Is it pineapple sponge today? is a blog about adapting to having a chronic illness and being a carer.
It’s also about food, wildlife, and anything else that crosses my busy mind!
The name comes from the time I spent in hospital, where my main interest each day was whether my favourite dessert would be on the menu.
Latest posts
- Playing favourites
Tempura chicken, Mediterranean veg, zigzag fries I think mum’s friend Walker might be my new favourite person. She came round to visit mum this afternoon, and mum regaled her with her usual routine of how nobody loves her, nobody wants… Read more: Playing favourites - Crisis, with cake
Veg stirfry with rice; rhubarb and ginger cake Today has been a Bad Day. (And my phone autocorrected that to “Another Bad Day”, which… well, you’re not wrong, phone.) Mum continues to feel very unwell and, as a result, has… Read more: Crisis, with cake - Repetition
Cheesy potato bake with salad; autumn apple compote and custard I don’t think I have ever come as close to throwing something at mum as I have today. The antibiotics for her UTI are already kicking in, meaning she has… Read more: Repetition - Cookbook achieved
Crispy chicken and Mediterranean veg Mum has been very unwell all day today. I do feel for her – UTIs are miserable things – but at the same time my patience has been wearing periously thin. It turns out there… Read more: Cookbook achieved - Waiting around, again
Gammon with rarebit, cheese and potato croquettes, salad Mum has spent most of today running to the loo. Her anxiety has been through the roof, and she has been feeling distinctly unwell. All put together, I think it’s likely that… Read more: Waiting around, again
Is it pineapple sponge today? 