Today I am.....

...going to make some Chelsea buns. I've never made them before, so it could be a disaster. They should look like this.

What are you doing today?

Staying out of the sun mostly. Good luck with the buns - if they turn out like the pic, they'll be good.

I love Chelsea buns, especially with butter inside.
I actually just love raisins and sultanas and could eat them all day.

I've been to Shitscos (tescos) and done a huge food shop which my teenage son will proceed to eat at a rate of: his body weight, every hour, on the hour.

Raggamuffin wrote:Staying out of the sun mostly. Good luck with the buns - if they turn out like the pic, they'll be good.

I stay out the sun too. I actually find it unpleasant to sit in direct heat. Buns are proving. fingers crossed.

Nice buns!!!






I've been working in it... inside in shade though...

Sun bathing....and catching up on housework.

Then tonight I was all set for a big food shop, got in the car, instead of heading to M&S the car headed in the opposite direction up the hills to the Tapas bar......so we ate there, got back home....and still have no food in.

Putting off work for a good solid five hours, going on six!

never do today....what you can put off till tomorrow...

Use the time to do what makes you happy

Lord Foul wrote:never do today....what you can put off till tomorrow...

And now that I finally tried to do something, the production system's messed up and my photos aren't toning.

I swear, I have it harder than anybody else on this planet who has ever lived!

What a baby.

I painted my toenails today and then put my sandals on and forgot I'd done them. That's what you call a bloody hard day.

eddie wrote:What a baby.

I painted my toenails today and then put my sandals on and forgot I'd done them. That's what you call a bloody hard day.

Rubbish.....seeing a bloody great spider making a beeline for you, jerking in panic and doing your back in, thus preventing you getting anywhere near your toes to paint them...now THATS what I call a very hard day indeed.

eddie wrote:What a baby.

I painted my toenails today and then put my sandals on and forgot I'd done them. That's what you call a bloody hard day.

You call that hard? I forgot that I'm completely out of toenail polish!

Tommy Monk wrote:Nice buns!!!

Not bad for a first try.  They kind of merged a bit, but taste great split with butter.

Well done HT


Today I am -  TOO BLOODY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sassy wrote:Well done HT


Today I am -  TOO BLOODY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK. 29 degrees at nearly 11.30

Oh they look sweeeeeeeeee-heeeeeeet.....

HoratioTarr wrote:

sassy wrote:Well done HT


Today I am -  TOO BLOODY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK.     29 degrees at nearly 11.30

Took the temperature in the garden this afternoon and it was 35 degrees!    It's still sweltering.  I love the sun, but it's nice to build up to it.   Been living on pure fruit ice lollies today, too hot to eat.  How did you manage to cook.   Gave my two salad.

The weather has no bearing on how hungry I am or what I eat.

I never understood people that say, "Oh it's too hot for soup or chilli!"
If I fancy soup or chilli I don't care what the weather is like I eat it! Likewise I eat tons of salad in the winter for the same reason; I fancy it.

sassy wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK.     29 degrees at nearly 11.30

Took the temperature in the garden this afternoon and it was 35 degrees!    It's still sweltering.  I love the sun, but it's nice to build up to it.   Been living on pure fruit ice lollies today, too hot to eat.  How did you manage to cook.   Gave my two salad.

Put it this way...I was sweating like a Glass-blower's arse.

eddie wrote:Oh they look sweeeeeeeeee-heeeeeeet.....

They got a drizzle of fresh orange zest icing.

HoratioTarr wrote:

sassy wrote:Well done HT


Today I am -  TOO BLOODY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK.     29 degrees at nearly 11.30

It's 31 right now in Texas, barely an hour till midnight. Shutchergob.

HoratioTarr wrote:

sassy wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK.     29 degrees at nearly 11.30

Took the temperature in the garden this afternoon and it was 35 degrees!    It's still sweltering.  I love the sun, but it's nice to build up to it.   Been living on pure fruit ice lollies today, too hot to eat.  How did you manage to cook.   Gave my two salad.

Put it this way...I was sweating like a Glass-blower's arse.

I was once out on my porch during the Texas summer when a thunderstorm started blowing in, me and my friend were talking about how cool it felt. You know what the temperature dropped to? 35.

