cabin fever!

I should have been out with the Ladies walking- will this snow never go away? I have had enough now. Walking was out of the question so we would go see 'Christmas Carol' (though I dislike Jim Carrey);however now it is Christmas Past the film isn't on at any of the local cinemas; so we stayed home & I found myself tidying up by eating the remains of boxes of chocolates- but think of how much cardboard has gone into the recycling bin!

Tidying the mucky fridge out means I have made two pans of soup- curried parsnip & leek & potato- the 'kids' love the parsnip soup tho not lovers of parsnip as veg unless they are roasted- mmmm!
Anyone want the recipe for my soup?

Have you got a composting bin going? We gather eggshells,teabags, flower remains & veg peelings etc which we gather up daily in a (sob!) bowl on the kitchen bench-then tip this 'rubbish' into a (£6 from the council) composting bin; we only got the plastic green bins when the original metal ones- with holes drilled in them, rusted & fell apart.Yesterday when asked to take out the composting stuff H1 broke my china bowl (a wedding present which lost its lid 30+years ago). Both the bowl & maybe the husband need replacing....

I really must get round to finding places for the pile of gifts under the Christmas tree- what does one do with bottles of wine and tins of biscuits?! Yes... I know what is coming- but I have already put on the 4-6 pounds most people put on with festive fare. BUT the other thing you put inside your outdoor compost bin is wee- especially the morning after a night of wine! So I would be being a good steward of the environment wouldn't I?

Retirement seems to be all about keeping the waistline from thickening(and the breast cancer from getting me). I never did that much exercise when I was working so where is this fat coming from?