The Good Life...Ish.

Hello there! Wow! Its been two months since my last post! I just don't know where the time went! So, what's been happening? We are now the proud owners of 2 blackcurrant bushes, a tayberry bush and a loganberry bush, i've planted them and so far they seem to be surviving haha, fingers crossed! We have a "new to us" rug, which covers almost the whole living room, so no more cold floorboards! Woohoo! Thanks to lovely Jayne for helping to cart it back for me :) Also, thanks again to Jayne, we have a wee hoover called James :) The Bearded Wonder and i have been making the most of the lovely weather and have been exploring on the bikes  That day was sooo hot! I've been getting crafty and made a matching seat cover and bar bag for my bike out of an old backpack , and a face cover/neckwarmer for the cold weather from the bottom of an old t-shirt, though i have a feeling i may need to make a thicker one! Angus is gett...

Hi guys :) I've spent all day in the kitchen today and loved every second of it :) I've picked up a few bargains this week firstly, the most amazing book from a charity shop, full of wonderful recipes, including preserving pickling and home-brewing I found 2 bags of pears , reduced to clear at 29p per bag and 2 bags of pumpkin seed bread mix for 19p each :) I made some rolls with the bread mix and i am happy to report they are delicious! We shall be having some with soup for supper.  I had a funny moment when i put the mix into the bread maker, the lid decided to slam down onto my fingers, and even though it hurt it reminded me so much of the till from Open All Hours i got a fit of the giggles and couldn't stop! It wasn't even all that funny, but that just made me giggle more! Tonight i went back to have a look for more bargains, but i went too early to get anything really cheap and trailed back home with another bread mix, a mixed grain one this...

Hi guys :) I was introduced to this delicious drink when we were peeling potatoes for the Christmas lunch last Sunday, and today i gave it a go and made my own.  It's soooo yummy, it will blow your head off if you gulp it down, like my poor unfortunate hubby did, before i could warn him, but if you sip it nicely it is really quite lovely. It's non alcoholic and it makes the perfect warming winter drink  (apart from mulled cranberry juice, of course!) All you need is ginger compound, 1.6kg of sugar and 5 pints of water Notice the chicken lurking in the background? The basic recipe is just stir in the sugar with 5 pints of hot water, let it cool then stir in the full bottle of the compound then pour into sterilized screw cap glass bottles :) Another chicken lurking, these guys get everywhere! A great tip i got from a friend was to stir in a cube or two of jelly, to give it a more fruity taste , i chose blackcurrant :) I got the extra hot ve...