Blood, sweat and a lot of tears

Finally our house is being renovated room by room. Kitchen - done, living room - done (apart from a new sofa), over this next month we're finishing re-decorating my dressing room, the attic has now been floor boarded and that will be it for this year. It's been non-stop painting, plastering, flooring and tiling for the past 5 months. Next year we'll be tackling the bathroom, main bedroom, lean-to and the landscaping the garden.Gone is the horrible cheap beach furniture we bought for out first rented house 8 years ago, gone is the horrible cheap tacky accessories from our early twenties that were probably quite cool at the time but the bright pinks and purples hurt my eyes now and in place we have vintage finds, classic designer pieces and unique artwork. Not an Argos item in site. 

It's been a f'ing nightmare at times but finally this little rented house that we bought off our landlord last xmas feels like home!

still breathing

I'm still here, still breathing, just not blogging for the moment. I have been a VERY bad girl and am currently doing my time (if you have been reading my blog for long enough you can put two and two together and probably come up with four, or five or just make up a reason why i've been away. Damn I should have said something interesting like, I've been travelling the world with a  dwarf and a sparkly unicorn ) which means a break from facebook, blogging etc until my life is back on track. Too much virtual world is a bad thing. I have had such a crazy few months so maybe soon I'll tell all my dirty little secrets.

For the meantime I'm still active on twitter much to many peoples dismay. I won't apologise for that nor my swearing or my rather uncouth mouth. If you want to come and say hello I'm @miss_H_uk

I can resist everything but temptation

If you do something that you don’t have a moral problem with but you know that in the eyes of many it is morally wrong should you stop?
If in doing the thing you shouldn’t be doing in the eyes of many it actually makes every other aspect of your life just that little bit better should you stop?

If it is unlikely that anyone else will find out but if they do it would cause a lot of heartbreak should you stop?

Does only having a few tiny pangs of guilt make you a really really bad person?

Does the fact that you can detach yourself emotionally from the situation make you a bad person?

Does any of this even make any sense?

Jenna, I love you!

5 a day

Yeah Yeah Yeah I know...where the hell have I been!  I've been here quietly in the background but a few things have kept me away from blogging life and twitter.

1/ Winston being really ill before and then losing him on Boxing Day

2/ Work was manic for a few months after Xmas what with numerous unfortunate redundancies and changes to implement and travelling about between offices

3/ My wi-fi is buggered at home due to a cat who likes to chew wires so I can't use my laptop and I point blankly refuse  to use the old filing cabinet sized static computer in the spare bedroom unless it is an absolute matter of life or death and unfortunately blogging is not such a thing.

4/ My off line social life has been f'in awesome recently. This is the main reason for my M.I.A. I have been spending a lot of time with friends and work colleagues who have become really good friends. Don't they say that people only blog when they are fed up with life....

(oh and I have a dog who is an attention seeking pain in the bum)

What was the point of this post again? Right, food.  For the last week or so I have been eating super super healthy foods. I'm pretty healthy anyway being a veggie and we don't eat frozen food at home or really eat convenience foods but my problem was eating far too much stodge and carbs....too much bread, pasta, potatoes and cheese, so I have cut these out and boom.....much happier H.  I was also known to be a breakfast and lunch skipper only to get in from work and gorge myself until I felt sick plus I wasn't the best at getting my five a day (fruit and veg you dirty filthy people). So for the past week I have been cooking for myself, Chef Mr W has been retired for time being, I've been stocking my fridge full of only fruit and veg, eating as healthily as possible, getting 3 meals a day and going to the gym (well so far that has happened once but I have made up for my shortfalls on the exercise front my having very vigorous sex sessions...every little helps right?!)

This is a salad of my own making (you can have it warm or cold) I have made numerous times now and because I'm lazy I make a huge big batch of it and then take it to work each day for my lunch. Yesterday I used a pre-made lime and chili quiona pack instead of cous cous and left the dressing off. You could also eat it as a main meal or with an accompaniment. It's packed FULL of antioxidants, vitamins and health...you can feel the health seeping into your pores but best of all it's really really easy to make and looks and tastes divine! 

Main Ingredients

Pomegranate Seeds

1 x Butternut squash

1 x Red Pepper

Tomatoes

Garlic

Tendersteam Broccoli

Asparagus

Cous-Cous or Quinoa

Sunflower Seeds

2 x Spring Onions 

Blue Cheese (if you fancy)

Dressing:

Finely chopped Basil

Finely chopped Parsley

White Wine Vinegar

Dijon Mustard

Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

1. Slice and roast the red pepper, butternut squash and tomatoes in the oven with a splash of olive oil and some crushed garlic cloves
2. Meanwhile chuck the pomegranate seeds, sunflowers seeds and chopped spring onion into a big bowl .
3. Gently steam or boil the tendersteam broccoli and asparagus until tender making sure not to overcook so they go soggy.
4. Cook the cous-cous or quinoa to your taste (I leave the butter out).
5. Chuck everything into the bowl and mix well adding the dressing if desired (make this to your own taste..I taste the dressing as I go..you can either make it very lemony or quite potent with the mustard depending on how fresh or hot you like it.

I'm a very creative person but I think I suck at art!  Mr W spent 3 years at art college and is a brilliant painter but in comparison to him I look like a childish amature but a few years ago I did the above and a colleague at work (who I might add is a brilliant stencil graffiti artist) has said he'll pay me to do some artwork for him in the style of the above. Now I'm no Banksy but doing art for others fills me with dread!The expectations, the pressure, the..just no no no!

My house is currently my canvas what with walls being ripped out, kitchens being demolished, carpets being pulled up, new floors going down and every conceivable space being painted and glossed there will be lots of walls to fill up with artwork so maybe just maybe I might bring out my old paints and bushes but more than likely I'll do like everyone else and buy art. It's so much easier.

part of the job......

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Au Revoir 2010!

Au Revoir 2010! You've been shitty in parts, regrettably this xmas but I'll forgive you for this most heinous of crimes (namely taking my Winston away from me on Boxing Day) because you've been pretty damn awesome the rest of the year (I bought a house, made some excellent friends, bought a puppy, had some good times) however I will still be glad to see the back of you sop I can start afresh.
If you could ask 2011 to carry on the awesomeness that would be grand. 
Much Gracias x
 

Winston 23-09-2008 - 26-12-2010 XXX

There is a bridge connecting heaven and earth

It is called Rainbow Bridge because of its many colours


Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge there is a land of meadows,
hills, valleys with lush green grass


When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this special place
There is always food and water and warm spring weather


The old and frail are young again
Those who are maimed are made whole again


They play all day with each other
There is only one thing missing


They are not with their special person who loved them on Earth


So each day they run and play until the day comes
when one suddenly stops playing and looks up !


The nose twitches !
The ears are up !
The eyes are staring !
And this one suddenly runs from the group !


You have been seen, and when you and your special friend meet,
you take him or her into your arms and embrace
your face is kissed again and again,
and you look once more into the eyes of your trusting pet


Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be separated

Xx