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Let's talk about toilet paper
From secretly appreciating those odd little toilet paper arrows in hotel rooms, to being faintly nauseated by the sight of a used roll*, I've always been a little bit weird about the humble toilet roll. The paper has to go over the top of the roll, it has to be white, I'm (shhhh) just not that into the recycled stuff and for the love of god, don't call it 't.p.'. In addition, I cannot enter into discussions about folding and scrunching... I just can't. And, please, take your patterns elsewhere, I cannot look.
In Africa and the Middle East and most of Asia, toilet rolls are few and far between. To be honest, those Italians aren't that big on keeping the toilet well stocked either. In all these places, I went, I saw, I walked around with an entire toilet roll in my pocket, just in case. I did. Big pockets.
99% of the time, wherever I am, I am the one to change the toilet roll. Doing a roll changeover appears to be my life's work and I'm no shirker. Nothing riles me more than seeing two mangy squares still attached to an otherwise empty roll. Seriously, what is that? Is toilet paper so laborious to change that we have to fake a full roll, just to get out of changing it? The two-sheets-left act is just so calculated, so stingy. It says a lot about a person... but what, I'm not exactly sure.
Too much?
Where do you stand (sit) on toilet paper? White? Patterned? Recycled?
Where do you stand (sit) on toilet paper? White? Patterned? Recycled?
Any odd little habits you'd like to share?
* Even used rolls used as beautifully as in the Yuken Teruya artwork pictured here. Even them!
Home-made honeycomb
Honeycomb (makes about 10 bags)
Ingredients
- 600g (3 cups) caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 2 tbsp liquid glucose
- 100ml water
- 100ml liquid honey
- 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 400g Hotel Chocolat milk chocolate drops
Cooking instructions
- Grease and line baking tray with non-stick baking paper
- Place the sugar, honey, water and liquid glucose in a heavy based jug
- Heat on full power and using a candy thermometer, heat until the temperature reaches 160 deg C
- Remove from heat quickly
- Add the bicarbonate of soda and whisk immediately
- Pour onto a greased baking sheet and leave to cool down
- Break into small chunks
- Temper milk chocolate
- Dip the chunks of honeycomb into the chocolate
- Place on a sheet of baking paper and leave to set
Floral printed paper bags from Zonart and Kamika, tops of bag folded over and punched with a ribbon punch and gingham ribbon threaded through holes and tied in a cute bow
I have added the candy thermometer I use to my new Amazon shop - a place where you can find lots of items I have and use here on Torie Jayne to make candy, cakes, sweet treats and more.
Have a sweet day!
love
joining in with the theme of 'love' @ Mamma-razzi this week
I took this shot soon after getting my new camera a few years back & was grabbing every opportunity to get used to it!
it's of special friends & their gorgeous little man who now has a little brother too
pure love captured ♥
21 Week Bumpdate
Photo notes: This was before the jar of spaghetti sauce and I fought for fifteen minutes...it won...and my white shirts became splattered red. Oh, and all this only two days after I spilled orange Fanta on another white shirt. I should add "clumsiness" to my symptoms...
How far along: 21 weeks!
Baby: Is the size of a banana!
Total Weight Gained: Unknown. As of last doctors appt...a total of 0 (back at starting weight)...but I'm pretty sure that I'll have a jump by my next appt. in 3 weeks.
Sleep: Some nights better than others. Wedged between two pillows really helps support the belly and back.
Maternity Clothes: Pants are becoming a must, unless they are are (non-maternity) stretchy pants. Luckily I have some gaucho capri's for work, they're my fav. to wear during the week. No shirts yet.
Best Moment of the Week: Hubby feeling her move more and her furniture arriving! AND on Mothers Day, Addison's gift was making my tummy move with her kicks :) First time I have seen that and it was so amazing.
Food Cravings: Anything cool and fresh...water with lemon, fruits, veges, salads.
Aversions: shrimp and I don't know why... maybe because I'm afraid of the smell. And thinking of hot dogs grosses me out. Symptoms: indigestion (much less thanks to Pepcid), back pain (increasing), round ligament pain (ouch), and preggo brain.
Movement: pretty often, I'm feeling her movement higher in my stomach now which feels even weirder :) I love every one of them though, especially when I'm just laying there quietly.
Gender: Little Girl Addison Mae.
What I miss: sleeping on my back
What I'm looking forward to: starting her nursery! Now that the furniture & mattress is in we just have to paint and everything should fall into place fairly fast! I'm going to enjoy each step of this process :)
Weekly Wisdom: the "good parts" of pregnancy does come! Hang on if you're in the first trimester. It gets better by the day. I feel like I'm actually starting to enjoy being pregnant, minus a couple things. It's getting much more exciting!
Milestones: In the second half of the second trimester! On one hand 19 weeks seems like a long time to go, on the other hand I can't believe in only 19 weeks I will be holding my daughter!
My sweet pea is getting bigger!
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