Ben Reilly wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:

Do you know it's 29 degrees at the mo in the UK.     29 degrees at nearly 11.30

It's 31 right now in Texas, barely an hour till midnight. Shutchergob.

I DON'T believe a word of it...

WE HAVE been constantly told on here that the world is NOT warming up...

OUR resident climate change sceptic (whose name can't be mentioned in polite company, else eddie threatens to 'basement' me..) keeps telling all and sundry that we are supposedly actually entering another "ice age".

DON'T you know that it's a socialist/greenie/leftie plot to destroy civilisation as we know it !      

Wolfie you're getting really boring. What happened to you?

Today I am chilled

I'm not. It's too effing hot again and I absolutely hate it. Roll on tomorrow when it's supposed to cool down a bit.

I don't think it's that hot today. There's a lovely breeze.

... nearly done with work (outside of a photo shoot later) and it's only 11 a.m.!

... going to the doctor to check on my thyroid hormone levels

... planning to restock on microbrews

eddie wrote:I don't think it's that hot today. There's a lovely breeze.

There's a breeze coming from my fan, but that's about it. I'm off out later so I hope it will have cooled down by then.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

It's 31 right now in Texas, barely an hour till midnight. Shutchergob.

I DON'T believe a word of it...

WE HAVE been constantly told on here that the world is NOT warming up...

OUR resident climate change sceptic (whose name can't be mentioned in polite company, else eddie threatens to 'basement' me..) keeps telling all and sundry that we are supposedly actually entering another "ice age".

DON'T you know that it's a socialist/greenie/leftie plot to destroy civilisation as we know it !      

BRITAIN'S HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, 1875 TO 2006

          °C     °F

JANUARY   18.3    65      Aber (Gwynedd)                 27 Jan 1958

         18.3    65      Aber (Gwynedd)                 10 Jan 1971                

         18.3    65      Aboyne (Aberdeenshire)         26 Jan 2003

         18.2    64.8    Llandudno (Gwynedd)            10 Jan 1971

FEBRUARY  19.7*   67.5*   Greenwich (London)             13 Feb 1998

         19.5    67.1    Tivington (Somerset)           13 Feb 1998

         19.4    67      Cambridge                      27 Feb 1891

         19.2    66.6    March (Cambridgeshire)         23 Feb 1990

         18.9    66.1    Harestock (Hampshire)          28 Feb 1891

         18.9    66      London; Brixton                10 Feb 1899

         18.9    66      London; Greenwich and Northolt 28 Feb 1959

MARCH     25.0*   77*     Wakefield (W. Yorkshire)       29 Mar 1929

         25.0*   77*     Wakefield (W. Yorkshire)       29 Mar 1965

         25.0    77      Cromer (Norfolk)               29 Mar 1968

         25.0    77      Santon Downham (Norfolk)       29 Mar 1968

         24.9    76.8    East Dereham (Norfolk)         29 Mar 1968

APRIL     29.4    85      London; Camden square          16 Apr 1949

         28.9    84      Cambridge                      20 Apr 1893

         28.9    84      London; Kensington,

                         Wealdstone, Greenwich          16 Apr 1949

MAY       32.8    91      London; Camden square          22 May 1922

         32.8    91      Horsham (West Sussex)          29 May 1944

         32.8    91      Tunbridge Wells (Kent)         29 May 1944

         32.8    91      London; Camden Square

                         Regents Park                   29 May 1944

JUNE      35.6    96.1    Southampton, Mayflower Park

                         (Hampshire)                    28 June 1976

         35.6    96      London; Camden Square          29 June 1957

         35.5    95.9    Southampton, Mayflower Park

                         (Hampshire)                    27 June 1976

         35.4    95.7    North Heath (West Sussex)      26 June 1976

         35.4    95.7    East Dereham (Norfolk)         26 June 1976

JULY      36.5    97.7    Wisley (Surrey)                19 July 2006

         36.0*   96.8*   Epsom (Surrey)                 22 July 1911

         35.9    96.6    Cheltenham (Glos)               3 July 1976

         35.7    96.3    Cheltenham                      2 July 1976

         35.6    96.1    Trowbridge (Wiltshire)          2 July 1976

         35.6    96      London; Camden square          13 July 1923

AUGUST    38.5*  101.3*   Faversham (Kent)               10 Aug 2003

         38.1   100.6    Kew Gardens (London)           10 Aug 2003

         37.9   100.2    Heathrow (London)  
                         and Aldenham (Herts)           10 Aug 2003
 
