Today started early for a Sunday. We got up and had pancakes with bacon and maple syrup at 8am, and we had two presents each. Don’t worry, there are plenty left. I had a work shift until 11, and after … Continue reading
Wear your Christmas jumpers.
Last night I turned up to run an antenatal class, opened the boot of my car, and realised that I had forgotten to pack my teaching kit. Luckily I had my refreshments bag, a pencil case with pens and scraps … Continue reading
Here in the UborkaChef kitchen tonight we have four contestants facing up to the butternut squash challenge: to make an interesting and tasty meal using butternut squash as the main ingredient, and to come up with a matching cocktail. Cooking … Continue reading
It’s butternut squash day. What are you going to do with yours?
Like so many of the Uborka crowd, sleep is a subject dear to my heart. As a lifelong insomniac (with occasional breaks), as the mother of a child who didn’t sleep through the night until the age of 5, as … Continue reading
Saturday: 3 hour antenatal class in Henley, drive home, train to Richmond, chocolate shop, meet up with Pete’s mum and sister, early dinner at Giuliano’s, geocaching on the bridge, train home, vomity child, collapse on sofa.
It’s a select gathering tonight. Here in Casa Uborka, I’m eating crisps for tea and finishing off the miraculously leftover wine from last night. Pete’s gone out to play poker, which if he’s any good at it, might be his … Continue reading