I've been making jam and chutney with things I've grown :) - 18th August

I've got so much growing in my garden currently I thought I'd have a go at making jam and chutney! I don't want anything to go to waste!

I've got lots of blackberries so made blackberry jam..



I can confirm it's good and have swapped the neighbours a jar for a marrow, 6 chicken and 2 duck eggs! Good deal I think!

I've also made rhubarb, ginger and chutney...


And tomorrow's task is to make spicy beetroot and orange chutney!

Guess what everyones getting for Christmas :)

I finally made the kitchen blind! 7th August 2011

Hi Peeps,

I finally got round to making a blind for the kitchen window! I'd managed to get a free material sample from Debenhams and a cheap roller blind kit from eBay! Very MSE :)

Took most of an afternoon and made me throw my toys out of the pram a couple of times but it was worth it....




Just need to make a matching one for the pantry now!

Helllllooooooo! Long time no blog!

I failed miserably at doing anything constructive DIY wise!  I did manage to have a BBQ and visited the home and gift show in Harrogate.  I went with a friend who runs a gift shop and pretended to be an assistant buyer for the day, it was a lot of fun spending someone Else's money!  The trade prices were generally 250% cheaper than retail, wish I could have bought stuff for myself!

Yesterday the wood surrounds for my windows got undercoated and hopefully glossed today.  The house will look a lot more finished once they are up.  Didn't manage to get my bedroom curtain rail up or make the blinds for the kitchen and I'm working Saturday so I cant see much getting done this weekend either.

Picked the first bounty from my garden at the weekend, I was pretty pleased...

The eggs were courtesy of the neighbours so I cant take credit for them!

I hope to get my curtain rail up some time this week and perhaps make some blinds on Sunday!  Still need to take after pictures too.  So little time and so much to do!

Bathroom Piccys - 4th Feb 2010

Hello,

Thought it was about time for a few more piccys.

The bathroom is all but finished! Just needs a good clean and a blind putting up... oh and the door putting back on! We currently have a sheet hung as a door!

Heres some pictures:



Im really pleased with it, especially as its so tiny!

Temp Piccy

We're in - 29th Dec 2009

Well we made our Christmas deadline and I even managed to cook Christmas dinner. Never done it before and it was also a bit daunting in a new kitchen using an oven I'd never used before!

It all turned out really well and Stuart said it was the best Christmas dinner he'd ever had :-) I even made my own cranberry sauce!



We haven't totally moved all our stuff but almost, just a few things left at the flat and it needs a good clean. Handing the keys back on the 3rd so had better get on with it.

Today we have been trying to finish the bathroom. We needed to attach the shower and shower screen and fit the loo seat then seal everything. We managed to get the screen fitted but the drill bits we bought were rubbish and just snapped. Porcelain tiles are a pain!!! Tomorrows job is to finish the bathroom!

We have basicaly just dumped all our stuff into the back bedroom and its going to take us forever to sort it all out ha ha!

Once we are a bit more sorted and the bathroom is finished I will take lots of piccys!

Another quick update - 14th Dec 2009

Well another flying update, no time to do proper ones as we're on a Christmas deadline!

The carpets are now finished, the stair runner was fitted last Friday and it looks fab! Im very pleased with it! Heres a couple of piccys:



The floor downstairs is finished and all the skirting is on, just a few touch ups to do.

All weekend we were tiling the bathroom, its going ok so far and we're ahead of schedule :-)



We should have it finished this week then we will have all weekend to decorate and finish any little jobs left to do!

We will be in for Christmas so have started taking a car full of stuff each day! Its much less stressful this way!

The fridge freezer was delivered today and the turkey is on order :-)