tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140056532024-03-14T13:58:35.159+00:00SueSpaceFamily life, with photos.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.comBlogger4083125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-12855696781412881402021-01-08T21:03:00.002+00:002021-01-08T21:03:18.231+00:00Foxes I see a lot of foxes. They have become urbanised and actually quite bold about being seen in the open. That worries me a bit. A wild animal should be more shy.I keep an eye on them and especially a family of them that live where I have some work. This family have white flashes on the tips of their tails. Last year the poor things were terribly thin and their coats were sparse and dull. I'veSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-48655494994695898572021-01-07T08:01:00.001+00:002021-01-07T08:06:08.884+00:00Cinderella SoapWith the Covid pandemic, people are having to wash their hands more carefully and frequently than before. Soap and water has a vastly greater effectiveness than alcohol based hand sanitisers. But with much washing, soap can make hands very dry. I'm developing a new recipe I've called Cinderella Soap. It doesn't look great but it is very much more effective at cleaning the skin and Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-74005920420142628432021-01-07T02:02:00.001+00:002021-01-07T02:02:36.938+00:00New LockdownOnce again, the UK is under strict Lockdown, enforceable by law, due to the extra infectious Covid variant. It has been announced that school exams are cancelled this year due to too many interruptions in actual school time. One grandchild was sent home by the school with instructions to isolate as she had been in close contact with someone who tested positive. People who are vulnerable due to Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-16533244368608050472020-10-19T22:52:00.003+01:002020-10-19T22:52:55.895+01:00Working with the elderly Working with elderly people can be emotionally difficult. One of our ladies, a widow, was crying because the husband she loved so much had left her. How do you comfort her? By saying that he was dead? And now she is concerned about her elderly dog dying too. She is such a dear, sweet person, but it is so cruel when her mind keeps tormenting her. I could cry Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-19488618401027232042020-09-28T16:06:00.001+01:002020-09-28T16:06:17.209+01:00FatigueI have ME / Chronic Brucellosis and have been going through a bad patch. I have slept all afternoon so that I can do my work this evening but the sleep hasn't made me feel any better. I'm still feeling floppy with jelly like muscles. Just three more shifts to do and then I have some time off. I will have to spend the first part in bed but am hoping to get some soap decorated on Friday. My cat Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-82231242068459942722020-09-28T15:56:00.001+01:002020-09-28T15:56:26.800+01:00More past soapsSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-59509659273584428222020-09-28T15:48:00.001+01:002020-09-28T15:48:58.318+01:00Past SoapHere are some of the soaps I have made. With each one, I have had to wait weeks for the saponification process to complete before testing them. When that day comes, I wash my hands with it and think it is the best recipe I have made. They are, in fact, all good. I only use pure organic ingredients and use organic essential oil to scent them. So in terms of the quality of ingredients, they Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-83852381503770542862020-09-28T15:39:00.001+01:002020-09-28T15:39:29.281+01:00Rose Soap SagaI made this soap the other day and it will be ready on 20 October. I have been planning to build up a stock of good quality soap for Christmas, and in particular to send to my brother and sister who live in the Antipodes.But I checked on parcel services and they all said that their service was affected by Covid and they weren't taking on any new parcels at the moment. One of them wanted to chargeSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-31438284907045651512020-08-22T17:25:00.001+01:002020-08-22T17:25:37.098+01:00The Covid Factor and where it led me. Covid at first sounded like a nasty dose of 'flu that could kill you if you had a serious co-existing health condition. It was constantly on TV and my elderly clients watched it all day and it made them extremely anxious. So, with agreement from the families, we banned it and put on channels without constant virus updates. Doing care work, my life was not affected really, except Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-57657298132341116232020-08-12T00:42:00.001+01:002020-08-22T17:08:00.892+01:00Heat Wave Here we are in the middle of August 2020 and we have been sweltering for days. Its too hot to sleep so I thought it might be time for a bit of a catch up.I moved to a new flat about two years ago. Objectively, the new flat is nicer than my previous one but I don't like it as much as I liked the old one. I had to move because my landlord was selling up. As I had lived there so Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-43176018095482528092014-09-16T21:12:00.000+01:002014-09-16T21:18:03.363+01:00Review of the Luggie Elite
Conclusion: The Luggie makes life easy for Everyone.
I’ve put the conclusion first for those who don’t want to read a lot. Mobility equipment has to be easy for the sick or disabled person and their carers to use. It has to be convenient and reliable, not extra exhausting hassle. In scooters as in cars, you don’t expect a Mini to do the job of a Jeep. Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-76580096416422655242012-11-17T01:09:00.000+00:002012-11-17T01:15:03.551+00:00Gluten Free Oats Cookies
Flourless Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
(gluten-free)
They
take under 5 minutes to prepare!
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 T brown sugar
1 T plus 2 tsp white sugar
2 T raisins
1 T oil or pre-melted
margarine
1-2 T milk of choice (start
with 1)
Blend
first 5 ingredients together in a food processor or blender.
