tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138789132941192632024-03-19T08:47:04.693+00:00Life's Too Short To Iron Tea TowelsTales of a housewifeSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-37905191209423137102020-12-24T11:14:00.001+00:002020-12-24T11:14:23.899+00:00A Merry Christmas Wave!!!<p> <span style="font-family: Love Ya Like A Sister; font-size: large;">I have been away a lot longer than I planned to be and really I am not quite ready to be back just now but I couldn't let Christmas go by without wishing you the very best Christmas you can have...in the circumstances....and hopes for a better year to come.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Love Ya Like A Sister; font-size: large;">Peace, Joy and Love to you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Love Ya Like A Sister; font-size: large;">Sheila-x-x-x-</span></p>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-26779198797013145962020-09-04T09:14:00.001+01:002020-09-04T09:14:31.513+01:00Friday!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Another Friday and another new month.....I honestly can't believe how the time is passing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The girls are back at school thank goodness....Ruby back to the school she started last September and Marlowe into reception class at a new school which she has been super excited about. I catch up with them this weekend and see how they have gone on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Andy has been very busy in the garden for the last few weeks. He has moved a shed out of the main garden to the side of a shed at the bottom of the garden and painted them both the same colour....they look very smart.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He's creosoted all of the fence, painted the trim and handrails on the steps and added a large piece of trellis at the end of the oil tank to disguise it a bit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What an absolute star he's been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been mainly inside thankful for the slightly cooler weather to be able to get on with some scrubbing jobs in the kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This weekend Andy is helping his brother to move some furniture so DD and I have decided to have a morning out at Trentham.....depending on the weather.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are so desperate for a change of scenery and to do something different to just going out to the supermarket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-65426736506708708142020-08-25T13:11:00.001+01:002020-08-25T13:11:32.228+01:00Bad Blogger!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I don't seem to be able to get back into blogging (nearly) everyday as I used to before my stroke. A lot of it is down to the fact that I have to correct so many typing errors that it takes me twice as long to write a post as it used to and it puts me off. I hope it gets better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week we had a wonderful week with Ruby here for sleepover. We had a ride up to the garden centre for a few crafty bits for her and then spent most of the rest of week at home. It really cheered me up and I was sad when she went home on Friday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She'll be here for tea tomorrow and I will have to get my cooking head on as she wants Cottage Pie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must thank you all for your lovely comments on my finished cross stitch pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a new Christmas craft I have finished over the weekend</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought the glass dome last year from a charity shop for £2.59 which I thought was a bargain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The tree has been decorated with beads and a star,the tiny sledge has had some logs added and some lights have been placed in the little tin house and they have all been placed on top of some nice freshly fallen snow made of wood filler, acrylic paint and glitter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well it's wet, a little windy and chilly here which is bliss after being so warm for so long. Tonight will be a simple tea of filled baguettes with some fruit, Line Of Duty on dvd and if it's still chilly....a snuggle under a blanket. My favourite kind of evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-32209966984730329552020-08-13T14:40:00.002+01:002020-08-13T14:40:36.548+01:00Crafty Things At Last!!!<span style="font-size: large;">It feels so good to sharing some crafty things at last and I have started by doing finishes on some cross stitch pieces I did right at the start of my renewed love of it last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was my first attempt at finishing in this style. It's wobbly in places but I love it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Just need some little spiders to hang from the twigs when Poundland get their spooky stuff in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two small Christmas pieces.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Joy was a pattern from Just Cross Stitch magazine and is embellished with a metal charm from my stash and some tiny pom pom trim. Ribbons and foliage are from stash.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Jingle Bells was a free pattern from the internet and is mounted on a little clipboard from The Range with more ribbon and foliage from stash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really have to thank <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://priscillas2000.blogspot.com/">Priscilla</a> </span>for the finishing inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well finally we had a storm last night and it seems to have cleared the air for a while at least. It is much cooler today and no blazing sun beating down. I am very happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-45443376898914633192020-08-11T14:59:00.001+01:002020-08-11T14:59:22.934+01:00The Week That Was!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Honestly....I can't believe it's over a week since I posted.