A Little Bit Poorly

We had a day at home today which was lovely - Kaye was coming for supper having gone to the beach at St George's and then called in on Mum who had had her sodium infusion this morning and was like a different person as a result.  It is amazing how it perks her up and John and I have begun to notice when presumably her levels are low as she becomes less steady on her feet and more confused.  I am guessing that probably contributed to her having a fall on Sunday.

Anyway I was in getting food ready for the evening when I got a text and photograph from Gail to tell us that poor Dot was in the wars again.  She had had an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics she had been given and it had turned into a nasty mass on her back and she was bendy enough to be able to scratch it.

This reminded me of the times when first Chivers and then Charlie had a wound that they kept scratching and ended up having to wear one of John's socks which we modified so it looked like a jumper.  Neither of them seemed to mind wearing it, in fact bless Chivers he stood loud and proud in it!!!  Gail has got Dot a child's t-shirt to keep the wound covered.

On the subject of wounds I managed to chop the top of my thumb off this morning whilst John was talking to his mum.  

When I went to Ikea I bought a mandoline set and decided to use it today to do the veggies that go into Cornish Pasties as this is what we are having on Sunday.

I cut the veg up no problem, in fact the mandoline was so sharp it made slicing the swede an absolute joy but when I came to clean the thing I just hadn't appreciated quite how lethally sharp it was even though I had a double thickness tea-towel the blade sliced through that and the top of my thumb.  It was so sharp I didn't feel it but I knew what I had done and I didn't think it was going to stop bleeding at first.  Eventually after a lot of pressure it did settle down and I managed to put some gunk on it and a plaster.  The only problem is I am not very good with plasters and so my thumb ended up looking like it was dead.

So tonight we had three little fishies on a little dishy for supper but not before we had had a selection of non-dairy dips for starter including my piece de resistance - muhammara which is absolutely the best dip in the world ever - amen!   We had muhammara, houmous and tahini because they are all fine for someone who doesn't do dairy.  We followed this with Thai spiced Sea Bream with new potatoes and a salad and it was absolutely delicious even if I do say so myself.  

We are now so geared up to feeding people with dietary requirements that it doesn't phase us at all which is good and doesn't make our diners all stressy which is doubly good.  I have tomorrow off too which means I can have a good night's sleep and face the day knowing everything is in hand!