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Royal Wedding

By the end of it I was half expecting bluebirds to fly down, sweep her veil away into the sky as flower petals fell on it in the words "They lived happily ever after."
The whole thing screamed Disney to me.


I did blubber when it reminded me of my wedding, (I don't know why, it wasn't as if the paparazzi and police turned up to my wedding...oh...wait) then I thought how nervous she must be as she is watched by billions.

P.S I loved the dress

Things I wondered

Didn't she look a little like the "evil" bride from little mermaid?

Only prettier and not, well, evil

D slept through the whole thing -how?

I loved the bishop of London's speech, it was really meaningful- and why couldn't we have had a speech like that at our wedding?

Now I want to have a party

I want to ride in a carriage

I'm now going to wave just like Kate does

Ball pictures coming Mon-Tues next week, there's a very good reason for the delay. I'll explain then.

Slugs, snails and puppy dog tails.

Tonight is the night of the masquerade ball and D could not be more unprepared. Currently he is going in trousers, no shirt, mask or date. All I have left to do is figure out my hair, get my dress steamed and bar any disasters I'm ready :)

My neighbour popped by today, he is polish and a bit rusty when it comes to English. He came by because he has a "slug problem" and wants to put slug killer down but thought he'd check with me first as it says to keep pets away.
I read the bottle's instructions which basically read "WILL CAUSE DEATH IF CONSUMED" every few lines. DEATH by

Eating

Drinking

Having near a food or water source

Leaving clumps in the ground

Putting in soil where you grow vegetables

Leaving near pet food sources

Using the container you mixed it in again

Letting children play with it
and the list goes on...

I've reluctantly agreed to him using it, so long as he lets me know when he does so I can keep my pets inside for a couple of days. I'm only concerned because he can't understand the instructions very well so he might "accidentally" kill the entire neighbourhood, and since my cats have been killing and bringing home a new mouse daily I'm concerned they might get poisoned by proxy.
At any rate if he kills my cat, I'll kill his sister....that's how this thing works right?

EDIT: I've made D's mask and now think I may be a talented artist... obviously getting up at 5am causes delusions.

Sharing is Caring

I received an email from a relative over the holiday inviting me to a sort-of chain-letter recipe group. I send person 1 a recipe, then forward the letter on to five people and they send me a recipe back etc.
So I decided to share with you all my recipe for my BELOVED tuna-lemon pasta.

Holly’s Tuna Lemon Pasta

I ADORE this dish and it usually takes only 15/20 minutes to cook. This makes enough sauce for about two people, with left-overs for me to have seconds  I’m writing this from memory as I got rid of the recipe long ago so please excuse my poorly measured out amounts. If you want it to feed more people, add more pasta and increase the sauce amounts accordingly.

You will need:
2 x Tin of tuna in sunflower oil
1 x Double cream, a standard size blue elmea works fine (I think that’s 250ml but can’t remember)
1 x Lemon
Dried Pasta (however much you would normally make for two people)

PASTA:
Get the pasta on the boil in a pan.

Use a frying or other large round pan to make ‘the sauce’, it’s important that the pan surface area is large rather than deep.
SAUCE:
Pour the double cream into the sauce pan, place it on a medium heat to warm through, use a zester to take some of the rind off the lemon and allow it to mix with the cream in the pan.
Add some fresh or dried parsley (just a pinch) –STIR- Once the sauce is warm;
Squeeze half a lemon into the cream – stir rapidly to avoid curdling-
You should now see the cream thickening up.

(feel free to squeeze the other half of the lemon into the sauce, I do, but this is just my preference as I like the sauce tangy, you’ll be best to taste and experiment with this before adding it to the pasta for what you prefer)

Open the tins of tuna, drain the oil of one in the sink and drain a generous amount of the other’s oil into the creamy sauce. (approx. 2-3tbsp)
Stir well. *taste to see if you want more lemon adding*
When the pasta is cooked, drain, rinse and return to the pasta pan.
Pour both tins of tuna over the pasta followed by the sauce. Stir it through but try not to break the tuna up too much.
Serve. (and in my husbands case, add cheese)

The pasta should taste fishy with a lemon tang, if it’s not lemony enough when you try it, add more lemon juice next time. You can always miss the lemon zest out and simply use bottled lemon juice instead, but I find you have to use far more and it lacks the punch that a fresh lemon gives.