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for comments on my last post. I had fully intended to come back and reply to them but the week just slipped away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OMG....hasn't it been hot? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The fans are on nearly all day just to keep us comfortable and I have got a cold drink in my hand permanently at the moment. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are certainly no meals that involve a cooker unless I just boil eggs to have with some cold meat and salad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the crafty front I have been finishing some cross stitch pieces into decorative objects for the house at Christmas and I am really pleased with them so when I get the camera charged up I'll take some pics to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until then...stay safe.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of hugs to you all.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-23157685869879215742020-07-31T12:33:00.001+01:002020-07-31T12:37:14.191+01:00Oh Heck!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for such lovely comments on my last post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well I feel like I have woken up in a blast furnace this morning it's so bloomin' hot. There were plans to wash down the cupboards in the kitchen but blow that for game of soldiers.......I think it will be a day in the sewing room with the fan on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to avoid going out as much as I can unless the stir crazies get bad. Shopping in a mask isn't for me....I've tried it and I feel so sick by the time I've done that there is no pleasure in it at all. I did go out the other day and I am sure you will be disgusted to know that I bought a Christmas present!!! It was a bargain too good to be missed and something we had planned on getting for Ruby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh heck.......how are you all getting on with the new Blogger? I went on this morning and I have reverted to the old version until I have the patience to work it out. I do wish they would leave things alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Doodles have been away on holiday for the last week and I am looking forward to a bit of Facetime tonight or tomorrow to hear all about it as connection hasn't been good while they have been away.</span></div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-73655584661529813092020-07-26T16:39:00.001+01:002020-07-26T16:39:29.368+01:00Hello!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Well...it's been a long time since I managed a post.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What with one thing and another I haven't really felt up to either sharing the health problems I've been having or the boredom that has been lockdown.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That is slowly changing now that I have found myself able to sew again....not my cross stitch which is still beyond me but I have been sewing masks, tea towels. shopping bags and Christmas gift bag sets for all the family. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am so chuffed I've been able to do it without sewing my fingers together or cutting them off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What have you all been doing to keep busy during lockdown?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Have you discovered new crafts to try or gone back to old favorites?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must say that I am thoroughly sick of cooking and am looking forward to being confident enough to go out for a meal.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">....and talking of cooking I had better go and check out the casserole we are having today....it smells just about ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll speak to you soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-11971553631861211642020-04-10T14:27:00.001+01:002020-04-10T14:27:36.571+01:00Still Here!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I'm still here.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Struggling a little with a touch of the black dog but I am not going to complain about that as I am so much better off than those who are suffering elsewhere here and across the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How are you all? How are you all coping with the lockdown?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I must admit that I am ready for everything to get back to normal as I have mostly been stuck at home since I came out of hospital at the beginning of March but it doesn't look like that is going to be anytime soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DD's office has been split into two groups working two days on and two days off and I can't get my head round it so when she is off I think it's the weekend. I just never know what day it is.....lol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly I can't do my cross stitch at the moment (I have tried and managed five stitches so far) so after a walk around the block I seem to spend much of the time watching ccokery and DIY programmes on Freeview. I think soon though I shall have to find something else to do as I am now starting to see repeats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish you all a Happy Easter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-29430344020155164602020-03-26T10:05:00.002+00:002020-03-26T10:05:44.232+00:00Good Morning!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for such a warm welcome when I posted last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had intended to post every couple of days but that proved to be a little harder than I expected. Who knew that just sitting at the computer typing would be so difficult? But a week on and I am still improving slowly....still a bit woolly headed and still weak on my right side but I have managed to cook with Andy's help and have managed to use a knife without injuring myself so that is something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway enough about me........how are you all coping being on lockdown? Are you all managing to get everything you need?