Froglet

The pumpkin cake…

Hope your granddaughter recovers properly soon and that you are properly better too. I am much better thanks - felt well enough on Sunday to do some bits and pieces then school as normal Monday/Tuesday with parents evening. The next couple of days were busy baking and decorating my pumpkin cake - I was really pleased with the outcome, will add a photo shortly. Today I'm pondering what to do next, I haven't touched my cross-stitch since last week, will probably call in on mum and dad later and want to do some autumn gardening so maybe a trip to a plant selling place. Next week we're on half-term so am meeting up with friends and my sister has just asked me to go and stay overnight with my niece which will be fun as she is great fun.

Hope you feel better soon Louby - in my case I haven’t had my flu jab yet!

Sunnyday, glad you got the covid jab booked and sorry to hear about the house sale - hope things speed up soon. Your post box topper sounds lovely - there are some really amazing ones aren't there? This week has been a bit 'nothingy' I'm feeling under the weather - a cold which won't come to anything so bunged up, headachey and tired. I should be doing some school work and loads of house things but have just curled up with cosy TV and cross stitch. I have been asked to make a pumpkin shaped cake for a 'guess the weight of the cake' activity at fundraiser. No idea where to start really but need to get thinking - it's due next Thursday!

Quietish week here. My dad has asked me to shorten some trousers for him, I’m finally feeling like I’m seeing progress on the cross stitch I’m doing by. I tried out some Bakewell cookies which were good - I may eat far too many! Just about to do a little school work and other jobs. I have a bit of a sore throat today so am ‘nursing’ that in the hopes it doesn’t get worse before I’m back in school. Have a good weekend all.

That’s a fantastic total! Congratulations to you all

Good morning! How is the shed situation Sunnyday? Hope the coffee morning goes well. Been a quiet week here. I'm off out for dinner with friends tonight and quite fancy a walk to check for autumn at some point. Other than that I'm reading and cross-stitching! Have a good weekend all!

Just wondering… are any of you lot married to my dad? That’s an awfully familiar description! 😉

Sunnyday - sounds like i you need to get yourself up here for tea and cookies asap! Good luck today!

In about half an hour? There is cookie dough in the freezer though so I can do you some freshly baked ones if you’re later.

Happy Friday! Sunnyday - I am chuckling to myself at the thought of the ‘bloody sheds’ - I can just imagine your face! Maybe you need your own shed?! 😉 Zigzag - good to hear the news about your mum and your grandson - I’m with the others being one isn’t possible! Hope your mum has further improvements soon. I went to a local theatre group’s production of the Great British Bake Off musical which was fantastic, will definitely be looking out for more of their productions. Off to a concert with a friend tomorrow and possibly a nearby arts festival on Sunday. I have been doing some autumnal cross stitch this feel - I haven’t really been feeling like knitting/crochet recently and I felt like increasing my crafting collection! Gingerbread and white chocolate cookies are cooling just now if anyone feels like a taste. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Good morning! Hurray for no vaccination side effects! I did my first days in school with children this week which were fine. I'm struggling to balance the workload with being part-time though and consequently am avoiding it and then doing nothing useful at all! I know it's the start of term and there are always lots of 'set up' type jobs but I am feeling slightly overwhelmed by it all. I have been exploring this week - I decided to try and liven up my walks (I've promised myself to do a daily walk every day in September even if it's only 10 minutes) and have discovered the joys of a canalside path which feels beautifully nature filled. I saw dragonflies and moorhens and lots of deep red hawthorn haws as well as discovering a lovely new bridge just down the road from me! Have a good weekend/week ahead everyone!

I am much more about autumn - have spent a happy hour looking up autumn baking recipes, wondering where I put the many pumpkins I've crocheted over the years and pondering some patchwork autumn cushion covers...

Fingers crossed for some time in the garden this weekend Sunnyday. I have had an INSET then volunteered a morning just to see how the person who does the other half of my week does things. I've had lunch with a friend (which turned into a 3 hour long catch up - we were being kicked out at the end of it! I made a courgette cake for the first time. I will eat it all so have decided to deliver a few slices to some old colleagues. Other than that I'm going to spend a little time today getting my head round things for next week when I'm back to work properly. No specific plans for the weekend but I do need to spend some time doing serious thinking about presents for the many family birthdays I have this month! Have a good weekend all.

It is lovely to hear that someone enjoyed a book I recommended. If you're interested the others (in order after Dear Mrs Bird) are: Yours Cheerfully Mrs Porter Calling Dear Miss Lake I've had a long time of reading but not having the energy or inclination to read new things. Although Mrs Bird (and the others) aren't a new to me book I have been reading so much more widely recently and find myself getting excited about new books again - it's lovely! And on that note - The Eights by Joanna Miller was another good one!