This post so isn't about food, it's just random thoughts I'm having this morning. Yesterday we had our first roof estimate, chap was very nice, think I was talking into a lifetime roof, and in all honesty that tends to make sense when you are spending a lot of money on doing it why not get it done right? After all neither of us really has any plans of ever wanting to move again. No really I don't want to move again...too much like hard work thank you very much! That and we are loving this house and neighborhood at the moment. Now of course it's hard to say how it will end up being in 30 years but right now I love it. And lets face it you put a lifetime roof it will add value in the long run to the house for anyone if we do end up selling it. It's weird to be putting money into our on home but there ya go. Oh and there is the tax rebate as well we will probably end up getting next year, which would be nice. There are new rules and regulations out on roofs so we have to be a bit more energy efficient, honestly not a bad thing as long time it will benefit us with lower heat and cooling costs.
So today is still going to be warm, not up near the 100's of the last two days but still into the 90's. At least I should be able to let the horde out into the garden for a bit this morning which will help, although their sleeping patterns haven't been too bad. I did have to get up for Abi for a bit last night but I was able to let her stay in the crib, just had to put in a binky and stay with her about 5 minutes until she feel back into a good sleep, I've found if I don't do that I invariably have to get up again as she will just toss and turn toss and turn and eventually scream and cry ending up in not a lot of sleep for us. I would rather just do the 5 10 minutes it takes to get her settled again, heck I made the mistake of not doing that a couple of nights ago and we ended up with her in bed with us for 2 hours tossing and turning. Yeah I should let her cry but I just can't get over the fact that it will eventually wake Isabel and then it's a nightmare to have to get both back to sleep. As it is if you get her crying early enough she doesn't wake too much of the household and my husband can get back to sleep.
I have a craving for red velvet cupcakes. It has been a slow growing craving but I want to try to make some myself, I've found a recipe from another person's blog which just sounds fun and I am dying to try them out. I also found out from the same blog which they are red...it's a chemical reaction from the coco powder and the buttermilk. I'm going to try to make 2 batches I think one with red dye and one with none at all just for the fun of it and I may mix up the toppings and do some with cream cheese and others with more of a frosting. Either way I want to have some fun with it.
I also cannot believe I made a cake successfully on the grill! I kind of wish I had some white flour as opposed to whole wheat as it made it possibly a little drier and more grainy with the cornmeal, I will experiment more with this recipe me thinks and I honestly think it could have used a little more liquid although as it's a cake hard to judge.
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