Changes

Yes, a new background in my quest to discover what has happened to Spring!Also if you look at my blog description you will see I have added a littl bit more...yes my strive to become a domestic goddess! Here is a diary entry of the week's domestic issue! Tuesday! After hubby had his egg & bacon bun he let the goose out of the hut, put some coal on the Aga and went to work. I loaded the dishwasher, tidied up and sorted some washing out. I washed the tablecloths, using programme C, around 60 degrees. I know some people would prefer a cooler temperature but as I was washing mainly white cotton I wanted to ensure the water would be hot enough to remove stains from the tablecloths. I can 'say the water was hot enough and the cloths looked so clean. I did not dry them on the Aga, I have had some accidents lately involving 3 pairs of hubby's jeans and a dog bed! i think the setting sun effect will catch on however, I think it looks quite artisitic! I cooked for the freezer.... 2 lamb hotpots 9 portions of mince with veg & leek toppings 1 beef strips with carrots. There would have been 2 portions of beef but Elsie helped herself to an entire portion! 3 vegetable & leek bakes I vacuumed the sitting room. Tomorrow.....main bedroom & bathroom! First day of Spring, so naturally we woke up to Snow! Hmmmmm! Still, good day for housework! Tidy up, load dishwasher. Panic with the cooking for the freezer idea yesterday.....hubby announces he doesn't like leeks! This came as a surprise after cooking leeks for him for the past 19 years of marriage! So what you might say? Well the freidge is full of leek & vegetable bakes from yesterday and also a huge tray baked shepherds pie, with guess what? yes leek topping! Hmmmmmm so a minor few adjustments planned! What else planned? bedroom de-clutter, bathroom clean and will glance at my study and think about how I am going to tackle it! Later today...... Rectifying the Leek Crisis! Actually I did manage to rectify the leek & vegetable bake issue. You see the thing about leeks and Jon is he had a nasty experience with fish bones as a child and nearly choked, so I can quite understand. With the leeks it is when they are cut vertically rather than horizontally that he feels uneasy eating them, ie being so stringy......so yesterday I defrosted the bakes, removed the leeks & put them in the blender with some cooked potatoes. I then cooked in individual dishes and now have them in the freezer. There was a small amount left in the blender so I simply added a cup of stock...(2 vegetable oxo cubes & water) and blended together! I can honestly say the taste was quite sensational, so yes I think I may buy some more leeks today and make a batch of soup for the freezer. By allocating one day for cooking it means i now have the next two weeks planned out, so come 4pm I take a meal out & pop it into the bottom oven of the Aga! As simple as that, so a good time investment I think! Today I am just about to begin a quick house tidy as it is shopping day with Enid. The weather is very dull today following a really unsettled week! We are going over to Hovingham to the organic veg place......will I be buying leeks? LOL! Elsie at the vets, check up on her stitches at 5.10pm. Catch you later!