Not Posting, but Drowning...

Well, I was in the beautiful Lake District for a little while...

Where the HELL have I been???
I mean, that's even a question I found myself asking after realising I hadn't posted for almost a whole month!!!
Well, I may not have been 'on-line', but I have been doing all the same old things I've always done... cooking - especially from the 'Eat-To-Live' stable as I valiantly try and shift my fat ass. This could explain the uninspiring lack of food posts... for anyone who's read 'EtL', you'll know exactly what I mean - it is what it is. Healthy, nutritious, but... you know... Is it Me, or is Melody really the only self-professed lo-cal blogger who consistently comes up with the most insanely tasty-looking food? Like, not just lentil sludge or 'salads-up-the-wazoo' kind of healthy-eating blogging? Must try more of her recipes!!! Plus her photos are always so tantalising!
I've been paring-down my commitments - OMG, did you all notice I had two kids? Because I must admit, the amount of mundane stuff I was saying 'yes' to, it felt like I kind of forgot? They were kind of slotted in behind the sponsored crochet for Jesus and the bakesale for Vegfam... plenty of time for these things once they're a few years older, berating me from behind their dayglo leopardskin print hoodies for being an inadequate mother. Yes, I feel sure I'll be VERY keen on extra-curricular activities - for me - when they're busy forming slash-punk bands and trying to persuade the neighbours to buy them alcohol underage (oh, the shame...)
I've also decided to sign my bored yet over-obligated ass up to a course of study this September to try and re-light that spark I used to have back when I used my brain to work out things other than optimum time you can leave a baby in a nappy for without changing them. For anyone interested, the formula is as follows:


(baby + x nappy) = number of hours till wet clothes
pints of juice


where 'x' is the kind of nappy i.e. real or disposable.

I also went camping in the scenic Lake District with my two bffs... and a good weekend was had by all...

and I'm very excited as our raucous weekend away (yes, that's right, we did get 'shushed' by a bunch of strict fell-runners at eleven o'clock at night for being 'rowdy' !) has the potential to become an annual trip!

Oh, and have obviously been watching lots of horror films, some good, some baaaaaad...

And getting very animated about the idea of a new Chinese takeaway in Livingston serving vegetarian duck and chicken and the like on their veggie takeaway menu! As opposed to the usual West Lothian favourite of chicken, duck, chicken, pork, chicken... etc... I'm definitely looking forward to placing my first order at Ying Chinese Takeaway at Deans.

Well, that's what I've been up to, I'm off to see what you guys have all been up to now, and I'll be back with a food post before you can say 'oh no! not more raw greens!'.