Happy Birthday Ashley!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!!!

My son is 23 today and so is his girlfriend, so they celebrate together.

A busy week for celebrations: Shrove Tuesday, two birthdays today and Valentine's Day tomorrow.

I haven't had much time to blog lately because I've been looking after my beautiful grandaughter Daisy. She's 5 months old now and needs a lot of attention. She hasn't been sleeping well at night and finally today -

SHE HAS GOT HER 1st TOOTH!!!

My daughter is rarely home now, so I have taken over her care until she decides to return. Nobody said it would be easy having a baby at 17 - thank God she's got me and her dad to take over. You want the best for your children, and the same goes for your grandchildren. Daisy is very precious to us and we're lucky to have her after such a difficult pregnancy and traumatic birth. So we'll keep on doing what we have to do for them both, even if others disagree.

Daisy is a gorgeous, well-behaved baby, full of smiles that keep me going. She has learnt to blow raspberries this week too (we've encountered a lot of dribble lately!)

As a result of Daisy being my priority, the housework has slipped, the meals have not always been the best and I'm so tired, but I have got her into a routine - I just need to do the same for myself!

The decluttering has taken a back seat, but I have 10 items on ebay and about to list some more. I will get there...

Snowing again, but Daisy and I are cosy inside, just watching out of the window!

Hopefully back soon with some news of ebay sales...

Mandy x

A snowy birthday!

It's my birthday today!

I'm trying to remember if it's ever snowed on my birthday before??? It has been snowing here today, so now it has!

No cooking today because my lovely husband is treating me to a day off - with an Indian takeaway.

Mandy x



Corned Beef Patties and Flo in the Snow!

Hi,

Today I made a really simple but tasty tea - corned beef patties and salad.

I mixed mash potato, chopped onion, corned beef, worcester sauce and parsley together. I dipped each handful in flour and shaped into patties. These were fried until crispy on both sides.

I served them with salad and sliced beetroot. They were really filling.

Pudding was ice-cream, broken meringue nest and chocolate sauce or chocolate curls.
I am trying really hard to use up as much as possible rather than throw food away. This pudding was a use-up kind of pudding.

This evening, Flo had her first experience of snow!!! She loved it, she ran around with Jake and didn't want to come back inside.

Tomorrow, I plan to do some baking ...

Mandy x