Froglet

Hello everyone, Sunnyday, glad your sister is ok. I'm sure you're enjoying all your 'grand' time. Louby - I am envisaging a house full of glitter and scraps of all sorts of things! I finished my cross stitch this week, had my flu jab and have a cough. That's about as exciting as it got around here! Have a lovely weekend everyone.

How weird, I'm sure I posted a 'thank you for the birthday wishes' message yesterday but I can't see it! Anyway, thank you! We had a lovely family weekend with cake the day before and yesterday I took myself to the cinema and cooked a nice tea. I was going to go for an autumnal walk but it was absolutely chucking it down here!

I only just remembered what day it was! Happy Friday everyone and very belated Happy Birthday Sunnyday - just shows I haven't logged on since last week to get Cait's timely reminder! I too have a soggy doggy as I'm dog sitting again. Her owner delivered her yesterday with lots of blankets to cover my sofa and chairs with and we had a lovely walk by the canal this morning. She's so funny though - I'd planned for a lovely long walk down the canal and through the park the long way round. Halfway down the towpath by one of the exits into town she stopped and clearly wanted to go that way - there was no way she was going any further forward so the walk was cut in half! Family get together this weekend which will be lovely. I'm doing all the cooking for it as my lovely mum and dad aren't up to that any more so I am in my element. I've made garlic bread and veggie lasagne, vats of different kinds of soup and next will be working on a cheese and onion quiche and decorating a 'bonfire cake' - basically a sticky ginger layer cake with treacle toffee flavoured icing! Lots of audiobook listening while I'm pottering in the kitchen. Stay safe in the stormy weather everyone!

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!