I finished my two weeks of temp work and hopefully I can continue to get small blocks of work in the future. Things at home have fallen by the wayside so next week will be busy getting domestic chores done and doing daily dog walks!!
I went to an English shop today called the Pure Pasty. They make traditional English pasties, sossy rolls and pies. I dropped Deb off to meet a friend so I drove to this heavenly place. I enjoyed a sossy roll but found it a bit bland really. But I had a pastie too and it was quite yummy. I also bought some frozen sossy rolls and pies and, some real bacon and beef sausages. It was a little expensive so not something to indulge in regularly but, the experience was well worth it. It's about an hour away from home so prob won't visit there often. Still, it's nice to know it exists.
There was a shooting outside the White House on Friday. A guy walked up to a security checkpoint, showed a gun, wouldn't drop it so the Secret Service guy shot him. He's in critical condition. The whole area and surrounding streets went into lock down for a short while. Shootings occur on a regular basis and people are a little immune to it. I can understand that - they just continue to go outside or shop regardless of what's going on around them. Why let a little gunshot stop your day ?? Trump has also vowed to remove all gun-free zones in the US. He fully supports the shooting lobby here - typical. But he's such a hypocrite who says anything to be popular, they are showing his tweet after the Sandy Hook school shooting where he tweeted that he supported Obama's call for tighter gun control. Suddenly his views have changed. Dickhead !!
Onto a nicer subject - food. I made a Caramello Slice this week. What a sugar rush. It was two blocks of caramello choc melted down with condensed milk and biscuit crumbs to form the base. Then a layer of chocolate poured on top. I put some M&Ms on top just to complete the sugar overdose. It was hugely popular at Deb's work. I was surprised - it was just so rich but everybody loved it. They are such good guinea pigs when it comes to eating my cooking experiments.
We also bought a GPS tracker for Cricket. It's a small metal thing that attaches to his collar. Given he runs so damn quickly and can get out of sight quickly in the forest, we thought we could at least use this to locate him if we lost him. Being a black dog makes him harder to see also. It's better than nothing. We are also going to put one of our Garmin watches on his collar one day to track his walk - we're keen to see his stats. He's just a fast runner and goes all over the place. I've been working on his recall (coming back to me) by carrying a bag of hotdog sausage bits - it has improved him staying a little closer, returning to me when called and he's walking beside me better too. Food is such a good reward for him and Macey.
It continued to rain all day Sunday - seriously, ALL day. I did some baking - made a chocolate and avocado cake from a recipe in the Triathlon mag I subscribe to. Wasn't too bad actually. It's like a brownie with avocado mixed through it. I then made some banana bread from a good friend's trusted recipe (thanks Kriddy).
The dogs just wouldn't settle - cabin fever was raging. There was a small break in the rain so we took off on a walk. It was quite wet and muddy as you could imagine after a weekend of rain following the last 2 weeks of rain !! Dogs loved it though. Macey was dirty with mud - she found a mud patch and decided to lay down in it. I think she was doing this to guarantee a swim to wash it off. Check out the mess in these pics.
Off to the baseball again this week - the forecast is sunny and warm. I am thoroughly enjoying the baseball and don't mind watching the games on TV. Well, cuppa tea calls me with some of that choc avocado cake. I've been watching a tv series called Crossing Lines - very interesting.
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