“You’re a poo poo!”

I had, what could be seen as a “bad mummy moment” last week. TT came home from school saying that he had been put on the cloud.  When questioned why, or what he had done to be put on to the cloud he replied very quietly and sheepishly “calling people names”.

Of course, there are a hundred or more things TT could have said to “call names”.  I was expecting something awful, something derogatory and maybe even nasty.  4 year olds can say things knowing they’re bad but not knowing the full meaning behind the words.  I was not prepared for what came next. “we called ‘x’ poo poo!”.

Poo Poo – was that it? I sniggered, and then outright laughed.  It was funny.  Of all the things he could have said he chose to say poo poo. My husband glared at me. Laughing was clearly not the most appropriate response. Then because I’ve not been well, I had a coughing fit.  I managed to style out my misdemeanour and hide it from TT with a coughing fit – Oh! Thumbs up for me – go girl!. TT looked at me with a glint in his eye that said “Mummy, you laughed! coughing won’t hide it and now I will say ‘poo poo’ for-EVER!”.

I on the other hand, will never laugh again! Never!

Mwah-ha-ha-ha!

NB* I feel I should point out that TT also said that ‘x’ did retaliate – by spitting.  Children can be just delightful sometimes!

Cooking Creations

I was cooking shepherds pie and it made me think about my mums shepherds pie. Or rather, my mums variation and take on shepherds pie. She would use miced beef instead of lamb and add a can of baked beans. Baked beans? Really?

I looked up a recipe for shepherds pie and it most definitely should be miced lamb and I didn’t see “add can of baked beans”, in any of the method or ingredient list.  But there were lots of recipes all claiming to be Shepherd’s Pie and not one of them was the same.  There doesn’t actually seem to be a right way to make it. Everyone has their own way of doing it and if it tastes good then who am I to say exactly how it should be made.

But there are lots of these recipes that have multiple variations. The humble apple pie or crumble. Do you or don’t you put cloves in it? Do you, lightly pre cook or not cook the apple before filling the pie or crumble? Personally, why would you kill a perfectly good apple pie with cloves? Cloves?? Ewwww, yuk! But somebody obviously thinks they taste amazing (can’t think who mind you).

Spaghetti bolognaise – this is a classic example of something that is now so far from its original form it probably should have a different name – Spagetti Bologcreation? I choose to put carrots, pancetta, red wine and Worcester Sauce in my Bologcreation, while others add a simple tin of tomatoes and “hey presto!” Bolognaise (?).

I make a mean Goulash too. Although, as with Bologcreation, I have actively taken steps to make it mine by renaming it Kathlash. I’ve applied my own adaptation on the beef, tomato and paprika Hungarian classic by including red wine and Worcester sauce form part of my ingredient list – can you see a trend developing with my ingredients?

Thankfully, despite my own recipe adjustments I’ve not had any complaints about my general cooking skills a phew! 

Of course, this is unless people are just too polite to actually tell me.

Does anyone want to tell me something???

Sick Note

This week I have been sick. Ill. And I wouldn’t normally talk or write about being ill but this time it’s got to me. It’s got me down. It’s dragged on and I am now quite literally fed up of being sick and tired and generally feeling like utter pants.

TT has been very sweet about mummy not being well but I’ve felt as though I’ve been, well, altogether a bit hopeless really.

So, what’s been wrong? I’ve had a throat infection – is that all!? I hear you all cry. Yep, that is all. A throat infection, which went into my ears and then gave me a cough which exasperated the sore throat. The cough that rumbled so deeply I was scared of quite literally waking the dead each time I coughed – especially at night.

I’m not the only person to ever have a sore throat, of course, I know that. I know that there are many people with far worse problems than just a sore throat, and I also know there will be people screaming at their computer screens “it’s just a sore, bloody throat!”. I know all of that. But I’ve had this “just a sore, bloody throat” for nearly 10 days and have had 5 days of antibiotics and whilst I think I’m finally beginning to feel some improvement in how I feel, I still have the sore throat and cough and my ears still feel like someone’s squirted expand-a-foam in them.

I am just a little bit fed up with feeling all of these things.

Fed up!