Rolls and vegetables

I'm still on a weekly baking kick making sure that Toni has her gluten free keto bread. Currently I make rolls rather than a loaf as Toni prefers this. Here's the batch I made today. I am trying something new next week and all will be revealed then :) 

The vegetable garden is coming on well still and we have a bumper crop of cucumbers, courgettes,peppers, tomatoes and chillis coming along

It's been a really productive year on the gardening front with some delicious things being grown. We haven't tried the peppers yet as they are still growing but I can't wait to see how they are.

Miggi's, burgers and Lucifer

Toni has now had the date through for her second attempt at her procedure so we will be self isolating from Monday in preparation. We took the opportunity for one last early morning visit to Miggi's for some breakfast before we lock ourselves away.  Such an attractive bunch LOL.

On our way back I spotted this wonderful display (sorry for the quality but we were in the car and it was some distance away):

We did a hockey recap watching the Dallas Stars win their series 4 - 2 with a 7 -3 victory over the Calgary Flames. Dallas were my pick in the bracket challenge although I have a soft spot for Calgary as netminder Cam Talbot is an ex-Ranger.

Sam made some delicious burgers fro scratch which were perfectly cooked on the BBQ. We then embarked on some more Lucifer. 

Condition critical, Lucifer and Rust Valley Restorers

Condition critical, state of emergency was the order of the day.

I had a plan today, things to do and a list of things to accomplish. Sadly, the wold conspired against me. Just as I had started getting into my stride everything went condition critical and I spent the majority of that day trying to put out the fires, As a result I didn't get very much done that I needed to! I worked non-stop, didn't have a break and missed out on lunch. It was such a relief to finally log off and at least I managed to avoid working late. 

A yummy dinner was accompanied by Season 5 of Lucifer. The first eight episodes dropped on Netflix so we burned our way through the first four of them.

It was a great start and can't wait to do the next four,

We finished the evening off with a coupe of episodes of Rust Valley Restorers, a Canadian car building show. Now into it's third season this one is a bot of car crash TV but great fun.

This day in history: Metallica @ 100 Club

Way back in 1987 (I was 17) I had the joy of attending Metallica's 'secret' gig at the 100 Club, a warm up show for their Monsters Of Rock performance. This was one crazy night, it was hotter than hell and there were so many wonderful people there. I remember seeing Peter Mensch rugby tackle a guy who was running to the stage to get to one of Metallica, I talked to Johnny Z with other members of Howling Mad , we might even have given him a demo. It was hot, it was raw and it was pretty unforgettable.

The memory remains:

Happy Birthday Dad

 Happy Birthday Dad

Hope you have a great day

Love from all at Glitzville

Hockey night in Canada

Productive day at work today which was great for the old morale. PWEI once again were the supporting musical cast. 

Now that we've completed Lucifer we were at a bit of a loose end. We did a quick Canada's Drag Race  catch up and then went back to watching a puck load of hockey, live from Canada.

First up was watching Columbus Blue Jackets get knocked out by Tampa Bay Lighting with an overtime win. Lightning won the series 4 - 1. Soft spot vote was for Blue Jackets but hey ho. We did stick around for the post game so we could see John Tortorella storm out of the press conference (which Toni predicted he would do)

Next up was Boston Bruins v Carolina Hurricanes. Bruins were leading this series 3 - 1 so we hoped they could finish things off tonight as we have a soft spot for them. No love of the Hurricanes due to them seeping the Rangers LOL First period ended with Hurricanes lading 1 - 0. Second period ended with the Bruins bouncing back and leading 2 - 1. The third period ended with a Bruins 2 - 1 win and they have now closed the series with a 4 - 1 win.

With the results that have been coming in so far my Play Off Bracket Challenge entry looks to be failing pretty badly. We'll see where we are once all the 1st Round games are over.

Pop Will Eat Itself and Lucifer

Today has been a day of trying to juggle lots of things and tick things off of my to do list. To keep myself focussed I have had Pop Will Eat Itself blasting in my ears. I often forget how awesome this band were.

I have a feeling that tomorrow might also be a PWEI day as well! Might also chuck a bit of The Prodigy in to the mix for good measure.

Dinner didn't go quite as planned as the fish that we were going to have seemed to be off so we resorted to ye olde kebab.

Can you guess what we watched tonight. Lucifer you say? Hell yeah! So that's the end of Season 4 and now we just have to wait until Friday for Season 5 to drop!

Vegetables are doing well and loads more Lucifer

 The vegetables that we have growing in the garden are doing really well. We've had some of the tomatoes, cucumbers and chillis and I can't wait to try the peppers once we start harvesting them.

It's so rewarding to be able to grow some things and reap the benefits too.

Chilling and watching loads more Lucifer was the order of the day today. 

