Good evening my Busy Friends.
How are you all? I'm good, although the weekend seems to have gone so quickly! I'm doing my normal Sunday night ritual - waiting for Waking The Dead to start, watching rubbish on the TV, until it comes on. I'm sooo full - Ilook forward to Sunday lunch so much and I'm so hungrey and then when I finally come round to eating it, I feel totally and utterly stuffed afterwards!
It's like the day after a night out when you say 'I'm never drinking again!' and then of course you end up reaching for the wine two days later. Well, that 's how I feel now - like I'm never going to be able to eat again. But, my God, Sunday lunches are good - if you're a vegetarain and don't like meat, it still applies, because in my book, roast dinners are all about the potatoes. Oh dear, I'm making myself feel even worse talking about it!
It's still a bit odd though, isn't it? Eating a roast dinner on the 21st July. But, that's what I felt like - I came in with my hair blowing all over my face, covered in mud from Tatton Park Flower Show and I felt like a good old roast. The weather is really messing with my head.
Tell you what though - Tatton Flower show was good. I really enjoyed the displays - it's really quite amazing what people can come up with in 3 weeks - that's how long they have to plant their feature gardens on site. I just couldn't believe that all the beautiful gardens they had planted would be ripped out tomorrow when the show finishes. Just imagine that - you've grown these beautiful shrubs and have this perfect result from your laborious hard work and then 5 days later, you pull it all down.
The place does look fantastic though - even through the mud and the splodges of rain, it looked beautiful. My favourite displays were those which looked like meadows of wild flowers - long rushes and leggy poppies, beautiful mauve and blue cornflowers - they were totally stunning.
Anyhow Busy Girls, I'd better get back to my old TV programme - I've missed the start! Will catch you later
Lots of love
Eva xx
Sunday 22 July 2007
Wednesday 4 July 2007
Is it impossible to be Busy in the rain?
Dear Busy Girls...
This article from our site is quite cool, so I thought I'd share it with you... I'm so totally the same as this, it's funny!
excerpt from www.busygirlsguide.co.uk
As a very Busy Girl, I have firm evidence that my mood has been affected by this crazy weather - but more importantly for me, it really impacts on how effective I am. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks now (since it's been that long raining!) so I thought I'd do a little research into just how the weather effects a Busy Girls Lifestyle... here's my day in the life of a Busy Girl in the rain...
I can't get up!
It all starts with the morning alarm... it's like winter at the moment, cold & chilly, so when the alarm goes off I have to give it at least an extra half an hour before I can crawl out of bed!
Total Time Lost - 30minutes of snoozing
Brrr... bath please!
It must be the first ever summer that I've been tempted into having a bath! When it's chilly & miserable there's nothing more comforting - but it takes way longer than the shower.
Total Time Lost - 15minutes of soaking
What to wear!?
Next I'm totally scuppered for something to wear - I want to wear a polo-neck & tights, but I've put my winter stuff in the attic. So, it's on with the white pants, then off again, on with a t-shirt, then I'm cold, so I'm back to a long sleeved top. All the faffing around & I've changed 4 times before I'm done & I'm still cold.
Total Time Lost - 25 minutes of faffing
Is that hair, or frizz?
So, I'm done up & ready to go, I step out of the front door (quite a bit later than hoped) & puff! There goes the hair - from sleek to shit-zu in 5 minutes flat. I'm like a puff ball of cotton wool - I think of how long it took me to straighten it... what a waste.
Total Time Lost - 15 minutes of straightening
Pie or Salad?
Lunch time gets even more time consuming as I face the dinner queue - I should have a salad - it's healthy & it's July afterall. But no, I want a pie & chips, no, I want baked potatoes, I just want stodge! I want to feel comforted by hot nosh. Miserably I reach for the salad, feeling very unfulfilled.
Total Time Lost - 10 minutes of culinary contemplation
I'll just wait for the shower to pass...I'm sat in the car, wearing sandals & a white skirt, meanwhile the heavens have opened & everyone I can see through the blurry windscreen is getting totally & utterly soaked. I'm not going anywhere without an umbrella (I defiantly have my sunglasses on my head but I've left my umbrella at home again!) I'm sitting here til it passes - work can wait.
