Jam celebrated ‘a significant’ Birthday in December, so as well as taking him to see one of his favourite bands Ade Edmonson & the Bad Sheppard’s I also booked us a table at local eatery Gee’s. The restaurant itself is situated inside a large glass house, so even if the weather is terrible (as it usually is in Read more about Jam’s birthday and a green fair at work[…]
Today is the first day of December, hurrah! Already in this house the inevitable has happened… Yes its up & Witchcat has already tried to climb it twice, but as yet has been unable to topple it (already we are doing better than last year). The other main reason I’m so glad to see December Read more about 30 days have November…[…]
The image of Christmas, with an entire fridge full of tasty things to eat my dad opts for the leftover cold custard, yuk! We had a great Christmas staying with mum and dad in their des res in Torquay. Kip joined us for most of the break (unfortunately our kid only got 2 days off Read more about Christmas time, mistletoe and mulled wine[…]
Making green Christmas wreaths with BBOWT and my work colleagues
We decided to try somewhere new for the Christmas work party this year and this beautiful house is just down the road from us. There was a warm welcome. and we got dinner and dancing inside the marque. These are my beautiful friends I was wearing a beautiful dress that I found in a charity Read more about Christmas party at Kingston Bagpuize House[…]
Tis the season to get slightly tipsy… As you’ll know if you have tried my barmaids mince pies I’m a fan of reaching for a bit of the ‘Christmas spirits’ as the day comes closer. Why not try making these rum truffles as a present or just a nice treat over Christmas? (Warning, if they are Read more about Last minute Christmas ideas to make and do[…]
The new carpet was fitted on Monday so Monday night I pleaded with Jam to get our tree out of the attic. The carpet makes the room feel so warm (and despite my worrying about colours it looked perfect). We switched all the lights off and sat watching our new sparkly lights Witchcat who strangely Read more about The tree is up[…]
My mum has been staying with us for a few days so we thought while she was up here it was probably time that she and Jam’s mum met each other (the dads were ruled out as Jam’s was busy and mine was boring and stayed at home). Jam’s mum drove to ours and was Read more about Mum’s the word[…]
A true (but not often known) fact about me is that I used to work as a barmaid in Soho London. The streets of Soho have a bit of a reputation for *blushing* other things and while there was a lot of that about there was also the pub I used to work in, the (sadly Read more about Barmaids mince pies[…]
As regular readers to this blog will know since January last year I’ve been attending wood school on a Thursday night.The class runs from 7pm till 9pm and everyone has their own projects to be getting on with and works pretty seperately unless one of the tutors has something to show us or its break/parish Read more about Wood school Christmas meal[…]