Watching Miss Moo!!!

Late Monday evening I got a phone call from DS asking me to go down and look after Miss Moo yesterday while he took Ruby out for the day. Obviously I said yes so hence no blog post yesterday as I was out all day...only just getting in before DD arrived home from work.
Once tea was done I was fit for nothing much but slobbing on the sofa and watching some of our box set of Star Trek Voyager.
She certainly kept me on my toes did my little minx. I think we played a new game every five minutes of the seven and a half hours I was there...lol. My head was spinning but I loved every minute of it.

I totally forgot to take a pic of her new finished dress before I took it down with me but it's the same style of dress I made last with the little puff sleeves and elasticated neckline but the fabric was red, blue and light teal sail boats on a white background. Very pretty and she looked a picture in it.

This morning I will be out for a while.....docs for a blood test and then Andy is taking me out for breakfast after which we are going to try taking Smudge for a walk in the woods if he will go. Miss Ruby will be arriving around lunch time and staying until just after tea so another busy day.
Andy then just has four days of his holiday left and I can't believe it has gone so quickly.

Hope you all have a lovely day today.
Sheila-x-

Off Out For A While!!!

Andy fancies a wander out today so we are off to the farm shop to have a look what meat they have for the freezer before we go for a walk round little town.

This morning I have done some tester pot patches of the new paint on the walls in the living room and we like so we might pick that up too while we are out.
It will be good to have everything I need in place for starting the job next week.
Still can't get up any enthusiasm for it but I'm sure I'll be OK on the day.

Very grey clouds this morning but the sun is trying to come through so I expect we're in for another hot day.

Right....I'll go and get changed and let Andy take me out for my weekly airing....lol.

Have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-

So Tired Of This Heat Now!!!

I am dreaming of cold nights, candle light and snuggly blankets. I have had enough of being hot, bothered and bad tempered now and would very much like for things to cool down a little.
I feel really mean as so many people love this heat but I am at my best when temperatures are a lot lower.

Today I am getting a head start on the laundry and in between loading and unloading I will finish the dress for Marlowe. I just need to attach the skirt to the bodice and do the hem and that is another one finished. Two more dresses to make and then I have a quilt top ready to make into a quilt which is going to be a Christmas gift and after that I aim to make some fabric gift bags before I have to start on making Autumn themed things for my DIL's birthday party later in the year.

I cooked another piece of gammon yesterday. We enjoyed it so much when we had it last week that Andy wanted a repeat so all I have to do in the kitchen today is make a bowl of salad. I can't believe how long it is since I made a proper cooked meal.......but I'm not complaining.

Have a lovely day everyone.
Sheila-x-

What A Brilliant Day!!!

A few months ago I started looking at wallpaper online to get an idea of the kind of thing I wanted. I must have looked at hundreds of styles and colours but I kept going back to one in particular that I really loved.........

So yesterday our first stop was The Range. First aisle, top right hand corner....and there it was. It took us less than two minutes to decide that it was what we wanted.
Next I had a look at curtains and found a pattern and colour I liked but I wanted eyelet tops and they only had them in tape top so Andy suggested we go over to Dunelm which was very brave of him as the traffic in that area at the moment is horrendous due to some road works. 
Anyhoo....curtains found.........

and purchased along with a new curtain pole and back out into the dreadful traffic.
We took a breather at the pub on the way home so Andy got his well deserved pint.

Back home I sorted out the green beans and we now have several bags in the freezer to use when we want them.

Today Andy is out sloshing his preservative on the picket fence across the bottom of the back garden and I am just pottering before I tidy off the table and get some sewing done.

Hope you all have a lovely day today.
Sheila-x-

What I'm Doing Today!!!

My first job today will be to process the huge bag of French beans my neighbour delivered to me the other day.
I was just going to blanch and freeze them but Gill at Frugal In Derbyshire posted a lovely recipe for green beans in tomato sauce so I am going to try that out.

I need to go wallpaper hunting so once the beans are done I think Andy and I will take a trip into the big town where there are three places that sell wallpaper all within a few yards of each other so hopefully I will find something there and I'm sure Andy will want to fit in a visit to a pub for a quick pint so by the time we get back I expect it will be getting on for teatime. I have some cold meats in the fridge and salad left from last night so that will do for today.

Not really looking forward to starting the decorating but it has to be done and I have planned it for DD's first week of annual leave so that I have a helper.

Hope you all have a good day today.
Sheila-x-