Please note the addition of tuna oil is my adaptation of the original recipe which called for anchovy oil to be added. I couldn’t find any at my supermarket and tuna oil works nicely and is already available when making this recipe (so less waste).

I hope you enjoy this dish as much as I do, it’s quick, easy and very yummy.

How to fool a salesman

Generic Film Salesman : Hello Ladies can I ask you where you rent your movies from?
Me: *staring blatantly at the sign above his booth and reading off it* Generic Films.com
GFS: *skeptical* Realllly?
Me: *looking at him right in the eye* Yup.
GFS: So how did you hear of us?
Me: I got a discount code through the post for a 30-day trial.
GFS: And did you continue it after 30-days?
Me: .....Sure.
GFS: Well I guess I can't ask for better than that
*turns to my friend*
GFS: Do you use Generic Films.com?
MF: I got a trial through the post too
GFS: ...Aww now C'MON, you didn't BOTH get a trial
ME: *shrugs* I gave her my code
GFS: *clearly aware he's being played but unable to sell us something we say we already have* !SIGH! Well, did you continue the service
MF: Okay
GFS: *grinding his teeth* Well have a good day then.

I'm so Tardy

I can't believe I've been gone for the last few days, every time I sat down to blog I'd get called away or fall asleep.
On Wednesday I journeyed out of town to buy some stock, and while there I also brought these for myself.

I'm not going to wear them, just keep them because I love me some Cookie Monster.
I also managed to pick up my dress for the masquerade ball on Thursday! I saw it a month ago, it's perfect, and even better, I only had a £20 budget, and when I found it in the store it was the ONLY DRESS ON SALE and had gone from £50 to £20 - THAT. IS. FATE.
And it's a size 8, and I can fit in it just fine, I haven't worn an 8 since my college prom and I usually can't cram my "goods" into anything smaller than a 10 without looking like I'm gonna tip-over, not that I'm amazingly endowed or anything, but fitting into an 8 is a massive esteem boost. I love you zumba.
Speaking of which... (D's new favourite term even when he wasn't speaking of what he turns the conversation to)
I went to Zumba again last night and I was laughing and smiling my way through so I think the other tired people may think I'm mad, I put all my effort into it and did just fine so I think the 15 miles I walked since last week have paid off. I love Zumba, it's just so much fun, and the instructor signalled me before the knee dance so I could sit out.
So that's the update for now, today is Good Friday so it's a no sweets,crisps,meat or nice-tasty-things-to-eat day and I'm sure by 5pm today I'll be clutching myself and crying over my chocolate cravings...that's what happened last year. On a plus, as of Sunday I CAN DRINK AGAIN!

(and how could I forget to mention PORTAL 2 was released yesterday and is now in my grubby little hands)

My best friend; The weighted companion cube.
Don't forget, the cake is a lie!

Where for art thou Colm

On Friday I went to Emmzie's house to watch the 25th edition of Les Miserables. It wasn't until the end that I realised I have a total crush on Colm Wilkinson, and have had that crush for the last 15 years. Seriously. I want to spawn his awesomely musically gifted, singing children, with nice hair and good dance moves, (a little something from their momma.) I want his voice for myself, in a total little mermaid theft kinda-way.
I told D we need to get divorced, Colm is older than us and I probably don't have a lot of time left to get him to fall in love with me. I told D we can meet up again afterwards and I'll share my riches, but I may have been lying, I'll decide later.
Anyway in my obsession I forced D to listen to two hours of me searching Colm Wilkinson on Youtube, and playing every old grainy sound recording I could find. But for you guys I thought I'd share a slightly more easter themed track.
AND IF ANYONE POINTS OUT THE AGE DIFFERENCE I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND FORCE YOU TO LISTEN TO ONE OF D'S PRESENTATIONS...OR WORSE..ONE OF HIS JOKES.



My apologies the blogs this week and more "linky" that anything but we are running a 4-day week right now, followed by a 3-day week (pfft royal wedding) and then another 4-day week, so my business is mega busy trying to cram everything into only 11days rather than 18days.