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's very scary isn't it. I hate not being able to see The Doodles but we talk on the phone regularly. I dread the phone bill when it next comes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right well I'll try not to leave it so long next time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stay safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-30384508514966537262020-03-19T09:18:00.001+00:002020-03-19T09:18:46.740+00:00Hello!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Good morning all my lovely blogging friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I just wanted to come on here to thank you all for your lovely messages when I was taken ill.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am getting better every day and can now walk again and have regained much of the use of my right hand side.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My speech is still affected and I still can't write but at least I</span><span style="font-size: large;"> can type....albeit it slowly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying to read blogs but I can only manage one or two a day as find reading very tiring but I'll get there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway...I hope you are all staying safe and well in this crises and that you have everything you need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be back soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-25012723721761569722020-03-05T09:45:00.001+00:002020-03-05T09:45:51.481+00:00Good Morning to my Mum's blogger friends.<br />
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Just to let you all know that my Mum suffered a small stroke on Sunday evening and has spent the last couple of days and nights in hospital. She is now at home and being looked after by us. She is having some difficulty with speech and has some paralysis on her right side so will not be blogging for a little while. I will try and keep you informed as best I can inbetween caring for Mum and work. She is improving in tiny amounts each day but tires quickly but other than that is in generally good spirits and her sense of humour is fully intact. She tells me the highlight of her stay in hospital was that the nurse who gave her a bed bath was fairly good looking chap and the food wasn't too bad either.<br />
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Kindest Regards<br />
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Roz AKA DDSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-72503247173014627292020-02-28T13:34:00.001+00:002020-02-28T13:34:24.237+00:00Just Stop It Now!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Woke up to an absolutely vile morning this morning.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thrashing it down with rain and snow at the same time and unfortunately we had got to go into town.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The road there....although very wet was fine but coming back the flood water was starting to close over the road. We managed to get through but as the rain has continued to lash down since we got in I should imagine that it's now completely flooded and will be in another couple of places too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We were so cold when we got in that the heating went on and comfort food was needed to warm us up. Slices of sourdough bread were filled with cheese and rhubarb and ginger chutney and toasted until golden brown and oozing. Oh my word it was so good. Not something to be eaten every day but jolly good as a reward for braving that weather.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be glad when it all stops and we get some decent days for a change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Worked towards the end of my cross stitch project last night but didn't quite finish as my fingers were getting achy. Just the bottom border to finish which will get done shortly and I can then kit up for my next one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More comfort food for tea....Hash Jacket Potatoes with pickled beetroot and then snuggling on the sofa for season two of Last Tango In Halifax......bliss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all safe and warm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-70354845827856820952020-02-27T14:11:00.001+00:002020-02-27T14:12:39.821+00:00Men!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Andy has scuppered my oven cleaning today as he has had the oven on and I need it cold to be able to do the job. I am not in the least bit bothered really as I have redesignated today as a play day and have been having some fun dying cross stitch fabrics ready for some future projects...varying results but I am pretty happy with them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My current project is very nearly finished so I will show that and my new start in another post when it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather is fairly nice today and has inspired me to put salad on the menu for tonight. I can't wait until it it will be on the menu every night as I am heartily sick of Winter meals now....although I am rather looking forward to using the mutton I have in the freezer to make a stew next week sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ruby came for tea last night in an absolutely brilliant mood having been given an achievement award for computer studies. She hasn't much confidence in that class and often comes home upset so it has given her a real boost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last night we had a lazy night in front of the tv and started our new box set of Last Tango In Halifax.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Why have I never watched it before? It is absolutely brilliant and we all love it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We won't watch the new one on catch up as it doesn't take long for the DVD to come out usually after a series has ended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Andy has just handed me a lovely mug of coffee so I am going to drink that while I read some blogs and then I am off to stitch for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all having a good day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-59986033451091116302020-02-25T13:41:00.001+00:002020-02-25T13:41:24.391+00:00Sod's Law!!!