Ah where to begin? It’s been a bit of a busy old week and weekend…but it’s been really good. The weekend there was hubby’s scooter club summer gathering at Balloch followed by a Mod dance at the Admiral Bar in Glasgow. It was epic. Took the kids to Balloch for a wee while to see all the scooters (there were about 100) and play in the park. They stayed over at my parents whilst me and hubby went to the dance. It was Northern Soul, Ska and 60s music all night. I was on the dance floor for a good bit of the night and it’s shameful to admit it but my poor ole body was a bit stiff and sore on Sunday. Was well worth it!!

I’ve had a revelation recently and it’s amazing it’s taken me (an omnivore) to the ripe old age of 42 to find this out: vegetarian food is fantastic! Yup, there you go. I’ve said it. I’ve recently been purchasing a fair few veggie/healthy cookbooks recently – I’ve been wanting to cut down on sugar and fat so started with a gluten and sugar free cookbook, then found Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbooks and then went on to Alicia Silverstone, Lukas Volger and then Isa Chandra Moskowitz. I must say all the recipes I’ve tried so far have been fantastic. My favourite? Hard to say. I love Alicia’s pumpkin bread recipe. Caulipots are lovely. But the big hit – with me and my hubby – is Lukas’ Thai Carrot Burgers. They are amazing.

Anyway, enough of me chattering on like a budgie about veggie food. I’m not planning to go veggie or vegan. However, I do want to cut down on meat consumption: for health and for the planet (meat production – especially beef – ruins the Earth and uses up way too many resources; veggie production, esp organic, is not so nasty). Anyway, now I’ve discovered those carrot burgers, I doubt the beefburger will have the same attraction!!

So how are you all this week? I’ve just been trundling along as usual marvelling at how fast my life is whizzing by. I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas already. Do you remember when you were young how long it seemed between summer holidays and Christmas? Now, it feels like I blink and the weather’s changed and folk are putting up their Christmas trees. Am hoping to be super organised this year. Normally I get all my pressies in by November, but this year I also intend to have all my Christmas gifts made and cards written by then too. Anyway, we’ll see how that goes!!

It’s getting very autumnal outside and the heating – our new heating – has been on and is working brilliantly. Still have to get to grips with the timer, but we’re getting there. There’s been a lot of nonsense in the press about when you turn your heating on and the arguments it causes in some families. It’s cold outside = heating on in our house, end of story. Honestly, do they have nothing else to talk about??

The kids have already been planning what they want to be for Halloween (a Stormtrooper (the girl) and Green Lantern (the boy)). I’m just going to buy them in again this year as I don’t have time to make them and the bought costumes are cheaper anyway.

So that’s us up-to-date this week. Well, apart from today. Me and hubby had today off, the kids were at school (they did not get the bank holiday). So, we went into Glasgow for lunch at the Millennium Hotel on George Square (nice food, but a hotel that’s badly in need of redecoration…which is shocking cos it’s meant to be four star). Before lunch we went to see RIPD – Rest in Peace Department – starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges. Let’s just say we were full of hope for the film, but left feeling that we wouldn’t bother watching it again. It could have been so much better. Anyway, I enjoyed getting out with my other half…we don’t get to do it very often, so it’s a real treat.

Right, that’s me for this week…even though technically I’m into the next week. Til next time.

Dawn xxx