Thursday, 13 February 2025

Another Week

Hello Everyone…is it still February…I do hope so. As I begin to rise from my germ infested pit I can definitely see the stirrings of Spring, however I believe this to be a fools Spring. Winter hasn’t finished with us quite yet I fear.

Finally this morning, after various symptoms over the last three weeks I managed to speak to a Dr. Well as my Dr. who was too busy to see me yesterday kindly signed me a sick note but thought I needed to speak to the urgent care Dr. just in case. Apparently there is a nasty ‘thing’ going around which encompasses all the symptoms I’ve had, however some concern as I may have succumbed to Costchondritis like I did a couple of years ago. I have two different inhalers but only use them if I really need to. Turns out right now I do need to, so puff puff puff!

Such fun…then it got a whole lot better…last evening hubby was sick, and again during the night. I elected to sleep on the sofa…less coughing as well as hopefully avoiding the dreaded up chuck lurgy. He has risen this morning and so far has kept down four dry cream crackers and some water. I’ve been wiping over everything he could possibly have touched last evening. 

Must keep reminding myself  of the ‘in sickness and in health’ vow as he’s now snuggled on the sofa I’d already decided to sleep on again tonight, and is resting his head on the cushions. Nuff said!  

Little Dorrit has managed to grow a few more loaves of bread, in fact I’ve just knocked back the latest which will bake this evening. I’ve also started some tea-cakes, rather hoping these will be ready to toast on the fire later on.

So the day is grey, very grey, and very cold with one of those winds that cuts right through you, earlier I spotted a wren in the flower bed outside the kitchen window. I do hope she has somewhere warm to rest at night.




The tea cake recipe said to soak the fruit in boiled water for half an hour.




Made for a very sticky dough




Far too much fruit…there are clumps of it..
It was so messy I decided to only make 8 instead of 12 tea cakes.
 They are now having their second proving.

Life is only so exciting when you’ve been shut in for whatever seems like an eternity. Thinking hubby has now dozed off. 

Anyway, stay warm and well everyone.
Blessings J. x


7 comments:

  1. Hope hubby us over his bugs soon and font pass them on, your teacakes look lush.

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    1. So far so good…he survived on dry cream crackers yesterday, and this morning fancied porridge. Fingers crossed. the tea cakes turned out better than I anticipated!

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  2. There seems to be a number of nasties going around at the moment - you no sooner get over one when the next seems to take hold. Keep warm and try not to share the lurgies!

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    1. About to light wood burner. Meagre pick up completed. No fancy ideas of a romantic St. Valentines Day here! X

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  3. Perhaps the only benefit of living alone - can't catch anything nasty from inside the house!

    Hope you get rid of all the grot symptoms very soon

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    1. Being couped up is so frustrating, his nibs has gone down to the farm well out of everyone’s way this morning, and is feeling a lot better, wary of what to eat but better. Planning on poached eggs on toast lunch. Apparently Dick Proenneke never had a day sick in all his 30 years living in the Alaskan wilderness. Says something doesn’t it! X

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  4. Oh, no! I hope you're both feeling a lot better now. I'm sure a toasted teacake would help. Xx

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