Over the weekend I spent many hours cleaning the house, knitting and completing a project started well over a month ago - The Bedroom. Completing the bedroom involved hanging a few pictures and removing the paint cans that had been lying around since I painted the room. It wasn’t like it was hard work, [...]
This is my sister Santa’s Little helper. She is doing a stint as an elf in a shopping centre grotto this Christmas. I believe Nelly had threatened to post this picture, but it seems that she has come down with a bad case of ‘I-hate-Christmas’ and has too much of a sour pus [...]
I am a bit arty-farty really. I am suffering from a massive overdose of ‘inspiration’. Too much, in fact. This week is painting week. I am working on a piece that I started over a year ago and didn’t finish due to our house being converted into our very own building [...]
I got a prize. A prize for being a year older. It is very pretty; a gold heart on a chain. Made for me by my aunt; paid for by my Mum. My Mum has never been the most traditional of people, so, 18 and 21 came along without any fuss or [...]
That is the journey I took D as part of his birthday weekend treat. This from someone who hardly ever drives. (Hey, why drive when you have your own personal chauffeur?)
We stopped every now and again for short walks and photo opportunities. D had the digital camera (so all photos [...]
Rolling down the hill to Ballintoy Harbour the last building you pass is ‘Bendhu’, built by Newton Penprase.
This is the cake I’ve made for D’s birthday. It is Chocolate Guinness Cake from Nigella Lawson’s new book Feast. It doesn’t look much like it does in the book - mainly due to mine having a very flat ‘head’ because the cream cheese icing was very lickable. I have licked clean all [...]
This is my car. My wee Polo Coupe Fox. My wee Caz. She has had that name a long time now. Even before she was mine, when she lived in my mother’s yard for a year, I called her Caz. It’s short for Cassandra (cos she thinks she’s a bit posh, but [...]
Yesterday was spent curled on the sofa with a movie, roast chicken and potatoes, and an ever-so-sorry-for-myself feeling. The food was medicine for my hungover-ness. D wasn’t much better either. The most complicated activities I managed in the whole day were peeling potatoes and going to the shop for a pre-cooked chicken. [...]
I ate too much last night. I blame the bears! Inspired by the story of Jessie and her cubs, (on a tv wildlife show), who wandered the streets and golf courses of Whistler feasting on rubbish, berries and golfers’ packed lunches; I fell to all the available food in the house. For [...]
Yes, I have been feeling blog lazy. Really I’ve been too busy to write. I have started making Christmas presents and I cannot say anymore or I would spoil the surprise! I’ve also made bedroom curtains (2 sets), orange cake and helped in the making of seafood enchiladas. All this and [...]
