I was talking on the phone with my mum tonight, very proud of my recent achievement.
Me: Miss Q has a new boyfriend, and last night he was over for dinner to meet us. I made a lamb roast. It was beautiful, the best roast I have ever made. The meat was brown and crispy on the outside, and pink and juicy on the inside. I poked garlic and rosemary into the meat before I cooked it, so it was really tasty. I made baked potatoes too. I boiled them first, then shook them around when I put them in the tray with lots of oil, whole garlic cloves, sea salt and rosemary, so they were crunchy on the outside and fluffy in the middle. Yum! It wasn't as good as your roast though.
Mum: Yes, that sounds delicious. It couldn't have been as good as mine though.
Me: No way, mum. You make the best lamb roast ever. Plus, I think that roast always tastes a little better when someone else makes it.
Mum: That's true. Even your grandmother's roast tasted better to me. And that's saying something, because normally she wasn't the best cook. Even Robin tasted pretty good.
Me: Who's Robin?
Mum: That was your father's pet lamb. I was around for dinner one night, and halfway through the meal I said, "Reta, this is a lovely roast." "Yes," she said, "it's Robin."
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it's the old story - will he? won't he? and what will she do in the meantime, to get ready if he does, and to keep herself occupied if he doesn't.
NaBloPoMo Scavenger Hunt. Where I collect interesting items from the blogs I visit in November.
- 1. Wolf Spider
- 2. Hot Spiced Sangria
- 3. Shower curtain
- 4. Hedgerow
- 5. Cosplay
- 6. Icelandic sheep
- 7. Petrified alligator foot
- 8. Wedding vows
- 9. Skipping rope
- 10. Mr. Mc Grumpypants
- 11. Calf poop
- 12. Fuchsia feather boa
- 13. Seychelles
- 14 Cork flooring
- 15. Speeding ticket
- 16. A happy postman
- 17. Snow globe Christmas Ornament
- 18. Paneer Achari
- 19. Two chinchillas
- 20. Litter box
- 21. 1812 Overture
- 22. The funny uncle
- 23. High school sweetheart
- 24. Scambaiting
- 25. Hollywood foreheads
- 26. Don Quixote
- 27. Caterpillars
- 28. Te-maki
- 29. Spieluttering
- 30. Blog bling
About Me
- Nerevised
- About 3 years ago I met a lovely New Zealand boy in an Auckland bar one night, and one thing led to another, as it does when a footloose, fancy free person is out of their own country. Nothing original in that. What made it interesting was that this Kiwi and I stayed in touch. A few emails led to a hot and heavy phone affair, which led to another visit to New Zealand by me. There will be more details of this saga to come later, but for now it is enough to say that things went drastically pear-shaped during this trip, and that was the end of the affair. Or so I thought. This Kiwi is one tenacious caller, and despite my repeated attempts to sever the ties, he never let me. We have been in touch, on and off, ever since. He has had at least 3 serious girlfriends since me, but they have all failed. The lastest relationship is also dodgy, and now he seems to be entertaining the idea of exploring the length and breadth of our indefinable relationship once and for all. This blog is a bit about the continuing story (and occasional historic flashbacks) of what happens now in my life, with or without him.
10 comments:
Bwahahahaha! I am crying with helpless laughter.
Some family friends of ours didn't want their kids to get too attached to the lamb and the calf, as they were intending on eating them later. So they named the ovine Lamb Chop and the bovine T-Bone.
Oh, dear. It is never a good idea to name the food!
Okay. *That* cracked me up.
And Stella? My son's allergies ruled out most animals when he was small, but we had fish, then a crayfish, and eventually frogs and lizards. All of whom were lovely, but most of whom hunted their meals. The heir was totally cool with that, but his many friends were forever unnerved to hear that whatever creature set-feeder fish, pinkies, or somesuch-was named "lunch."
AAAAH! AAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAHH!
*whimper*
Wait, I didn't *have* any significant pets...
Never mind.
(great story)
*laughs*
Brilliant!
Hilarious!
I agree with wordofrye: never name your food.
Wow - the family pet was served for dinner -too funny! It has me laughing at work!
Happy New Year!
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Lol... did that actually happen?
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