I feel I must do a quick blog to respond to feedback left only moments ago on my how to load a dishwasher blog found here. The feed back before I respond… So many questions. What about plastic on the bottom shelf? OK, or satanic? Cooking knives pointing up to save the basket or down to … More Dishwasher part 2. Your questions answered.
‘I’m still waiting for the dishwasher one’ These were the words spoken from The Mothership yesterday and not for the first time. I was recently sitting in a meeting and noticed I had a missed call from her. She was away on holiday at the time and wouldn’t usually call in the middle of the … More How to load a dishwasher
Questions for my dog. When visitors arrive why do you always race me to the door assuming they’ve come to visit you? You love being taken for a walk, and especially being allowed off the lead, so why do you insist on getting right under my feet so I nearly trip up and die. Could you … More Questions for my dog
Forget what I said about a hen whisperer yesterday, I’m going to have to go large and get Dr. Dolittle. I honestly couldn’t write this mornings escapade as fiction. I decided I would get the sitting room stove prepared so that all I had to do later on this afternoon was light it. I opened the … More How to get rid of unwanted visitors
This evening I had a mini master class on how to work the all singing all dancing remote control for the new all singing all dancing smart tv. I am no further forward and ended up t̶h̶r̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ handing them back and saying ‘well I can’t do it’ There are about 20 buttons on it and I will … More The struggle is real
Dear Orkney I’m sorry for all the mean stuff I said about you when I was fed up of it being a permanent state of Winter, full of hateful wind, rain, ice and snow. Today you totally got your act together and sent me a beautiful and gloriously sunny spring day so I could indulge … More Dear Orkney
Orkney Beef is in big trouble, so is his side kick Dixie Chuck. They share a mutual interest in country music, dogs and winding me up. I get a lot of stick from them both on Facebook but today they took it to a new level. I returned home from work and as usual went … More Cracking jokes
I was supposed to be going out to gardening club tonight but I didn’t. The weather is so truly hideous that in the end I decided to embrace my inner middle aged rebellion and bunk off gardening club. How naughty. However I did have to go and lock up the hens and I wasn’t very happy about … More The world’s most expensive egg
For a long time now I have dreamed of keeping chickens. I have a romantic notion of waking up and popping on my wellies to nip out into the garden and collect my freshly laid eggs for breakfast. Orkney Beef has always been reluctant thanks to a former life working in pest control and always … More Golden eggs
‘what in the heck is THAT!’ said hubby (Orkney Beef) as he walked in from work. This response was at the sight of me busy with yet another kitchen gadget bought to make my cooking life easier and my backside smaller. ”I know someone who lost 4 stone using one of these” said one review. … More It was Miss Scarlet, in the kitchen, with the spiralizer.
Norq From Ork 