SEPTEMBER 35.6    96      Bawtry (South Yorkshire)        2 Sep 1906

         35.0    95      London; New Malden              1 Sep 1906

         35.0    95      Maidenhead (Berkshire)          1 Sep 1906

         35.0    95      Colly Weston (Northants)        1 Sep 1906

         35.0    95      London; Barnet                  2 Sep 1906

         34.8    94.6    Epsom (Surrey)                  2 Sep 1906

         34.8    94.6    London; Old Southgate           2 Sep 1906

         34.6    94.2    Raunds (Northants)              8 Sep 1911

OCTOBER   29.4    84.9    March (Cambridgeshire)          1 Oct 1985

         28.9    84      Whitby (N. Yorkshire)           1 Oct 1908

         28.9    84      London; Kensington Palace       5 Oct 1921

         28.9    84      London; Kensington Palace

                         St. James' Park, Hampstead      6 Oct 1921

NOVEMBER  21.7    71      Prestatyn (Clwyd)               4 Nov 1946

         21.1    70      Cambridge                       5 Nov 1938

         21.1    70      Chelmsford (Essex)              5 Nov 1938

         21.1    70      Mildenhall (Suffolk)            5 Nov 1938

         21.1    70      Clacton (Essex)                 5 Nov 1938

         21.1    70      London; Tottenham               5 Nov 1938

         21.1    70      Halstead (Essex)                5 Nov 1938

DECEMBER  18.3    65      Achnashellach                   2 Dec 1948

         18.0    64.4    Aber (Gwynedd)                 18 Dec 1972

         17.8    64.0    Aber (Gwynedd)                 17 Dec 1972

         17.7    63.9    Cape Wrath (Highland)          18 Dec 1972

         17.7    63.9    Penkridge (Staffs)             11 Dec 1994

http://www.torro.org.uk/maxtemps.php

.... making Paella...

Raggamuffin wrote:

eddie wrote:I don't think it's that hot today. There's a lovely breeze.

There's a breeze coming from my fan, but that's about it. I'm off out later so I hope it will have cooled down by then.

'snigger'....

HoratioTarr wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

There's a breeze coming from my fan, but that's about it. I'm off out later so I hope it will have cooled down by then.

'snigger'....

Ooooh, you!

eddie wrote:The weather has no bearing on how hungry I am or what I eat.

I never understood people that say, "Oh it's too hot for soup or chilli!"
If I fancy soup or chilli I don't care what the weather is like I eat it! Likewise I eat tons of salad in the winter for the same reason; I fancy it.

I agree eddie, go for it gal.

Ben Reilly wrote:... nearly done with work (outside of a photo shoot later) and it's only 11 a.m.!

... going to the doctor to check on my thyroid hormone levels

... planning to restock on microbrews

What's wrong with your thyroid? I seem to recall discussing this before with you, but can't remember all of it.

spent most of the day in the garden to do a litle bit here and there and ended up with a makeover and now I'm knackered.

If the weather keeps up like this I'll probably do the same tomorrow.

Except for a brief thunderstorm yesterday morning it's been a scorcher here in the East of Scotland last few days.

Irn Bru wrote:spent most of the day in the garden to do a litle bit here and there and ended up with a makeover and now I'm knackered.

If the weather keeps up like this I'll probably do the same tomorrow.

Except for a brief thunderstorm yesterday morning it's been a scorcher here in the East of Scotland last few days.

Do you have lots of variety; from perennials to annuals or are there just specific plants that you enjoy and cultivate those more than any others?
Photo's would be greatly appreciated too.

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:... nearly done with work (outside of a photo shoot later) and it's only 11 a.m.!

... going to the doctor to check on my thyroid hormone levels

... planning to restock on microbrews

What's wrong with your thyroid? I seem to recall discussing this before with you, but can't remember all of it.

Hashimoto's. Basically my stupid immune system declared war on my thyroid gland and is actively trying to kill it, so I need to take thyroid hormone supplements. If not, my metabolism slows dramatically (it was operating at 1/30th of normal strength before the doctors noticed it, would have helped me a lot in life if I'd known sooner).

