Pics galore

Just a few (ok...a LOT) of pics from or recent trip to London. Please don't expect anything spectacular- they were taken wih my rubbish camera and most of them were taken in between the hoards of tourists walking past...so no time for fancy composition or anything :D

The hotel room
(no we didn't have hoards of tourists passing through here by the way LOL)

 Hiddeous looking chair (IMO) but very comfy

 

Very comfy bed but awful pillows that are so soft they wrap around and suffocate your face :(

 

I liked how you couldn't really see the office area until you walked behind the bed.

 

Yes you really can see the person in the bathroom from the comfort of your bed LOL. 

 

One thing I couldn't figure out was the telephone next to the toilet...I mean....why???
Lots of people on the website had complained about other people in the same room being able to see you on the toilet, but you couldn't at all, I mean the door was frosted glass and there were these curtains everywhere so you couldn't see a thing.

Completely random pics

Dig those prices!

(For a rough guide, multiply the prices here by 1.5 for $US and by 2 for Aus$)

Hi *wave*

 

 Notice the transparent floor!

 

The Ferrari Andy's favourite Shop

 

Hamleys Toy Louise's favourite store :)

A rare glimpse of me and the hubbs - taken at Kensington Roof Gardens

Kensington Roof Gardens

Albert Memorial

Albert Hall/Royal Albert Hall?

Royal College of Music

Natural History Museum

Winter wardrobe

Well its getting cold here now and I'm being forced to start thinking about my winter wardrobe. I've found 2 jumpers that look like they're going to be really toasty...whatcha reckon?

Thought this one above would be great with jeans - and boy oh boy doesn't it look toasty :)

This one I thought would be good with jeans or some black trousers? The idea was to be able to dress it up or down since I can't really afford a casual AND dressy winter wardrobe. Obviously neither of these tops are suitable for work so that's ANOTHER wardrobe entirely that needs shopping for *sigh*.

Anyone else got their winter woollies out yet? I'd love to see your purchases :)

Agh!

Agh - wrong blog LOL

Back later :)

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday: Lower calorie tuna pasta bake

I haven't done a TMTT post before but now were doing more cooking these days, I have more food to photograph so that I can actually make a post. So without further ado, here is my first ever TMTT post....a lower calorie tuna pasta bake....which is really yummy.

Ingredients

• 200g can of tuna
• 200g uncooked pasta
• 1/4tsp pepper
• 2 tsp parsley
• 100g very low fat garlic and herb Philadelphia soft cheese
• 1pink skimmed milk
• 2tbs light margerine
• 2tbsp plain flour
• 1tsp French mustard
• 60g reduced fat Cheddar cheese, or similar (grated)
  

Method

• Add 200g pasta to boiling water and cook for 10 minutes
• In a separate pan, add the butter and melt over a low heat
• Slowly add the rest of the milk
• Add the flour to the butter along with a drop of the milk and stir until smooth
• Add the parsley, pepper and mustard and cook until thickened
• Add the soft cheese to the milk sauce
  
• When the pasta is cooked, drain it and our it into an oven dish
• Sprinkle the drained tuna over the pasta and pour the cheesy sauce over the pasta
• Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top
• Cook in a pre-heated fan oven at 160C for 20 minutes or a standard oven at 180C for 20 minutes
• Enjoy!
  
  

The Bra Graveyard

Before I forget...can I shamelessly plug my first ever scrapbooking kit that I've just released at my graphics design blog, Adori Graphics. I have actually made the digital scrapbooking kits before, but I've never offered them at Adori Graphics before. So anyway, if that kind of thing interests you then hop on over there now :)

Well you can take it from my absence that a) the diet didn't go terribly well (starting diet 1,002 soon!) and b) things have been very busy in Blog-Makeover-Land.  I'm not going to dwell on either point because it's not going to get me anywhere, but I have made some steps to getting a little more free time. Well anything is an improvement on zero free time isn't it. The last 2 weeks I never even had chance to get to church, but that's what told me things have to change so I spread out my waiting list and crossed my fingers that people don't hate me for it. Anyway, onto the subject of the post.

You know its going to be a bad day when you go to the loo only to find there's no toilet paper left and you have to shout hubby to bring some from the other bathroom - and then when you get in the shower and realise there's no shower gel left and have to wash in shampoo.....but when your bra strap just snaps off when you're getting dressed, that's a sign of a really bad day ahead. Sure that happened to me this morning. I was just fastening the back and TWANG, huge piece of elastic came whipping towards my left eyeball. This was a rare occasion where I thanked the Lord for blessing me with like 2/20 vision and a need to wear glasses 24/7. So anyway I threw the bra onto the spare bed where it is now happily lounging about with about another 20 dead bras that I keep meaning to fix. Does anyone else have a bra graveyard? Or a sewing pile as long as mine? Nope, I bet you don't!

Oh and then the day just get better when, on the way to work,  some *insert bad word here* changed lane without indicating or checking mirrors and was about half an inch (no joke!) from sideswiping me off the road. The ensuing emergency stop saw my tupperware of porridge leap off the passenger seat and dump itself all over the floor of my car *sigh*. So not only have I got to clean the mess up after work, I also have no breakfast....maybe I'll have to make do with a nice bacon butty from the canteen.

Make that diet 1,003 coming up ;)