Why did you choose your forum name plus photos of our kitchens

[DizzyGirl]

Lellyj, mine is a girl because I can't believe a man could do some many things successfully 

Sorry to all the male members out there, but I was referring to my hubby who never finishes anyhting.

fundj, it is pretty close, though I don't use the hot plates much since getting thermie. I have glass hot plates, so I always use thermie on top of that as I then have the rangehood on to get rid of the steam.

[andiesenji]

I don't do windows either.  I pay for a service that comes twice a year and cleans the sand out of the screens - on the windows that open - and cleans the other windows inside and out.  I also use the Windex Outdoor sprayer  that fits onto the end of a hose,  after we have a big dust storm in between visits by the cleaning crew. 

[JuliaBalbilla]

Mine's a boy too.  His name is Heston because Heston Blumenthal was the first chef I knew to use TMs in his kitchen.  The Hostess Trolley is called Delia (after Delia Smith) as they both gained popularity in the 1970s.  Heston and Delia advertise and create dishes for Waitrose (a UK supermarket) so we are referring to both the HT and the TM we call them 'The Waitrose Twins'.

Oh, just as an aside my forum name is my general user name for things such as Flickr and was chosen because at the time I was home educating DD.  One of the subjects we did was Classical Studies and during the course of this I came across Julia Balbilla who was a Greco-Roman poetess.  Little is know about her unfortunately.  And, no I cannot write poetry ...

JB

[Carine]

Didn't know about Julia Balbilla...
Grinned at TMX- gender discussion...
Felt better about my dirty windows (no dust storm , but plenty of rain at the moment! - my DH looks after the window cleaning job too  )...
This forum is definitely open to many different discussions 

[DizzyGirl]

This forum makes a girl feel good 

I feel like we are all so alike and love the fact that I am not the only one who names their TMX, genderises it and has dirty windows.

I am not as mad as I first thought, or perhaps I am, I just surround myself with mad friends LOL 

[judydawn]

You are not wrong there DG.  We all have so much in common here and being able to share things with so many people is really uplifting at times.

[deedub]

Still on the dirty windows theme.... here's the kitchen photo I originally chose NOT to post because of the state of the windows (lots of smeary hand prints at child height), but I can now see I'm amongst friends  . Much better picture of 'the Wiz' (gender neutral). Maybe we can start a competition on who has the dirtiest windows!

[cookie1]

The windows look fine to me- you can still see out of them.

[JuliaBalbilla]

Your windows look fine and you have far more than we do!  Our kitchen is very dingy as not enough natural light plus naff British weather etc.  Also what windows we have constantly need cleaning :-(  The cats like to sit on the outside window ledges and rub their muddy paws over the panes.  Grrr!

JB

[johnro]

I was working away quietly and wondered what the incredibly bright orange light was.....the dots on the pics is a consequence of  the wonderful rain which began spasmodically a couple of days ago.

[Cornish Cream]

Absolutely beautiful Robyn.

[johnro]

It has been as hot here as that sun looks, I would send some your way if I could Denise

[Cornish Cream]

It has been as hot here as that sun looks Denise, I would send some your way if I could Denise

If only!! Really cold here,ice on the roads this morning.I gather from the weather forecast there is stormy weather next!!

[cookie1]

Robyn, those sunset photos are beautiful, so relaxing.

CC I can only imagine having ice on the roads. It must be difficult driving. We had a massive storm here last night. We went out for dinner and drive through part of it. The roads were really awash as the drains couldn't cope with the water.

[andiesenji]

Robyn, those sunset photos are beautiful, so relaxing.

CC I can only imagine having ice on the roads. It must be difficult driving. We had a massive storm here last night. We went out for dinner and drive through part of it. The roads were really awash as the drains couldn't cope with the water.

Right now it is snowing - so much for the myth of "sunny California" - at least at this altitude.  There is a "caution" message running across the bottom of my TV, warning that travel on the local highways may be dangerous due to blowing snow and black ice.  Travel on highway 138 between Palmdale and I-15 will possibly require chains at higher elevations. 

Which reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw on an SUV  when I went to the market a few days ago.

CHAINS REQUIRED  in large letters, below in much smaller text - Whips and Boots Optional.