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Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 December 2024

Bad Winds, Bad Drivers, & Shiny Sequins!

 "Where's your Christmas spirit?"
"I drank it!" - Jack Benny and Phil Harris.
December
Welcome to my December. 
 Time for the sequins to come out again ;)
1: Warm Space:
2:Body Camera and low lying sun problems:
I have now got a body camera over Christmas.
My Supervisor wore it, and the very first time she walked in the road, she nearly got run over. The low lying sun blocked the license plate of the offending car. Week later, someone tried to run me over while I was in the middle of the road. This time, I got the offending license plate to report them to the Police!
3:Storm Darragh
We were going to see Human League in concert on the 7th December and stop overnight in a nice hotel in Birmingham. Due to the storm arriving, a tree blocked the train track and we couldn't leave Redditch. Walked back home with our suit cases in the heavy rain and wind, our front garden took the brunt of the storm!
4: Making Christmas Decorations in Droitwich.

5: Sequins, and Warm Space.
Christmas Themed Warm Space.↓

Lollypop job with Body camera and sequins
Final full council meeting of 2024.
6: Breaking up for the Christmas holidays. 
First present↑
Nice rainbow after I finished the morning shift.
Lots of presents of the children and parents↑
It rained on my final afternoon of December ;(
7: Christmas Party
Sequin time! 
8: Visiting parents with wreaths.
9:Christmas Day.
I was nice to have our children stop over for Christmas :)
10: Visited Stratford upon Avon 
11: Betty the Gerbil enjoying some Turkish Box of Delights
12: I got my crucial haircut before New Year's Eve.
The hairdresser normally only cuts men's hair. So it was the first time he attempted to cut lady's hair. Nice short back and sides.
He did a really good job :)
14: Stopping up to watch the fireworks..
We didn't to toast in the New Year, as we were catching a train very early on New Year's Day! 

Happy New Year to you all 🎆🎇


 








 

Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Bake, Bake & More Baking!

 What is too silly to be spoken can be sung - Pierre de Beaumarchais
Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫
Breakfast and Brew time.
Now to get the newspaper.
Goes to Tescos.
While I am stood in the queue, I start singing along with Crowded House's "Don't Dream it's over". Two customers at the tills turned around and smiled.
(Just pray it's not going to rain tomorrow!)
Back home.
I gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋 before he leaves to go to work.
I put all the washing back out on the line.
Gets Kenny the Kenwood out...
Time to bake!
Gets put in two cake tin in the oven.
Washes up everything to reuse it again.
Puts it in one cake tin and into the oven it goes.
For the third time, uses Kenny to make cup cakes this time.
The first cake was ready to leave the oven.
The second cake soon followed.
In goes the cupcakes.
Liquid lunch time.
I cut out the items needed to decorate the Llama cake.
Then coloured them in ;)
Now to decorate both cakes.
Decorated the cupcakes and Llama cake.
Quick Tea at three.
More baking to be done.
With things from my garden..
All put in a saucepan.
Rolled out the pastry and added to the top of the dish.
In the oven it went.
Quick read of today's newspaper.
Pie is ready :)
Puts the tea on.
Hubby comes back from work.
Nice sloppy wet one 💋 for him.
Tea is served up.
Lovely.
All the cakes are boxed up ready for tomorrow.
My friends are coming tomorrow, so they are having some cupcakes as well.
We sorted out some more things to go to the Charity Shop tomorrow.
Dining room is looking a bit empty!
We caught up with some news.
Sleep Tea time.
I found out that a singer I love to listening to, had died aged 80.
I played his self-entitled album from 1987 to death on my walkman.
I bought all the singles off the album.
My favourite single of the album is at the end of this blog post.
The forecast for tomorrow is going to be sunny and warm, time to dust off the Bikini! 👙


 




 



Monday, 19 June 2023

It's Kenny Time!

Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast - but I'd try a revolver first - Josh Billings
Welcome aboard the Wobbly Work Wheel  🎡
It's going to be a nice day for making cake ;)
Breakfast and Brew.
Dressed.
Now to go out in the sunshine...
I gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋 and off I go.
Summer coat, and summer hat went on, as well as
Those big big sunglasses... 
I went down the road to turn on my lights and get my newspaper.
Swapped my newspaper for my big stick.
Now to turn on my other lights.
Let's go to work...🍭
On the way to my spot, there was an car just left in a side road↓
Let's see what the morning shift brings....
 It was cloudy, but quite warm.
Two BOINGs given out...
Finished in one piece.
Back home I go.
Coffee time.
Out came Kenny the Kenwood for a little play.
Making a cake to take to the Full council meeting tomorrow.
While it was cooling down, I hung some washing on the line.
Now for some liquid lunch.
I talked to hubby on his dinner break.
Now off I go to do the afternoon shift.
It was well warm!
Good job I bought a cold bottle of water!
Turned on my lights and visited the charity shop for a chat.
Both friends joined me in the square after I got my big stick.
Rabbit time!
I said goodbye to my friends.
Now to do the afternoon shift...
No BOINGs given...
Wow!
Finished in one piece.
Back home .
Finished the cake.
That's going with me tomorrow to the full council meeting.
Cup of brew needed.
I had my tea.
What film can I watch tonight?
Mmmmmm
Sleep Tea time.
Roll on the Council Meeting tomorrow!