What I Ate Wednesday

Hey Hey! 
Happy Hump Day.
 

Welcome back and as promised, to a new what I ate Wednesday. 

Today wasn't a usual day, I had such a huge meal at lunch time I couldn't stomach an evening meal. 

I started my day with a pint of water as usual, along with a decaf Neapresso, a banana and the breakfast of champions, 50/50 toast with plastic cheese! Not good for you but yummy! 
 

And of course, a blob of ketchup!

Steve and I decided to head to Dorchester, initially to look at some house hold stuff, but decided to go for a quiet childfree lunch while the boys were at school.
Nando's was the restaurant of choice! We had a hankerin' for some chicken!
We started with hummus, warm pita bread and piri-piri drizzle, delicious!

Our starter was followed by the butterfly chicken for me, with chips and piri-piri salt and coleslaw, Steve had the Churrasco burger, with piri-piri salted chips and garlic bread, we both went for the medium spice option, a little kick but full of flavour!

We were both stuffed after this, but had some time to kill before the school pick up, so of course it would have been rude to not indulge in desert! I'm so pleased we did, it was so so good! Neither of us could move after but it was well worth it, Caramel Cheesecake, Steve had cream with his....this was probably the best cheesecake I've had in a long time! It was of course finished with an Espresso for me and Double Espresso for Steve, we love our coffee!

 

Yum! A lovely impromptu day date with my man! Something about the sunny weather makes me want to get out and about and today was perfect for it!

That's all for now!
Have a great rest of the week, ill be back on Friday with a look at a new summer outfit I recently purchased from Yours Clothing.

Take care lovelies,

Much Love,
xoxox

 

A Lot of Love, A Boatload of Determination and A Bubble of Crazies!

Hey Hey!

 

Happy weekend and welcome back to All About Jemma.

This post is very special, and one a year ago I didn't think It would be one I would write. In May of 2014 my mum suffered two huge strokes at just 47. It came as a huge shock to everyone, and unfortunately Mum was badly affected by the damage done. We were told during week one of recovery there was a one in three chance she would die within the next few weeks, she didn't, weeks later we were told she would never be able to look after herself again or walk, well....that was all rubbish! And this week we celebrated as a family of 10!

 

We packed up the cars and headed out for the day, a boat ride and lunch, lots of laughs, it was a really lovely day.

 

 

Mum certainly had a lovely day, her smile says it all! Her favourite thing in the world is to have us all together.

The boat ride was from Poole Quay, around Brownsea Island and back again, it lasted around an hour and was ruddy freezing! Beautiful though and was nice to be with everyone.

 

 

Steve and I have done this trip a boat trip a few times, you should definitely give it a go if you're ever in Poole!

I love Poole Quay, it's beautiful and really chilled out, a great place to spend a leisurely afternoon and celebrate someone we all love making it to a stage so so many people said she wouldn't.

 

As a family we have our differences, we bicker and fight, disagree and sulk with each other, we also love each other unconditionally, going through all that we have this last year has just confirmed it. It was really important we celebrated not only our little Ma making it, but all of us too, Stroke kicked our asses big time!

What is it they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger?!

 

 

Well, let me tell you, it's absolutely bloody true!!

 

That's all for tonight lovelies, i'm off to have an early night!

Check back on Wednesday for a "what I ate" post and a "Fashion Friday" on you guessed it, Friday!

 

Take care,

 

Much Love,

xoxox

 

 

What I Ate Wednesday - Date Night Eddition.

Evening all, and happy Wednesday......it's still Wednesday right? I swear the days just mush together at the moment!

 

I'm sat in bed, my children are finally tucked up beneath their pug sheets, and quiet, kind of. They were both shamefully sent to bed early tonight for bad behaviour, Harry was sent to the Headmistress' office, he's 6, my 6 year old was sent to the Head....oh the shame!

He sheepishly came home with his tail between his legs, and after a lengthily rollicking made a 'I'm Sorry' card that he will deliver to school in the morning, little sod.

Yes, I am one of those mothers that isn't ashamed that occasionally, the halo my children directly inherited from their angelic mother slips, I actually detest that kind of mother, that insists their child is perfect and does no wrong. My children are perfect, perfectly normal! They can be badly behaved, cheeky and sometimes push me to the brink of Vodka! They are also beautifully loving and kind souls, pretty intelligent too....another thing they must get from me, but anyway, I digress.

 

This post is a What I Ate Wednesday!

Although, it doesn't feature food I ate on a Wednesday, it's actually bloody lovely scrummy grub I ate on Sunday when my handsome husband and I escaped for a few hours and had a meal in peace!

It was a long time coming and I loved every second. We visited Carluccio's in the next town. It was a first for us both and we were not disappointed! Everything we ate and drank (oh how I love a Peach Bellini, or two) was beautiful, and the service was wonderful.

Ready for the onslaught of pictures?! Here we go!

 

Rocket, yellow and red tomatoes with mozzarella and capers, drizzled with olive oil and herbs.

 

Sea Bass with a barley, tomato, sun dried tomato and rocket salad.

 

Veal wrapped in Parma ham cooked in a sage and white wine sauce, served with rosemary potatoes.

 

More potatoes!

 

Lemon and Watermelon sorbet.

 

A selection of Italian cheese....mmmmm cheese!

 

The obligatory coffee, we like our coffee!

 

Corr, makes me hungry all over again!

I definitely recommend this place, everything was beautiful, and the atmosphere was so relaxed. I can't wait to go back again soon.

 

And of course, a date night isn't complete without the obligatory selfies!

 

 

I love the in-car make up mirror......great lighting for a sultry selfie!

 

So that's all for today, i'm slowly getting back to normal and hope to resume a regular schedule asap....so you'll have more of my ramblings to look forward to! sorry guys ha!

 

Until next time, be safe.

 

Much Love

xoxox