But I'm not like So And So

I'm pretty much a free spirit but then I think I'm not like so and so who has the word at that feet and everything they post , everything they do everywhere they go it's like they're a mini celebrity , and I think I just mentioned that yonks ago. They've been to the same places I've been perhaps but them going is so much cooler and I think I'm not like so and so.

I feel perhaps of late I've been a right misery duck.

But to Get Ahead you get a hat ...

 

Or a new haircut at least , and that's all I've done today that and made some hoisin duck and noodles , I'm jolly well trying to do more excercise and I've done that today . Some days I feel too tired to excercise but pacing myself allow me I hope more energy and then I'll get to excercise , I can't pound the pavements as I'll have to accommodate anything I've got with a proper excercise regime with advice from the hospital . And come February I hope I'll get a diagnosis , see I always knew I had special blood , they testing for Lupus , far from thinking my life is on hold till I go find out I'm adjusting my living style in preparation so less chocolate , less wine ( I don't over do ) more brown bread . Don't tell the doctor but I had some white bread the other day ooooh I'm a rebel without a Jam sandwich and I kept the crusts on.

Blogging is therapy I think we'll it is to be anyhow .

I wouldn't have the friends I have without social media .

 

and though I'm an introvert I like it .

So you see I'm not like so and so 

I'm me

How Might You Spend £50 At Amazon ?

Now I really really struggle to spend money on myself I really do unless it a cup of tea and perhaps some cake , then maybe if I have a look and browse in a charity shop then maybe I might spend something on myself . This is something of such value that the family will find useful and derive joy from ! As they say a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush , now treating yourself can be hard , the last time I had treated myself previous was when I went to York for the day and went to Bettys tea rooms , I pushed the boat out and enjoyed a Kir Cocktail. This I hasten to say was in October( Bettys tearooms ) so you can see it is a jolly long time since I treated myself!

Now when I was lucky enough to win £50 of Amazon thanks to ChelseaMamma blog and Kinfo the winning email told me I must spend the money on myself , this is where I was really racking my brains as to what I could buy myself.

Now as I child I love listening to War of the Worlds on vinyl , after all I am I am a child of the 70's and this was pure joy especially when it was dark , I used to put the chunky headphones on and then scare myself witless.

Another flashback to the 1970's comes in the shape of Doctor Who , and for me my most beloved Doctor Who my hero my saviour of the Cosmos was Tom Baker . Back in the day the episodes were longer and one of my most favourite epsidosdes was over 2 hours split into several programs. The Doctor Who program in question is

Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chiang

The cat needed a treat as well so I ordered a mouse come octopus toy but when it arrived the cat was sacred witless of it , so I had to return it and order the cat a play mouse instead .

What would you order from Amazon for £50 ?

Malteser Cheesecake

When you need a sweet fix but you don't want to overload on calories .

I suppose you do a deconstructed cheesecake if you wish it's the posh thing to do but I rather mostly that things are together .

Ingredients 

Pinch of Ginger

4 Digestives biscuits (crushed)

150 g of low fat cheese

150 g of  low fat creme fraiche 

2 tablespoons of Icing sugar

A bag of Malteser 2 normal sized bags should do it 

Zest and juice of an orange , though you can use Lime as well .

Method 

Put the digestive biscuits in a bag and bash into a crumb ( it's a great stress reliever ) 

Mix in with the pinch of Ginger .

Divide the mixture between 4 glass ramekins .

In another bag place the Malteser and press each one by hand or bash . In crushing each one I shouted out a worry to crush .

In a mix mix the cream cheese or quark till smooth ten add in the orange or lime juice aling with the zest . Add in the icing sugar and crem fraiche mix throughly .If you wish for a more tart taste then lessen the amount of icing sugar or leave out.

Divide the mixture between the ramekins and then top with the crushed Malteser .

My son suggested that you couid mix the cream cheese mixture with the crushed Maltesers.

This recipe allows for any change of topping .

 

 

How Would You Start Your Novel ?

They say that there is a novel burning inside of all us just bursting to get out and this is something I have thought about , perhaps not entirely about writing about a book , I mean what on earth would little old me write about . I write I blog but I don't suppose I can stretch to writing an inspirational high living pat on the back book resulting in all those book awards and being on all those chat shows * note to self get your hair dyed and nails done , ditch the Minnie mouse socks and bobble hats . Otherwise I would be be looking like a character out of an Alan Bennett play ...

But perhaps that would would be my mystique naturally surreptitiously I would have have to a nome de plume ( gosh doesn't than sound better than a pen name , I have always thought that a lot of things sound better in French . Look even the humble pea sounds romantic 'petit pois' , you purse your lips to say it  . Yes all the attention seekers would be out to say how they knew me at school how we played marbles , how quiet I was , eating my packet of wotsits away from the bullies , wearing my bobble hats , lost in the library with my nose in a book , only a handful would know the real me . Those who knew me really would know how kind I was how random I was how me I was , never one to compare myself to others.


I have been musing long and had over this , had a hissy fit and all that Greta Garbo hipster millennial touchy feeling mumbo jumbo.

SO here is my the opening line to my novel the one that I haven't even written yet , the one that I am writing this blog post about .


"The 3 seconds as I poured the milk on my Weetabix were the best 3 seconds of my life .."

 


Disclosure other similar products are available they aren't quite Weetabix . The Weetabix is my own purchased at a rather nice supermarket I mean you wouldn't purchase Weetabix at a horrible supermarket would you now ...

Mini Office Workout

Though I don't work in a office as I work in a school exercise is still important to me as I have to be limber to keep up with 4 to 7 year olds. I was discussing exercise at work with my husband as to what he does to help maintain his fitness regime at work :


1. Taking the stairs instead of taking the lift which is breast for your cardio.


2. Tapping is toes under the desk is brilliant as it's  just using the furniture at work ! he taps as quietly as he can as he has to wear steep capped boots as he works in an engineering environment.

3. Wandering around work , working on computer a lot it is essential that he takes break so he takes in a little walk in his breaks away from the computer.

4.Raising his legs under the desk , while he is seated he straightens either one or both legs and holds in place for a for 5-10 seconds. Then he lowers his legs to floor without his feet touching the floor , he repeats for about 15 repetitions , of course you can do the legs serpately.


5. Leaning against a wall ! no honestly this is exercise and one my husband does when he is waiting for one of his many meetings he has to attend ! It allows your upper arm to have a work out without anyone noticing ; infract people will probably think you lazy for leaning against a wall. Firstly find a wall to lean against, stand at a tilted angle and with your lower arm support yourself , with this arm you can do mini 'push ups ' achieved by leaning in and out on the arm . You can also do thus but nit moving the arm and see how long you can lean on the arm

This is a collaboration post.