50's housewife...

Well it seems like I have been home forever already.

Yesterday I made lasagne as I said, and as I made double, I was able to freeze a whole meal for 4. Yay. So I portioned it off and wrapped it in clingfilm and put it in the freezer with labels on. today I have made a chicken casserole of sorts...
Here's the recipe - for remembering how to do it again if its nice if nothing else

4 chicken breasts
1/2 grated celeriac
1 small Chinese cabbage
3 onions
a bunch of tarragon
8 rashers (the big non fatty bit) or Back Bacon cut up into strips
8 large field mushrooms
3 knorr chicken stock cubes

I put the Chinese cabbage and the grated celeriac on the bottom of a casserole, then I chopped the onions and bunged them in. I kind of mixed it up a little and then buried the chicken breasts in that lot. Then I put all the tarragon (and there was a lot) on top of it all and then snipped the bacon up and spread it on top of that. The whole thing I topped with field mushrooms face down and whole with a couple of layers of streaky bacon over the top to give flavour but to take of when its cooked. I then put 2.5 pts of stock in it.

I hope it will be good. We will have it with potatoes. I probably will just have i like it is, but the rest of the family can pig out. Hopefully there will be enough to freeze too.

I am also making Borscht. Russian style of course. We are going to have it for lunch. DS helped me chop and peel all the veg and make it which was cool.
chipped celeriac
6 whole fresh chipped beetroot
4 cloves garlic
1 large potato cubed
1 onion sliced thick
2 carrots
1 packet of fresh dill (about 100g)
beef ( the most rubbish cut you can get and throw away at the end of cooking)
we just have to pop around the shop to get sour cream to dollop on top and we shall be tucking in.

I haven't actually had a morsel to eat today. I have had 3 coffees but that's it.

I have so much to do its scary, so I wrote a list. It always helps me sort stuff out.
I have today:
*Booked Keith in to the vet to be 'done' on Friday
*Rang dentist to see if we are booked for check-ups
*Booked a doctor appointment for DH tomorrow about his knee
*Texted DH the number of someone who smashed into his car
*Sorted out the money for my Piano Pupils who pay 10 weekly
*Had Tesco's deliver and put it all away
*Been to chemists to get stuff
*Made dinner for this evening
*Made borscht for lunch
*Taught DS how to work out HARD fractions
*Sorted out a couple of direct debits that had got canceled for some reason (???)
*Tidied the whole house
*Done 2 loads of washing and drying

I still need to
*Pick Carina up at 3pm
*Write a cheque and remember to give to DS to pay Kidz Klub
*Drop DS at Kidz Klub with said cheque
*Go and have a coffee before work with TB and my sis
*Go to work @ 4:15pm until 10pm
*Clear up the dinner things when I get home
*Collapse into bed.

Personally I cant wait until the last one!

I am in a considerably good mood today as well... It might seem weird that I would think this notable enough to put on my blog, but it is. I don't normally feel this up beat! I think my tablets with their increased dose are really doing their job now. I am getting a bit worried about my fill though, because I might have problems taking them. I know they don't want to prescribe me the liquid for of Prozac because of the cost, but because I am feeling so happy, I am not really wanting to change tablets to be honest.

Anyway, long may it last. Today's lessons are the worst. I really hate Wednesday's. All the lessons I have are either hard work, or stressful in some way. The first 2 I have are totally NOT interested in learning. The next 4 are all in the same house and its not just hard work doing it straight for 2 hours, but they are also hard pupils to teach. They are not talkative or open and I haven't got a rapport going with them yet. Also one of them thinks they are really great and that they know best, so it really pisses me off and makes me feel like a crap teacher. I hate that. But obviously its her who has issues receiving instruction... so get over it! Then I have a relatively new pupil... seems ok, but because its new, its hard as I am still getting to know her skills. She also wants me to teacher daughter now too... so I must have made a good impression... Then last I have 2 of my friend's kids. They are fine, but one is now working towards grade 8 which equals hard work for me!!!!!

The only one I really like is my very first pupil on a Wednesday as she is so eager to learn and a beginner... it kind of just zooms by. she isn't having a lesson today though which is a shame, but there we are.

Right, off to eat borscht.