Kiss Me Quick!

It's Friday morning, 5am and the alarm clock goes off.

In dire need of a very very strong cup of coffee to get up that early!

Car packed, we leave.

Nipped into a cafe and a gut buster breakfast....(Served on a platter plate!)

We finally reach Blackpool after having to go around the back streets

due to roads being closed due the lights being turned on tonight by Tim Burton.

We had a little look around Blackpool.

Got back to the B&B.

Made full use of the big bath, and four poster bed.

It's amazing what warm hands can do!

More Fruit Than Nut

I have had my own Great British Bake Off in my own kitchen.

First up I made a chocolate sponge with Kenny the Kenwood.

Next I made some lemon shortbread.

Now to attack a bag of bramley apples.

I defrosted a 2lb of blackberries,

Out came the jam pan.

2lb of apples, 2lb of blackberries, sugar and lemon juice....

2 hours later,

4 jars full of apple and blackberry jam!

Decorated the chocolate cake with left over Quality Street chocolates...

Just to remind hubby how many years that ball and chain has been attached to his ankle!

 

Roll With It

Welcome to Hump of the week!

I have been getting more school uniform.

Ordered 2 red fleeces for their PE kits.

A pair of size 10 adult football boots soon followed.

Had to go to Tesco's to pick up yet more uniform!

Found a picture, which describes my day.

It is proudly hanging on my kitchen wall.

I finally finished making my hubby's wedding anniversary card.

Roll on Saturday,when it's our 4th Wedding Anniversary!

I am sure my warm hands will be used....to celebrate!

Lots Of Squeezing ....

Today, I had a nice lie in (hubby had to go back to work)

Now to use those Bramley apples,

we made three apple pies.

They went into the freezer.

I used the remaining four oranges etc.

2 hours of stirring,stirring and more bloody stirring.

 The end result was 3 jars of marmalade !!!

Now to use up two and half bags of Bramley apples.....

 

It's Getting Very Wet and Slippy

It's Bank Holiday Monday.

It has rained all day :(

We visited Beckett's Farm for its Funday Monday.

Nearly slipped over in the mud twice,

(If I had, it would have caused a big enough crater to have seen from the moon ;P)

We got home to dry out.

Made 3 jars of marmalade and 2 jars of lemon curd.

Still got 3 bags of bramley apples to get through yet!

 

Smelling The Coffee Beans

It's Sunday once more.

We have bags and bags of bramley apples to use,

Now to hunt high and low for tin foil pie dishes,

Two supermarkets explored, none found!

Actually found some in Wilkinson's!

Even had the time to visit my older son in M&S.

His Mocha was so nice :)

The list of school uniform is slowly been crossed off.

Less than a week to go and it's back to school and work!

 

Let's Jump Again!

It's been a busy Saturday.

Jumped on hubby even before he opened his eyes.

Got more school items for my kids.

Bought yet more books from the  book sale at my local library. (That will please my heaving book shelves)

Then off to Droitwich Spa.

Raided the charity shops for more bargains.

Had my free coffee at Waitrose.

 I have wrote over 25 labels,

for all the jars of jam and jellies we have made.

We haven't finished jamming yet either!

 Now to carry on from this morning with hubby :P