What am I doing now.....

This evening, hubby is out and the kids, whilst not entirely quiet, are in bed, so this leaves me to do......

- crochet some colourful stripes
- listen to  'I believe in Miracles' by The Jackson Sisters
- Watch recorded episodes of Barefoot Contessa
- Drink Prosecco
- Eat strawberries with meringue I made earlier
- Get stuck in to an Agatha Christie book......

What are you doing??

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Washcloths.....

I think, I really think that hubby may finally of decided on a new laptop....I have a whole list of things I need to do..tax return, blogging, shopping..some exciting, some not.

In the meantime, it has been far to sunny to work on my granny stripe so I have moved on to some smaller projects......washcloths and granny squares to be precise!! Photos to follow...lots of baking, New healthy dinner recipes, so easy to eat more fruit and veg in hot weather :)

Only one more day at school, can't wait to spend some time with my little ones, fingers crossed for dry weather, lots of parks and picnics and outdoorsy fun!!

So until next time, I'm really hoping it will be with pictures, happy hooking, baking, crafting and creating.

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Washing.....

I love the lovely blowy summer days, when you can get all your washing dry in super quick time and it smells so fresh and clean and summery...the only downside is that I have peg bag envy :( I see so many blogs with gorgeous peg bags/box's/tubs....guess what I use...

........a really old, holey carrier bag....soooooooo ashamed, must rectify this pronto, certainly before new laptop is purchased and photo blogging recommences!!

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Emotional mummy

Today was the first time that my little J did not want to go to school...he is completely full to bursting with nerves as he goes to visit his junior school that he will go to in September....they have a buddy system and he met his buddy yesterday and he was very excited, but, he woke during the night, full of tears and upset.....his infant school works very closely with the juniors and the schools are very close to each other.....but, heartwrenching is not the word!! Being a July baby he is one of the youngest in the year and I left him with one of the teachers this morning looking, small, scared and tearful......this being a mummy is such a hard job........

Photo less still.....

Hello lovelies, thank you for putting up with my photo free posts.....still no luck on the laptop front, but, wanted to say 'hi'

I have made some pretty purple and lilac triangle bunting, using the pattern from 'Lucy' recently featured in Simply Crochet....they are currently pinned to the ironing board after a blocking and will be put in a row over the weekend....

I have been making squares for my granny sofa blanket and working out a flower pattern for a friend.

The weather has been a delight, so trying to make the most of it.....making endless lists as we approach the busy end of term time and plenty of cakes to make for work.

Weekend baking will be the usual batch of cookies to last the week and then scones for Saturday afternoon snack then rhubarb crumble for pud on Sunday....I'll happily share any of the recipes if you give me a shout......

Enjoy your weekend xxxxxxc

Technology.....who needs it???

I do........

My laptop is officially on the scrapheap:(    it has been a handy little companion, rarely complaining, usually useful....a couple of years ago it caught a nasty virus and has never really recovered...

I can't use blogger on my Windows phone....I can't add photos to blog posts via my kindle...so for the moment, photos are out and I'll have to try and amuse you with my writing!!

More disappointing is that I had agreed to take part in a blog hop and then had to pull out, hate disappointing people........

So in the meantime I have been baking, caking, coffee drinking and hooking....purple and lilac bunting is being hooked as a quick project as the huge granny stripe is a bit hot to work on in the day at the moment, a bit like snuggling under a blanket in 25 degrees Sun!!

I've been visiting new blogs, which is great, reading when possible, currently a classic Cider with Rosie after several Lee Child 'Reacher' books.....such fast paced reads, absolutely love them....

Lots happenings at school, nursery, work, day trips, housework, husband, planning, birthday parties.......normal life I guess..

So, With no photos to delight I will bore you no more, roll on the sales when a brand, spanking, shiny new laptop will be grasped in my mucky paws once more :)

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National Trust......

We are National trust members and have been for many years. We are lucky enough to have loads of great properties within an hour's drive and loads more within an hour and a half. Morden Hall Park is very close..so on a dismal day in half term we went exploring..details here

As you can see, it really was a good day, lots to see and do, we will definitely be back in the next holidays. 

My absolute favourite National trust place is Nymans, big grounds, interesting house, woodland and croquet lawn to mention but a few points of interest....

Armed with wellies, raincoats and picnics we headed off to the woods, it is great fun, really peaceful, very squishy with mud and alive with wildlife.....we did get somewhat carried away and several hours and miles later we returned to the formal grounds and were delighted to see....

Coffees for the big people and big tubs of ice cream with chocolate and strawberry sauce for the little people....

There is a very interesting story about this house read here

In the summer the boarders are just a riot of colour, so, I will be back, camera  at the ready....but if you live near and haven't been yet, you really must go xx