Lamb ragu 2 – Moussaka 92p a portion

Lamb ragu 2 – Moussaka 92p a portion

Using the lamb ragu that was made yesterday, today I made a moussaka. I have actually ended up using half the ragu yesterday and half today. But yesterday, the shepherds pie I made for the boys working hard plastering had enough left over to feed me as well, so that...
Trees, bags, walls and floors

Trees, bags, walls and floors

A friend and I went to a startup WI meeting last night. It was proposed that a WI was started up in Heathfield itself. Unfortunately only 5 people turned up, including my friend and I, plus 4 WI advisors. The main person organising it said that it had been well...
New ceilings and old favourites

New ceilings and old favourites

The de-humidifier has been running, but the windows were still streaming this morning. It all takes a while to dry out. Walls next! Yesterday, SIL-to-be plastered our ceiling. Not much to look at in a picture, but another big step forward. The de-humidifier has been...
Things I am going to try this week

Things I am going to try this week

I have just been doing my meal planning for the week and this week, I shall be trialling some recipes from Miss South’s book, Slow Cooked. The book is packed with delicious sounding recipes and I’m pretty sure some of them will cost out to our budget, or...
The cutest teeny tiny christmas stockings

The cutest teeny tiny christmas stockings

Saw these cutest of cute little knitted mini Christmas Stockings on Elaine Colliar’s blog, Mortgage Free In Three on Monday.  I made the tiny pink one, and will be making a tiny toy to go in it so that DGD can give it to her dolly. How cute is that! Then I thought I...
Fireworks, Fictitious Whiplash and Feta

Fireworks, Fictitious Whiplash and Feta

More lovely family times were had this week. Both daughters, a DGD and a SIL, and myself went off to Dunorlan Park on Saturday night to watch the charity firework display held there every year. I love fireworks, the smell of the gunpowder, the crump that you feel in...