Oh Myrna, that was definitely quick and it was also surprisingly good! I wanted to cook something fairly healthy and fairly speedy tonight as I had the dreaded rigmarole that is dying my hair planned for later. Gad, it is one of my least favourite things to do. Still, I am reading a book my darling friend Ada sent me about positive thinking so I tried to think about how nice my hair would look when it was done, rather than how much I HATED doing it. It sort of worked, and as I was waiting for the dye to take I cleaned the bath with my beloved VIM too.
VIM is something that gives me pleasure that is out of all proportion. I’m so happy that I found some in the Spa shop down the road. Ever since I moved into my flat I’ve almost despaired of getting the filth left by Dirty Eric (the previous tenant) out of my lovely eggshell blue bath. It slowly dawned on me that Mr Muscle wasn’t going to do it and I dimly remembered my Nan using VIM so i was pretty excited to find some not 5 minutes walk from my house.
I am beginning to wonder if things like my crush on VIM is a sign that I’m turning into a batty old buzzard (as Obi put it in the Hawley Arms on Monday). I decided today that I’ve spent one too many Saturday nights in on my own now, so I resolve to do something about it. As per the aforementioned book, it is my intention to meet someone who might like to see me on a Saturday night. Someone like the handsome hillbilly but maybe a few years older.
There, I have made an intention – it’s out in the universe. Let’s see what happens.
Oh, Myrna’s soup was very good. There is a picture here – definitely something I will make again next time I am dying my hair… Perhaps it will be a new Palace of Solitude tradition.
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Well I never knew you dyed your hair. It looks so natural and silky that I presumed it was all you (which it is, of course, but you know what I mean). I have to say I have a similar fascination with cleaning the bath here (a never ending problem given that our bathroom is so horribly damp that black stains appear each day). I think the combination of the old school scouring powder and the sense that you are actually making a difference in something, no matter how small, is very satisfying. And I like that kind of multitasking. Finishing it all up with Myrna’s soup sounds like a quietly satisfying night.
And I hope the universe sends you your own handsome hillbilly. I am sending out good thoughts into the atmosphere for you.
Oh thanks darling, that’s so nice of you to say about my barnet! It’s taking a bashing this week as it is Amy Winehouse beehive week. Jx
Well I never knew you dyed your hair. It looks so natural and silky that I presumed it was all you (which it is, of course, but you know what I mean). I have to say I have a similar fascination with cleaning the bath here (a never ending problem given that our bathroom is so horribly damp that black stains appear each day). I think the combination of the old school scouring powder and the sense that you are actually making a difference in something, no matter how small, is very satisfying. And I like that kind of multitasking. Finishing it all up with Myrna’s soup sounds like a quietly satisfying night.
And I hope the universe sends you your own handsome hillbilly. I am sending out good thoughts into the atmosphere for you.
Oh thanks darling, that’s so nice of you to say about my barnet! It’s taking a bashing this week as it is Amy Winehouse beehive week. Jx
It does look good! Dirty Eric–mwah ha ha. While not envious of the previous inhabitant of your apartment, I do envy an eggshell blue bathroom. Thankfully our upstairs bathroom still has its original 1925 bathtub, but the downstairs half bath was redone in 1968. Ick.
OOh, a 1925 bathtub, I am envious of that!
It does look good! Dirty Eric–mwah ha ha. While not envious of the previous inhabitant of your apartment, I do envy an eggshell blue bathroom. Thankfully our upstairs bathroom still has its original 1925 bathtub, but the downstairs half bath was redone in 1968. Ick.
OOh, a 1925 bathtub, I am envious of that!
Where are the recipes? Are they only for cook book and app? Then the blog is just a dev blog for a book? Not really a blog on the Hollywood recipes…
Hi Tushan – there is a different recipe every month on the “Recipe of the Month” page and I’m hoping the book will find a publisher soon – it will contain around 50 recipes. Haven’t got very far with the app. The blog is my way of me recording the fun I have making these dishes for myself and friends. Jenny
Where are the recipes? Are they only for cook book and app? Then the blog is just a dev blog for a book? Not really a blog on the Hollywood recipes…
Hi Tushan – there is a different recipe every month on the “Recipe of the Month” page and I’m hoping the book will find a publisher soon – it will contain around 50 recipes. Haven’t got very far with the app. The blog is my way of me recording the fun I have making these dishes for myself and friends. Jenny