Today is my Dad’s birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy! We were supposed to be going out for a family meal at the weekend (until we were all struck down with the lurgy…) so, he needed a cake. My Dad is a fan of Chocolate Oranges. Or maybe actually he isn’t. It may be one of those … Continue reading
I have to ‘fess up. This post is a bit of a cheat. I have copied and pasted it from my old blog, and I made these lampshades a little while back. In my defence, they were made entirely using stuff we already had, so nothing new was bought, and I have been struck down … Continue reading
I LOVE our freezers. That’s right-plural…! We have 3 drawers underneath the fridge in the kitchen, and then someone gave us their old freezer when we moved, so we have two! Yay! They are both rammed full of all sorts of things, and I am a little obsessive about making things to freeze. To the … Continue reading
Being the good and dedicated Waste Watcher that I am, today I was leafing through WEEK 1 of Karen Cannard’s Rubbish Diet Challenge…. There are loads of great tips on there about how to Slim Your Bin, but it was Chapter 4, Say NO to Junk Mail that caught my eye. I know it can … Continue reading
OK. BIG admission here…. We are going to buy new…. ….Solar panels! We have finally made the decision to ‘just do it’. We have talking about it for ages. In fact, when we first started talking about it, we could have got them free, and after that we could still have got a really great … Continue reading
The 2nd in my little series of stop food waste posts, (original post here, and omlettes and frittatas here), and this time it is the classic that is …. Fridge Soup I am sure you are all well versed in the loveliness of fridge soup, indeed many (ok, one, at the moment) lovely readers, have … Continue reading
With the roaring success of the crocheted cushion cover still ringing in my ears, I was keen to crack on and start my next crocheting project…. I saw this fab post by The Stitch Sharer for a hat, and it looked pretty good, so I thought I would give it a go! This is what … Continue reading
Despite my fantabulous breadmaking day at River Cottage and excellent tuition from the lovely Aidan of The Phoenix Bakery, bread is still proving to be my nemesis. And if I’m honest, it’s starting to really annoy me… After the breadmaking day, I was full of enthusiasm, and crazy ideas for starting breadmaking lessons in schools, … Continue reading
I had a bit of a strop recently (most unlike me…!!) at the state of our house. It is a mess. A big mess. I have no-one to blame but myself. Well, and the lovely hubby. And quite possibly the Smalls too…. The Smalls are the best at making mess, I am not far behind, … Continue reading
I met up with the lovely Kerry from the fabulous My Lovebumps blog last week. Weirdly enough, she lives in my town. I say weirdly, as we met online (now that does sound weird…) Along with a couple of other lovely bloggers, she runs The Pinaddicts Challenge. And you all must know by now, I … Continue reading
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