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Okay... The cake is baked. A skewer inserted through the middle of it came out clean and dry. I'll leave it in the baking tin to cool overnight and head to bed now. Chat yous all on the morrow, gang!
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Now there's a thought...
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Well here's a photo I took on Wednesday of the lower part of the back garden, near the house itself: (I think there's a stone built garden shed under all those bushes on the right. It may need re-roofing once I rescue it, though )
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God so loves a trier!
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Now... whilst the cake is baking, I have to edit some photographs... Chat yous all later.
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One of them is actually going to Germany with a friend. I'll bring the other one to England when I go over to my sister's for Christmas. Sorry, buddy, I won't have time to make a third one to post across The Pond...
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I actually met a young friend for lunch today and had fish and chips (with a side salad).
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I could tell you ... ... but, as it's my own secret recipe, I'd then have to kill you. Actually it's a version of a Rich Fruit Cake. A typical recipe can be found here. But, as I say, I've adapted it for my own use. In particular, I have used different spices to give it a seasonal flavour. A rich fruit cake only improves with age. It will be wrapped in baking parchment and tinfoil, and unwrapped at weekly intervals and a dessert spoonful of Irish Whiskey carefully poured over to soak into it. About a week before Christmas, I'll cover it in marzipan (almond paste) and then ice it a few days before the big day.
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I'm currently mixing the ingredients for my second Christmas cake...
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In parts of Scotland they call fish and chips "Fish Supper" Apparently they are often bought on the way home after a night in the pub.
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That makes you sound totally British! I assumed they'd be called Fish & Fries on your side of the pond... Or are you having fish and the following?. (What we call crisps our side of the pond, but I believe you call chips...) Enjoy, anyway!
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I think every reader will have noticed that!
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Hey, Gary! Not moved in yet. Finally got oil delivered today; but boiler not working. May be a fault in the boiler, or just an air lock in the fuel line. I'll try and get a technician to look at it over the weekend, or early next week. The house has been standing unoccupied for at least ten years. Don't see me moving in any time soon. Have to get the heating sorted first, and get the inside dried out. Might not fully move in till the spring. The small house (apartment) I am renting at the moment is almost beside it, so I can do bits of work, and certainly tidy the garden, in my own time.
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Greeting. young Albert.
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Oh look! A ghost! It must be halloween... Hi, Higster
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Well, the Major certainly got put in his place! Good for Ward Sister Judy. Poor Danny. Hopefully the school will do the right thing. Either that, or hopefully the school he moves to will have better bullying policies in place. (I can't help wondering what's going on at The Boot whilst all this drama is going on elsewhere..)
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Hey, Gary
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II see someone's getting into the spirit of the season... Hi, Albert!
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Just after 1am here. Think it's time for my beddy byes.
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Sounds yummy! I've got a Christmas cake baking in the oven.
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Another great chapter! Seems like Fredde, Jeff and Vee have taken a liking to Simon. They certainly seem willing to invite him into their lives outside college. I'm now wondering whether Niki will be able to fit all four of them in her car to bring them to the Vale Side Junction Group. Especially as it could be that Simon's mum might decide she wants to go and chaperone her baby...
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I'm glad Simon is making friends. He seems to have a soft spot for Jeff. Judging by the conversation on the bus, it doesn't look as though Freddie's looking at Simon as potential boyfriend material. But, who knows? Stranger things happen at sea, as my mammy used to say. Maybe it's time to start a Team Jeff or Team Freddie competition...? But then again, perhaps Simon will meet someone at the youth group Niki's trying to get him to attend...
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Thanks. My day went well, indeed (apart from having to make a 100+ mile return trip to drop some stuff off that somebody claimed they needed today. I do worry about my carbon footprint at times... ) The exercise stress test at the local cardiology unit went great. I think my lungs were in more danger of giving out than my heart, to be honest. A consultant doctor checked the readouts and sort of suggested that he couldn't understand why I had been referred. He said everything was perfect, and he would be writing to my family doctor (who had referred me) to give him that information. So that's good news, anyway.
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Morning, all! Nice sunny day here in the west of Ireland, although there's rain promised for later in the day. Currently 6°C (43°F), with a high expected of 10°C (50°F). Would be a great day for some strimming in the garden, but first I have to have a shower and travel twenty-odd miles for an appointment for an Exercise Stress Test in the Cardiac Investigation Department at my nearest large hospital . Just hoping the rain hasn't arrived by the time I get back...
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