Not as quiet as I hoped...

[juliet]

I was anticipating a nice quiet week, due to the absence of kitty_goth & shadow_jess, but it appears not entirely to have happened. Been *fairly* calm, though - couple of evenings at home, couple of evenings out but only in London Bridge which hardly counts.

Stayed in with Pete on Tuesday & watched "O Brother" on DVD. Also there was marrow curry (we got several marrows in our boxes from the nice organic food delivery people over the last couple of weeks. I don't know all that many things to do with marrow). Both of these things were good. Wednesday there was CURRY & BEER with my sister, marnameow, sbp, atommickbrane, boyofbadgers, & ali_anarres. Which was also good. Wendy has now got enough teaching work for the term to cover her rent, food, & a very very small amount of spending money. Hurrah. This means that any freelance etc stuff she gets (which is what she's actually after) is extra, sort of thing, which is a Good Thing. And also she won't starve, similarly a Good Thing.

Yesterday I mostly stayed in, watched Buffy episodes, hacked a bit (nothing terribly exciting), knitted a bit (similarly non-exciting). It was all rather pleasant. Good though the hectic whirl etc etc can be, it's been nice to have a bit less hecticness for the week. Especially since work has been pretty damn hectic (grrr).

Is it hometime yet? Probably nearly enough to skive off, actually...

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

come to the pub!

[juliet]

Ah, sadly (well, not sadly, but ykwim) I am going to a friend's housecooling party. Is this regular-Friday-pub?

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

yup, same time, same batchannel.

[j4.livejournal.com]

I don't know all that many things to do with marrow

Stuffed marrow is nice. With veggie mince or just rice and tomato and mushrooms and nuts and things like that in it, and just bake it in the oven for, um, a while. Until it's soft and marrowish. Cooking has never been my strong point, y'know. :-)

[juliet]

Maybe next week? If the invitation extends to then :-)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

ah, next week I believe we are otherwheres due to a birthday celebration.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I believe there's a way of making an alcoholic drink out of marrows, involving sugar and adding spirits of some sort (rum?) to make it ferment, but I wouldn't recommend it - my parents tried it once and it stank out the back room for a month.

[wintrmute.livejournal.com]

maybe i'll even get to see you one of these days then! ;)

[juliet]

See, *I* would agree with you. But Pete says he doesn't like stuffed marrow. It's tolerable roasted, though, & curry was definitely good (mildness of marrow goes nicely with spicyness of curry).

They didn't give us one this week, thankfully. Got kale instead. Think I preferred the marrows...

[juliet]

Argh, sorry, I have been pretty crap recently... The next two weeks are also nightmarish (work sending me to Cork, then to Cardiff), but maybe we could catch up after that?