Hubbys Idea of a Joke

Son's partner has been a little concerned that by Christmas the only inside toilet would be the one in our bedroom...Hubby decided to set up this for fun and send the picture...

Such a well meaning bloke!

Meanwhile I managed a good old bake-up for the week ahead...the roll dough was left past it's beep time in the bread machine...

 

Not quite as spetacular as in The Good Life, but still...

The first batch of mince pies...hopped straight in the freezer and will be cooked as and when we need them...

 

Everything else is hiding in tins...apple cinnamon and sultana cake, date flapjack, and toffee squares. I've warned hubby that it's an either or, not an and and and selection process, as due to a busy week all the cooking has been done in one go! What he was allowed to feast on were a few lemon curd tarts, made up with the leftover pastry.

So today it's roast beef for lunch with the two local children and their extras, then a quieter afternoon for a change on a Sunday. I usually roast in the evening by which time the Grandsons are apt to be past it and grouchy.

If the weather perks up I really must try to hobble down the lane for a bit...my back is suffering with twisting whilst decorating and I haven't been making time to get out and walk.

Blessings J. x

Little by Little

That's right...little by little our home is coming back together...and hopefully our lives will follow suit...I'm sure hubby was enjoying one of the last bits of destruction he had to perform a couple of evenings ago just A BIT TOO MUCH! He admits that for him the knocking down is the most satisfying part...me I think the painting is my favourite. Rather a lot has to happen between the destruction and painting though.

Not much has happened in the kitchen except...

 ...the other plate rack is up! Oh and the rest of the handles arrived and were put on the cupboards.

And I have begun to put some colour on the living room walls...

 

 

 

We're in for one cosy Winter hopefully!

Blessings J. x

Beginning To Bloom

I feel our home is beginning to bloom again...though much is left to do including more plaster boarding. The kitchen is now a working kitchen, with our future dining table in it until the dining room gets finished. Hubby has worked tirelessly...though sometimes rather bad temperedly!

The first plate rack is up and in use. It doesn't hold as many mugs as I should have liked, but you know what...it will do!

We don't yet have all the drawer handles, so that is a little awkward, but hubby has drilled all the holes in readiness. We heaved downstairs a small dresser as well today. More storage. We chose to have no top cupboards, but will have some open shelving plus eventually our massive pantry cupboard, which started life as a wardrobe many years ago.

Our halloween decorations are still in the attic somewhere, so this was as spooky as it got for us this year.

I've been struggling with a hanger on of a chesty cold for all of October, and yesterday began taking some antibiotics. Nasty green ones that make me feel really nauseous. The building dust is probably partly to blame, but now I just really want it GONE!

Blessings J. x