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This week I’ve had another forrage around in my brain to catalogue some of the things I’ve been mulling, and this time I actually doodled the words on paper!<\/p>\n

So here we go, this is why these seven words\/phrases are the words of this past week:<\/p>\n

Journal<\/strong> Keeping diaries and journals is a brilliant idea.\u00a0 Sometime I’m strapped for time to fit this in, but when I can I like to record what I’ve been up to, what stage I’m at in life and follow how my activities and thoughts change and develop over the years.\u00a0 I tend to find a pretty covered hardback notebook helps me to write in it more often.\u00a0 At present I’m in the midst of a stylish plain black hardback reporters notepad, but when I’m finished I may opt to upgrade to something prettier.\u00a0 If I were you, I’d seriously consider a Large Elephant Dung notebook<\/a>, or an Embroidered Journal<\/a>, or the slightly more masculine choice of a Recycled Vinyl Notepad<\/a> if you were thinking of starting one.\u00a0 I really recommend it.<\/p>\n

Double Portions <\/strong>It’s just me and Phil at home, and sharing the cooking between two of you takes more time than we would like.\u00a0 That’s why cooking double portions is simply the greatest idea known to man (provided you own a freezer…)\u00a0 Cooking a double portion of chilli, or a curry or a shepherd pie is easy peasy.\u00a0 It means you have to buy in larger quantities too, not diddly “couple portions” so 500g bags like Suma Prepacks Kidney Beans<\/a>, or buying cases of tins of Kidney Beans<\/a> are ideal, as are big bags of dried lentils<\/a>, perfect for curries – and no need for soaking. (Yes!)<\/p>\n

Tea? <\/strong>Need I say more?\u00a0 It keeps our nation going!\u00a0 There are never-ending mugs of Cafedirect Everyday Tea<\/a> on the go on the office and we had a lovely chat with our followers about this on twitter<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

Egg Hunt <\/strong>If you haven’t heard, then you could miss out!\u00a0 We have an Easter Egg Hunt on around the site where you could win some scrumptious Divine Chocolate!\u00a0 Entries have been flying in and the competition closes on 31st March.\u00a0 For more information on how to enter the competition, take a look at the Big Easter Egg Hunt<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

Frogs!<\/strong> This week, I saved the lives of two frogs!\u00a0 On Wednesday night, I nearly drove over 3 frogs in different places, but narrowly missed due to my sharp eyesight…\u00a0 Why there were so many frogs out at that time of the night far away from a frog-like home, I have no idea.\u00a0 All three were rather hefty sized species, all sitting perfectly still in the middle of surburbian roads.\u00a0 When I had a chance a bit later, I went out with a disused washing up bowl filled with a little water and coaxed the croakers into my bowl, which I then sneakily positioned close to the next door neighbours pond.\u00a0 The following morning, they had left my bowl and were hopefully enjoying stretching their legs next door.\u00a0 Ahh, it feels good to be responsible for the animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seedlings <\/strong>Inspired by Ruth’s blog on Allotment<\/a>s<\/a> and by the general warmer weather, I’ve been stocking up on seeds and mini greenhouses and attempting to grow my own veg this year.\u00a0 So far, the cress that was planted is now approximately 2mm tall… result!<\/p>\n

Catalogue <\/strong>Some of the of the team have been busy working on our Spring\/Summer Catalogue for 2010 and this week the final copy has been sent to the printing press, which is very exciting.\u00a0 (Take a peek at them on Flickr<\/a>…) You can order your copy here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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