Half Term...

Hello! It's been a while! Work is still very busy but I won't be dwelling on that today. It's half term here and I'm so grateful for the break. We haven't done anything significant, just appreciated not having to do that much. So, there are probably lots of things that I've done since I last blogged properly but I will not be talking about all of that today or we would be here for hours. I did finally gloss the stairs last weekend though which I'm quite proud of. I still need to finish the bannister and may even manage that before then end of the week but we shall see.

I have been quite creative in between working. Child #1's blanket is looking good...

I will get it done this year! Very pleased with it so far though. Child #2's blanket is only 8 squares and 2 borders away from completion too. (Please don't be mistaken into thinking that I have overcome my issues with incomplete projects....I haven't...quite the opposite but I have given up caring. They all get finished in the end so does it really matter?!)

Child #3 has been up to his usual October half term activity...

I don't know what it is about this half term holiday but lego building always seems to feature, maybe its a because winter is on its way?

Talking of winter being on it's way, I too have certain things that I seem to do at this time, one of which is cooking. I've done loads this week and currently waiting on Asda to deliver so that I can do more.  So far, since the start of the weekend I have made:

Soda Bread....

Smoked Haddock and Spinach Quiche (with home made wholemeal pastry)...

Apple upside down cake... (bit of a disaster resulting in lots of maple syrup on the oven floor! - it was still nice)

Country Soup...

Vegetable Paella with eggs....

Now the problem I really have is that I want to bake cakes and pies the most. Which is fine but ultimately leads to me eating cakes and pies in vast quantities. Not good. Now, in my last brief post I mentioned that I lost weight (just over a stone I think) so now I'm trying to convince myself that I like cooking healthy things but if I'm honest its just not as much fun! Why is life so hard?? I just want to bake bad things, eat bad things but not put weight on!

I shall persevere with the healthy cooking for now anyway but I will be making bad things on Sunday...that's what Sundays are for.

Bye for now.