Autumn

I can almost forgive the cold weather, looking at the colours at the trees right now.

No shit

This is what is needed for when the drain is full of various stuff, apparently.

Sleeping in style

I was away with work. My hotel room had one of these over the bed. I didn’t get to appreciate it- I was out like a light the moment my head hit the pillow. But it definitely makes its mark as to where to return for a relaxing weekend.

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Cooking chicken with white sauce

From my great grandmother’s cookbook from 1920, or thereabouts, I have now learnt how to make chicken with white sauce. It is quite simple, really. You simply make it like you would make hen with white sauce. That’s the entire recipe. Granted, the hen with white sauce was the recipe before that, so it is… Continue reading Cooking chicken with white sauce

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Trying new things

Weather is crap today. Rain, rain, rain, rain… and you get the gist. I had originally planned on heading for the gym this afternoon – I’ve picked up Jillian Michaels’s Winning by Losing, and I’ve started the training programme in the book. I’ve been to the gym twice this week. After a week, (I started… Continue reading Trying new things

Purple house

The purple house in the picture have received media attention in the local paper. It’s just about the only house in that area of town with an untraditional colour. Most of the other houses are white or grey. It seems everyone has an opinion on it – the neighbours have complained to the municipality, as… Continue reading Purple house

Summer weather

Sorry, Norway, but 60 degrees fahrenheit does not feel like summer weather. I know a lot of people elsewhere are struggling with the heat, but here it is cold, grey and wet most of the time. On the positive side, it usually doesn’t get that much colder for winter, here.

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