IKEA

We went to IKEA.  Bear is still in school and doesn't break up until Thursday but DH is off so we called in. 

I had been dithering about getting something to put the tv on in the dining room.  The way things are set up, we couldn't hang it on the wall, we like to have something to cover the sound of chewing (today it was Mythbusters on YouTube) and it is often hidden by a bottle of ketchup.  We impulse bought SIGFINN monitor stand

Image from IKEA

It was more than I had hoped to spend, but at least I could see the explosions clear of the salt cellar.  

I also got a jar for lentils (smashed the last one yesterday) and ten boxes.  Four boxes are larger and I hope to use them to organise the shelves in my tins cupboard.  I can't get to my cupboards properly any more.  I can't get down to the floor with any prospect of getting up and I can't kneel.  I plan to put the tins in the boxes and slide the boxes in and out.  I have a dozen tins of beans and sausage to manage, so this should help.  Six other boxes are smaller and should be fine for freezer and microwave.  I have a very poor record when it comes to batch cooking and freezing but I want to get some home made soup stashed in small portions.  Then I can drag it out for when bear gets home.  Also if I am feeding a lot of lads, I can have that defrosting and heating in the microwave while I make mayonnaise rolls and feed random number of bear's pals.  

I really need to get back to baking.  I know that I can bake, and I have a combination microwave, a halogen oven, a multi cooker and a double oven stove so I should be able to knock something up.