Bonus time!

I was facing a slightly shorter shift at work today, and tackled as many emails as I could in the five hours. Just before I left, I saw a call coming through from my parents, but it wasn't until I went outside that I was able to hear the message: my Mum didn't want to go for her blood test in Corby. I called her and tried to persuade her, but she was adamant, so Keith and I headed home, going to the library at Brixworth on the way to send off my parcels. Today, it wasn't raining!

I made use of the bonus time I had by sorting out lots of jobs that I'd been putting off and doing the usual chores. I even cleaned out the bin! Exciting, eh? I spent the rest of the afternoon formatting my 2015 blog to make it into a book for my parents. This was quite a monumental year, when we sold the business and Mum and Dad rented in Moulton while their new house was being built, so they will enjoy looking back at how busy we all were then!

Sophie came home from work a little early, and for once, the time didn't pass as quickly as it usually does. The evening stretched out nicely, and we had a very light dinner of paté and salad. We watched two MasterChef episodes this evening, but we weren't that interested when the contestants did a shift in a professional kitchen. We added a few terms to our ever-growing list:

As well as:

Cookery

A crumb

Asian or Ethnic background

Influenced by parents or grandparents

A crisp

Gochujang

Neurodiversity/mental health issues

Too much on the plate

We now have:

Home-made pasta (especially in the very first round)

Soil

Showing off about travels

Fusion

Bon bon

Three ways

A tuile

Scissor-cut noodles

Fondant potatoes

Our old friend, a chocolate fondant

Contestants crying

Being on "a journey"

De-constructed

Background sob story

Cookery is way out in the lead at the moment, with 33 mentions of the word; home-made pasta features heavily, and we've had a fair few tuiles!