What made you happy today?

Siikibam said:
I got a job at a school closer to home…very close to home! It’s a year contract but that’s okay. Loved the school and everyone (including my class) seemed really lovely so I’m happy 😁 going up as I’ll be in year 5.
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That’s great! Congrats 🎉 your year 5 - would that be P4 in N Ireland then? 7/8 yo?
 
Ruth1 said:
That’s great! Congrats 🎉 your year 5 - would that be P4 in N Ireland then? 7/8 yo?
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9-10yo 😊 I seem to be going up in 2s! I was year 1 (5-6) then year 3 (7-8)!

Today I am happy because I discovered crispy toast squares in the air fryer. And in about ten minutes the bread will have finished baking. I definitely made the right choice buying the bread maker. So much easier (and cheaper!) to make my son’s bread. I’ve yet to try using it for pizza dough. My sister makes chapati dough in there. Maybe I should try out using my son’s flour… they’ll need some snacks for the journey…
 
Betsy said:
How do you do that then?
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Butter and cut into squares. Then pop in the air fryer. Around 7-10 minutes at 160c, depending how crisp/brown you want it. You could even do croutons that way, although they’re supposed to be made of stale bread…I can’t keep bread that’s gone stale 🤢
 
I should have posted this on Tuesday,
I am happy because my Aga has now been repaired and is working again. So I have proper cooking facilities and a warm kitchen back.
It was a great expense - especially since it was more replacement of a lot of parts than a true repair- but getting rid of it would have been expensive too...

It was quite a learning experience! I now know what an Aga looks like inside, what vermiculite is, and that cast iron can bulge and crack in extreme heat. :D
 
Baby Poggle insisted on helping me feed the pigs this morning. I don't think they were impressed by the portion sizes, but it was lovely watching him very seriously picking up tiny handfuls of hay and throwing them into the cage (closely supervised of course).

He's a long way off being allowed to hold them yet but it's lovely to see him growing into such an animal lover 🥰
 
Lorcan said:
😂 I can just see the expressions on their faces now "You have got to be kidding me."
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The girls are pragmatic souls and didn't let it slow them down for long, but Harry just looked at it then back at me like, "and the rest?" 😂

I would just like to reassure the GPU that I did not let Baby Poggle's small hand capacity affect the overall portion size offered to the pigs in any way. I am taking training the next generation very seriously but will not compromise on care.
 
Dear Poggle

I am very pleased to learn that the next generation of Slaves is already being trained by your guinea pigs. It's very important that Slave training begins at a young age. It's not his fault that Baby Poggle only has small hands and I'm very happy that Harry and his wifelets did get the correct amount of hay. I can see that Harry has you wrapped around his paws and congratulate him into giving you "The Look" or "The Stare" as we in the Garage like to call it. Thea has perfected "The Stare" but she has had much longer to practise it as she is older and wiser than me and Misty.

Yours very impressed with Harry

Miss Bramble
Shop Steward
 
I don't know quite what's happened but for some reason I'm watching the video for Achy Breaky Heart (...the mullet XD) but also the playlist Youtube chose to make me has Offenbach's Can Can music in it. Now this is great by itself but the comments on said video are as good as they get.

 
I've had a lovely day today. My family came over for a barbecue at lunchtime. My niece helped me to pick the rest of the plums of the plum tree (the last bucketful I have to deal with - yay!) and she gave Thea her veggie dinner. After they had gone my OH and I went on a 10 mile bike ride around Poole Harbour and through Poole Park and it was lovely.
 
Betsy said:
I've had a lovely day today. My family came over for a barbecue at lunchtime. My niece helped me to pick the rest of the plums of the plum tree (the last bucketful I have to deal with - yay!) and she gave Thea her veggie dinner. After they had gone my OH and I went on a 10 mile bike ride around Poole Harbour and through Poole Park and it was lovely.
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What a perfect day 🥰
 
Betsy said:
I've had a lovely day today. My family came over for a barbecue at lunchtime. My niece helped me to pick the rest of the plums of the plum tree (the last bucketful I have to deal with - yay!) and she gave Thea her veggie dinner. After they had gone my OH and I went on a 10 mile bike ride around Poole Harbour and through Poole Park and it was lovely.
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Hope you had lots of good plums this year!
I rather neglected my fruit trees etc in late July/early august, due to trying to nurse Squeaks back to health, and missed the start of the plum season. Quite a few plums have fallen or been got at by wasps as a result, and a lot of the rest have got brown rot - owing to the wet weather according to the RHS. I've picked a small tub each of plums and greengages, but the rest are out of reach until I can get my OH to hold a ladder for me.
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Hope you had lots of good plums this year!
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The plum tree is only a dwarf. This year I have had at least 2 bucketfuls and I've given away loads to friends and family. Not as many as 2 years ago when it was the Magic Porridge Pot Plum Tree. I have been watering it every day since it had the blossom appear and it didn't drop many in the June Drop so the plums have been lovely and plump just like Victoria Plums should be.
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
I rather neglected my fruit trees etc in late July/early august, due to trying to nurse Squeaks back to health, and missed the start of the plum season. Quite a few plums have fallen or been got at by wasps as a result, and a lot of the rest have got brown rot - owing to the wet weather according to the RHS. I've picked a small tub each of plums and greengages, but the rest are out of reach until I can get my OH to hold a ladder for me.
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You can't do everything. Clearly Squeaks came first.

I hope you can find time to rescue the rest of the plums and greengages.
 
Betsy said:
You can't do everything. Clearly Squeaks came first.

I hope you can find time to rescue the rest of the plums and greengages.
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Of course, the piggies always come first! (much to OH's chagrin on occasion :P)

Fortunately hubby is on leave next week, so I'll ask him to help as soon as I can. I also need him to help with picking the ripe figs from the top of the fig tree before the birds eat them (grrr).
If you are bringing your son to the uni , I might be able to give you some fresh greengages if you like ...
 
LOL I've been giving the goblins lettuce all day thinking it was a bit wilty and and small not-crunchy for romaine, they'll still eat it so I guess even somewhat-decent romaine is better than nothing right?

Yeah it's not romaine. It says it right on the packaging - SWEET GEM. I had no idea sweet gem could get so tall?
 
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