Saturday 12 April 2014

To do list

This was my mental list for today.

1. Pick up litter from the front garden. (Litter from the main road blows in under the gate and decorates the borders.)

2. Weed the street side of the front wall. ( Grass is sprouting between the wall and the pavement and looks an eyesore. I can do my little bit but I can't do the whole street.)

3. Bake bread for the week.

4. Tidy up - sweep and wipe kitchen floor. Clear up after the cats.

5. Take the cats a walk.

6. Hoe a bit of the garden while the cats are out.

7. Make a meat and potato pie. (I had a sort of menu plan this week.)

*Brown some pork shoulder steak cut into cubes.
*Brown 2 onions.
*Put in casserole with stock cube stock, a shake of Worcester sauce, and some mixed herbs.
*Stew on the hob for an hour then add 4 sliced carrots, some mushrooms and sliced up potatoes.
*Stew for another half hour while making pastry. (Half fat to flour and a pinch of salt.) I used 8 oz flour, 2 oz lard, 2 oz butter. Bind together with a splash of cold water.
*Put stew in casserole dish and top with pastry.
*Bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes.

8. Take a piece of furniture down to DD's.

9. Do 2 loads of washing and dry it.

10. Walk down the road and post a parcel. (Call in the CS on the way back.)

This is my list now.

1. Pick up litter from the front garden.

2. Weed the street side of the front wall.

3. Bake bread for the week.



4. Tidy up - sweep and wipe kitchen floor. Clear up after the cats.


5. Take the cats a walk.

6. Hoe a bit of the garden while the cats are out.

7. Make a meat and potato pie.


8. Take a piece of furniture down to DD's.

9. Do 2 loads of washing and dry it.

10. Walk down the road and post a parcel. (Call in the CS on the way back.)

Jobs done. Relax time.

xx



10 comments:

  1. Good productive day, hope you're putting your feet up this evening. Pie looks lovely, how do you keep your bread fresh for the week? xx

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  2. well done - after all that you deserve to relax and put your feet up :)

    How do you keep your bread fresh for a week? Is it in the recipe you use?

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    1. Hi Cheryl and Dani - I freeze the loaves and take them out of the freezer when needed. A loaf will last us about 2 days. I keep the loaf in a plastic bag secured with a clip. My 'bread bin' is a cotton bag hung on a hook in the kitchen.
      xx

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  3. A busy day. Well done for completing your list. We have the same problem with our front garden/path, that and the irritating people who dump their litter in our brown garden waste bin and prevent it from being taken by the council!

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  4. Blimey, I'm tired out just reading what you have done today! Bread looks lovely x

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  5. My....you have been busy!!! Mmmm homemade bread nothing better ...and the meat pie looks delicious too. Shame we can't get a whiff of both virtuall .....yet!

    keep well

    Amanda x

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  6. Well that certainly has been a busy day for you. I love that sense of achievement you get when you cross things of the list. That pie looks very nice.
    Anne xx

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  7. I had a long list today..so, this afternoon I had a nap!
    Jane x

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  8. wow, all that in one day, I'm impressed. That would be a weekly list for me. x x

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