 I had a celery and cheese snack to calm down again.