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First cup of tea of the day. I'm still cold and have the sniffles so I think there'll be more to come.

I have this one on my I-pod and am always singing along in my car. It's brill isn't it

Jeremy Kyle. Why do I keep admitting to this?

Just wanted to come in here and highly recommend Kell's Tomato and Pepper soup. O's has made it this afternoon and it's wonderful

The last of my healthy pasta soup from last night with some fresh brown bread rolls that O's made. Heaven

Kinda like Minestrone but I used spinach and ricotta tortellini instead. They were like dumplings in a veg soup.

This is what I had this evening.... Hearty pasta soup 1 tbsp olive oil 2 carrots , chopped 1 large onion, finely chopped 1l vegetable stock 400g can chopped tomatoes 200g frozen mixed peas and beans 250g pack fresh filled tortellini (we used spinach and ricotta) handful of basil leaves (optional) grated Parmesan, to serve Heat oil in a pan. Fry the carrots and onion for 5 mins until starting to soften. Add the stock and tomatoes, then simmer for 10 mins. Add the peas and beans with 5 mins to go. Once veg is tender, stir in the pasta. Return to the boil and simmer for 2 mins until the pasta is just cooked. Stir in the basil, if using. Season, then serve in bowls topped with a sprinkling of Parmesan and slices of garlic bread. Yummy Yummy Yummy!

Home made Italian pasta soup. It was delish and a happy success as I haven't made it before.

A strawberry shortcake Muller Corner. My favourite.

I've had a god old look through here and I've made some notes in my cook book. I'm looking forward to trying a few of these recipes. I've also managed to get some good ones from the BBC Good Food site as well

That's good to hear. I've been looking forward to this one for a while

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. He faces an unenviable task: to solve a case in which the grieving family are the suspects. The murder provokes national hysteria. The thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes - scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealousy, loneliness and loathing - arouses fear and a kind of excitement. But when Whicher reaches his shocking conclusion there is uproar and bewilderment. A true story that inspired a generation of writers such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle, this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery - a body; a detective; a country house steeped in secrets. In The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life. Started: 27/07/10 Finished: 09/08/10 Rated: 2/5 Comments: Unfortunately I feel quite let down by this book. It's almost like two books in one, one book I've enjoyed and the other book is just boring. I've really enjoyed the story, the mystery behind the crime and the investigation into all aspects of the family involved but the book seems to bog itself down in facts and historical text. I understand that this story spawned a generation of detective books but I find it unnecessary to continually quote similar passages from these books. I also found it quite difficult to read at times when long passages were being quoted from newspapers. I found that I was reading the same passages several times to understand what they were getting at. It's really quite a shame as I had such high expectations for this story.

The Fairy Jobmother. She almost makes me cry convincing people how wonderful working life is. Unfortunately, I only got home at 8.30pm from my job and I'm not believing her!

I was going to be good and had a pasta bake planned for this evening but the boys at work starting talking about pizza and I nearly drowned in my own saliva so..... pizza it is

That is beautiful Zumii

Deriks Bane MaryJanice Davidson Derik's a werewolf with alpha issues - and a body to die for. Sara is the personification of unspeakable evil - and smells like roses. Now if they could just stop lusting after each other long enough to save the world. It's always good to have a psychic around - except when she tells you the world will soon end unless you do something about it. For werewolf Derik Gardner that means heading to sunny California and destroying the reincarnation of possibly the most powerful sorceress in history: Morgan Le Fay. But the beautiful - and slightly ditsy - Dr Sara Gunn has no idea that she is Morgan Le Fay. Her masses of wild red curls and crystal blue eyes make killing her an unpleasant prospect for Derik ...and his half-hearted attempts don't meet with much success. So if he can't kill Sara, he'll join her, on a cross-country odyssey to change her fate, confront a medieval evil - and hopefully get lucky... Started: 20/07/10 Finished: 25/07/10 Rated: 3/5 Comments: Along the same vein as the Betsy Vampire Queen series we now have Derik the Werewolf and Sara the sorceress. I love they style of these books and the ridiculous stories that go along with them. Some light reading for me.

That's lovely Kell and a really unique idea. I'm sure he'll love it.

O's has kindly put in an order with our favourite Indian takeaway I don't even know what I'm having as I'm sharing with O's. All I know is it has spinach and garlic. I'm drooling at the thought.

Titan scared me. He was so big and imposing! I did like the Man V Machine tasks though, they looked like fun.

Picture Perfect Jodi Picoult A woman wakes to find herself in a graveyard, hurt and bleeding, her memory wiped clean. She doesn't know what she's doing there - or even who she is. She is rescued by a police officer, himself a newcomer to Los Angeles. After days of waiting, she is taken by complete surprise when she is finally identified by Alex Rivers, Hollywood's biggest movie star - and her husband. Cassie is dazzled and bewildered by the fairytale in which she suddenly finds herself. But everything is not quite right, and there is something dark and disturbing behind this glamorous facade. It is only as her memory gradually returns that her picture perfect life comes crumbling down, and Cassie is faced with choices she never dreamed she would have to make. Started: 07/07/10 Finished: 18/07/10 Rated: 4/5 Comments: This was quite a slow book but I didn't lose interest. It's a very emotional story and in true Picoult style, it's very difficult to pick sides. I was very glad with the ending of the book and I don't think it would have worked any other way. Definitely one for any Picoult fan.

Snickers! (well, it is my day off!)

Ghostbusters! So funny

Oooh that sounds good I just had a Flake, cold from the fridge.