Don’t tell anyone but Finley and I are skiving today…
In a morning of bliss my delicious little boy slept in till nine 0’clock and I jumped out of bed to find that we were an hour late for school . Send me to the home for very bad mothers right now. I deserve a lifetime of gruel and warm water.
But what the heck hey? If I can’t be a teeny bit nauny from time to time you may as well declare my life a fun free zone and condemn me to a life without organic cucumber…
So what, I hear you ask, did you do with this unexpectedly scrumptious Monday morning? Well we are still in our jarmies. We’ve had hot chocolate and a Postman Pat story for breakfast. I’ve given my kitchen surfaces a rather welcome scrub. I’m about to paint my toenails. Finley is building the biggest spaceship in the whole wide world and as soon as I can be bothered to put clothes on, Finley(my favorite date in the world) is taking me to a local juice bar for a Juicy Lucy (strawberries, oranges, and melon juiced) and some homemade hummous, before we take a little jaunt to a roadside flower stall to fill the car with sunflowers…
Wanna come buy yourself some happiness on a stalk?
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Goodness, I’ve only just opened my eyes and my stomach is telling me it is a chocolate kind of day. How sad that because I am on health kick (two stone gone, billions to go!), the only thing remotely chocolatey in the…
Fig.A. Here’s the thing Housekeepers: you can keep your clove scented oranges and all your fancy festive fripperie. You can whistle for your stilton and port and tell your vintage paper chains to go take a hike. Perhaps, somewhere out there, there…
Taken from "Cooking With Elizabeth Craig ( A cookery book for the housewife of modest income), 1949. Preserving. "Some housewives limit their preserving to making marmalade in the Spring and jellies in the Summer and Autumn. I preserve all year round…
I have come to the conclusion that a person is never done. That whenever we think we are done, we are simply treading water until the urge to change things strikes us again. What is sad about this state of affairs is…
1. The fragrance sensation that is Tesco’s own Violet and Basil (scrumptious combination, yes?)washing up liquid. 2. Accidentally brushing your teeth with Colgate for Kids and having a bubblegum pink mouth for the rest of the day. 3. Walnut cake for breakfast….
In our early twenties, Mark and I were one couple in a group of four. There was us, Chris and Sue, Colin and Shirley and Michael and Emma, together in the time before babies and mortgages. Spending New Year together and grouped…
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That sounds like so much fun!… Think of poor me… sitting here in the library… cataloguing until my fingers bleed….. (boo) Have fun!
Oh Alison, I must say- you look gorgeous in that photo! Of course you always did, but you look extra great there- just had to say it! I hope you enjoyed your hookey morning- that sounds rather fun to me 🙂 Don't you just love juice bars? Divine, scrumptious and healthy too!
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That sounds like so much fun!… Think of poor me… sitting here in the library… cataloguing until my fingers bleed….. (boo)
Have fun!
I'll come! Just let me hop a jet across the pond and I'll bring James and the two itty ones can wreak all kinds of mischief!!
Have a great Monday!
Count me in! Looks like Meredith & I will have to share a flight over 🙂
Is the Juice bar in Ormskirk because Ally(DD11) and I love going there and the hummus delicious.
Keep smiling Janey xx
Alison,
I'm sure we had this conversation the other night; only you and your sister knows what nauny means. It's not a real word.
Oh Alison, I must say- you look gorgeous in that photo! Of course you always did, but you look extra great there- just had to say it!
I hope you enjoyed your hookey morning- that sounds rather fun to me 🙂 Don't you just love juice bars? Divine, scrumptious and healthy too!
Such a lovely description, thought I was there with you for a moment.