As with the rest of my life this blog is going to happen when I'm able for it, so apologies for the amount of time in between blogs.
I've been losing a bit of weight recently and there comes a time when you have to buy new clothes, recently it's been knickers. Now there are all sorts of knickers on the market with some, such as the C-String, you do have to wonder a) who invented it? and b) who was their target audience? I've been pondering which knickers to buy first, your ordinary everyday ones or some nice lingerie ones? It has only been in the last couple of years that I've appreciated the difference between underwear and lingerie and I have to admit that putting on a nice pair does make me feel somewhat happier with the day. (Am I the only person that feels this with lingerie?) Thinking about this has made me think in the wider context of things that make me feel happier and after having counselling a couple of years ago doing more things for me. I'm not (currently, although I'm hopeful of the future) able do things like disappearing up a hill and tramping about there for most of the day so it's taken a long time to figure out what I does make me happy. During this time although I've realised what things make me happy doesn't mean I've always been good at getting them into my routine especially if they are high on the energy scale for me but I'm determined to do more happy things for me. I would really recommend everyone really having a think about what things actually make you happy as opposed to what you think makes you happy. Ooh may have gone a bit too deep there so on to.......
Steve! Steve? I hear you ask, who is Steve? Well folks reading my Facebook page last week will already know that Steve is my Spelt Sourdough Starter. I'm now on to Steve mark 312 because of my bad memory and forgetting to feed him. To remedy this I've had to set task alarms on my phone to feed him, he's very healthy and now living in the fridge. Had a spooky time with Steve the other day. I went into the cupboard to feed him and found that the lid had been taken off and placed very neatly upside down on the jar. I asked Mr M why he'd taken the lid off and he said he hadn't. I wondered if the fermentation could have taken the lid off but it's a tight lid (and I've had problems getting it off) and I'm pretty certain it would've fallen to the floor as it was on edge of shelf, so who knows? I've found that Spelt flour is really good for a Sourdough starter and I'm hopeful of doing a Spelt and Rye loaf in the next week or so. I have a bread machine that helps me but I tend to use the dough setting, prove it in a loaf tin then bake it in oven rather than do it all in the bread machine.
I've been mainly loving the weather that we've been having in Shetland. It's been so nice to have a good summer after the fog laden one of last year. I did manage to burn myself at the Bressay Sports Day I always put sunscreen on being of the red hair and pale skin variety but on this day I didn't and suffered the consequences. I'm now being super vigilant but also allowing a bit of sun on me before I put it on as sun is good for my psoriasis. I've also been keeping an eye out on the Icelandic Volcano and wondering if Silvio Berlesconi will turn up ;)
Will type soon, take care!!
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