Got The Cake Done!

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful - Mae West

Christmas Eve

Welcome back to the Friday Feeling 🎈

Nice warm hug to start the day with.

Brew with breakfast.

Hubby still had go into work for the morning.

I gave him a sloppy wet 💋 before he left.

(He got the newspaper on the way to work)

The coffee machine went on.

The cakes went into the oven.

I wrote two blog posts.

Cakes were baked after 2 hours.

I let them cool down.

What's behind the final Advent Calender Door?

        Time for a early lunch.

Hubby sent a picture of the lunch was brought in for him↓                                    

Didn't look very nice.

I loaded up the dishwasher, 

Put it on.

Now to add brandy flavoured marzipan to it.

Then on goes the white fondant icing.

Added the decorations...↓↓

Christmas Cake

Light tea.

Now to watch a great film.

Then we watched:

Looked into today's newspaper:

Sleep Tea Time.

Now off to bed all ready for the Big Day tomorrow...

 

 

 

 
 

Painting The Cake Red!

I am a doormat in a world of boots - Jean Rhys

I woke up earlier than I normally do during the week! I left Sleeping Beauty to have a lie-in. I had things to do!

I had the cup of tea....

Sorted out the cloths for work for the final time!

I wrote out my son's Birthday Card.

Hubby rose from his warm pit.

We had breakfast.

The Birthday Boy got up and opened his Birthday Cards. He had his breakfast.

Hubby dropped him off at work.

I got out Kenny and started to make his Birthday cake.

Once that was in the oven, I had some catching up with paperwork that had come during the week.

Hubby came back with a much needed coffee and bacon baguette.

We sat outside to eat it :)

Now to add some 17th Birthday Balloons to the bunting.

The cake was finished!

The Birthday Boy came home from work early.

He really liked the cake!

He brought back the hand I bought last week from Omega.

We had a special treat of ordering another Chinese Takeway.

I then had to carry on writing blog posts from last Sunday.....

I watched two episodes of "Dragon's Den" while doing so.

I will write the remaining two blog posts tomorrow...as brain was closing down on me.....

Sleep tea time!

Another Birthday to celebrate at the end of the month!

(Not forgetting Father's Day a week on Sunday!)

Now to enjoy the bed!

 

 

 

Having Lots Of Play!

If you think nobody cares if you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of car payments - Flip Wilson

Welcome to my Saturday.

I slept right through and missed

"Sounds of the 60s" 

(I will catch up with it on BBC Sounds later)

 The sun might make appearance today.

 It was nice to have a warm snuggle and a cup of tea in bed.

It would have been my mum and dad's 51st Wedding Anniversary today.

(My mum passed away 6 years ago)

There is a lot of great people whose Birthday it is today.

Stephanie Cole is 78 years old 🎈

 Steve Miller  is 76 years old 🎈

Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) would have been 74 years old 🎈

He died aged 51 in 1997

Russell Mael,(Sparks) is 71 years old 🎈 

 Bob Geldof is 68 years old 🎈

 Now for a little play with Kenny↓

 

 Once the carrot cake was put in the oven.

Coffee & Nibble↓

I had 2 blog entries to write up.

While doing that I listened to Pick of the Pops from 1964.

Some of the hits that were in the chart:

Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

One Way Love↓

 Jim Reeves - I love You Because.↓

Matt Monro - Walk Away↓

We're Through - The Hollies↓

The Batchelors - I wouldn't Trade You For The World↓

Number 1 is Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman↓

Moving onto 1979

The Dooleys - The Chosen Few↓

Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts↓

Madness - The Prince↓

Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind↓

The Buggles - Video Killed Off The Radio Star↓

Bellamy Brothers - If  I Said You Had A Beautiful Body↓

Blondie - Dreaming↓

Number 1 is: The Police - Message In A Bottle↓

Coffee & light Lunch↓

 My order arrived...↓

 

 Once the cakes were cooled down.

Now for a little play...again↓

 *I will unveil the cake on Wednesday.*

Finally finished it!

A late tea↓

 We caught up with The Graham Norton Show↓

 Graham's guests are Renee Zellweger, Lenny Henry, Louis Theroux and Andrew Ridgeley. Elbow perform White Noise, White Heat.

&

The final of Interior Design Masters

We caught up with Law and Order season 11 for the week.Only to find the ending was being cut off!!! Before we could see if they were been found innocent or guilty. We are going to watch it off Universal TV channel instead, as it is showing Season 11 as well as 5*USA channel.

 The new curtains in our bedroom are looking nice and keeping the bedroom warm.

 

 It probably helps we have a 16 tog duvet as well ;)

 

 

Getting The P-A-R-T-Y Started!

Welcome to the 28th June.

My youngest son is 13 years old tomorrow.

 

Loads more sunshine, and cake to make

 

 While the final 3 sponges were in the oven.

I added some bunting to the garden, all ready for tomorrow...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sat in the shade to enjoy the sunshine!

 

 Pumped up the balloons...

Had a quick cup of coffee before adding chocolate frosting to the small 9 cakes..

(Which have been coloured in the colours of the German flag) 

 Needed a cold drink as the chocolate was melting...↓↓

 

 I finished decorating the 9 small cakes.

The big cake needed decorating...

The heat from the oven and the hot weather was helping me with the chocolate....

I finally finished the cake.

Hubby pumped up the remaining balloons.

So while the soon to be teen-ager went to bed early. We added the balloons outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 All ready to P-A-R-T-Y tomorrow!