Cait
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Thank you all so, so much for the beautiful flowers which arrived this morning. The little daisy card is so, so perfect, as that was his favourite flower. He mowed round them in the lawn and even transplanted them to the flower beds when I wasn’t looking 🥰🥹
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A sad Friday for me, as ‘Zebedee’ died in the early hours of Tuesday after his long fight against cancer in his bones, prostate and finally liver. He was upbeat to the last and in control of what was happening. He was at home and went peacefully, without the drama we had been forewarned could happen. My best buddy at peace now.
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Oh I’d have gone for ‘turkeys’ 🤣🤭
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Ugh to the rain! We could get those canoes out of storage and our waterproof balaclavas and come and rescue you if needed!
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Oven 160° and line a square 8” tin with baking paper 1tsp bicarb, 1 tsp Baking powder, 150g sugar (I use light brown) 110g plain flour, 110g oats, 110g butter Melt the butter in the microwave until just melted, and add the other ingredients and mix until combined. Tip it into the tin and firm it down nice and flat. Sprinkle the berries - fresh or frozen, on the top, spaced out ideally. Then just bake it. It takes 25-30 mins, but until it’s nice and golden. You can use jam on it, but if I’m doing that I keep a third of mix back to sprinkle on the top before baking. Makes a good date slice that way too, 225g well chopped dates simmered with 125ml water until soft, then add a tsp vanilla extract. Put that on like the jam when it’s cooled a bit, and sprinkle the remaining third on the top.
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They were! Really easy recipe - do you want it?
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I had some Chinese neighbours when we lived in Cumbria and their kitchen was a brick building completely separate from the main house. All their cooking was done out there and what had been the kitchen was the dining room. White goods were all out there too. I never asked how they coped with bad weather, but it worked for them. A cultural thing perhaps.
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Battenberg is a cop out - easy peasy if you can make Victoria sponge. Croissants now, that’s a different level! I went foraging for blackberries and made yummy crumble slice, which didn’t last long!
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This child will have male teachers in their life going forwards, how on earth can the parents hope to mitigate against that?
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And maybe contact county early years for advice
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Oh well huge thanks for looking. Hmm. anyone use Pacey? Might they have them?
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Yes I agree with Sunnyday here. I think it might be advisable to contact your County Early Years team for advice on how to handle this. Is he aware that this has been requested? Many years ago my son worked at my preschool whilst waiting to start Uni, and the parents all said how lovely it was to have a bloke about the place.
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Gotta love that man 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I think she’s going to be all year round
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Apparently according to ‘O’ it isn’t sufficient. 🤷♀️
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Sorry to post a ‘work related’ (shudder) request, but a friend of mine has changed her registration from childminder to childcare on domestic premises and has asked me “Do you have any access to a good parent contract / enrolment form that parents sign. I’m sick of buying them and I think under my new registration it’s slightly different.” please has anyone got anything that she could adapt? I’m not sure if my old one would still stand up to current regulations
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We had Zebedee back in hospital on Friday and yesterday to top up his phosphate and blood supply. I wish we knew where it all kept going! He’s home again now, and still weary but nothing like last week, thankfully.
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I’ve one with the squares edged in black that my Nan made, and another edged in white that Nana made, safely in the loft, but I think I might wash and air them through and have a good look at them. This one is for St Catherine’s hospice to do with as they wish, keep or raffle.
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It’s a right old mixture of mini balls of DK cotton that’s just taking up space, so it’s filling my evenings and hospital visits with Zebedee. I can do one in half an hour so not too taxing. Nothing like the blanket I made for my daughter’s wedding with fine cotton that took well over an hour just to do a side at the largest point.
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They are fabulous! Well done you! I’m currently making granny squares for a blanket. X
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Well done you! How fabulous. I love singing! I can still hear my Dad lean down to whisper in church, whilst we were singing “Thine be the glory” - ‘if you aren’t feeling light-headed yet, you’re not doing it right’ and I bent to tell my daughter the same at his funeral.