Total Time Lost - 15 minutes of waiting
Fed up & want to watch rubbish
Normally on a lovely summer's evening, I joyfully breeze into the kitchen, create a culinary masterpiece & float into the garden to enjoy a glass of Sancerre on my oak lounger (ok, I get home, make tea & half-lie in the back yard on a wonky deckchair). But no, not today. Today, in this weather, I'm like Julie Andrews without the spoonful of sugar or the fixed grin. I'm a miserable, wet-toe'd version of my normal 'lighter than life' self.
I stomp into the kitchen, wet through from the 10yard stumble from the car to the front door. I'm trying to carry all 9 bags from Tesco (as I don't want to make two trips). I fall over the dog, who is also wet through, and land in the kitchen - which by the way has a pleasant musty smell from not having the windows open enough.
I rummage through the bags to find crisps or something equally fattening & mood-enhancing & wander into the lounge to flick on the TV. Before I know it, I've been slouching in front of some mind-numbing programme - for 2 hours, feeling cosy & warm at last.
Total Time Lost - 2 hours of slouching
Now, melodramatic I may be (I'm a Busy Girl & melodrama is compulsory when life is this hectic) but I reckon on an average day I lose about 3 hours, 50 minutes of efficiency a day... & I actually like being efficient & busy.
So, how's that for the weather affecting the Nation?
Let me know what you think, Busy Girls!
Eva x
This article from our site is quite cool, so I thought I'd share it with you... I'm so totally the same as this, it's funny!
excerpt from www.busygirlsguide.co.uk
As a very Busy Girl, I have firm evidence that my mood has been affected by this crazy weather - but more importantly for me, it really impacts on how effective I am. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks now (since it's been that long raining!) so I thought I'd do a little research into just how the weather effects a Busy Girls Lifestyle... here's my day in the life of a Busy Girl in the rain...
I can't get up!
It all starts with the morning alarm... it's like winter at the moment, cold & chilly, so when the alarm goes off I have to give it at least an extra half an hour before I can crawl out of bed!
Total Time Lost - 30minutes of snoozing
Brrr... bath please!
It must be the first ever summer that I've been tempted into having a bath! When it's chilly & miserable there's nothing more comforting - but it takes way longer than the shower.
Total Time Lost - 15minutes of soaking
What to wear!?
Next I'm totally scuppered for something to wear - I want to wear a polo-neck & tights, but I've put my winter stuff in the attic. So, it's on with the white pants, then off again, on with a t-shirt, then I'm cold, so I'm back to a long sleeved top. All the faffing around & I've changed 4 times before I'm done & I'm still cold.
Total Time Lost - 25 minutes of faffing
Is that hair, or frizz?
So, I'm done up & ready to go, I step out of the front door (quite a bit later than hoped) & puff! There goes the hair - from sleek to shit-zu in 5 minutes flat. I'm like a puff ball of cotton wool - I think of how long it took me to straighten it... what a waste.
Total Time Lost - 15 minutes of straightening
Pie or Salad?
Lunch time gets even more time consuming as I face the dinner queue - I should have a salad - it's healthy & it's July afterall. But no, I want a pie & chips, no, I want baked potatoes, I just want stodge! I want to feel comforted by hot nosh. Miserably I reach for the salad, feeling very unfulfilled.
Total Time Lost - 10 minutes of culinary contemplation
I'll just wait for the shower to pass...I'm sat in the car, wearing sandals & a white skirt, meanwhile the heavens have opened & everyone I can see through the blurry windscreen is getting totally & utterly soaked. I'm not going anywhere without an umbrella (I defiantly have my sunglasses on my head but I've left my umbrella at home again!) I'm sitting here til it passes - work can wait.
Total Time Lost - 15 minutes of waiting
Fed up & want to watch rubbish
Normally on a lovely summer's evening, I joyfully breeze into the kitchen, create a culinary masterpiece & float into the garden to enjoy a glass of Sancerre on my oak lounger (ok, I get home, make tea & half-lie in the back yard on a wonky deckchair). But no, not today. Today, in this weather, I'm like Julie Andrews without the spoonful of sugar or the fixed grin. I'm a miserable, wet-toe'd version of my normal 'lighter than life' self.
I stomp into the kitchen, wet through from the 10yard stumble from the car to the front door. I'm trying to carry all 9 bags from Tesco (as I don't want to make two trips). I fall over the dog, who is also wet through, and land in the kitchen - which by the way has a pleasant musty smell from not having the windows open enough.
I rummage through the bags to find crisps or something equally fattening & mood-enhancing & wander into the lounge to flick on the TV. Before I know it, I've been slouching in front of some mind-numbing programme - for 2 hours, feeling cosy & warm at last.