34 years ago....

...I attended this little shindig at Castle Donington. It was a brilliant day with some fantastic bands.

 

Miggi's, pea milk, Lucifer and Drag Race

We were up early today to beat the masses and grab a quick bite at Miggi's (the only cafe open that I would trust as there are good measures in place) and do do some essential shopping. Discovered this little gem, who on earth though this monstrosity up?

Once home we settled in for day to start burning through Season 3 of Lucifer.

Sam made a delicious carbonara for dinner and we did a quick catch up on Canada's Drag Race before resuming our Lucifer mission.

Meetings, weights and more Lucifer

Today was made up of many calls, too many meetings. I felt a bit like this....

I did manage to take a brief time out at lunchtime and lift some weights with Sam in our garage gym. We having done it in over a week so it took a while to get things going. There was a great adrenalin rush though which gave me a boost for the afternoon.

Lots of tasks were ticked off and all appraisals completed so the working day ended in a good place which was a great way to start the weekend.

A lovely dinner was then followed by a Lucifer fest as we completed Season 2. We just have 36 episodes to burn through now (Season 3 and 4) before Season 5 starts next Friday!

Thunder, rain, Lucifer and hockey

There was a reprieve from the heat today with a nice bit of thunder, lightning and some rain. We all stood out in the garden to enjoy it.

Work rumbles on and I have now nearly completed all the appraisals that I need to do. Most of the fires are out but the workload is still crazy high. It's all good though.

We watched some Lucifer and then the Columbus Blue Jackets even their series against Tampa Bay Lightning. At least this one didn't descend into multiple overtimes! Still not sure where my allegiance will sit once we get a bit deeper in so for now I'll keep watching some games before I make a final decision.

FIVE overtimes, hot long day and Jade's birthday BBQ

Well the first thing I did today was check the score for the Columbus Blue Jackets v Tampa Bay Lightning game. I am really glad I didn't stay up now. I bailed out after two overtime periods. The game ended with Tampa Bay getting the 2 - 3 win half way through the FIFTH overtime period! That's some start to their first round!

I'll skip the work bit as that was just a long hot day that dragged on and on. Some good things were achieved but I ended up working for much longer than had been planned.

In the evening we had Jade and Aaron over for a socially distanced birthday meal in the garden. It was supposed to be a BBQ but I had just started cooking when the gas ran out so we had to fall back to the oven and the skillet in the kitchen. Good food and good times were shared though so it was a great success :)

One of these three IKEA sharks was our present for her. She hadn't expected so many people to respond to the unsubtle hint she put out a while back! She is very happy though as she loves sharks!

Happy Birthday Jade

 Happy Birthday Jade

Hope you have a great day

Condition critical

It was not a good day today. Not only was the temperature melty again but I ended up having to firefight two simultaneous critical incidents! I had hoped it would be a simple day, sill old me!

The fires were eventually put out but it took practically the whole day to get everything stable again. Now for the root cause analysis!

Finally free from work (no early finish today) we watched the final of Titan Games before once again doing some Lucifer :) 

Having cleaned out a spray bottle we enjoyed cold air and cold mist while watch the Tamba Bay Lightning v Columbus Blue Jackets game. This one was fun to watch. We had no real vested interest but opted to side with Columbus as their coach John Tortorella used to be the Rangers coach. The game was tied 2 - 2 at the end of the third period. We went through two overtime periods without a winner. I had to go to bed as I couldn't sit through any more overtimes as it was already gone midnight so I'll find our who won in the morning!

Hot as hell and Lucifer

Well the temperature spiked again today and it was most unpleasant trying to work. Curtains were closed, fan was on full but everything was still very yucky. It was hot as hell!

I did manage to actually work a shorter day today though. Well, for shorter read my standard hours! It was a novelty though.

The evening was spent chilling with two fans and working our way through many more episodes of Lucifer.

Early walk, reading, vegetables and chilling

Today was a better day. As the temperature is still really high Toni and I went out for a nice walk really earlier before the temperature had crept up. 

I managed to get in a massive amount of reading, something I never get round to which was a great way to relax after my migraine nonsense yesterday.

Here are some more vegetable pics just because :) 

The rest if the day was spent chilling out watching old episodes of Lucifer (in preparation for Season 5) as well as catching up on things like Doom Patrol and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

We finished things off with a kebab and watched the Boston Bruins v Washington Capitals round robin Stanley Cup game.

Migraine day

Today was not a good day. I spent the majority of it in bed trying to stay off a migraine. Not the way I had planned on spending a Saturday and certainly not a great way to relax 😩

Way too hot and garden vegetables

 It was a very hot day today. Way too hot and having to work was not a lot of fun. Thank heavens for fans! The nice weather is however having a great effect on the garden. Here's some of the delights we are growing: