25 Friday Nov 2016
So I got a new duvet, a bit bigger, a bit warmer… and as you can see, the cats love it. Especially Morcilla who adorably gets under it with me during the night. But every morning when the cats know I’m awake, they all pile on top of me. Then huddle together after I get up. My furry little heat-seeking missiles.
22 Tuesday Nov 2016
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A few months ago I saw this sofa in the window of El Corte Inglés and I WANTED IT. I mean, it’s nothing terribly exciting, but I love its simplicity and clean lines. But I also know that no soft furnishings would ever last around here. What’s weird is that I have never actually wanted a sofa before, precisely for this reason. At present an old IKEA sofa bed still serves in the living room, along with a second-hand arm chair, both of which are covered in cotton throws (as is my wheelie office chair). And in spite of being covered they are all ripped to shreds.
Anyhow, I was walking by El Corte Inglés again the other day and saw that my dream sofa has a matching chair!!! Waaaah!
21 Monday Nov 2016
19 Saturday Nov 2016
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There’s been a fair bit of comfort food cooking going on this weekend at Casa Az. Yesterday I made some lovely leek & potato soup (must do that more often), and this morning Peter decided to make one of his puchero stews, this time with lentils instead of the usual white beans. However, he started off with the entire kilo bag of lentils (instead of half), which start off looking like the right amount, but soon grow. Oops.
So I came to the rescue, moved half his lentils to another pot, and made a tikka masala with lots of veggies (onion, garlic, courgette, tomato, spinach…). Lucky these will freeze well. I think this will be the lentil quota for the winter.
14 Monday Nov 2016
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Happy Monday everybody! 🙂
Morcilla has a new sweater … mine! Her new trick when we are watching TV is not only to climb onto my lap but to also crawl under my sweater. It’s perfect, like having a furry hot water bottle, and Morcilla also gets to be extra cosy. Win-win.
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