<span style="font-size: large;">It's a beautiful day today.....sunny with blue skies and fluffy white clouds tinged with a tiny bit of grey. The breeze is a bit spiteful but never the less it would have been a great day to get out for a bit of fresh air except Andy's car is in for it's annual service so we couldn't go anywhere.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You watch.....it will be vile again tomorrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Still....I have got some jobs done this morning...two loads of laundry washed and dried and the oven doors scrubbed.....the rest of the oven will get done on Thursday as I will have to start cooking shortly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have also sorted out all of my crafting paints and varnishes so that they are now all in one drawer ready for when I need them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Quite a productive morning for someone who didn't get much sleep last night due to a restless DD one floor up. All the bangs and wallops woke me up at 2am and I never did get back off properly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two meals to cook tonight as Andy wants braised liver which DD and I will not eat. I think we'll just have good old beans on toast with a nice cup of tea but I'll wait and see if she fancies that when she gets in.....it may all change depending on her mood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right....I'm off to sort out that disgusting liver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-45290396647661332942020-02-24T13:11:00.001+00:002020-02-24T13:11:17.554+00:00Another Quiet Sunday!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Nothing much going on here yesterday so I didn't post as I didn't want to send you all to sleep....lol.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I cooked lunch, we ate lunch, I stitched, DD read and Andy watched tv through his eyelids as usual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rearranging of the freezer got put off until today as the wind kept banging the shed door into my legs as I was trying to sort stuff on Saturday but that job is now done and I have no need to do a freezer shop for a good while by the looks of it although everything in the two freezers is hearty Winter meal stuff. I am ready to get it all used up and refill with lighter meals for Spring.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the weather forecast for this area for the next fortnight though there are blue raindrops nearly every day so I think Spring is a little way off yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another flood has appeared on the lane into town. Buses, lorries and vans seem to be coping with it but for cars it's a little too deep so we are having to get to town along the A50. I hate the A50 even though I am only ever a passenger so I am not going out much at the moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a minor inconvenience compared to what others are having to put up with but annoying none the less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As DD was off work last week the laundry basket is quite light today for change so it should all be done and put away before tea time and I can have some stitching time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all having a good day today.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-74706740694743417532020-02-22T09:36:00.001+00:002020-02-22T09:36:39.216+00:00A Busy Few Days!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry for the lack of blog posts for the last couple of days. It's been busy here at Tea Towel Mansion with a sleepover and the tackling of a couple of big jobs yesterday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I finally got round to sorting out the indoor fridge/ freezer. It got emptied into the bigger freezer outside and the fridge was emptied before the whole thing got a good clean. Shelves and drawers were scrubbed to within an inch of their lives before it all got put back together.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Today I will sort out all the stuff that got moved out and make a list of things we need ready for a freezer shop next week.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">DD tackled the brick shed outside where we store all the cans and jars etc. Spider were ousted along with their webs and shelves were given a good wipe down and then reorganised. I'm ashamed to say that a couple of things had to be thrown out but it wasn't too bad. I'll do a check to see if we need anything and put that on the shopping list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning started off in a rather nasty fashion with black skies and torrential rain/hail so any thoughts of nipping into town were scuppered. It has brightened up a bit now but I am not in the mood for venturing out so I will get DD to nip and get some fresh veg and milk for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to have a coffee and read the papers before I do the freezer stuff and then I'll spend the rest of the day catching up on my stitching which has been sadly neglected for the last few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope the weather doesn't scupper your plans for the weekend and that you have a good one.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-70075029615720854192020-02-19T10:18:00.000+00:002020-02-19T10:18:08.058+00:00Wednesday And Cross Stitch Progress!!!<span style="font-size: large;">DD and I needed to get out of the house for a while yesterday so we had a trip into the big town. We didn't dare to go too far as after watching the local news there are so many roads flooded round about that we were worried about getting stuck somewhere as it was still raining when we set off. The road to town was fine and we had a nice few hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is going to be a lovely day. I wasn't expecting Ruby but she is coming later this afternoon for her tea and an added bonus of a sleepover seeing as how it's half term.