Batch production!

I have been trying to keep myself busy until the arrival of Martha so I have decided to knuckle down and stock up on birthday cards and such! Not long to go now! Off to pick her up later!

Martha and Me!

To keep you followers up to date with Martha's adventures I have set up another blog! If you click on the picture of Martha on the side you will go directly to our new blog! Enjoy!

Come Dine With Me Round 2 cont/...

No bits please!

Caramel sauce!

Yum yum!

Getting stuck in!

Come Dine With Me! Round 2!

We were invited over to my sisters last night for dinner 'Come Dine With Me Round 2'. It's a bit of fun as we all score each other on ambiance, food, entertainment and presentation. I was very impressed with their choice of music 'Ella Fitzgerald' and their dog Jack was very good entertainment too! Food was lovely! We had Thai fish cakes and a chili dip for starters, chicken wrapped in parma ham and veg for main. The potatoes were fantastic! Finished off by a lovely meringue (all home made!) with berries, cream and caramel. It was the best meal that I have had out for a long time. I scored them 9.5 out of 10 and hubby scored them 10 out of 10 as he wants to be invited back and didn't want to offend anybody! Creep!

Anyhow, we had a lovely evening! Thanks Charlotte and Ian! Here are some pics!

Chocolate brownie experience!

I have never made chocolate brownies before! I know why now! It is such a messy process! My kitchen needs a good clean! I must say they turned out OK (thank goodness)!!!! I made them so I could take some round to my sisters as she invited us over to dinner yesterday. We have a bit of a competition going on with entertaining each other! A bit like 'Come Dine With Me'! more on that later! Here are my choc brownies with the box that I recycled and decorated! All good fun!

Happy Birthday Ian!

Storm Force 10! Nice wet trousers and undies!!!

Shock Wave! Had my eyes closed all the way round!

Maelstrom! Breakfast returns!

Today is my brother-in-law's birthday! So to celebrate we decided to go to Drayton Manor park for the day! Now being a teacher I get to get ever summer with the kids and it is absolutely packed! Waiting time for the big rides are about 2-3 hours long! Today was ace as we jumped straight on the rides and in some cases had the whole ride to ourselves! I have screamed so much that my throat is sore and I am absolutely shattered! Great day though and we managed to dodge the rain too! Happy Birthday Bro!

Special memories

This week has been lovely with the exception of me having to close our caravan down for the winter. We haven't been down since the summer so there were quite a few things of George's down there such as his toys, bowl and chews. It was so very sad as he loved his caravan. We used to joke and say that it was a luxury kennel on wheels. We bought it so that George could always go on holiday with us. It's only now that we realise just how much we lived our lives around him. That's why I miss him so much. With Martha on the way it has given us something positive to focus on and we are looking forward to bringing her home but I really miss my boy still. I found this little album that I made a couple of years ago at a workshop that me and my buddy went to. I am so glad I did it now. I have decided to make a scrapbook of George. I have got all the stuff but don' think I can do it yet. It's a project that I am planning to do over the winter.