got the oven fully cleaned and back in working order. left the broken lightbulb insitu cuz the one place dh checked didnt have that type of bulb, only the screw in type, this one is a baton. we'll find on after xmas i think. we did find, when the bulb came out, that the rubber? washer thingy that fits over the edge of the lightbulb cover to seal the bulb from the food steam etc.was still there. this is good as the one on the secondhand cover we got was hard, brittle and barely there at all. anyhow dd and ds will get their papas roast leg of pork and vegetables on friday as expected. she was a bit worried that wasnt going to happen so she'll be happy now.
so this past week got the fridge cleaned, the freezer deiced and clean and the oven clean. that is the most cleaning i've done since march. got the bedroom ready for dd and her so and their cat to arrive tomorrow evening. have washed down some walls and ceilings around the house too. dont know why i am in cleaning mode but it keeps me busy i guess so not thinking too much about stuff. still dont really know what dd and ds want this xmas to be like. its clearly wont be the same as always but whether that is how they want it or not i dont know. we dont have a tree yet. usually dh gets one from one of his florists that sells fresh ones each year. but this guy now has lots of little shops/stalls all around the west area and dh hasnt actually met up with him when picking up so who knows if we'll have one or not. i dont have my helper to get the boxes of decorations out of the ceiling anyhow. :( ds has been working hard the past two weeks and we've not heard much from him cept the odd occasion on facebook. he works two jobs. one intermittenly but flat out long days when that one is on. the other is a part time fish shop with as many hours as they'll give him between the first job. gotta keep the dollars rolling in anyway ya can.
while rootling round the net i came across an article about how chickpeas will lower your cholesterol. i love oatmeal but only in winter, not during the heat of summer. chickpeas i'll eat all year round and from the sound of it they're even better than oatmeal. they dd suggested chickpea sprouts. i've done alfalfa sprouts for sandwiches and mung beans for stir frys but not in years. so along with all the hummus i can eat (wheres the low fat, low sodium chips) and putting the cps whole into various stove top and/or oven cooked one pot dishes i'll have to try some sprouts. seems you need to eat 25 ounces a week to get the job done in a hurry. all that fibre oughta help in other ways too, i hope. i love hummus and the addition of whole cps in other dishes are also yummy. j.