Night Shift

Hello @Decadian, @Mazarita, @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope

oh I think i will make a soup today too with,

stewing steak, onions, celery, tin tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, beef stck cubes, a handful of elbow pasta

Hello @Former-Member

That sounds good xx

how are you this afternoon

Hi @Former-Member and @Shaz51

Actually - I prefer to use herbs - I grow my own - it has been a while since I have been out to see how they are faring through the winter - though I though my mint had died - but know - mint is tough stuff - it's struggling to sprout with the coming spring

I am sure I still have some sage and thyme - but my basil - lasted for two years actually - gave up - but I think there is plenty of corriander - and as a vegetable - I have plenty of silverbeet - I love herbs and fresh greens - I do a lot of this in the summer

And I have celery to go into the Kitchen Sink Soup - actually my reason for doing this is that I had a lot of vegetables left over from last week - and making soup means I don't waste them

The little tomatos I got last week though - so acidic I felt as if they bit me - I got some different ones for my salad this week

I believe in vegetables - green ones, orange ones, red ones, yellow ones, purple ones - I steam them - soup them, eat them raw - and if I am too done-in to fiddle in the kitchen - I have vegetable juice

Enough about vegetables - I have yet to start on fruit

Decadian

Hi @Decadian

I tried growing parsley, but it died

I am not very good at growing fruit and veges , evenmy mini orange and lemomaid trees are not doing well

one thing that is growing is lemongrass

Hi @Shaz51

My dd does all the heavy work in my garden - she started her career as a horticulturist doing a gardening apprenticeship - so this is really cool - I have a tiny little courtyard at the back - with a gate that can only be opened from the inside - and it's paved and the pots are at a reasonable height for me to look after them

But they need attention - they need to be watered during the hot months if they are in pots - and if you are not well this can be a chore - but still - I find it worth the effort

I have a watering can - but easier than that was having a couple of medium sized drink bottles near the back tap - but strange - I am not picky with my carers - but for some reason I never understood they would often throw my drink bottles into the recycling bin - so I got a watering can

I was writing a message for you when a handyman turned up to fix my kitchen light and also to vacuum under my bed and turn the mattress over - oh it's so dusty under the bed - I knew it was but there isn't much I can do about that myself -

This is a case of my leaving him to it and finding the message I have already written

btw - I warned him luckily - I said "If you seem something that looks like a dead mouse under there it's a toy mouse" and right then - he found one - awwww - humph - I am embarrassed about the paper and hair-clips and pens and la couple of puzzle books under the bed - it's a Queen bed and the room is not really big enough for it - but I prefer the back bedroom to the front bedroom - it's more private

I am going to have to stop all this and take a break soon - so I will find that earlier post I wrote for you

I am sure your mother does care that you have kidney disease - my dd has had melamona - and she doesn't mention it so I am hoping she is still in remission - she does not like talking about her miraculous birth and survival either - so I sit on my hands and hold my tongue about it

But I care - and I care about you too

But I think the handy man has finished and my back is really aching and so I have a new DVD to watch and cook my soup later

Back later

Decadian

Ok @Decadian xx

see you later

ohh I know my mum cares for me a lot, telling me to slow down , not to do tooo much , I think she would love me to stop work xx

Hey @Decadian, i told hubby if he wants to do the job today, he can go and do it , but he has spent the afternoon doing his hobby

Thank you @Decadian

what DVD are you going to watch ??

Hello @Former-Member

how are you today ??

Hi @Shaz51, @Decadian, @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @TAB, @Faith-and-Hope (whom I'm not expecting a response from you for all the best reasons💜😊) and @Former-Member if you are around.

I hope all is well. I haven't started my house cleaning yet. Feeling a bit tired, overwhelmed and wrecked but my mood is ok so all is good.

I have herbs too @Decadian, it's really been my only hobby that I've managed over the last few years. Ironically its the first time my mint is looking awesome. Can't wait for spring to spur them along again. Most of my other herbs are a bit weather beaten from this spring too. 💜😊

@Shaz51 Pleased your having a fairly relaxed day💜💐

@Former-Member I hope all is well and you are getting your you time💜😊

@TAB how goes you?💜😊

hoping there is nearly all ticks on your check lists @Faith-and-Hope.💜😊

@Former-Member I hope your day is ok and chilled 💜😊

Hello @Former-Member xx

How did the day go ?? good I hope

sending you hugs, been thinking of you today