Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "jam"
13th July 2012
I’m glad it’s Friday. Though work wasn’t too bad after a week off I’m still happy that I have next week off as well. Adding to my joy is my new computer which is running like a dream. Find my way around Windows 7 has been easier than I imagined. I’ve played a few games of chess, at the easiest settings of course. Well it has been a good few years since I played. I can’t actually remember how long it has been but it is a few years. I was thirteen or so when I learned to play. I didn’t have a chess set so I made one out of Lego and drew a board out on to two pieces of paper stuck together. That was my first board until Christmas came and I got a little wooden set. I lost that one after leaving home at seventeen. I did get other magnetic sets but I always seem to lose the pieces strangely and after a while stopped playing till the internet. Yes we have all play those online games but they only hold our attention for a bit don’t they?
Magz has been busy this week making jam from the mass of strawberries I have been gathering from the garden. This week though Tammy gave me a hand by collecting the berries while I’ve been at work. I showed how to choose the ones that needed picking, not really that hard just look for the red ones. Though the snails and slugs have been out in force this year meaning a lot of waste. My basil again has suffered as has the lettuce and Brussels sprouts. I just have too put it down to a battle lost I suppose for this year and try again next while the success of this year. The strawberries are certainly one of those and I’m sure there will be more as my apple trees are looking good.
Magz has been busy this week making jam from the mass of strawberries I have been gathering from the garden. This week though Tammy gave me a hand by collecting the berries while I’ve been at work. I showed how to choose the ones that needed picking, not really that hard just look for the red ones. Though the snails and slugs have been out in force this year meaning a lot of waste. My basil again has suffered as has the lettuce and Brussels sprouts. I just have too put it down to a battle lost I suppose for this year and try again next while the success of this year. The strawberries are certainly one of those and I’m sure there will be more as my apple trees are looking good.
3rd August 2012
It has been a week of trouble concerning our boiler. It started last Sunday when Magz smelt gas in our bedroom. The gas board were quick to respond and turned up within an hour to confirm that it was our boiler. The council came out the next day which would have been good if they had fixed the problem but they didn’t. Instead they said it wasn’t the boiler, it was somewhere else. At that they left to send the plumbers that fitted our kitchen. The plan being to remove the kitchen to find the leak that we smelt in our bedroom where the boiler is. Luckily these men proved to have some brains. They quickly found the leak exactly where the gas man had said it was. They also fixed the problem even though it wasn’t in their remit to do so. My hats off to them and a big thanks to the Big Man upstairs for them being in this world.
Calum’s project still hasn’t been done. He had plans last weekend that meant that he never got round to doing his room. Yes he had all week but as teenage boys are prone to he had his excuses. I still don’t think he has gotten around to it yet even though have been doing the nagging dad routine all week.
It did give me time to potter about in the garden a little. Magz has been making the most of the strawberries this year. She was cooking up some more jam and is planning scones for tomorrow. My mouth is already watering at the thought of them covered in jam.Yum.
Calum’s project still hasn’t been done. He had plans last weekend that meant that he never got round to doing his room. Yes he had all week but as teenage boys are prone to he had his excuses. I still don’t think he has gotten around to it yet even though have been doing the nagging dad routine all week.
It did give me time to potter about in the garden a little. Magz has been making the most of the strawberries this year. She was cooking up some more jam and is planning scones for tomorrow. My mouth is already watering at the thought of them covered in jam.Yum.
19th July 2013
Magz has made strawberry jam but there are still loads of strawberries left. I'm not sure what else she has planned though I'm sure she'll think of something. I can always take some into work for the lads, it's a given that they would enjoy them, hehehe.
I have even had a good crop of lettuce which has been filling my work sandwiches all week. There is still plenty filling out after we thinned them out. My potatoes are finally coming up after replanting. As you know the first attempt this year failed badly. Now the summer has finally truly arrived my plants are doing well.
It is good to have the sun after the long winter that we had though some are already moaning about the heat. Not me though all I wish was that I had the time to enjoy the great weather. Money needs to be earned though so it was back to work this week. Not the most comfortable of weeks though slaving away next to the retorts. They do give off a lot of heat as well as the steam makes it very humid. As you can imagine it quickly becomes very sticky once the retorts are all up cooking the cans away.
I started playing Skyrim last weekend, finally. It isn't to bad, very similar to the previous game Oblivion though I don't think it is as good. The graphics are better but I don't feel the story line is quite as engaging. Maybe that is just me. Anyways it is still a good game for wasting an hour or two.
I have even had a good crop of lettuce which has been filling my work sandwiches all week. There is still plenty filling out after we thinned them out. My potatoes are finally coming up after replanting. As you know the first attempt this year failed badly. Now the summer has finally truly arrived my plants are doing well.
It is good to have the sun after the long winter that we had though some are already moaning about the heat. Not me though all I wish was that I had the time to enjoy the great weather. Money needs to be earned though so it was back to work this week. Not the most comfortable of weeks though slaving away next to the retorts. They do give off a lot of heat as well as the steam makes it very humid. As you can imagine it quickly becomes very sticky once the retorts are all up cooking the cans away.
I started playing Skyrim last weekend, finally. It isn't to bad, very similar to the previous game Oblivion though I don't think it is as good. The graphics are better but I don't feel the story line is quite as engaging. Maybe that is just me. Anyways it is still a good game for wasting an hour or two.
