It's My Birthday ;)

I am celebrating my 43rd Birthday today.

My real birthday is next year (29th February 2016)

I have had some lovely cards and presents.

Even went for All You Could Eat meal.

Nice not to cook or clean the house today.

Even better to spend some quality time with all my family ;)

 

A Visit to Stratford Upon Avon

Hubby had the day off from work.

He took me out to Stratford Upon Avon.

We hit the Charity shops as normal.

Got some bargains....again!

Had a walk around the river.

Looked at everything to do with William Shakespeare.

Enjoyed the sunshine.

Roll on tomorrow for the fun of my not my real Birthday!(Next real Birthday,29th February 2016)

 

Fifty Shades Of Grey Time!

I went to see the "Fifty Shades Of Grey" film last night.

As soon as I saw the Christian Grey's, Red room,I thought that's my bedroom with all those toys!

  Anastasia Steele was keen to take her clothes off, however Christian Grey liked to keep his jeans on too often!

However, when I got home last night,

Once in my own red room

 my hubby's boxer shorts were soon removed....

Cinema Time...

After the fun of my Dentist visit yesterday.

I am off to see the film "Fifty Shades Of Grey" tonight.

Lets hope I don't fall asleep while the trailers are on,

Then wake up when the closing credits come on ;/

That's not the first time I  have done that!

After reading the 3 books.

That got me started on writing my 3 books about sex,sex, and more sex!

I tried to pack as much sex as I could into them.

I am currently writing number 4 of the "Sleepily Village Mysteries"

They are available to buy as a e-book on Amazon.

Sleepily Mysteries Part One

Sleepily Mysteries Part Two

Sleepily Mysteries Part Three

Dentist Time

I finally got in to see the Dentist this morning.

Have been having pain in my jaw for the past two weeks.

I was prescribed for some antibiotics.

£18.50 to see the Dentist.

£8.05 for the prescription.

£2 to park.

Lets hope the antibiotics sort my pain in my gob out!

No Real Birthday This Year!

Back to work for me, back to school for the kids.

At least the sun was shining.

Having raging toothache doesn't help either!

My real Birthday will be on the 29th February 2016

When it's not a Leap year I celebrate it on the 28th February :) 

I already got a card and present.

After making, baking and decorating the Valentine's cake,

I am making cupcakes for my Birthday instead.

 

Sunday Exploring Time!

We again went exploring Churches & their grave yards.

We went to:

 St Matthias & St George - Astwood Bank

St Paul's Church - Cookhill

Some of the people buried there had lived well over 100 years!!

We attempted to go to a third one in Bradley Green.

However the very muddy road stopped the Pink Princess in her tracks....

No way was we going to get stuck........

Not Long To Go....

A week to go before my birthday...

I'm 42 years old, & I still know no better ;)

We visited Bromsgrove & Alcester today.

We got a few bargains from all the charity shops we visited.

I got home, and started on tea.

From scratch...

Packed it with lots of spinach,garlic,ginger, and vegetables.

Four empty plates. I must be doing something right!

Beef, Mushroom,Potato & Vegetable Pie

Ring Ring......

I was children-free for a couple of hours.

So I looked round my shopping centre,

I raided the reduced stand at Marks and Spencer's.

I had my first visit to a shop called Magical Story.

Nearly all the stock has 50% of it.

One item brought back so memories...

How did we cope with not being able to walk around the  house and talk???

Those Were The Days.....

While we had a quick stop over in Droitwich,

We had a look in a charity shop (like we do!)

Looking through the DVDs,

I had to buy it.

I remember watching it on Saturday tea-times at 5.15pm on ITV

Now my kids are in total awe of BA

They can't understand why he don't like flying...

 

Making & Baking

Kenny the Kenwood has been so busy this morning.

Once the mocha cupcakes were put into cases, they were slammed into the oven.

Out then came my box of card crap.

My kids made two birthday cards,& I made one too.

That's the cake and cards sorted out for my sister-in-law....

 

I Like The Taste Of That!

Second day into half term holiday from school/work

We nipped into the Salvation Army Charity Shop.

Got a few bits.

 Then off to feed the ducks...

 Then out came cupcake maker that was bought for me last February for my Birthday.

This time my kids are doing the baking.

I am just observing and taste tasting!

Cut & Slice

It's the first day of half term holiday from school/work.

Once I had the important lie-in.

I started to tidy up, mop, & add a new duvet cover to our bed.

Now to cut up the cake.

Still got loads to "give away".

I need the room, as I have to make,bake & decorate another cake.

For my Birthday on the 28th February.....

Snowdrops Time!