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It will be a night in with pizza for tea and then snuggling up with a film and popcorn so she will be a happy little girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not as much progress as I would have liked but there is a little.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I want to try and finish this by the end of the month if I can.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm currently back stitching around the lettering....not called for on the chart but I do like the chunkier look of it being outlined. Just two letters to go and then I can crack on with the rest of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's quite cold here this morning so the heating has gone on to warm the house up ready for Ruby. I have jobs to do upstairs but first I am going to have coffee and catch up with some blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a lovely day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-90224872834353868822020-02-17T13:22:00.001+00:002020-02-17T13:22:15.791+00:00Dennis The Menace!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for your comments on my last post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well it's been a very nasty weekend here much as it has everywhere but I have to say we are very, very lucky. No damage to property around here as far as we can see except for a couple of neighbours fence panels and some flooding on the roads into town whichever way we go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Andy had to visit the doctors surgery this morning and came across a car abandoned in the middle of the road so the flood must have been quite bad that way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Such horrible pictures in the papers this morning of places that have suffered so badly. How on earth do you cope when it keeps happening?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another day at home for us although DD has braved a journey into the big town but the weather isn't too bad this morning....just a stiff breeze and no rain so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bedroom wallpaper has been pasted back down where it had peeled up behind the radiator and the new pole and curtains are up so that is a couple of jobs off the list thank goodness. Many more to go as there always is but they will get done in their turn.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For today I am just doing the laundry and stitching in between loads. I had hoped to finish Peppermint Lane at the weekend but I didn't actually do any stitching at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you keep safe and dry this week.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-72872352710834150912020-02-15T13:00:00.001+00:002020-02-15T13:00:11.649+00:00The Saturday Snuggle Down!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully the scratchy throat and gritty eyes haven't turned into anything horrible so far. my eyes are still a bit gritty feeling but nothing I can't cope with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Top up shopping has been done early this morning. DD went and did it for me while I stayed home and put some braising steak and onions on to simmer ready for making a steak pie for lunch tomorrow. I need to get it cooked and out of the way so that I have room for the cooking of tea tonight which will be a Chinese Fakeaway.......sweet and sour chicken with stir fried veg and noodles and vegetable spring rolls.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's so disgusting outside that nobody would want to go and fetch a takeaway. If it rains all day the road will be flooded and a homemade meal means it's much cheaper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So.....today we are just snuggling down and enjoying a quiet day at home all doing our own thing until after tea when we will settle down and watch some more Game of Thrones which we are working our way through again as we now have season eight to add to our collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all stay safe and warm in this horrible weather.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-75055818937311034922020-02-13T12:41:00.001+00:002020-02-13T12:41:53.701+00:00Weary!!!<span style="font-size: large;">There are things I should be doing today but despite having had a fairly good night of sleep I feel a bit weary and achy with a scratchy throat and gritty eyes. I hope I'm not coming down with a cold or anything. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure some fresh air would do me good but I just can't summon up the energy to get ready and go out.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A stitchy day it is then......the jobs aren't going anywhere are they....lol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lovely couple of hours with Ruby last night which will have to last me for a couple of weeks as next week is half term and I think Aunty from down South is coming to spend the week with the girls and it's only fair that she gets the whole week with them both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DD finishes work tomorrow and will be off for nine days annual leave. We need to plan some days out but I haven't the faintest idea where.....and of course a lot depends on the weather and the state of the roads with this new storm we have coming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all having a good week.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-56215281538173756892020-02-12T11:28:00.001+00:002020-02-12T11:28:26.238+00:00Wednesday And Twenty For 2020 Progress!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Who would have thought that a ten year old's tea party could be so much fun. We had such a lovely time and Ruby was thoroughly spoiled.....which is just as it should be on your birthday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now it's Wednesday and Ruby will be here for tea later. A roast pork meal today as we didn't have our usual roast on Sunday and I am really looking forward to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a pottering day today. I don't usually involve myself with big jobs on a Wednesday with Ruby coming as I do like to finish a job once it's started so a tickle round with a duster and run round with the hoover is all that will get done today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've not managed to get as much done as I would have liked but there is at least some progress.