Wednesday 30 September 2015

Odds 'n Ends

This post has no structure (a lot like my first drafts tbh), it's just an update really in a valiant effort not to go too long without writing on my blog.
Yep, they are my fingers

Yesterday I turned 28. It was a fabulous day - me and my mum spent the morning collectively loitering around the countryside (which you know I am fond of) and then spent the rest of the day relaxing. I didn't do anything crazy - I didn't see any friends, have a huge party or anything like that but it was one of the loveliest birthdays I've had in a very long time and one I will remember always. I suppose my last two were marred by illness so to spend the whole day feeling well is a present in itself. I really don't think it has sunk in yet that I am well though - I am making the most of it but in some kind of dreamlike haze. Obviously if I flare again, that will be when it dawns on me and I'll spend my time ill staring wistfully out the window wishing I was having a good ol' loiter. Sigh.

Gluten free pasta of DREAMS
I am STILL eating well. Even though I haven't cut out gluten or dairy, I have been trying to limit the intake of both as much as possible - cue brown rice pasta, a.k.a. my new obsession (that and Jane Seymour TV movies - what?). I had wanted to try this stuff for ages and when I had the chance to pick some up from Waitrose, I was so glad I did. Granted, it has a slight fishy smell while cooking but when it is done, it tastes just like any other regular pasta ... if I am being perfectly honest, it's among the best pasta I've ever had. Mixed with pesto it fills me with utter joy (photographic evidence to the left, to the left). As I don't live anywhere near a place that sells it, I am excited when I return to London this weekend, to stock up! If you are looking to make some healthier changes in your diet without missing out on flavour etc, give brown rice pasta a go - it costs £1.89 for 500g (5 portions).

Until next time.

Monday 14 September 2015

I'm feeling generous

I am still doing well and having a whale of a time. Yesterday, a dear bunch of my close friends came to see me and it was just wonderful. I was a girl - not a girl with a condition. I am so grateful I went through this crazy hard process because it has truly changed me. This blog certainly wouldn't exist without it - or anything I have written. Normal posts will resume soon but I am having much too much fun loitering about the countryside to do anything remotely constructive. I am rereading A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught at the moment though so things aren't completely different...

Now onto the point of this post: I'M DOING ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!

If you weren't already convinced you needed to enter this giveaway, feast your eyes on this stud:



GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

I am going to be giving away on Goodreads another signed copy of my book WEIGHTING TO LIVE. Unfortunately this time it is only open to people who live in GB.

To enter the Goodreads giveaway, click here(or click the widget on the top right hand side of this page).

Giveaway ends on Tuesday 13th October 2015. 


Links to buy the paperbacks
WEIGHTING TO LIVEhere (UK) and here (US)
CHANGES: A SHORT STORY COLLECTIONhere (UK) and here (US)
***Also available at all worldwide Amazons too***

If you enter, best of luck *runs out the door into the countryside to loiter some more*

Until next time.