It Just Smelled Sooo Good!!!

No cheese and potato pie for tea tonight.
It smelled so good when I had made it that I decided DD and I would have it for tea last night instead.
Ruby still had her tomato soup though. She wouldn't eat the pie as it has onions in it....she can spot a fleck of onion at fifty paces....lol.
I have had to come up with something else for tonight so....a bag of frozen cauliflower that wants using, a little white sauce and maybe some peas and Charlotte potatoes all served with a lamb gravy and some mint sauce. It's what I usually make from leftovers when we have had lamb on a Sunday and I call it Sunday Dinner Soup. Very satisfying eaten out of a bowl with a spoon while we watch something either on tv or dvd.

I won't be cooking tomorrow as we have to leave home as soon as DD gets in and gets changed to travel to Leicester. We are going to visit my sister Maggie's partner.
Since Maggie passed away in May last year he has kept her craft room just as it was and he would like me to go and see it and also collect some things which he thinks I should inherit.
The only time I have ever been to Leicester was that awful night when we had to rush there to see Maggie before her life support was turned off. We got hopelessly lost and ended up at the wrong hospital and then couldn't find the right one until we came upon it by accident and we only just made it in time. I still have nightmares about it now so I am hoping that this visit will be healing.

Right....I'll go and finish prepping the meal and then I have a load of tea towels that want folding.....but definitely not ironing.

Hope your day is good.
Sheila-x-

In The Kitchen!!!

It looks like most of my day today will have been spent in the kitchen.
Andy decided he wanted Toad In The Hole for his lunch so I have just cooked that with some veg and gravy. The cheese and potato pie didn't get done yesterday as I came over all flopsadopsical and hadn't even the energy to peel the potatoes so that needs to be done today but won't get eaten until tomorrow.
Ruby is coming after school today so we are all having tomato soup with toasted cheese sandwiches.
Once I have washed up after tea I ain't going in there again until tomorrow.

I won't start on any sewing as it is surprising how quickly the time goes between Andy going to work and Ruby arriving so I'll just tidy and finish off some laundry and leave the sewing until tomorrow.

.....and that is about how interesting my day will be....lol.

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

The Weekend That Whizzed By!!!

Honestly.....I just don't know where this last weekend has gone. Such a lovely weekend it would have been nice to hold onto it for just a little longer.
Ruby was thrilled to be taken by Aunty DD to her favourite restaurant on Friday....The Wing Wah Chinese Buffet.
The rest of the evening was spent watching Pitch Perfect 2 and the new Frozen short.

Saturday was a miserable day weatherwise with rain and snow bucketing down all day but that didn't dampen our shopping spirits at all...lol.
Ruby shopped until she dropped spending her birthday money on some clothes, some toys and some crafting goodies. Ganma was a little more restrained and just bought necessary fabric and a bit of indulgent fabric plus a couple of boring bits.....interfacing and Heat 'n' Bond.
Back home to a requested meal by Ruby....sausages with mashed potatoes, vegetables and lots of gravy then another evening of film watching....Pete's Dragon and Zootropolis.....and popcorn but not for me....I think it's like eating cardboard...yuck.

Sunday lunch at the pub with DDIL and Marlowe and then that was our weekend over and done with.
Can't wait until the next one now.

Today I am catching up on jobs as everything stops when Ruby is in the house....so laundry, tidying and a bit of cooking.
I seem to have rather a lot of potatoes so I think I'll make a large cheese and potato pie. We'll have some for tea tonight and then Andy can have some for lunch tomorrow.  I'll portion some up for the freezer for DD's pack ups and that will be that problem sorted out.
I won't do any sewing today as I am not really in the mood even though I am eager to finish the Coin Quilt with Pizzazz now that I have the black fabric to do it.

Oooops....nearly forgot that I have sprayed the top oven ready for cleaning so I had best go and wipe that out before I try to cook anything in it.

Hope you are all having a good day. 
We've had a tiny bit of snow this morning but other than that it's a fairly nice day.
Sheila-x-

Triangle Trauma At Tea Towel Mansion!!!

OK......I give in and have to admit defeat.....triangles and me just don't get on at all.
One cushion cover made and put straight in the scrap box to be chopped up for a string quilt at some point in the future.
Nothing I did would make those triangles meet nicely in the middle and by the time I had finished unpicking and redoing it looked like a right pigs ear.
I'll make two more cathedral window ones instead....at least I know I can do those.

No sewing today. When Andy gets back from town I shall be off upstairs to do some cleaning and get the bedroom and bathroom cleaned ready for Ruby coming later.
I can't go up until he gets back as Smudge needs to have someone on constant door duty. His Cushings medication seems to have done the trick with regards him having accidents in the house....apart from the odd one....but he now wants to go out much more frequently.

I am so ready for a weekend of fun and cuddles with Ruby and I know that she was really excited to be coming for a good old spoiling session.
Tonight she is off out for tea with Aunty DD and then back home for snuggling in jim jams and film watching.
Tomorrow will be birthday shopping in Derby....with maybe a bit of fabric shopping for Ganma with more snuggling and film watching in the evening....and then Sunday we are meeting DDIL and Marlowe at the pub for lunch and to hand Ruby back over.

I think I'll sneak in a coffee while I am waiting for Andy.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend.
Sheila-x-

Blowing A Hooly!!!

It's very windy here again. No damage sustained as far as I can see although DD's small tool shed has finally gone to tool shed heaven. It's been blown down so often and it can't be mended this time.

I've been busy in the kitchen this morning making up a large batch of veg hash for the freezer. One portion has been used as a base for some spicy pork and beans which is our meal today over some jacket potatoes. There will be leftovers for the freezer.
I freeze individual portions in takeaway containers and DD is loving taking something hot for her lunch....or she is when her Momma remembers to take it out to defrost which I forgot to do with her spaghetti bolognaise last night. Hopefully she took a can of soup with her and still got her hot meal.

Last night I made another of the cathedral window blocks. It still turned out with the squares not quite where I wanted them but never mind....I think only I will know that.
Today I am going to be making two lots of Five Minute Blocks and that will be four cushion covers made to replace my rather tatty looking ones that are currently on the sofa.
I don't know what I will do with the squares left as they are colours I really don't like.....yellows and browns...yuck.

On with the sewing then.

Have a good day.
Sheila-x-