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Really pleased with the colour changes I have used for this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm hoping for a weekend at home to get lots more done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well it might be sunny outside but it's flippin' cold so the kettle is going on for coffee which I shall drink while I read the papers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a wonderful day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-33105771153103834532020-02-11T13:45:00.001+00:002020-02-11T13:45:09.116+00:00Almost Gone!!!<span style="font-size: large;">The surprise snow didn't last very long. It started melting as soon as it stopped falling and now we just have little pockets in sheltered corners.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been snowing on and off all morning but it's not laying thank goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Earlier I thought I was going to be doing a Mary Poppins when I went to collect the big number balloons which we are taking for Ruby tonight. It was a fight and a half to get them back to the car safely in the wind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nothing much to do in the house today so I think I might treat myself to a soak in the bath and a bit of stitching time until it's time to get ready to go to The Doodles for the little tea party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all keeping safe and warm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-13533415537817358692020-02-10T14:25:00.000+00:002020-02-10T14:25:18.298+00:00Well....I Wasn't Expecting This!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Weather forecast checked......sleety rain due after a period of sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been snowing for less than an hour and we have about two inches so far. It is still snowing heavily so goodness knows how much we will end up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Psssst....ya wanna build a snowman 😁</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-62029720522193535392020-02-10T09:46:00.001+00:002020-02-10T09:46:28.758+00:00Water, Water Everywhere!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Good morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for the comments left on the post on Friday. It seems like you were all preparing to weather the dreadful storm yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday wasn't too bad here until later on in the evening but Sunday lunch time it hit really bad while we were out looking after Marlowe. By the time we left the green fields we had passed on the way there were like lakes although the roads were OK until we got onto the lane leading home which was flooded in a couple of places.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all stayed safe and didn't sustain any damage. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I've not checked our forecast yet for today so I don't know if we are in for any more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite the scary weather we did have a lovely time with Marlowe although we opted to stay in rather than take her to the play barn and she was quite happy for us to be at home.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ruby thoroughly enjoyed her day out shopping with Mummy and Daddy and came home laden with carrier bags full of exciting things....bless her.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow is her actual birthday and we will be going to visit for tea and cake and that will be it.....she will be ten years old....wow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just the normal jobs to do today....laundry, a bit of cleaning and a pan of savoury mince to put on for tea as requested by Andy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I must try and get some more done to my cross stitch project too as I haven't put a single stitch into it since Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I am going to make a coffee and have a catch up on some blogs while the first load of laundry is doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a wonderful day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila-x-</span>Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-3514821296487821692020-02-07T12:28:00.002+00:002020-02-07T12:28:48.532+00:00Shiverin'!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Golly I am cold this morning. The sun has been out this morning so it's been lovely and bright but there is still an icy nip in the air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Missing in action yesterday as we had to go into the big town to get a replacement curtain pole. We were trying to be frugal and reuse one we had in the shed but couldn't find the fittings to make it work. It will get used somewhere else eventually.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">While I was in W***o I found two bargains.....a reduced reusable Christmas shopping bag....50p and a desk tidy reduced from £3.50 to 90p...perfect for my cross stitch charts and journal.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A visit to a new charity shop I'd not seen before yielded the most fabulous house shaped photo frame which will be altered and used as a mount for some cross stitch...£1.25.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I came home a happy bunny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is just a pottering kind of day with some little jobs done and this afternoon I will be stitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow Andy is being taken out for lunch.....his Christmas gift from DS.....so he is off to Nottingham. DD and I are going to Derby for an hour or two and we may have lunch out.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No Sunday lunch to cook this week with me being at The Doodle House. We are having ham and salad instead and I'll make a roast dinner in the week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a lovely day.</span><br />
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