Mix with other ingredients, form into Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-13257805021300978412012-11-17T01:04:00.000+00:002012-11-17T01:13:48.672+00:00Potato Based Pizza
POTATO BASED PIZZA
BASE FOR THE TOPPING
6 large potatoes 2 Garlic cloves 6 spring onions  Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-3072269897635060362012-10-29T17:14:00.004+00:002012-10-29T17:14:41.177+00:00South African Rusks - NOT Coeliac friendly
1.5kg selfraising flour
3 eggs
250ml cream
500ml buttermilk or plain yoghurt
250 ml sugar
250g butter
5ml salt
Rub butter into flour.
Beat eggs and sugar.
Add buttermilk (yoghurt)
Mix to a soft dough.
Form balls of dough & pack tight in a greased dish.
Bake at 180c or 350f for 35 minutes.
Break cooked balls and spread them on the wire racks in the cooker.
Dry overnight in cooker on a Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-84037125912895777522012-10-29T16:43:00.000+00:002012-10-29T16:51:19.460+00:00Cinnamon Rolls - Coeliac friendly
Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients:
2 egg whites (powdered ones work well. Follow instructions on the packet)
8 oz ground almonds
Pinch of salt
4 oz castor sugar
1 level tablespoon cinnamon
Icing sugar
Method:
Beat the egg whites and salt until stiff.
Fold in sugar and ground almonds and cinnamon.
Make mixture into balls and place on oiled baking sheet. Bake Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-35941720293134969612012-10-29T16:40:00.002+00:002012-11-17T01:13:04.973+00:00Luscious Apple Cake - Coeliac Friendly
Apple Cake gluten free
http://whosayscoeliacs.com/2011/01/23/luscious-gluten-free-apple-cake/
Ingredients
·
225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
·
450g Bramley apples
·
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
· &Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-13278789612173417772012-10-29T16:26:00.001+00:002012-10-29T16:50:36.983+00:00Easy Choc Chip biscuits - Coeliac friendly
Ingredients:
1 jar peanut butter
1 cup choc chips
I cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
Method:
Mix everything up in a bowl
Drop spoonsful on a baking tray
Bake at 190 for 15 minutes
These cookies really are delicious and very easy to make.
And no, I did not forget to include flour. The biscuits are flourless, but truly, you wouldn't ever know because they taste Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-3346689480693606412012-04-20T20:51:00.000+01:002012-04-20T20:51:17.922+01:00Suggestion for PetitionSUGGESTION:
The Government needs to be straight with us and tell us whether they believe an ill or disabled person has a right to live or not. Because if so many thousands of people are to lose the means for their survival, the only decent thing for the Government to do is to send out cyanide capsules with their refusal of benefit letters.
Shall we embarrass them by putting a petition to this Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-86061547942344222742011-12-18T20:28:00.000+00:002011-12-18T20:28:50.140+00:00Lots of Catching up to doTristan is 6 days old, and to celebrate, Sean took us out for tea. Caelyn hasn't been able to eat much for ages because the baby was squashing her stomach, so she knew what to do with this! Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-44010638229284355222011-12-18T15:27:00.000+00:002011-12-18T15:27:40.261+00:00Tristan and big sister WendySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-80160968232868300612011-12-18T15:16:00.000+00:002012-12-12T13:19:30.757+00:00The Story of Tristan's Birth
Dear Family and Friends
I’m at home at last, so let me tell you the news.
Caelyn’s baby, Tristan James, was born during a gale with torrential rain on Monday 12 December. As the winds were buffeting the car so much, they didn’t get to the hospital in time. I had phoned ahead and Labour Ward had told me that they would examine her, but that they had no beds.
They Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-40874957151097009382011-12-16T13:54:00.001+00:002011-12-16T14:51:44.211+00:00Peaceful SleepDaddy, baby and toddler snoozing on a sofa.
Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-44221062998648219522011-12-13T10:37:00.001+00:002011-12-13T10:37:45.207+00:00The Eventful Arrival of the New BoyMy daughter Caelyn went into labour last night when the weather was at its worst. The wind buffeted the car so much her husband couldn't get there fast enough & she said she had to push, so Nigel pulled into the ambulance bay of William Harvey. He called to the ambulance crew. When they came over, they could see his head.
A doctor & midwife came running. Caelyn was on the back seat of Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-22387087526761935852011-12-13T00:22:00.001+00:002011-12-13T00:22:27.636+00:00A New Baby BoyAt about 10 pm on Monday 12 December, Caelyn had a son. He weighs 2.3 kg or 5 lb 12 oz, and he and his mum are both well.
When they left for the hospital, Caelyn asked me to phone to say they were en route. The midwife said they would examine her but they had NO BEDS AVAILABLE.
Then I had a call from my mum & I was expecting her to say they were being sent to another hospital, but she very Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14005653.post-43225740151070132472011-11-21T15:26:00.000+00:002011-11-21T15:26:17.380+00:00An actual letter - supposedly. Anyway, its funny.This, apparently is an actual letter received by the UK Passport Office.
Dear Sirs,
I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.. How is it that Sky Television has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a bleeding satellite dish from them back in 1977, and yet, the Government is still asking me where I was bloody born and on what date.
For Christ Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595455669567650259noreply@blogger.com0