Tales from The Shire

savingholmes

You are very talented. That looks beautiful

Suffolk_lass

Emerging from Lurksville (Tennessee) That wreath is lovely and sets off your front door very well (which is also very lovely)

Fortune_Smiles

Thanks guys.  I used to buy a wreath but the ones I liked were always super expensive so I learned how to make them.  It's really easy but I don't always get the time to do it.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Woooosh!

That's the sound of time rushing by 😆  The days are just going at the moment.

Some further things were ticked off the list yesterday:

• any presents that needed to be delivered have been delivered
• all presents that I need to wrap have been wrapped (I think Mr F might still have wrapping to do 😉)
• made a second bread for our soup lunch during Twixmas
• cleaned the dining room
• cleaned the back door mats (Mr F came in from digging the veg patch in his muddy boots 😠)
• the Christmas cheeses were delivered so I've put them in the fridge in the Annexe
• made Kale & Goat's Cheese Frittata for lunch using kale from the veg patch
• made Beetroot, Halloumi & Cashew Curry for supper using beetroot from the veg patch.

Still lots of things to be done before the big day though.

Two sleeps to go before our guests arrive.  The closer we get to Christmas without a positive LFT, the more likely it seems that we'll get to celebrate together.  Keeping my fingers tightly crossed.

More cleaning and cooking to do today.  I'm going to be exhausted by the time they get here 🥱

Hope your preparations are going well.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Woooosh!

Another day has rushed by!  I spent the morning doing some final bits of cleaning/tittervating in the Annexe and this afternoon cleaning the living room.  Also managed to make one of the two Garlic Mash Potato Bakes needed for a Twixmas dinner and wash the second guest room bed linen.  If anyone tests positive whilst they're here we might need a means of quaranting 🙄

Just waiting for T£sc0 to deliver the groceries now and then I need to cook Cauliflower Cheese Soup for supper, have a shower and file my nails ready for painting.  Oh and sort through some paperwork that's accumulated on the coffee table if I get time.  My job list doesn't seem to be getting any shorter 😆

Mr F has been busy too, tidying up outside and putting lights up.

Oooh - T£sc0 has just arrived.  Better go.

Fortune x

savingholmes

Whoosh is a good description. 

Glad you are nearly done. Garlic mash sounds yummy never had that...

Fortune_Smiles

savingholmes said:

Whoosh is a good description. 

Glad you are nearly done. Garlic mash sounds yummy never had that...

It's a go to recipe of mine SH because it can be made ahead and popped in the oven when required.  Also freezes well if you put plenty of butter, cream or full fat milk in 🤭

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Something had to give...

Only two sleeps to go!  So I'm rapidly running out of time to get everything done.

Today I cleaned the second guest room, gave the kitchen a quick spruce up, made the second Garlic Mash Potato Bake for a Twixmas dinner and made the red cabbage for Christmas lunch.  Oh and did a couple of hours ironing.

Mr F picked up the turkey 🦃 and ran a few other chores for me.

Something had to give though so Mr F volunteered to go for fish and chips so that I could have a shower and paint my nails.  Bless him 👼  It cost just under £10 which I'll meet from this month's fun money.  We had leftover cauliflower cheese soup for lunch.

I've still a long list of things to get through tomorrow.  I might have to drop the remaining three cooking chores on there.  They are only small things so won't take too long if I have to make them on the day instead.

A friend sent me some brownies through the post so I've been using those to give me the energy to keep going 😆

Onwards and upwards...

Fortune x

rtandon27

Postal care packages are the best - especially of the chocolaty kind!

We've just broken into a box of chocolates that arrived from across the pond earlier this week!

savingholmes

Glad you got to enjoy some treats