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I don’t feel too bad now, after that drink, and I’ve been playing with Carly in the garden.
I put the heat on earlier as it was a bit nippy…maybe that’s what caused the zzzzz’s to strike.
A bit of fresh air sorted me out.
Steak burgers and stir fry leftovers for tonight methinks…
Wow, it’s cold enough to put the heat on there already? I’m hoping not to put mine on until Xmas as the power company have estimated my bills to increase to £4K!
Not sure what my dinner is yet, got last work apt at 6 and then back out walking dogs.
It’s 19 degrees C outside, but I’m running around in lounge shorts and nothing else, and I’ve had the garden/yard door open since lunchtime…so I just put the heat on at lowest setting to heat the water and raise the indoor temp a wee bit. It’s probably a big contributor to why I got the nods lol.
I use oil btw, not gas. So back when I filled my oil tank it was actually half the price of today’s prices.
I used to stay up much, much later than I do now when I was knocking back the drink. But on reflection, I don’t think it was because I was less tired… I was just more drunk… and wanting to drink more xD
Lol. I think it’s also because alcohol itself is a fuel source, even if it is a non carby drink.
I don’t know, for some, alcohol sends them asleep, for me it was like liquid speed, I could stay up all night talking sh*te.
Feeling good though, glad to get a break from it. 
I was going to cook a 12oz sirloin tonight, but true to form!..I bumped into these half price steak burgers on the way home from site when I called into the Spar at lunchtime. 6 steak burgers for £3.50.
The sirloin can wait, plenty of ‘in date’ days left on it anyway.
I’ll cook these 6 steak burgers, scoff a couple tonight, donate one to Carly, and throw the remainder to the fridge.
And I’ll have the leftover stirfry from yesterday with the burgers tonight.
Yeah, no different here xD It didn’t make me drowsy like it seems to make some people… just makes it so I don’t shut up ; ) Still reckon that underneath that though, I was probably just as tired as usual. Just less bored and more able to keep on keeping on.
They’re actually good sized butcher’s burgers- but we’ll see how much they shrink after 25 minutes in the oven.
Weird…I just got a craving for baked beans and burgers there…perhaps a flashback to schoolday meals.
Damn you alcohol withdrawal! 
Lol.
Didn’t really shrink that much to be fair, not bad.
Change of plan…I’m having 2 1/2, Carly wil have 1 1/2, and 2 will be for tomorrow.
Your dessert plates do look lovely. I’ve not had much in the way of a sweet tooth in years. The last bit of sugar I had to kick out of my diet was the half teaspoon I had in my coffee every morning. Now unsweetened tea and coffee just taste normal to me.
My concern with eating a plate of goodies like that would be that’s it’s NOT all that sweet (although I know that blueberries have largely been bred for extra sweetness these days), but they’re all super lovely things that I likely don’t have an off switch for xD Well, that, and the slight problem of the explosions Brazil nuts now set off in me 
It’s all low carb, high fat.
As long as it’s only a small handful of blueberries, and there are only about 4 strawberries cut up.
The soured cream is fine. The grated 100% cocoa is fine as it’s not even half a block.
The other 100% cocoa bits is 2 squares broken up.
Obviously need to watch the carbs and calorie content of the nuts though, even though thay are high fibre and fat.
Yeah, getting too fond of them…only on OMAD days now on.
How lovely! I did the same with omelettes in the past when I was in a mood to play for long with my food before I quickly gulp it down… Not exactly the same, I used different items in it, everything the fridge and the garden could offer and suited eggs and each other… It got cheese in the end and a generous amount of sour cream on it 
I always liked colors but my health and well-being is more important so my plates are less colorful now. Still pretty enough for food 
And I do eat a little raw vegs in summer. Not only in summer but mostly. Winter is best for carnivore and I don’t have fresh vegs, don’t even feel like to eat juicy stuff all the time…
Pretty dishes, everyone! I was on a holiday, no photos, maybe later but I eat the usual things all the time… Pork roast and eggs now 
As a hedonist with a very strong inner critic, I must say you are completely right, it’s important Even my inner critic learned it eventually, it was pretty cruel when I was a very beginner artist (I have no talent, rather the opposite but it doesn’t mean I can’t learn to draw, it’s mostly hard work, something I am super bad at it though), only my passion helped me to survive those times, I was so, so bad back then… Beginner artists usually are, I saw some talented ones who were impressive right away (not without flaws, sure, human anatomy takes a loooong time, for example but instinctive great use of colors, confident strokes) but normally beginners are pathetic for a while. My first many sketchbooks are quite cringeful
Don’t you have such days here and there? I think it’s normal. Sometimes we are more tired without a clear reason. So many things are happening inside, physical, mental… It must be something super rare for you? Lucky.
We heat with electricity (AC now that we got one) and we start it in the very end of October, usually (it takes a very great year to start in November, it may be a few weeks earlier if October is cold, missing the Indian Summer part. but it almost always has it). It’s August now, nearly 40C outside and stuff (not right now but when it’s hottest)… So, so far from the time when I won’t feel a bit too hot in my room…
Insulation and weight of the house is exceptional and we don’t get cold easily, that’s why we can do it here. Other people start heating waaaaay earlier. Obviously not in the hottest summer month, though.
19C is great for room temp for us Now my room is 25.5C, still not too bad considering it’s over 26 sometimes.
Me, me!
Of course it takes a proper amount like a whole beer or even more, my usual 20ml vodka can’t do the trick… (I actually realized this amount makes no sense to me anymore so stopped. It’s not tasty enough to be worth it.)
But I try not to talk about booze, okay? Who knows what is triggering to whom.
And nothing on this earth make me more awake and energetic I suppose. Some lemon feel energizing and cold water on my feet has some effect too but I basically stay lowish energy under all circumstances. No, energy drinks woke me up, I just forgot as I never drink such things. Still not energized, just no sleep while riding my bike, it was useful in summer rides on the super boring motorway, I only did that once or twice, horrible My SO did it every day, twice, to and from work for a long while… But it was short, that’s something and hypermiling (optimizing to spend little fuel) entertained him (as it has that side effect, it’s a hobby for many, there are forums and everything).
I usually don’t mind being offtopic but here I always feel I should bring photos about my food… Sorry, I will try.
Might as well put this here as well as carni thread…
I stooped off at a butcher’s shop on after getting my bloods taken today.
Took the plunge with some lambs’ hearts (8 of them, never had them before) and some beef liver (never had beef liver before either). I also got a more conventional pork fillet too.
Any recommendations on how to cook/recipes for the hearts?
I can look online, but just in case you have a fave way of doing them. Cheers.
Beef liver.
Early brunch as I’m going into site shortly.
Slice of mature cheddar topped with a reheated leftover steak burger, two sunny side up fried eggs and a slice of pork lunch tongue. Chipotle mayo.
There’s a mini ‘leaving do’ for one of my colleagues at lunchtime on site.
There will be tonnes of sandwiches of various types and crisps/chips, which I want to avoid (but I could just toss the bread from the sandwiches?).
Hopefully there’ll be some hot chicken wings and cocktail sausages…but in case there isn’t, I’ll load up now with a jar of pickled cockles to compliment the brunch above.
