30 Days Of Me - Day 23 - Something you crave for a lot.

Lets start this one with a definition.

crave   [kreyv]
 - verb (used with object)

1. to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly: to crave sweets; tocrave affection.
2. to require; need: a problem craving prompt attention.
3. to ask earnestly for (something); beg for.
4. to ask (a person) earnestly for something or to do something.

 - Synonyms

1. yearn for, hunger for. 

I always think that the synonyms are the best way to get a handle on a words definition.

There are two things that I really want.

Time & Space

Time to do the things that I want to do and space to keep my stuff.

I feel that I have very little time of my own.

All the time I feel that my space is shrinking.

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Friday Fun - Simple Sinewave Synthesizer

Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

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30 Days Of Me - Day 22 - What makes you different from everyone else.

The common theme for this seams to be DNA.

However I this that is what makes me the same, depending on how you count it there is between 0.1% and 1.0% differences.

What makes me different is my family, my friends, and all other people who I interact with.

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30 Days Of Me - Day 21 - A picture of something that makes you happy.

I don't really have one thing that you can put into a picture which makes me happy.

I think you can sum it up with the song 'Sunshine On My Shoulders' by John Denver

So here is a picture of the apartment we rented for a 2 week holiday in sunny Spain.

Having a holiday with family in the sun, that is what makes me happy

If you check out my Flickr link to more from this holiday.

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30 Days Of Me - Day 20 - Someone you see yourself marrying / being with in the future

This is a trick one.

Still see myself with Deb. I could never think of being with anyone else.

We met when Deb was working as a Saturday shop assistant at my mum's gift shop. She wanted the day off so I covered. 

This was the first time that we met when she came into the shop with her best friend. Deb has a story to tell about that meeting or should I say what she said after to her best friend. 

We started going out when we were 17, engaged at 19, married at 21, and Emma was born 4 years later.

Some people said it would never last.

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30 Days Of Me - Day 19 - Nicknames you have; why do you have them

I only have two that I can remember. Well that is apart from 'Oy you'

1. Elmo - (from school) Don’t think it was anything to do with Sesame Street, I don’t really know where it came from. 
2. Gadget - (from a place I worked) I was an Quality Control Inspector in a sheet metal bashing factory. Where I use to inspect all the work being carried out. I always had the exactly the right measuring instrument on me when some one wanted an inspection done. 

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Monday Munchies - Crispy mozzarella topped chicken

It’s a delicious chicken dish topped with mozzarella with a special sauce.

Ingredients

1. 100g toasted fine breadcrumbs
2. 100g toasted mixed nuts, crushed
3. 50g plain flour
4. 2 medium eggs
5. 1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
6. 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
7. 10 tablespoons olive oil
8. 2 mozzarella balls, drained and sliced
9. Salt and pepper

For the sauce

1. 5 tablespoons olive oil
2. 1 large red onion, finely sliced
3. 4 anchovy fillets in oil, drained. (original recipe said 8, even 4 can be too many,) 
4. 800g tinned cherry tomatoes
5. 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

1. To prepare the sauce, heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan and fry the onion and anchovies for 6 minutes until golden. Add in the cherry tomatoes and parsley, season with salt and pepper and cook, uncovered, over a medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.
2. Meanwhile, preheat the grill. Mix together the breadcrumbs, nuts and flour on a large plate. Gently beat the eggs with the parsley and a pinch of seasoning in a large bowl.
3. With a meat mallet, beat the chicken breasts between two sheets of clingfilm on a board until the breasts are 1cm thin. Dip into the eggs, then coat in the breadcrumb mixture.
4. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and gently fry the chicken for about 4 minutes on each side until crisp and golden. Transfer to kitchen paper to allow any excess oil to drain.
5. Put the chicken on a baking tray and top each one with two slices of mozzarella. Place under a hot grill until the cheese has melted.
6. To serve, spread 4–5 tablespoons of the sauce in the centre of each plate and place a chicken breast on top.

30 Days Of Me - Day 18 - Plans / dreams / goals you have.

At the moment I don’t really have many.

1. A long term goal it to get to grade 7 with Toby in KC agility. 
2. I also want to get to a UK final with him. We are both able to get there and we both have a lot to learn, and it will take a few years. I guess about another 5 years making him 7 years old.
3. Go back to being self employed.It is so much better.
4. Get to New Zealand to see some very special people.

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30 Days Of Me - Day 17 - Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

I was going to say Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown in the 1999 film "The Thomas Crown".

I do love the film.

But actually I just want to be me. May be with a bit more money so I can have a bit more time and space.
No matter who you are you will always want to be some one else at some time in your life.

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"


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