Total Time Lost - 2 hours of slouching
Now, melodramatic I may be (I'm a Busy Girl & melodrama is compulsory when life is this hectic) but I reckon on an average day I lose about 3 hours, 50 minutes of efficiency a day... & I actually like being efficient & busy.
So, how's that for the weather affecting the Nation?
Let me know what you think, Busy Girls!
Eva x
Tuesday 3 July 2007
Er, hello! I'm wearing a scarf & I've got hayfever...
Eh?
What is going on?!?! I'm not being funny, but if someone's got the direct dial for God, or whoever is controlling the weather at the moment - please can I have it? I'm sat here, sniffing like a 5 year old (I know, I need to take my tablets, but I keep forgetting) and I'm wearing a scarf, black boots and a cardi and I'm cold!
I'm having a moan and I'm not bothered. I know that's a bit miserable of me Busy Girls, but for goodness sake. Where's the weather? It's the second of July!!!
It's been a lovely weekend hasn't it? In the puddles, the storms, the grey clouds and the misery, totally and utterly blooming glorious.
Right, enough of my moaning - how are you guys? I hope you're managing to keep a smiley face? I've been going to loads of events this past week, but all, predictably, have been indoors, when they were supposed to be outdoors. They were really good though. The only issue I had was (as it usually is to be honest) what to wear?!? I've literally been thinking 'long dress, black? too wintery. Short dress? White legs. Cocktail dress? Body too pale. Backless dress? Too cold'. It's a nice worry to have I guess, I could be sat at home wondering whether to eat cauliflower cheese or a frozen lasagne, but you know what it's like. You just want to look lovely, and not like a white, snivvling 12 year old in her mum's too-bold wintery ballgown. Or of course, the dreadful faux-pas... mutton.
I tend to go a bit that way when I try to do my eye makeup... I start off ok and then I think "oh, just a bit more black around the eyes" the next minute, I look like a cross between one of Ricky Hatton's conquests and Lilo Lil from Bread (now I sound old, if you don't know who I mean, think Liz McDonald from Corrie). Then I try to scrape some off and end up with smears across my face and pale bits where I've smudged by blusher off. So, I've decided less is definitely more... I'm trying to take it easy on the makeup before the event and keep it safe.
Anyway, Busy Girls, I'd better go and do some sniffing and busying, it's going to be another busy one today... do let me know how you're all getting on - if you don't want your comments publishing you can opt out and simply send me a hello!
Speak soon my lovelies,
Eh?
What is going on?!?! I'm not being funny, but if someone's got the direct dial for God, or whoever is controlling the weather at the moment - please can I have it? I'm sat here, sniffing like a 5 year old (I know, I need to take my tablets, but I keep forgetting) and I'm wearing a scarf, black boots and a cardi and I'm cold!
I'm having a moan and I'm not bothered. I know that's a bit miserable of me Busy Girls, but for goodness sake. Where's the weather? It's the second of July!!!
It's been a lovely weekend hasn't it? In the puddles, the storms, the grey clouds and the misery, totally and utterly blooming glorious.
Right, enough of my moaning - how are you guys? I hope you're managing to keep a smiley face? I've been going to loads of events this past week, but all, predictably, have been indoors, when they were supposed to be outdoors. They were really good though. The only issue I had was (as it usually is to be honest) what to wear?!? I've literally been thinking 'long dress, black? too wintery. Short dress? White legs. Cocktail dress? Body too pale. Backless dress? Too cold'. It's a nice worry to have I guess, I could be sat at home wondering whether to eat cauliflower cheese or a frozen lasagne, but you know what it's like. You just want to look lovely, and not like a white, snivvling 12 year old in her mum's too-bold wintery ballgown. Or of course, the dreadful faux-pas... mutton.
I tend to go a bit that way when I try to do my eye makeup... I start off ok and then I think "oh, just a bit more black around the eyes" the next minute, I look like a cross between one of Ricky Hatton's conquests and Lilo Lil from Bread (now I sound old, if you don't know who I mean, think Liz McDonald from Corrie). Then I try to scrape some off and end up with smears across my face and pale bits where I've smudged by blusher off. So, I've decided less is definitely more... I'm trying to take it easy on the makeup before the event and keep it safe.
Anyway, Busy Girls, I'd better go and do some sniffing and busying, it's going to be another busy one today... do let me know how you're all getting on - if you don't want your comments publishing you can opt out and simply send me a hello!
Speak soon my lovelies,
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