Back to school

Sad to say school is back and the daily schedule is dictated by school hours.  Christopher is now in Year 11 - his last year of school and into GCSEs, where have the years gone?   I can't say much more about school because he never tells us anything about it other than it is boring!!


At home Elizabeth and I are still preparing for the advent of university.  She is counting not only the days but the hours too, although her excited anticipation is mingled with anxiety over the unknown element.  Her new laptop arrived yesterday but she had to wait for her cousin to come and sort out the internet connection for her.  I had done it but it didn't work, all he did was redo it :(  He assures me that this often happens, don't know that it makes me feel any better.


Whilst my nephew was sorting out computer problems today Beth was sitting trying to do things on her computer, she talks to it as she is using it, sometimes quietly and sometimes, as today, she rants at it.  She started complaining at it today along the lines of "No- I don't want to uninstall that program, that is why I clicked on the uninstall button, I am perverse that way, why won't you just do what I want you to?"  To which a quiet voice from the corner by the wireless router said "If you gave me a bit less attitude I might do what you want"  It was so funny to see her face as she started to get the idea that "the laptop" might argue back.  A little later she was gently talking to it as she was doing things on it, Marc and I were exchanging looks and raised eyebrows then he quietly (again) said "use your inside voice Elizabeth" which made her laugh so much that she almost dropped the laptop - eek.  The whole thing was hysterical but I guess you had to be there!
  
I have been writing another blog  for students with recipes and basic cookery no-how to ensure that she and her friends don't either starve, waste all their money on takeaways, poison themselves or wreck the kitchen.  The latter may seem to be something of an exaggeration but it did happen with one of her friends.  I must be mad because I have agreed for that same friend to use my kitchen to cook a meal for her and more of their friends.  Most of the recipes on that site are my daughter's favourites and I am astonished at the predominance of CHEESE.  Virtually every recipe contains it although today's offering - chicken curry - doesn't.  Yaay.

Last day of August

It has been such a beautiful day here, sunny and bright but not oppressively hot.  Typical post bank holiday weather.  Just as everyone goes back to work the sun comes out.
I was cogitating about what I should cook this evening.  I had decided on salad but it was what to go with it.  Eventually after discussion with my daughter I decided to do a Spanish omelette.  That would have been great but looking through the veggie rack I discovered that I had no onions.  Oh well back to plan B, cheese souffle.  I really like cheese souffle and I don't find it as much of a palaver as some people seem to think it is.  I was showing my daughter how to do it but I am not convinced that it is something she will be cooking when she gets to university.  Oh yes - I paid the deposit on her university accommodation this morning so she will definitely be going.  She leaves us in 32 days, not that she is counting or anything! 
School should start again tomorrow but we have some INSET days so my son will not be back until next Monday.  Now THAT is coming up fast!