Today dawned very cold and misty, so misty that it obliterated the view of the distant trees that I usually see as I open the curtains. The heating had clicked on at 13 degrees. Autumn is racing towards us, or so I thought. By the time I had done the food shopping it was so warm that I had removed my fleece and opened the car windows. Right, I thought, washing here we come! Two loads later, flapping in the breeze, I decided to put up the new bedroom curtains. The ones I have had up all summer are floor length but we have a radiator under the window so winter ones need to be sill length so as not to block the heat. I had ordered some cheap cream curtains off eBay and they arrived yesterday so today they needed pressing and hanging. The word 'cheap' should have alerted me. BIG mistake :/ They are practically transparent. Luckily we do have venetian blinds too although, unluckily, the mechanism is broken so they stay fixed at half open (or half closed depending how you look at it) As I was trying to put the rail back I fell off the dressing stool that I was standing on (insert an embarrassed face smilie) falling backwards and landing on the bed with a bounce, knickers akimbo and legs pointing skywards...doh! I must make a mental note to get undressed and dressed in the dark for a while until I think what to do about the curtains.
I realised that we have run out of cake, a catastrophe as far as OH is concerned so made a mincemeat cake, the recipe for which was shared recently by the lovely Sue from Our Quiet Life in Suffolk. It turned out really well despite my cake tin being 8" instead of 7. It just cooked a little quicker at 1hr 5mins.
It's beautifully moist and tasty....yes, I know....I HAD to try it to make sure it was palatable :)
Tomorrow is going to be a craft day for me. OH will be at work and the family otherwise occupied so I should have no interruptions.....I hope....
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Have a lovely weekend folks, whatever you have planned x
I made the mincemeat cake today too! I've not tried it yet but am very much looking forward to a slice this evening. X
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely and moist, aren't they x
DeleteHi Angie that's the sort of thing that would happen to me a very long time ago when I was very young, I moved in with hubby to be, I stood on a glass table while hanging up christmas decorations I slipped off and the piece of glass landed right on top of me, I let hubby do all the stretching and anything on a ladder now.
ReplyDeleteSue's cake is very popular, I always try things before the family, well being the cook you have to don't you xx
OMG that sounds so dangerous, Marlene. It could have cut you, at least I fell the right way to land on the bed x
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