bigfoodiemama

It has been a very tough week. It's bad enough that we lost two of our baby pumpkins but now the big mama has bit the dust....a tragic loss. She now rests on the compost heap so at least her life was not in vain ,and others may benefit from her generous donation in the future, but I was heartbroken. I broached the subject very gingerly with the 5 year old , who simply said " sure we'll buy more seeds Mammy and grow some more". The young can be so harsh !We now have one small, lumpy pumpkin left after months of prayer, love and attention and it looks like my encyclopedia of pumpkin recipes can be reduced to a pamphlet.This would all be bad enough in itself, if the Teacher had not decided to post photos on facebook of his offspring and his children....magnificent orange pumpkins of varying sizes and the two children in ecstasy posing beside them.....oh the sheer insensitivity of it ! How could he ? I thought we were friends. GASP is not impressed that there is someone o...

So, GASP has very kindly decided to go to Newly Singles for dinner on Friday night. It is getting even more exciting as I met her fir a picnic today and she was able to tell me that the Porn Star is coming ( excuse the pun !) as is the Baking Queen and the Teacher....the makings of an excellent night indeed. Now the porn star is a gentleman (?) friend of the Financial Advisors and has previously shown up for dinner wearing a t-shirt with this written on it "Amateur gynaecologist at your cervix". He also greeted the Ban Garda for the frist time with the words " you have magnifient breasts". He is therefore not backward at coming forward ( just can't help it !).He was at the Sage and Stone Food and Craft Fair on Saturday selling Art....non erotic Art !He was previously a member of the army, which I for one always found hard to believe as he wouldn't know a covert operation if it hit him on the crotch. He is now an art dealer/gallery owner and has some really l...