2016 a new year....and may it be better

Hello and happy new year to you all.......

our lemon tree has been dropping heaps of lemons lately and also looking a little on the yellow side (the leaves).....so we have given it a trim and also some citrus food ☺

This is only 12 lemons....the rest are in our fridge.....

A made up this old style lemon drink cordial with a bit of sugar, some water and some of the peel too....delish it is, and rather nice with a tipple of vodka and some soda ☺☺

I did notice this web outside the back of the garage with a rather large spider which has now been eaten by something.....probably one of the many birds who love hanging around here.....

Now, I have been back to the dentist for the start of crown work and have temp crown for the next 3 weeks so thought I better cook up a soup so I would have easy eating ahead lol Took the bone from the ham at Xmas and added the usual, celery, carrot, onion, stock, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, mustard and lemon juice with chili too and some pasta to thicken it up a little ☺

And must say it is real tasty ☺

My girl gave me this calendar for Xmas so I will now have Katy Perry in the lounge for the year lol 

Today (Saturday) we had a little trip out to check out one of the surf beaches near us.....1 hour away....

Surf was up and after having temperatures in the high 30's today is low 20 with a chilly wind lol 

The wind was whipping this long grass around 

And blowing our hair too lol 

Further up the beach were a group with kids doing races to the water and swimming brrrrr

When we got back home I had a drink of water at our kitchen sink and spied this little green guy near my toy lizard lol 

These 2 shots were with the mobile camera 

Then I went outside and used my Canon slr camera and he had moved onto the head of the lizard ☺

So tiny and now has disappeared......

Just a bit of fun for us today

Take care out there and see you again real soon xoxoxo

The good and the bad......fun times

Hello friends and family ☺ Do you own a crock pot (slow cooker)? I have had this little beauty since I was married way back in 1977 either engagement present or wedding present so roughly 37 yrs old! And it still works although the marriage didn't lol  but as said before we get on fine....hope I don't moz myself and it......this was the GOOD ☺and this was on Easter Monday

I love making some real tasty soups in it and this one was a lovely lentil veg one and enjoyed it for breakfast over a few days ☺ Yes I can eat soup for breakfast, love having anything different in the mornings.....Going to be making a great Indian chicken dish for when family come on Saturday. I had my birthday yesterday (Tuesday) and is the same day as my girl; who I had on my 21st way back in 1978 lol.  And we are getting together here at my home ☺☺ and will use that crock pot for that dish.

Back on to the bathroom....while I did that cooking the man continued on with putting up laminate trims in a nice grey....

I helped by ripping off the plastic off that lovely big bath......and in the mean time!

This was discovered.....a LEAK from 2 pipes, inside the brand new basin cabinet.......so the man removed the basin cabinet and took it outside....it was water damaged! In this picture you can see a little heater trying to dry out the floor and wall.....this was the BAD 

One of the dripping pipes with piping and taps removed.....and this was with the water turned off at the mains.....

Just a token amount of water which was collected over the day and of course being Easter Monday a holiday so the plumber was away......grrrrrr 

The poor cabinet.....

It had heaps of mould growing too as we worked out the leak had been for a WEEK.....and hidden because inside the cabinet.....

So yesterday, Tuesday that young plumber came back and repaired the pipes and made sure to fit another brand new basin cabinet ☺☺ That is his coffee cup on our air con unit and he did do a good job and very apologetic.....

And for now we are keeping some paper towel in the cabinet just to make sure all ok......

We went out for tea for my birthday to a local bowling club and had a nice relaxing time after this event lol, even caught a taxi so we could have a little red wine or three ☺☺

The man today (Wednesday) now back to continuing on finishing little bits here and there.....

Lovely big mirrored shaving cupboard all installed, clever man I have ☺☺

And in between this fun time week I worked on my Sophie blanket, I think it calmed me down lol lol 

How has your Easter been?

Take care and I will be back with a final reveal of the finished bathroom ☺☺

Soup and another top made

The weather has been a bit cooler so I thought it would be great to make a soup out of one of my favourite books

Chose this one which I have not made before

The ingredients with some homemade chicken stock that the man often makes with the carcass from roast chicken and some celery bits as no celery seeds

All in and cooking nicely and a real easy soup too

Gave it a mix with my bamix and this was one lovely soup and no need for pepper as there was a bit of chilli flakes added and a hint of salt....I have now put comments in the book so I know it is a good one to make ☺

Ah yes I have made another top and wonder what my Mum will think of this one lol

This strange Granny (me) likes different clothes....it is quite a warm top as the skeleton material is a fuzzy fleece type with the sleeves and back just plain black interlock.

Good to be doing some cooking and sewing...now to continue with that sock.....

xoxo