Category Archives: Cooking

Bits of Christmas

It’s way too late for a Christmas post, but I thought as I only went back to work yesterday (and my brain is pretty convinced it is still on holiday) it would be ok to write a couple of highlights.  … Continue reading

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Crochet, cooking, Crisis and a little request

A while ago I posted about an idea to sell my crochet hats for charity.  As a result of that post I had some orders.  The hats take around 4 hours to make each (longer when I get distracted by … Continue reading

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Raspberry Vinegar – a recipe and a few Pog tips

Last year my aunt made me a bottle of the most amazing raspberry vinegar.  I managed to eek it out until a few weeks ago…and then discovered that you can’t buy the stuff – at least not in any of … Continue reading

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Lucky me!

I officially have the most amazing sisters.  This time it is Sister 1. While juggling the four month old Little Pea, 3 dogs and two teeny puppies (so that’s a baby and FIVE dogs, just to be clear), she decided … Continue reading

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Secret Baker – Cookie Recipe. And a thing about a chicken.

A friend on Facebook suggested after I posted yesterday that I should share the recipe of the cookies I made in some of my Secret Baker exploits. Now in doing this I am letting you into a secret which somewhat … Continue reading

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The Secret Baker update

When I was at primary school, I was very jealous of Emma.  Whenever Emma was poorly, her mum would take a z-bed (that’s what we called posh camp beds in the early 80’s) into their lounge with Emma’s duvet and … Continue reading

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A week of discoveries

It’s been a long week. Again.  My laptop helpfully confirmed this today when it showed me a document it had recovered after it went into melt down on Tuesday.  I could have sworn I only created this document on Monday, … Continue reading

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Lessons of the week

It’s been one of those weeks where I wonder if it’s just me that’s a bit odd or if other people are just quieter about it. I have discovered that: Bradley now does interesting ‘curling’ when part way through drying.  … Continue reading

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The (almost) secret baker

OK, this is another post that I was going to ‘save’ but I want to share the fun of it with you now :o) Most work places can sometimes be boring, stressful places.  Don’t get me wrong – I have … Continue reading

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