Peaceful...But Not Quiet!!!

We are having our usual lazy Sunday and although this one is peaceful it definitely isn't quiet.
Lots of coughing and noisy nose blowing going on from all three of us...yuck.

It's DS and DDIL's wedding anniversary today and I would love to go down and see them but really don't want to pass these germs back to Ruby or make Marlowe any worse than she is so I am best staying away sadly.

I shall be glad when the local yobs have got over themselves with their damn fireworks. It was nearly 1am this morning before they finished letting off some really loud ones. It's a good job Smudge is going deaf or he would have been petrified.

The Christmas shopping is very nearly done now. DD and I went out yesterday.....despite not feeling quite top notch...and pretty much finished off the list except for a couple of small things and something for my BIL's daughter.
We went back to Bridgemere as they have both a Lakeland and a Hobbycraft which saved having to faff about going to two different places in Derby. They also have a farm shop and a veg stall so some Scotch Eggs and salad were bought home for a quick tea as we had left home at 8:30am and didn't get back until nearly 5pm....it was a long day.

Now I am about to eat a lovely lunch cooked by DD. Roast chicken and all the trimmings.
I just hope I can taste it.

Hope you are having a lovely peaceful Sunday.
Sheila-x-

The Day Off That Wasn't!!!

I promised myself an afternoon on the sofa yesterday but then realised that I taken meat out of the freezer with the intention of turning it into meals for next week.
So one pack of turkey mince is now turkey meatballs in a spicy sriracha tomato sauce and one pack of pork mince is now spicy pork and beans. Gawd knows what they taste like as my senses of smell and taste have gone off together somewhere.
There will be very little cooking to do next week as along with those two meals I have other things in the freezer which will make up a week of meals and by then the freezer inside should be almost empty.

As Andy leaves for work at 11:20 today this will be my day off.
A nice glass of cold lemonade, a snuggly blanket and either the food channel or a Christmas film on the telly box and I will let nothing stand in my way...lol.

Rightio.....I need a cuppa and there are a couple of slices of three cheese bloomer left which are going in the toaster for my breakfast.....I hope I can taste it today as it is just so delicious.

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

......And We're Dropping like Flies!!!

Two more casualties of the nasty cold/virus.
My sore nose and throat has turned into the nasty cough that Ruby still has and Marlowe is poorly with an upper respiratory tract infection so that is five of us coughing and hacking at the moment.....lovely 😟

I am going to spend the day doing absolutely b****r all in an attempt to conserve my energy as I have to go out shopping tonight. We have no milk and not much veg so it has to be done even though all I want to do is lie down and go to sleep.

Tea may well be tomato soup.....my go to comfort food when I have a cold.

Hope you are all managing to keep germ free but if you already have it then take care of yourselves.

Sheila-x-

Going Down Like Ninepins!!!

The Christmas shopping still needs to be finished.
DD came home on Monday evening fit for nothing but snuggling up on the sofa with a hot drink. Last night we went to see DDIL as it was her birthday and tonight Ruby is coming for tea after all so we will need to take her home.
We are hoping for tomorrow but Andy has gone down with the cold today and my nose and throat are twitching very suspiciously so we will have to see.

Couldn't be bothered with sewing yesterday although I did get the calendar out of it's bag and re-ironed the pieces.....and it won't get done today as I can now empty what is left in the outside freezer and put it inside while I clean the outside one.
Once they are both clean I can make my list and go and do a freezer shop.

On Monday the postie delivered the T***o vouchers which I only have once a year. Since I started shopping around more and not doing my whole shop every week there I don't get as many vouchers as I used to so opted to have them just before Christmas and the lump sum of £75.50 is more useful than smaller dribs and drabs through the year.
Last year I used them for stocking up on meat but this year I think I will use them to stock up the store cupboard with useful things that can be used way beyond Christmas and I am making a list accordingly.

I haven't the faintest idea what we will be having for tea tonight. Ruby will want tomato soup as she still has her sore throat. There may be some salad left in the drawer and there is a pack of Chicken Kievs in the freezer so it may well be that. I'll see what DD fancies when she comes in.

Right....into the freezer I go.

Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-

The Spiders Have Left The Building.......!!!

.......along with all the ghoulies and ghosties and other Halloweeny type things.
Ruby won't be here again now until Friday when it's all over and done with so I thought they might as well go back in their box.

Thank you for all your kind wishes for Ruby. We saw her yesterday and she seems fine. I think DDIL was keeping her off school today as she had swimming which didn't seem the best activity with her poorly throat.

So today has been a bit of a clean up day along with laundry and sorting out the Christmas gifts into bags ready for wrapping which we hope to get done this week.
We only have a few more bits to get now and so DD and I are off to Hobbycraft tonight to see if we can get those.

Tomorrow one of the Advent calendars that I didn't want to sew may come out of the bag and get done as DDIL says her Sister would love the Scandi design of it so I might bite the bullet and get it done to send down to her.

Well DD will be home shortly so I had best go and get changed ready to go out.

Hope you have all been warm today.
We started the day with a frost and it hasn't been very warm all day.
The heating has just gone on.
Sheila-x-