Freedom at last!

At last the exams are over and I have the rest of the week minus work to chill out and relax! I stayed in bed till late morning reading my book and it was fab - amazingly when I got up I found that my lovely hubby had done all the dishes and tidyed/hoovered the whole house (well except 'the room') So I'm having a great day already! Just off for a walk with Doggies and Hubby in the snow - should be fun because the snow makes the Doggies all excited and springy! Sometimes it's just great to be alive!

Scrapbook? I think not!

Not that I was slagging off scrapbookers, but I don't have a scrapbook! I have a book that I stick interesting things wot I've cut out into, but it's not scrapbooking! There's no stickers or fancy paper finishes. No writing in special script written in special ink pens. There is ripped bits of paper, with sellotape! I don't put things in regularly - I put a picture of a bath in about three months ago and a picture of a kitchen about a year ago. How can that be a scrapbook? It's hardly a regular habbit! And yet Fran has decided that I am a 'scrappy scrapbooker' and is teasing me relentlessly. I tried saying it was a 'style file', but she wasn't having any of that! Oh well - it'll just have to be my dirty-little-not-so-secret. There are worse things to have than a scrapbook I guess - I hope!

Any Excuse!

Why is it that when you've got to do something you don't want to do - like write an essay or revise - you'll do almost anything rather than the task in hand. It's very nearly exam time so Fran and I spent over an hour looking at the statistics about Iran, and American Geography. This then became a guessing game about the size of American states. I'm studying Primary Teaching with Linguistics (nothing to do with Iran or America) and Fran's doing Law (nothing to do with Iran or America). It's ridiculous - even cleaning the oven is looking more attractive than doing some uni work.
However, today is the day I knuckle down and get stuck in. I've been saying that all week, but today I really mean it. I'll get started right now.......just as soon as I've checked my email and investigated the Huf Haus website - what can I say?

Mmmmm

Well a Happy new Year to all - and may 2007 exceed all your expectations for being truly fantabulous. I welcomed in the New Year with Hubby and another couple who live out at Tarland - it was a quiet affair, but suited me down to the ground - I must say I'm not much interested in drinking too much to stand, followed by ill-considered gyrating. However, if that's your bag baby please continue - tho preferrably not in my line of sight. Also if you require an ambulance trip, hospitalisation or Police intervention of any kind - you really should pay for wasting their time - and feel much shame.
I digress. The celebratory meal for John and the Parents went very well. A good time was had by all and everyone seemed to enjoy the food; inspite of the rather sinister blue gravy. Now I can cook and cannot think of a good reason why my gravy was blue - there was definately no blue string ala Bridget involved! It tasted ok anyway and that's the main thing. Once transferred to the gravy boat it was a more sage green than blue - and for some reason eating something green was less disturbing than eating something blue. The Goose tasted very nice and Delia and I managed to put our previous differences aside to produce the desired Prune and apple sauce for on the side. Infact the sauce was very good cold with the left over Goose the next day. There is something truly wonderful about leftovers and re-heats, especially with gravy - doesn't need to be blue.