We only time to look around one church today.

We visited St Leonard's in Beoley

 The snowdrops were in great force.

Even the Mayor paid a visit.

Our aim is to visit two churches next Sunday!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We did our normal thing.

Tea in bed, exchange cards,presents and ride.

I then started to decorate the cake.

From 10am to 4.30pm!

Finally finished!!!

The pink rabbit is called Rampant.

"Inserting The Carrot" Valentine's cake.

It's Good To Talk

I have been enjoying my two days off from being a Dinner Lady.

Yesterday I spent a morning drinking coffee and chatting with a good friend.

Today I had a coffee and chat with another good friend.

I got more supplies from Hobbycraft to do cake and card.

Added a nice ribbon to our Mr & Mrs present for Valentine's Day

Cake & card will be revealed tomorrow!

Patter Cake, Patter Cake....

I finally done it last night.

I started on the Valentine's Cake.

I sat down and planned it.

Worked out how many eggs I needed.

Damn!

I only got 17 eggs, I needed 26!

Hubby fetched some more after work.

Got two of the three tiers baked...

2 days left to get it finished!

Pudding!

Time to leaf through more cookery books.

This time to make a pudding for last night.

Loads of fruit.

Even added some hot custard.

It went down so well, we have none left for tonight!

Time to make more pudding me thinks!

A Nice Apricot,Peach & Strawberry Crumble

Surprise Thank You Present!

I was taken surprise yesterday at my second job.

I was given a present by a fellow co-worker.

It was a thank you for covering her two days,

so she could spend time with a family member.

It was a choice between chocolate or craft crap.

She knows me too well....;)

 

A Little Bit Of Gordon...

I raided my cook books last night for a quick healthy meal.

Chilli Beef Lettuce Wraps was the end result.

Even my kids asked for more 

I might even be daring and try the crab and sweetcorn soup!

Must start on this Valentine's cake...a.s.a.p

More Church Viewings

Morning was to catch up on the  housework.

By the afternoon I was free of the ball & chain!

In the space of an hour,

we visited two more churches.

St Peter's Church,in Ipsley

 &

St George The Martyr,in St Georges.

This one is up for sale (£200,000)

So if you want to live in a church and got a bit of loose change...

 

Overflowing Time

I have my fingers in many pies so to speak.

Baking, cake decorating, card making & other craft crap!

It has got to the point I have three boxes of card making items overflowing.

So now the time to get two more boxes....

Eating Of The Strawberry!

The bee has been rather busy today.

First attended a meeting on how to be a Dinner Lady(!)

 The strawberry shortbread I made went down well

At the meeting.

They couldn't get enough of it!

Next to pick up my order from Hobbycraft

Dropped off present for a new baby girl.

Now to sit down for 5 minutes with a cup of coffee.

At least I have the cake stand for my Valentine's Day's cake now...

Little Bit Of Licking....

Enjoying some me-time in the morning

Only had 2 jobs to go to today.

My creative side came out..

2 cards made.

One 10th Birthday card.

&

One Congratulations of Having A Baby Girl.

I will get round to doing my hubby's Valentine's day card very soon!

Plus I need to start on the "Inserting The Carrot" Valentine's Day cake a.s.a.p.

Time For The Free Coffee!

I popped into Droitwich this morning, 

To try and sign up for the one day Creative Writing course at the weekend.

The Librarian opened the book to add my name to the other names doing the course.

There were no other names.

Oh dear...

On the positive side.

Got a lovely ornament about cake making.

Popped into my favourite store,Waitrose.

I had my free coffee and magazine!

Shaun The Sheep

Nothing better to get home from 3 jobs.

Out comes the Shaun The Sheep Box set.

Never mind the kids finding it funny,

Us adults do as well ;)

The feature film is out this week.

We are going to watch it during Half-Term.

Come to think about it,

I did a cake about Shaun The Sheep.

It was called Fancy Dress Shaun & Friends.

 

Inserting The Carrot

February 14th is not very far away.

Time is here to make the Valentine's cake.

Last couple of years they have been near the knuckle

of taste.

2013's cake was called Kissing The Belly Button.

2014's cake was called Ride On

2015's cake is called Inserting The Carrot

At least the fondant has arrived!

Watch Out For That Headstone!!

Made the most of the strong winds we had today.

Out goes the wet washing, held onto the washing lines for dear life with plastic pegs

We then went out for a Sunday drive.

We looked around two more graveyards.

First was Stoke Prior.

We still trying to find this elusive Church we can't remember where we saw it.

We ended up in Droitwich again.

So we looked around the graveyard...