Saturday

Another bad night, I'm afraid. I got up a little late, and felt as if I hadn't slept at all! Coffee soon perks me up ... wakes me up completely.

I'm taking it really easy today ... maybe a little too easy, but I have four days! Well, I've done a few things. Laundry, electricity ...

Now it's me and the meal planning again. Not having any luck with that ... I want easy, I want quick, I want versatile, I want quick to re-heat - and I neither have nor want a microwave.

Basically, I want the few-minute-fry effort I'm used to - but a more balanced, or varied meal. Oh, and cheaper, of course.

I thought I'd give the mincer a try ... total fiasco! Well, I didn't expect much - though, I must confess, I did expect it to work. And it doesn't. It's bad workmanship - it wobbles. Which it shouldn't.

Well, it's almost time for load shedding again ... sigh ... hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better. Although, today wasn't a bad day, exactly - just slow ... I cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry, watered the garden, experimented with my new toy ... and I just boiled some pasta for dinner.