It is a new year and I’m getting excited about starting my new life in America. I’m due to fly on the 2nd of Feb, all being well!

Hope it is prosperous and a blessing to all.

Rach xx

Last Thursday we all came out of the prayer meeting to one of the loveliest sunsets we’ve had in a long time.

I couldn’t wait to get home and grab my camera. And I literally ran all the way to our local swimming pool. It was the the best nearby position I could think of for a view. Obviously all the caveats apply:
1. I missed the best bits
2. “It wasn’t like being really there”
3. I wasn’t tall enough to avoid multiple-roof-syndrome, though some of my non-standard location shots disguise that quite nicely

It hasn’t quite sunk in yet.*

Though I can’t begin to appreciate its importance:
1. I’m a “real grown-up” now
3. Close that awkward chapter of options-limiting frustration.
3. Be free to leave the house in Colorado.

Insert FAQ: “When are you getting your car?”
I’m not… well, not ’til I get to Colorado, and even I don’t know when that will be yet. If I weren’t still riding a cloud, it would be stretching my patience more than it is. But I can wait…

Just gotta climb that hill another 240 times…

*Despite being late with my post… *groan* my commitment to my blog has been severly crippled in a while.

This has got to be one of my favourite meals… I know it isn’t anything exotic* but it goes down quite a treat with me.

* Well, except the fruit pudding from Charlie Barlies butcher in Stornoway of course I highly recommend it!

For weeks now I have been looking forward to receiving the latest book I ordered. It has an intriguing title: “The thin book of naming elephants”

So… just how can a book with a title this interesting have a cover like this… Read the rest of this entry »

This was our first munro, taken from the descent of the second.

*exhausted*

That’s me done my online checkin now… is this it really happening, or is it just a dream?

It has seemed that way up ’til now.

A pleasant dream, a surprising dream, an unexpected dream.

Hmm, we’ll see…

Spur-of-the-moment a friend and I went out for tea recently, and it fair put a smile on my face! It has certainly got to go down in the annuls as the strangest meal I’ve ever eaten:

Starter: 2 haddock and a chip mountain

We drove out to Burnt Island and once we had caught a glimpse of the sea, the cravings for fish+chips followed suit.

The portions were definitely double-sized… the girl gave me a funny look when I tried explaining to her we actually we wanted our portions in separate packages. So I shut up and enjoyed both fish and (honest!)most of the chips .

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Light entertainment of sea-gull feeding in the intermission.

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Main: strawberry haribo – kids in a happy world!

Our cream soda came in an old-fashioned glass bottle with the message on the side “30p if you return me”. I dared my friend to ask for her money. She did, and was refused but more-than-compensated with sweets instead!

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Wandered down the high street in the rain, getting our window shopping done.

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Pudding: Orange sorbet in an exclusive Romany dining area.

One of our tasks for the evening was to decide on a suitable venue for a return-visit with an esteemed mutual friend. There was a cute-and-tidy little restaurant at the far end that looked like the poshest place in town… that would do, we decided.

Then my side of the dare came out… I was to go in and ask if it was ok for us to just have pudding there-and-then. We were on a budget, but the orange sorbet was just too tempting…

So that’s what we did! The chap was very obliging and kind, and it was pretty delicious.

A highly recommendable excursion! I give it: 5 stars and a cupful of sand.

Ok, so I know it is hideously geeky to celebrate your blogs birthday.

But I have never claimed to be ungeeky… And 5 years is not entirely insignificant…

So… Happy Birthday, Glass Beaker!