Changing tastes!

 Thanks for the comments, ladies.  Re the new kitchen - according to our housing officer we get a choice of 4 styles of units and some say in the layout, I hope that's true.  I'm assuming we'll also get a choice of flooring (it's a horrible green colour cushion flooring at present), worktops and wall tiles.  Husband still keeps on about what types of units we should have, and where - I've told him he can put forward his ideas, of course, but I'm having the final say - after all, it's me who spends the most time in the kitchen, not him.  I'd like the basic layout to stay much the same actually, but hopefully with the addition of an extra floor cupboard and/or wall cupboard, to increase the storage capacity.  The existing wall cupboards could do with being wider, deeper and taller too, I expect the new units will be - the present ones are very dated and a smaller size.  I can't fit cereal boxes upright in them, nor stack tins one on top of the other, which is a nuisance.  I'm getting quite excited now 😂

We're going to do a big supermarket shop tomorrow, I've got into the habit of doing a big shop at the start of the month, and then 2 or 3 small top up shops of fresh stuff, it's working out well.  I was thinking about the types of meals I want from now on - meat and veg for husband, salads and fresh veggies with fish, cheese or pulses for protein for me.  I was eating a bit of chicken now and then, but have gone off that now - we had chicken pieces in bbq sauce on Saturday and chilli made with chicken mince yesterday, I didn't really enjoy either of them so doubt I'll be eating even chicken from now on.  Husband will be happy with meat, any kind, he's not fussy about it, with potatoes in some form or other (again he likes all forms of potato) and a couple of veggies.  For lunches he likes sandwiches, preferably ham, or something on toast.  I like a small salad of some kind for lunch - tomato, mozzarella and basil, eg, or panzanella with lovely juicy tomatoes, chunks of sourdough, olives and some cheese, with a balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing.  I also love couscous with goats cheese or feta, olives, beetroot and cucumber.  Sometimes I just have cheese and crispbreads or oatcakes with an apple.  For my dinners I like fish - either a fillet of some fresh fish (I like most fish), or Aldi's lightly dusted with lemon & herb frozen fillets, or prawns.  Or just vegetables - the veggie crumble I made last week was gorgeous, I'd happily eat that 2 or 3 times a week.  I also like a plateful of roasted veggies, with something green on the side.

Years ago, the only veg I would eat was potatoes, frozen peas and Brussels sprouts.  A salad to me was a few bits of iceberg lettuce with some sliced cucumber - I hated tomatoes (love juicy vine ones now).  Although I eat most veggies now, there are still some I wouldn't touch with a barge pole - celery (just the smell of it makes me want to heave), broad beans, kale....in fact I'm not fond of most dark green leafy veggies, although I will eat some occasionally as they're so good for us! 

How we change with the years.....I used to eat a lot of takeaways or ready meals (Vesta curries or Pot Noodles anyone? 😂).  Not now.  We have fish and chips from a takeaway maybe once every 6 weeks or so and that's it for takeaways.  I wouldn't eat a pot noodle now if you paid me!

What don't you eat anymore that you used to years ago?  Or are there things you now eat that you used to hate?

A better week, hopefully

 Yesterday was one of those days when nothing seemed to go right....hopefully there won't be too many more like that this week, I don't think my nerves could stand it.

Husband has now ordered a replacement remote control, it should be delivered on Wednesday.  He's also discovered he can watch iPlayer on his computer, so the crisis (of him having no telly to watch and me having to put up with his constant complaints and moping around) has been averted.  

I've decided it would be prudent for me to make out a list of things husband needs to do each time we go to/leave the caravan, a check list so he can tick off each job as he does it.  Hopefully that might save a few headaches/mistakes in the future.  I have more than enough things to do myself, without having to remember all the things he should be doing too, my brain only has so much capacity!

I feel wrung out this morning, I didn't sleep very well - think I was too exhausted to sleep and my mind was ticking over too much.  I've got a few jobs to be getting on with today, and husband has his chest x-ray this afternoon at the local community hospital, which is only 5 mins drive away, I'll go with him of course to make sure it all goes smoothly (who knows what might happen if I let him go on his own! 😂).

C&J's caravan has apparently been sold, according to our fellow van owners, a nice couple from Wales viewed it and paid a deposit on Saturday, so we'll have new neighbours when we next go.  Another van quite near to us has also sold over the weekend, to a woman described by our friends as 'somewhat odd and quite abrasive', she also apparently has 3 small and exceedingly yappy dogs, who she doesn't appear to have much control over.  Oh dear.  Think we'll be keeping our distance from her.

Thank you for all the comments again.  Some of you mentioned that perhaps the caravan doesn't feel so important now that we have our lovely new home and garden, near to all the facilities we require and in a very nice (and populated!) area.  On reflection, I think you're right.  We're not making any firm decisions on the van right now, we'll just see how things are next year.

I'm looking forward to the kitchen planner coming on Friday, I hope this means the new kitchen will be fitted in the not too distant future.  I'm assuming we'll be having new flooring and wall tiles too.  I'm very grateful both that the Housing Association are doing this work, and that we're being given the opportunity to choose from a range of styles.  And that we have the caravan to escape to whilst the work is being done.