In Grandmas kitchen .....

.... you get to make lemon curd tarts with the left-over pastry Grandma saved for you.

not too much not too little

press down gently

time for a goofy smile

cutting out the pastry



Grandma would be horrified if she knew I included this pic!
(notice the unintentionally colour co-ordinated grandparents!!)



Grandmas guiding hands :)

Its such a shame that I forgot to take photos of the tarts when they came out of the oven. They were delicious! Its also a shame that you won't eat anything like these tarts so you will never know how good they tasted :(

its my turn :)

Debs at Paper Turtle has picked me to be the next recipient of the book 'Inner Excavation' by Liz Lamoreux. This book began its journey with "Pass The Book" a book circle began by the lovely Sian over in Ireland. She passed it to Cheri who then passed it to Debs (both lovely ladies in the US) & now it will be on its way back over the Atlantic to me! How very lovely :)
Im really looking forward to reading this book!!


Changing the subject...........

.........I can't remember where this image came from but she speaks volumes don't you think?

quick update

I have been struggling along with many other people to leave comments on the blogs I am reading. This is Bloggers fault apparently ...... I wish they would hurry up & solve the problem!
So just to let you know I am reading all my faves as usual :)

I have also been getting to grips with Pinterest. Totally time consuming (as if I needed another reason NOT do do the ironing)! I have some invites left if anyone would like one? Leave your email in the comments if you do :)

xx

AWOL

I know. I have been absent. I am back. Procrastination kills blogtime so I killed procrastination tonight. I have a feeling it may be back again some time soon.
I have been reading lots of blogs dear reader but could not seem to find the umph to actually write my own. Tonight I found this list on Julia Dunnits blog Stamping Ground and had to steal it :) I'm sure she won't mind because she stole it aswell!


Age: 48

B. Bed size: double

C. Chore that you hate: I.R.O.N.I.N.G

D. Dogs: no. would love a Jack Russell but OH thinks 2 cats is enough & DS has an aversion to wet noses touching him. sigh
E. Essential start to your day: 10 more minutes in bed please

F. Favorite color; turquoise

G. Gold or Silver: silver

H. Height: 5' 6 ish

I. Instruments you play: hahaha!!!

J. Job title: Mummy. Other half. Sales assistant. Lazy cow.Take your pick

K. Kids: the best 8 yr old boy EVER

L. Live: Shropshire, UK

M. Mother's name: Beryl. Poor Mum she has always hated her name :(

N. Nicknames: probably but not in my hearing range

O. Overnight hospital stays: only twice. One night after endoscopy investigating my pelvic cavity that proved where the Endometriosis was affecting me. The other time was when I had my boy 8 weeks early!

P. Pet peeve: untidy towels in the bathroom.

Q. Quote from a movie: "your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" from the Italian Job

R. Right or left handed: right

S. Siblings: 2 brothers (though estranged from one)

T. Time you wake up: do I have to?

U. Underwear: hmm... nothing fancy!

V. Vegetable you hate: sprouts. I'll never forgive Mum for insisting I had to eat one sprout even if I was gagging on it. Not a good memory

W. What makes you run late: forgetting stuff

X. X-Rays you've had: chest x-ray many many moons ago as part of a health check I had to have ...... the reason escapes me now!

Y. Yummy food that you make: Spaghetti bolognese. Please say it in your best italian accent! My boy requests it at least once a week :) The spag not the accent lol

Z. Zoo animal: HIPPOPOTAMUS!!!!! I have adored hippos for the last 20+ years. I have a collection of hippos that I must blog about one day :))

That was fun! xx

5 reasons...........

Followers & following :)

Well yesterdays Alphanumeric bloghop run by Mel was a fantastic success so big thanks to you Mel. It was great fun! I don't know the total number of blogs that were taking part but I do know that it was great to find some exciting new blogs to follow .......... & hopefully I will have found some more followers myself :D Which brings me to the reason why I am blogging this today. I would love to know how you found my blog! I know I have 17 people who have clicked the follow button & its lovely to see you all there but I also know that I have 169 subscribers who remain nameless & faceless! It would be fab if you could leave a comment below to say how you came to follow my blog. Even if you have never left a comment before please just quickly say " Hi!"..... I don't bite :) Just a quick note - blogger is refusing to paragraph again so if it all looks cramped its not me its Blogger!!!!!!!! TTFN x

Mels Alpha-numeric Blog Hop!!

Hello & welcome to my part of the blog hop organised by the marvelous Mel at I Speak Melsh. You should have reached me via Stacey but if you happened here by chance please feel free to start at Mels blog by clicking her link & then follow the blogs in order or just carry on to the next blog from here :) The theme for this hop is Alpha-numeric. It started as just an alphabetical theme but I think Mel underestimated her fans/followers so she had to expand to numbers!! I have been allocated the number 2 .... not an exciting number like 7 or 13 is it? But after giving it some thought I realised how important this little number is in our lives. We live in a (mostly) symetrical world. Where would we be without a pair of hands or eyes or legs? Goodness we would be without pairs of shoes!! From pairs we can go to twins. My aunty had 2 sets of twins - one set in each marriage! 2 peas in a pod! Terrible picture ...... sorry Aunty but its the only one I have! This is c1965 with her first twins - I still can't tell the difference between them 40+ years later! My aunts other twins were born about 10 years later, girls again but this time non-identical. They were 2 of my 4 bridesmaids in 1989 :) Another terrible photo but I didn't keep many. The twins are the first two to my right. Wikipedia has a wealth of information on the number two. For example it is the first & smallest prime number and the only even one. Other references of course can be made to 2nd best, 2nd marriage, 2 halves, 2 hearts beat as one, put two & two together, 2 o'clock, etc etc! But I think I will end with this photo of the Twin Towers. Your next hop on our journey is to Helena's Creative Maven

If you have any problems with any of the links (we are all over the world so some time zones and some blogging platforms auto-posts may throw a spanner in the works) please go back to Mels where she has a full list of all the participants

Thankyou for reading my blog :) Happy hopping!! x