Four Posts In One Day?
Can you tell I haven’t even stepped out of the front door today?!
The closest I came to fresh air was when the door was opened to Lin, who then chucked a book at me. 
Oh no, tell a lie….I did venture into the wilderness that is the back garden to return our bikes to their vigilant posts outside. We got back in the dark last night, so it was easier to bring our bikes indoors than faff around in the dark, there’s brambles hanging over the side gate and things out there! 
I finished reading my library book. Olivia slaved away over more workbooks.
We made a choccy cake and iced it too! But in our impatience to ice it, we couldn’t wait for the icing to cool down to a setting consistency….so it sort of sagged over the edges….never mind….at least it meant we got to suck choccy icing fingers! 
We made a pie. Because we didn’t have any of Linda McCartney in the freezer. (Um…that sounds a bit grim, must remember to come back and edit that particular sentence.) We made the chestnut and mushroom pie from Easy Vegan Cooking. (Our cake is supposed to look like the one on the cover. It so doesn’t.) We didn’t have enough mushrooms for the pie, so used soya chunks in addition to the lonesome mushrooms we did have. And didn’t use nutmeg. Or soy sauce. Or seasoning. We used Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon, and that is way salty enough for us. (Oh looky! Gotta keep an eye out for the reduced salt one. Will it be less salty? ‘Cos I don’t do salt. Unless it’s on chips. But I digress….) And only one onion. But apart from that , it was the chestnut and mushroom pie from Easy Vegan Cooking. 
I knitted the next square of The Throw, just a bog standard boring garter stitch this week. Olivia read another one of her WBD books. The Code of Romulus. Which reminds me….I was feeling really guilty about receiving….ahem….4 vouchers, but when I’ve ‘fessed up mentioned it to anyone, they’ve all said, “Wish I’d thought of that!” So I don’t need to feel guilty after all. Except I do…. 
Dinner with Adam was lovely, but he disappeared straight after to meet a girl….
“What, so spending time with some floozy you met at a party is preferable to spending time with your Mother and little sister?”
“Er….yeah! See you later! Back about 2ish!”
“So you don’t want chocolate cake then?”
“Is it vegan?”
“Duh….yeah….”
“No thanks. See you later.”
I served up a huge slab of choccy cake, oozing with icing….
“Um….can I smell it?”
“OK.”
“Um….can I try a bit?”
“OK.”
“Um….can you save me a bit?”
“But it’s vegan. You don’t want to be vegan.”
“Please Mummy! I love you Mummy! Can you save me a bit Mummy?”
“I may save you a tiny sliver.”
And with that he was gone!
Right, Olivia’s in bed, doing some reading or Max and Lara, or something (look, if she’s quiet, me no care!), so I’m off for me Lush bath. Yes, I know I had a Happy Hippy yesterday morning, so today shouldn’t really be a Lush night….but that was a catch-up Lush….so it doesn’t count. Trust me. I’m an expert on these things.
Cake sounds nice….but Linda McCartney in the Freezer!!!!! PMSL :0D
Comment by Amanda — March 15, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
Hi Jo,so thats what happened to Linda M!?Doesn’t she make alot of noise in there and aren’t you vegan? So sorry I’ll stop right now………….!
Re vegan cook book why don’t you write one of your own,sounds like your adapted recipies work better?
Lush baths….yes,I really want to start using more of that stuff for all our washing needs,not that my boys wash that much,bless em.
Comment by sianne spry — March 16, 2007 @ 10:45 am
You do a good adaptation, was even wondering if it had chestnuts in, lol, but spotted them in the photo.
I think I might manage to eat that. Chestnuts have such an individual texture don’t they, lovely. I’ll pop down for that small slice you have left. Or did you have it for breakfast? Cake looks moist and dense and delicious (like me).
E
xx
Comment by Eleanor — March 16, 2007 @ 11:04 am
Oh, and you finished your library book. And?
Only since I have 2 of these boys in this house, I’m most
interestedcurious to know what you thought.E
xx
(am attempting to do strike through, if it doesn’t work, well, I did something wrong clearly)
Comment by Eleanor — March 16, 2007 @ 11:09 am
Well, that was an interesting exercise - I’ll go away now and stop using your blog to try out duff html. *red face*
E
xx
Comment by Eleanor — March 16, 2007 @ 11:10 am
Amanda and Sianne: Linda is quiet in the freezer, it’s quite small though….not much ‘kicking’ room so to speak.
Eleanor: HTML? Me no understand! I highlight the thingy and then click on the other thingy.
Olivia can not understand how anyone could possibly survive without eating chestnuts….but she doesn’t like soya chunks, not one little bit, says they’re too ‘meaty’, texture-wise, only eats them ‘cos she can’t face them for breakfast.
Library book. Yes, I liked it, I suppose if you have 2 of them, it would have a lot more meaning for you. For me, it was just a very enjoyable read, with a bit of “Oh no! Don’t stab anyone!” ‘cos I didn’t want anything ‘bad’ to happen to him. Yes, I liked it.
Comment by Jo — March 16, 2007 @ 9:04 pm