On Thursday I tried another new soup from Pret a Manger, this time I went for Spinach & Nutmeg (Spinach, nutmeg, potato, sage, cream, butter, onion, celery & organic vegetable bouillon) the taste was ok, it was just devoid of lumps, so it wasnt very filling. I was hungry for the rest of the afternoon, and as James (and the numerous charity collectors - sorry I didnt mean to scream at you "never mind the starving millions I want feeding") will testify a hungry Amber isnt a happy Amber!
As followers of Als blog would have seen, I made a mission statement so to speak, to eat a portion of chips on every beach in Britain - I should have said England really - but as ever I speak first (should that be comment first?) and think later! I now have to include Wales and Scotland also, Im not quite sure how many beaches there are, "but it sure will be fun finding out". As I said I can cross off Southend ;o).
Its my birthday on Wednesday and James has bought me a new camera, I have had a little play with it (but was told off because its not Wednesday yet!), I will try and upload the few pictures Ive taken (be warned theres a scary self portait in there to ;o)).
I hate wasting food and on Friday James said to me "theres some Walnut Pave left - if you dont want it I will throw it away", I had to eat it - it wasnt just "some" bread it was half the loaf, and I felt incredibly full after eating it - so full infact that I couldnt eat a chocolate! Yes, I was that full!
Considering I ate all that bread, I was well pleased that when I weighed myself this morning I only put on 100 grammes (I wasnt too pleased that I have had to pay again - oh well two weeks free is better thatn a smack in the kisser!).
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Nice photos, interesting subject in that red robe, though.... ;)
That Lumix is almost identical to the one Jessie wants to sell me, I think. Except, hers is an older model. Still functioning quite well, she has simply outgrown it.
Oh, and those chicken apple sausages I tried were too sweet for me. Reminded me of something to do with a Christmas dinner, but I couldn't place it. I would have to look, but I think there may have been cinnamon included. They weren't bad, but not what I had hoped for.
They have others, though, I will try again and I will not be defeated in my quest for unusual sausages that I like!!
Its a nice warm bathrobe ;o)
The camera is easy to use which is a must for me.
Keep trying the different sausages, your bound to find something that is really nice.
Do you have any farm shops near you?
Kelly, wasn't something like cranberry or apple in the stuffing / sausagemeat was it? That's often too sweet for me too.
That's the worst thing with any soup that has potato in it; if it's liquidised too much, it turns the soup to wallpaper paste!
The Panasonic cameras get some good reviews here.
Well Happy Birthday for Wednesday even if you were very naughty for playing with your camera before then!
I have no idea how many beaches there are in the UK, but are you planning to include the naturist ones as well? :-)
That being said though, wouldn't there just be one big beach given that we're an island?
I have to say though that the not wanting to waste food excuse is a good one and one I have been guilty of using myself on occasion.
James, you right about the consistency of liquidised potato
:o(
AL, I dont think I will include going to naturist beaches, I think it would put me off my chips!
I like the concept of there essentially just being one big beach.
I havent played with my camera since Sunday, but only because James has hidden it from me ;o)
There'd be loads of bright red, split-ended saveloys on a nudist beach I bet... you'd be spoilt for a choice of sizes too...
;-)
There you go lowering the tone again... :-)
I am sure it is Wendesday over there, now....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
I hope James treats you to all sorts of nice surprises and gifts and love ;)
By the way, just realized you share the same b-day with my ex! I am surrounded by Tauruses! My mother, my son, my ex, you! When will it stop?! Y'all are taking over the world!!!!
:) Have a super day! :)
James~ Be nice to her!
James, I may now have to change my mind about the nudist beach, but maybe not...
Thanks Kelly, I guess by rights 1/12 of the population will be a Taurus - thats a lot of stubbourn people ;o)
Happy Birthday Amber. For the record you share your Birthday with one of the women who runs the Broadfield Barton Post Office today.
That fascinating piece of information was a gift from me to you!
I'm going to add that to the "famous birthdays"-bit in Wikipedia for today. Then it'll share pride of place with such luminaries as;
# 1904 – Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. 1984)
# 1907 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
# 1911 – Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
# 1912 – Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
# 1912 – Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
# 1913 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (d. 1980)
# 1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
# 1918 – T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d. 1984)
# 1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
# 1922 – Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
# 1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (d.2009)
# 1923 – Red Garland, American hard bop jazz pianist (d.1984)
# 1924 – Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat
# 1924 – Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
# 1926 – Wallace Breem, British author (d. 1990)
# 1927 – Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958)
# 1927 – Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
# 1928 – Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
# 1928 – Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
# 1928 – Jim Shoulders, rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
# 1930 – Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
# 1930 – José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
# 1930 – Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
# 1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
# 1934 – Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
# 1935 – Dominic Cossa, American baritone
# 1937 – Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
# 1937 – Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
# 1937 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor
# 1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress
# 1938 – Laurent Beaudoin, French/Canadian businessman
# 1938 – Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
# 1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
# 1939 – Hildrun Claus, German athlete
# 1940 – Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. 1989)
# 1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress
# 1941 – Joe Brown, British singer
# 1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
# 1941 – Jody Conradt, American basketball coach
# 1943 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist
# 1943 – Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
# 1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author
# 1945 – Sam Anderson, American actor
# 1945 – Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
# 1947 – Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
# 1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, English/American actress
# 1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
# 1950 – Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
# 1950 – Bobby Valentine, baseball manager
# 1951 – Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
# 1951 – Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
# 1951 – Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
# 1952 – John Kasich, U.S. Congressman
# 1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
# 1956 – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
# 1956 – Richard Madeley, Television presenter
# 1957 – Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
# 1957 – Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer
# 1957 – Andrea Klump, German terrorist
# 1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
# 1962 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
# 1962 – Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
# 1962 – Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
# 1962 – Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
# 1963 – Wally Masur, Australian tennis player
# 1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
# 1964 – Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
# 1964 – Tom Verica, American actor
# 1965 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
# 1965 – Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
# 1965 – Tasmin Little, English violinist
# 1965 – Lari White, American country music singer
# 1966 – Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
# 1966 – Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
# 1966 – Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
# 1967 – Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
# 1967 – Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)
# 1968 – Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
# 1968 – Buckethead, Guitarist
# 1968 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
# 1968 – PMD, American rapper
# 1969 – André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk)
# 1971 – Tom Nalen, American football player
# 1972 – Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
# 1974 – Brian Geraghty, American actor
# 1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
# 1977 – Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
# 1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor
# 1977 – Samantha Morton, English actress
# 1977 – Robby Hammock, baseball player
# 1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player
# 1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
# 1978 – Barry Zito, American baseball player
# 1978 – Steve Mildenhall, English football player
# 1978 – Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
# 1979 – Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
# 1979 – Lauren Phoenix, pornographic actress
# 1979 – Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
# 1980 – Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
# 1980 – Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
# 1980 – Chris Barker (bassist), American bassist (Anti-flag)
# 1981 – Sunny Leone, Canadian/American pornographic actress
# 1981 – Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
# 1981 – James Yun, American professional wrestler
# 1982 – Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
# 1982 – Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
# 1983 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
# 1983 – Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
# 1983 – Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
# 1985 – Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
# 1986 – Giuliana Marino, German glamor model
# 1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor, musician and model
# 1986 – Scott Sutter, English footballer
# 1986 – Jared Boll, American hockey player
# 1987 – Hunter Parrish, American actor
# 1987 – Carrie Prejean, American beauty pageant contestant
# 1988 – Casey Donovan, Australian singer
# 1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress
thanks Al, its good to know if other people having birthdays on my day too ;o)
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