New Orleans 2015 – lowernine.org

Despite the fact that it is now over 10 years since Katrina caused such devastation in New Orleans, there is still work to be done in certain areas of the city.

Recipe: Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

I’ve not made these little beauties in ages, but had some lemons left over & you know what they say: when life gives you lemons, make lemon poppyseed muffins! (or grab the vodka!)

New Orleans 2015 – Tourist Time Part 1

The last time I was in the Crescent City, I was there for three months & didn’t really do any of the touristy things I should have done – I kept thinking I’d have time to do it later…then it was too late. So, this time, I was determined to fit as much into my two weeks as possible.

Nola bound!

Hey lovelies!

I’m in the airport & on my way back to the spiritual homeland!

Hopefully there’ll be plenty of new photos & posts up shortly.

See you then xxx

New blog! – because I do so well maintaining one, haha!

Hey lovelies!

So, just a quick one. I’ve just started my second blog – My Trigeminal Neuralgia (I know, I’m awesome at blog titles!) – which will hopefully mean I don’t mention my TN so much on this site. If you happen to be interested in neuropathic pain disorders (aren’t we all?!), or if you just fancy reading about my random little electric shocks, feel free to check it out.

I promise we’ll return to regular(ish) scheduled programming next post.

For now, I’ll love you & leave you x

Long time, no post!

Hey lovely people…it’s been a while! Remember that first post of mine, way back when, which mentioned how bad I was at keeping in touch? Yep – this is a perfect example of that!

A few things happened at the beginning of the year which, not so much stopped me from posting, but definitely distracted me enough to prevent it.

Happy New Year x

Hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas & New Year, or any other holiday you celebrate 😀

If you haven’t been celebrating, I hope you’ve had a good few days off 🙂

If you didn’t get any days off, I hope work’s been good

Recipe: Gingerbread Christmas Tree Decorations

I made cookie tree decorations last year, but can’t find that recipe (are we getting a firm idea of my organisational skills yet?) so I raided my numerous recipe books and found this one:

Time for a catch up…

So, I’m back, after a ridiculously busy end-of-term: 4 nativities, 3 school plays, 2 office moves and a mildly fun staff par-ty (sing to the tune of ’12 days of Christmas’). All I want to do right now is sleep til the New Year!

I’ve also realised, writing a post everyday is a little unrealistic, so I’ll reduce & combine them, and stop inundating you with mundane ramblings (like this one!). Another reason being: my lovely little computer is still having hissy-fits, so it is taking ages to write a single post, may as well combine them all into weekly posts.

Back to something that may be of interest: I’ve finished two of those chairs I was updating and I love them! The third is still waiting & will go with my dressing table (another bargain buy). I’ll have to put better photos up soon.

I got a brilliant steal in a local charity shop the other week: a huge mirror for over my fireplace for £20 – bargain!! A friend came round today to secure it to the wall – I don’t want to know how many years bad luck I’d have if that thing fell

I’ve also painted some charity shop frames & mirrors for my ‘NOLA eclectic’ hallway, so that’s coming along, too. I’m going to put a gallery update up on those sometime after Christmas (hopefully)

Not much too say on the recipe front. I’ve not been 100% the last few weeks, so my appetite has been zero and I haven’t been able to taste much anyway – rubbish! Not exactly incentive to get in the kitchen 😦 I have just baked some biscuits for tree decorations though. I’m icing & hanging them (on the tree, not as some sort of punishment – they’re not that bad!) tomorrow, so I’ll add them to the gallery update & put the gingerbread recipe up soon.

I’ve also got a jambalaya recipe and a red beans & rice recipe to go up. I can’t taste much at the moment, but turns out Cajun-Creole food has just enough spice to get through my thick skull 🙂

If I can’t get back online tomorrow…

Happy Holidays xxx

 

 

Movie Night – Forces of Nature

I know this is out of sync, and I have to apologise for running away again! Long story, which I won’t explain just now, but might tell you later – who knows… you may find it interesting? In the meantime – a slightly delayed movie night suggestion…

I’ve gone back to one of my absolute favourite movies tonight. ‘Forces of Nature’ has a great soundtrack and  some brilliant photography – it’s a pleasure to watch 🙂 Although that may be the meds talking 😉 Here’s the trailer so you can make your own decision.:

Enjoy x

PS please ignore all the hyperlinks in the post – IE still isn’t working , and apparently Google Chrome has the same problems as Firefox. Any suggestions , feel free to comment x