Where is this week going?
Hi Everyone
I can't believe it's Wednesday already – where has the last week gone? We had a good weekend, my Stepson came to stay with us (he's 26 and lives in Huddersfield) so we invited various family and friends round over the weekend. He came down on Friday, I was working but my Husband had the day off and they went to play golf which was nice. I cooked lovely steaks for tea and we sat out in the garden all evening playing Yahzee – I left them at 10pm, and they stayed out in the garden playing cards till after 1am.
On Saturday we had friends coming round for a BBQ. I made us scrambled egg on wholemeal toast for breakfast and a prawn laksa for lunch. The BBQ was pretty healthy – Sardines with Tzatziki for starter, followed by spatched-cocked chickens (marinated in lemon & garlic etc) with new potatoes and a Greek salad. We did not have room for the pudding (I had made a cherry semi-freddo, which is still in the freezer). The only downside was that I had made 3 dips (guacamole, baba ganoush and blue cheese & pinenut) which we had with veg crudities, toasted fingers of wholemeal pitta bread and corn chips – I did eat too much of that in the afternoon. Drink wise? Well not too bad, everyone else started drinking at 3pm, but I had juiced up a watermelon and I had the juice diluted with a little water, drinking that stopped me having wine until the BBQ in the evening – everyone thought I had some fancy cocktail at first because my drink was such a lovely exotic colour. I did have about ¾ bottle of rose wine in the end, but it would have been more had it not been for the watermelon juice. We had a great time and played garden games all afternoon in the lovely warm sunshine.
On Sunday we had my Mother-in-Law plus my Husbands Cousin and his wife round for lunch. We sat out under the gazebo and while I was serving up the starters the rain came down quite heavily – but no fear! We shut the curtains on the gazebo and carried on – our old 'pop-up' gazebo would have leaked with that much rain, but our lovely new, more permanent, one did not let a single drop in. After the rain stopped we just unzipped the sides and carried on. For the meal I made: twice baked goat's cheese soufflés with an apple & walnut salad. For main I baked some salmon fillets and served with vegetables, new potatoes and some hollandaise and for dessert I made a naughty treacle tart, with clotted cream and raspberries (I only had a small piece). I have been wanting to try this recipe for ages – it was the one from the Great British menu, it's not the sort of think I would normally make (too sweet for me), but on the TV everyone kept saying how wonderful it was so I thought I would make it. Again we had a lovely day and played garden games, then came in at tea time and saw the 2nd half of the last set of the tennis. I did spoil things in the evening by having wine and some calzone, which was naughty.
Foodwise I did not do too badly at the weekend, but I did feel quite 'fat' and bloated on Monday. I weighed myself and had only put on ½ a pound, but it felt more – maybe it was more psychological because I had not exercised.
Yesterday I had a long day and had to leave early. I had peach and banana porridge for breakfast then gathered some fruit and a bit of malt loaf to take with me. I did not have time to make any lunch so I stopped enroute at a garage and got an M&S Tuna layer salad and a snack pack of Sushi. I was in Nottingham all morning – presenting my 2010 global budget to the Management Team. Apparently mine was the best presented and I got lots of praise which was nice. I ate my salad then had to drive further North to Mansfield to see a customer and finalise around £100k pa of new business which was excellent. On the drive home I ate the Sushi plus some grapes and cherries – I must confess to 6 Percy pigs though.
So onto today in this epic blog!!! Usually on a Wednesday I go and spend the day at my customers, but both my main contacts are away this week and as I am in Court on Friday and then off camping next week I have a lot to finish before tomorrow night. So I thought it best to work from home and crack on with everything. I did 45mins of circuit training this morning and then made a strawberry, banana and apple juice smoothie for breakfast. I had a small piece of malt loaf mid morning and then some of my homemade Pea and spinach soup for lunch with oatcakes. I plan to go for a nice brisk walk for about 50mins later before tea and will try to find time to listen to the R&T Track. For tea I have some nice Hake fillets which I will serve with steamed veg, new potatoes and some parsley sauce. I am feeling a little tired today, I did sleep OK though so not sure why – under my chin/jaw I have a really sore and tender spot and it is a bit swollen, I don't know what it is or whether I need to see a dentist or doctor, or if it has anything to do with why I'm feeling tired. I'll see how I feel tomorrow!
Anyway I had better get on with all this work. Hope you are all doing great
Luv
Debs x
Great to hear from you! I'm hoping that semi-freddo is still in the freezer when I visit!?:) Sounds like you had a fab weekend and I love the sound of those twice baked goat's cheese souffles - OMG you ARE impressive!!
Hope you catch up with your sleep and that strange thing goes away under your chin!?!?
Sending you BIG hugs and send me some texts whilst your camping - it'll be great to stay in touch.
big hugs and stuff
Mandie xxx