It's true, they ate dead mice! :rofl:

I made scones with our eggs once and they turned out almost orange! They were tasty though :T

Did they go for live mice too? The first time I saw one of our hens gobble down a live mouse that had the misfortune to run in front of her almost made me :barf:. I was like "SHE ATE THE MOUSE, SHE ATE THE MOUSE". Husband thought my reaction most hilarious. I'm a city girl, so sue me! :lol:.

You've got me thinking about scones now, cheese scones to be precise, mmmmmm!

Oooh no, I never saw them eat live ones! Just the ones the cats left on the doorstep...

Ok enough scones, think about - grilled haddock with asparagus and wilted spinach and a few boiled new potatoes with a tiny piece of organic butter. Better?

Mmmmmm!!! That sounds better than the scones!

I'm actually thinking about dinner tonight: grilled buffalo burgers with blue cheese and a salad (mixed baby greens, toms, cucumber, red onion, crumbled bleu cheese). Got the idea out of a past month's Shape magazine. They put a 1inch cube of bleu cheese in the middle of the burger before grilling it. I have some baby potatoes left in the cupboard, might roast some of those to go with. My mouth is watering :lol:.

I'm exhausted I just made houmous :lol: I only broke the one bowl! :p It stuck like mad in the blender I thought it would never come out. I just looked on fitday and one of the options was 'chickpeas stewed with pig's feet' :nono: :barf:

I had no tahini :( but the recipe in the diabetes cookbook didn't need it.

The recipe for the stew I had last night was in the new Zest - I'll try to dig it out later. Tonight mum's away so I had leeks with a tofu and red pesto sauce (surprisingly yum) with steamed green beans and baked garlicy tomatoes. I can't imagine going back to junk food now - the stuff I eat is far too yum! I'm having the leeks again tomorrow but will probably make a mixed bean side salad to go with it to make it a bit different. I can't believe how domesticated I've got with all my cooking!

I ran 6k this morning, always a good start to the day to get a nice run. Tomorrow I'll probably do 8 - 9k, if it's not raining I'll go up the canal instead of on the treadmill, it's far nicer than running inside.

so helen who's your prediction for wigans new coach? i mean what would this be 3rd coach in 12months?

As long as it isn't Karl Harrison I don't care!!! How about Andy Gregory? If you can keep him off the drinks for long enough he is a good coach and a Wigan legend!

is john kear still looking for a job? he took hull to the playoffs and they are mid table sounds like a gift to wigan.

I think Kear is being suggested as the most probable candidate. I think they will probably get him in until the end of the season and then look for another overrated Aussie or possibly McClennan the NZ coach.

Or Shaun McRae...I think he has always fancied that job but it isn't a great position to be in, not much chance of a top six. The only thing that worries me is that if they get a new coach they might go full speed at the cup because they know they won't get the league.

Hello, I just thought I would pop in and day hello again! :)

Hello hello!

Hi Alison - don't be a stranger ;)

I made it to kickboxing last night. I'm still feeling all fat and bloated though, even though I ate really well yesterday.

Tonight I am off to see the Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Ooooh get me! :lol:

I'm thinking about joining a gym...

There's one along the road from work. I think it might get me weight training properly. It means I can jog along to gym at lunch, train Mon, Wed, Fri in the free weights area with the big boys and Tues and Thurs I can go and run/cycle/row whatever. I might even go Wednesday/Friday evenings... Ooooh the possiblities are endless! I'm going to walk along there and see how much and things. Although whether I can afford it on top of the flamin KB fees, we'll see! :lol:

OMG - what's everyone talking about?????

Isn't it a GORGEOUS day? I hope it keeps like this for the weekend.

Has anyone heard of a calorie free or low calorie maple syrup or similar? (Maybe its only available in the US.)

My new flower bed has arrived - in kit form! We can't have a 'normal' garden because Fred digs up or chews virtually everything - and boy dog wee kills whats left. So we decided to put in a raised brick flower bed and use a mixture of plum and green slate (mixed together) for where we once used to have grass. DH calculated what we needed and its just arrived - a whole B&Q lorry load of stuff. I phoned DH to tell him its arrived and he's now told me that his holiday for this weekend has been cancelled.... again!

Does anyone know how to build a double layer circular brick wall?