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Lovely weekend

After spending a lovely weekend at the caravan, I am now back home and frantically throwing washing in the machine and making packed lunches for tomorrow.  I really didn't want to come back - especially as the weather was lovely today.  We went for a long walk on the cliff tops...ahhh now I am back to reality.

My son and his girlfriend came to stay with us on Friday night so we went out to the club on the camp site and had a great night - but too much beer I'm afraid.  I had a hangover on Saturday (ouch - bad head!) so had a lazy day just reading and then watching the X Factor. (oh and munching out - oops, chips and star bar but not together!)

I finished reading this....

and then started on this.....

 

Well I better get back to playing catch up xx

Spicy Sauce

I am addicted to this sauce lately.  I decided to eat a bit more healthily and I must admit I am feeling all the better for it.  Instead of flopping on the sofa for half the evening, tonight I have cleaned all the upstairs and bathroom , done some ironing, cooked a family tea and dessert and parcelled up some stuff I've sold on ebay ready to take to the post office after work tomorrow. LOOK I AM EVEN BLOGGING!

I decided to have a jacket potato for my tea instead of eating what everyone else was having.  So I baked a potato in the oven and added some vine ripened tomatos to roast.  I served the potato without butter and just added some philadelphia light and a dash of my lovely sweet chili sauce.  It was divine.  I even skipped dessert.  Now that is scarey.

Which Austen Heroine Are You?

take the quiz

Thanks Tracy for the link to this!

I am still here ......

Sorry sorry sorry to everyone who I owe emails, replies, comments and posts to, I am snowed under at the moment!  I have no time to blog or read blogs which is very depressing but I will be back very soon.

Thanks for all your comments. I apprieciate every one of them!

xx

ps - aren't Guinea pigs funny? - I lonly have to look at their little faces and I'm laughing!

September Saturday

It feels like Autumn this morning.  Although it is bright and sunny, the temperature has definitely dropped and it is a lovely crisp morning.  I am making the most of it by pegging out lots of laundry.  I am sad I know but I love drying my washing on the line and i miss it in the winter!  I am feeling proud of myself because I am already half way through my ironing pile and it's only 10 am (and OMG it was a HUGE pile). Oh my favourite radio show is starting so that will keep me going though the rest of the pile. Jonathan Ross, this man makes me laugh so much. Check him out on Radio 2

This afternoon I will be shopping and baking.  Lovely.

And tonight watching X Factor and hopefully finishing this lovely book....

 

Eve Green by Susan Fletcher

Have a lovely weekend all xx

Dreaming of Cupcakes.....

(Photo from Crumbs & Doilies Website)

I am in a baking mood lately.  I made apple crumble and a birthday cake this weekend.

I went online window shopping for an hour while I enjoyed a cup of tea....

cupcake butter dish

hehe ...love this chefs jacket, perfect for the professional cupcake maker

I will have to make some cupcakes this week....better get some work done now!

Happy Birthday John and Jim!

I love Fridays!  I love them a lot more when it is the working week.  I love that Friday feeling.  It sounds daft i know but it was the one thing I missed when I wasn't working.  The excitment of having the weekend off and doing whatever I fancy. Fridays are my favourite day! (well I like Saturdays and Sundays too!)  I've been busy as usual this week and haven't even been online in the evenings so I have jumped straight on here straight after work for an hour.  I was having severe withdrawal symptoms.  I need to catch up on emails etc.

We have birthdays in our house this weekend.  Today it is my lovely OH John's birthday.  We are having a chinese takeaway, some wine and a dvd. That is as exciting as it gets I'm afraid, he's working early Saturday morning.  Then tomorrow it is my son James' 19th birthday.  Bloody hell I have a 19 year-old! Really? I feel ancient.

Like most 19 year olds he will be away doing his own thing tomorrow (football, pub etc) so on Sunday when we all get together we will be celebrating and having a joint birthday cake. It's typical that I have to bake a cake on the wekend of the nicest weather this year!

My friend as been raving on about this Raclette.  She bought one in France on holiday and says it's delicious.  I am thinking of getting one too.  Does anyone have one? Any recommendations on what to cook on them? 

She does chicken, steak etc on the top and little dishes of chopped mushrooms, onion, sweetcorn, cheese etc. Everyone takes one of the little pans from underneath and puts in their own combination of food, throws on a little cheese and grills it. Then it just slides out onto your plate. Serve with salad. I know my lot will love doing this.  They love pizza so I though about doing pizza type toppings or I wonder if you could do little omelettes?

Well have a wonderful weekend and hopefully I will get back on here before Monday morning.

Bad Boy

How come the six week holiday from school goes zooming by so fast? I can't believe it is over and I am back at work tomorrow. sigh. I suppose if i was still a parent of young children I'm be sighing with relief not regret. 

There is only one thing for it.  Feet up, large mug of tea to wash this down

yum yum (sorry about rubbish picture - bad light)

and reading this magazine which popped through my letterbox yesterday and I got all excited! I love Ottobre Magazine.

 

xx