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:... nearly done with work (outside of a photo shoot later) and it's only 11 a.m.!

... going to the doctor to check on my thyroid hormone levels

... planning to restock on microbrews

What's wrong with your thyroid? I seem to recall discussing this before with you, but can't remember all of it.

Hashimoto's. Basically my stupid immune system declared war on my thyroid gland and is actively trying to kill it, so I need to take thyroid hormone supplements. If not, my metabolism slows dramatically (it was operating at 1/30th of normal strength before the doctors noticed it, would have helped me a lot in life if I'd known sooner).

Okay mine works the exact opposite! It's too fast and makes me feel bad! So horrible.
I have to take courses of tablets to slow mine down.

Was your blood work ok?

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:... nearly done with work (outside of a photo shoot later) and it's only 11 a.m.!

... going to the doctor to check on my thyroid hormone levels

... planning to restock on microbrews

What's wrong with your thyroid? I seem to recall discussing this before with you, but can't remember all of it.

Hashimoto's. Basically my stupid immune system declared war on my thyroid gland and is actively trying to kill it, so I need to take thyroid hormone supplements. If not, my metabolism slows dramatically (it was operating at 1/30th of normal strength before the doctors noticed it, would have helped me a lot in life if I'd known sooner).

Okay mine works the exact opposite! It's too fast and makes me feel bad! So horrible.
I have to take courses of tablets to slow mine down.

Was your blood work ok?

Pretty good. I'm going to up my dosage a bit, but I've got a good doctor, thankfully.

Always wondered about you hyper folk

Well it's Like your body is running at high speed - it made me really ill Ben, like I had heart palpitations and the shakes and I'd be hot all the freakin time, couldn't sleep had muscle weakness.....I'm in remission now.

I have Graves Disease - but I can develop Hashimotos like you can suddenly go Hyper.
We need to meet in the middle somewhere.

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:

Okay mine works the exact opposite! It's too fast and makes me feel bad! So horrible.
I have to take courses of tablets to slow mine down.

Was your blood work ok?

Pretty good. I'm going to up my dosage a bit, but I've got a good doctor, thankfully.

Always wondered about you hyper folk

Ben, Hashimoto's is very serious. It threatens your very being and awareness. It slows you way down and can threaten your quality of life. Do you have a lump or swelling in the goiter, excessive saliva, hoarseness of voice, constant 'goddamit' fatigue? Listen to your doctor...don't play with meds on your own.

All thyroid problems are serious. The thyroid controls so many different parts of the body that it can make you feel ill in so many different ways.
It's a very invisible illness and not one that is well understood by many people.

Original Quill wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:

Okay mine works the exact opposite! It's too fast and makes me feel bad! So horrible.
I have to take courses of tablets to slow mine down.

Was your blood work ok?

Pretty good. I'm going to up my dosage a bit, but I've got a good doctor, thankfully.

Always wondered about you hyper folk

Ben, Hashimoto's is very serious.  It threatens your very being and awareness.  It slows you way down and can threaten your quality of life.  Do you have a lump or swelling in the goiter, excessive saliva, hoarseness of voice, constant 'goddamit' fatigue?  Listen to your doctor...don't play with meds on your own.

I said it wrong -- I discussed the meds change with her before hand, got her seal of approval.

It definitely affects your life. I've been really low-energy lately, but taking a little bit more has already made me feel better. It's probably psychological, as it takes a while to have an effect, but hey

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:

What's wrong with your thyroid? I seem to recall discussing this before with you, but can't remember all of it.

Hashimoto's. Basically my stupid immune system declared war on my thyroid gland and is actively trying to kill it, so I need to take thyroid hormone supplements. If not, my metabolism slows dramatically (it was operating at 1/30th of normal strength before the doctors noticed it, would have helped me a lot in life if I'd known sooner).

Mine thyroid is underactive, been on Levothyroxine for about 12 years now, on 175 mm a day.  Like you say, metabolism slows right down.   Add to that the chronic leukeamia and now OVER active parathyroid that buggers about with your bones and muscles, life is so much fun lol

Yeah I just remembered you're in the thyroid gang sass.
That's three of us. L
We need our own little moaning section.

eddie wrote:Yeah I just remembered you're in the thyroid gang sass.
That's three of us. L
We need our own little moaning section.

Think you will find there are 4