Admin
The end of the admin for my father’s estate continues, but the end is in sight...
I'm fortunate that all of us are helping out, pulling together. Currently my next immediate 'project' is the forthcoming celebration tea party for all his friends, later this month. I'm organising the venue and caterers, my brother's looking after sending out invitations and working out the likely approximate estimated number of guests. Then it will be time to get hold of glasses and suitable fizz for toasts... 'keep calm and carry on'...
Grocery shopping
Having taken over doing the online shopping order, and doing the meal planning from BB, I'm still trying to get a system going. When my father was alive, BB used to do his shopping on Thursday and this was a golden opportunity to buy anything that had been forgotten from our main shopping. Now, of course, that doesn't happen!
This week I've omitted crisps (we sometimes have a small portion with our supper), some cold meat, a second loaf of bread, a jar of pickled herrings and some baking potatoes. I haven't decided whether to improvise with what we've got, or make a special trip.
Meals
I filled a roasting tray with 1 packet of minced beef, 2 cans of mixed beans, 2 onions, 2 carrots, 6 sticks of celery, 2 cans of tomatoes, 2 cans water with beef stock cubes, pepper, garlic, mixed herbs, tomato pureé, and crushed chilli. It all went into the oven for an hour and a half...
We had some for lunch with baked potatoes and spinach, and I have four more meals in the freezer. 10 individual portions! I thought that was pretty good going!
I've a chicken, which will provide a Sunday (or Saturday!) roast, along with further meals, and some sausages for a couple more lunches. We'll be filling the freezer or ourselves over the next week!
Music
I came across this in the school holidays when I was in the sixth form. I bought a cassette recording and listened to it over and over again.
I always manage to forget things, even when I make lists.
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteI can go to the store for one item, come out with loads and forget the item I needed.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, me too! I reckon I could write a whole blog on 'what I forgot today'! Not just a single post, but daily entries.....
DeleteYou certainly won't starve!
ReplyDeleteThat's the plan!
DeleteI have played The Classical symphony 4 times now. It's a fiendish play for the flutes. I was asked to play it again this month with Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra but I said no as I was not in the mood for multiple screechy top D's (the third movement is full of them!) - pity as Braemar Kanneh Mason is playing the concerto and it would have been nice to play with him!
ReplyDeleteThat dish you cooked sounds great and 10 portions is impressive!
The perils of being an orchestral flautist!
DeleteI'm terrible about forgetting things. Sometimes I go in with a list and still forget something!
ReplyDeleteI find I've lost interest halfway round and think 'this will just have to do'. Then, when I get home, I discover my error!
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