Slowly slowly I have put together another post for SHARE-YOUR-WORLD. I like this week’s questions. They were straightforward and it was easy for me to answer them. (That has helped because my head has been bullying me with more pain than is normal.)
Melanie, the creator of sparksfromacombustiblemind has provided some lovely questions in her SHARE-YOUR-WORLD post below:
https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2020/09/21/share-your-world-hp-9-21-2020/
Questions
What ingredients go into YOUR favorite salad?
I like salad. It is the main part of my diet for most of the year. I the coldest part of winter, I may ditch salad for cooked vegetables. I especially like green salads.
I have had a habit this summer of making a huge green salad every few days which I have a portion of every single day as part of a meal. The green salad is made up of kos lettuce, lamb’s lettuce, rocket, cucumber, celery, spring onions, parsley, and sometimes some green pepper.
But when I have a salad on it’s own it would have all sorts of other goodies thrown in…seeds, nuts, chickpeas, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, other veggies either fresh (peppers, grated carrot, beetroot, sweetcorn, radishes, avocados) or cooked (maybe roasted butternut squash, caramelised onions or new potatoes), sometimes a grain like couscous or freekeh, sometimes a mix of herbs or even something yummy like pomegranate seeds. Every salad is unique and delicious.
There is one distinguishing feature in most of my salads. I like to finely chop everything. I am not sure why, but I love every mouthful tasting different. Finely chopped ingredients help to mix up each bite.
If you care to, share something that really irritates you.
I am a mild mellow person on the whole. Some things irritate me though. Qualities like arrogance I guess. People being rude as rude can be. But I try to remember that everyone has a bad day. Rude might not be their default mode.
Political propaganda seems like a farce, a joke, and it is beyond me why people can become so inflamed and dogmatic and unreasoning about politics.
I know someone who is constantly telling us about her wonderful work and how many mistakes she finds her colleagues making. The team are amazing. They all work hard. Dissing the team is not appreciated. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and because the colleague who seems to think she is brilliant regularly calls in sick, the rest of the team are often under extra pressure. I don’t know I just think humility is the way to go…and claiming you are better or superior than everyone else is just not the way to go about life or work.
But you know what…what she is doing is simply a human weakness. I feel more empathy more than irritation. Most of us finally come face to face with our weaknesses and realize what an idiot we have been. That is an opportunity to change, to be a better person. We are all learning about life about love and about what really matters. Most of us have all the basics in the right place, we need more fine-tuning though to be at our best.
We are all little children who need better guidance.
What are your favorite ‘lounging around the house’ items of clothing? Now that a lot of people ‘lounge around the house’ waiting for the all clear in respect to Covid being shown the door, have those lounging items changed?
If I know I am going to be in my little nest most of the day, doing housework or working remotely, I tend to put on a pair of chinos. I have navy, olive, white, beige, red chinos that are smart and I have two pairs that are particularly comfortable – one pair are white, the other turquoise. I usually wear them with a T-shirt.
I am quite practical and functional when it comes to clothing. Some people use clothing to express their personality. However, I just wear what seems to fit the activity ahead of me. I have a section of my wardrobe that is perfect for wearing with steel toe capped boots or hiking boots. Then I have smart clothes for paid work. I have a lot of pretty dresses for nights out or social events. I have summery clothes and winter clothes.
I have my own fairly simple functional style, but I love to wear gorgeous dresses whenever I have the opportunity.
Gratitude
Please feel free to share something about Autumn (or Spring if you’re gearing up for that) that you especially enjoy!
lol – 2020 has taught me not to think too far ahead! Let’s take Autumn first. I guess I am looking forward to more walking in the autumn months ahead, soup and buttered toast, hot chocolate, cuddling up with Jack.
Last autumn we were secretly dating. It was so special. We may be able to enjoy our second autumn mostly enjoying evenings in alone. That is pretty amazing. I want to do lots of autumnal things with Jack. I want him to keep me warm over the next few months. I want to be closer to him than ever.
If we have learnt anything from this year, surely it is that not to leave the people you love in any doubt that you love them! I love Jack! I love him!
If I may ask, why was your relationship a secret last year? Just curious.
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It’s a long story Greg. Sorry I am so tired at the moment, I am not up to explaining it all again. It was very delicate/fragile last year…for lots of reasons. We had been estranged for over 4 years. Plus there was Goldfinch. But more than anything was my fear over the bullying/trolling I experienced when I became associated with jack and his fans hated me. Jack did not do much to help me. Anyway, it is all the past. 2020 has given us a lot of freedom.
https://crushedcaramel.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/i-will-never-ignore-my-phone-again/
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I love how your title sums up all your answers. Great job.
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Thank you. I liked these questions, not too complicated. I have not had the mental energy to think clearly this week.
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Your salads sound amazing! I love an interesting salad. 🙂
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I love my veg. But I get bored easily. So I try to use as much variety as I can. There are endless salad recipes which give me ideas for throwing something different into a salad. There are also some restaurants that I have been to who have served really interesting salads and I try to recreate them at home. Almost every week I also make a small mix of very finely chopped cucumber, red onion and tomato, which is lovely.
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Sounds great too. I have a book of salad recipes. My favourite is a broccoli salad. It’s so delicious! 😋
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I love broccoli. The first time I ever had it in a salad was over in America, with a blue cheese dressing.
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Yum! I can email you my recipe if you like?
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That would be great ❤
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Okay. I’ll get in to that later. 🙂
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Thanks Mel for Sharing Your World! I know having that level of head pain can be devastating, so your participation is that much more precious! I hope you’ve had a scan to find out why the pain has come back so strongly too….that’s really not normal and perhaps there’s a cause? Take care this week! Chopped salad is one of my favorite types, you’re right – a good mix of flavors in bite sized form! Your lounging clothes sound very comfortable, but your sense of style shines through too! Have a great week sweetie!
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My head is still not on top form. I managed to get through an afternoon at work, but around 4pm my head started aching again and made the last two hours pretty harsh.
Salad is so yummy….and I must admit I love chinos.
Thanks Melanie ❤
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I’m with you on trying to chop all salads up.
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Sometimes I go to a friend’s house and they serve massive wedges of salad veg. I find it a little odd….but I am one of those fine people who likes everything to be just fine!
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