Crafts and Life

Ingredients 2 tbs unsalted butter 1 4lb chicken cut into serving pieces 1 small yellow onion, chopped 0.25 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 0.75 lb celeriac, peeled and cubed 2 parsley roots, peeled and cubed 1 lb carrots, sliced 10 small white onions, peeled 10 black peppercorns 1 bay leaf 1.5…

The 101 is still going well but I need to get some of the stitching goals finished off and quickly, with that in mind I hope to finish the RCOs before the end of January and then really crack on with Perfect Pets and Durham (Perfect Pets can be worked…

Various shots of Toby now he is full grown! One of course of a Cairn Terrier in his natural habitat (the snow LOL), and of course the follow on being a Cairn Terrier snoozing in front of a roaring fire. The one of Toby eating is because Dr Tempe added…

Going backwards in time from today! A close up of his furryness, another shot of me with me (showing how much bigger he has got!), a shot from earlier this week (possibly last weekend), showing him sitting ice and upright (and by the beer cases *cough*!) and finally a couple…

2 tins chickpeas, drained 1 small onion, peeled and diced 1 tbs Madras curry paste 200 ml tin chopped tomatoes 200 ml vegetable stock 0.5 bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped 25 ml vegetable oil 150g Total 2% Greek Yoghurt 2 garlic cloves, crushed Heat the oil in a thick bottomed…

I managed to finish off the book of crosswords yesterday which means that 59 items are completed on the list and I am not through the first year yet! Next items on the list I want to clear are some of the stitching and using the spice holder (yum –…

Okay one picture showing his size (and the diminuation of puppy fur down the back!), the tiles in the kitchen are about 12.5 inches or 32cm, the other pics show him being a terrier and digging! This is what terriers do so we did not shout at him – what…

Just a few quick pics of Toby this is a week after we got him there will be some more in a minute or two!

Not a huge lot to report, daily tasks are ticking over but the main thing is we got Toby :-), he is a little sweetie and in perfect health (according to the vet we saw this morning).

Okay not much has happened in the last month as I have been ill and then more ill and just to add to it I was ill *sigh* but I have plodded on with my daily tasks and some of the other bit part ones are getting there as well…