Happy Saturday!

Cure dragons!

The shop where I get my incense started selling these and they’re so adorable I couldn’t resist.  Here they are indivdually:

I’m probably going to get another 2 at the weekend and try and stop myself there.

I’ve finally found a way to stop getting the popup about leaving the page when I try and add pictures.  I have to add them before writing the entry.  This, of course, means I have to change the font back after each picture.

My mum is allowed to cuddle my nephew again.  So, that’s her happy.

On Saturday, I made chiken tikka masala in the slow cooker.  I changed one thing from the recipe, using chilli flakes instead of a fresh chilli pepper.  But the chilli pepper is optional, so it’s not a big deal.

It was absolutely fucking gorgeous.  Stunningly good.  No adjustment needed.  Here it is:

Sunday, I remade the spicy pasta thing I made before.  I used different pasta sauce, which wasn’t hot enough.  But that’s OK, I can add chilli powder to spice it up.  I also added onion and mushroom, which made a real difference:

It also tastes nice cold, which is a bonus.

I’ve gone on a bit of a book buying binge.  In the past two weeks, I’ve bought The World According to Garp by John Irvine (read it before, love it, haven’t owned a copy for a while now), Nick Cave the complete Lyrics 1978 – 2013 by, well, Nick Cave, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge, Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson and Antkind by Charlie Kaufman.  I also pre-ordered the Penguin clothbound classics edition of The Aeneid.

So, yeah.

I’m going to keep watching I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and reading Antkind.

Will