tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40502716898865915072024-02-20T11:07:46.120+00:00ROSES AND PEONIESJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138376597752592172noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050271689886591507.post-1402030642911067382012-05-23T20:16:00.001+01:002012-05-23T20:16:33.270+01:00Maternity Baking...................One of my colleagues left last Friday to start her maternity leave, she has 6 weeks until little bubba's due date, to mark the occasion I decided that she needed some cakes, I didn't have the time to make them so I bought some 'naked' fairy cakes from Tesco and decorated them myself with an embossing mat and mould that I purchased at 'Cake International'. I think Emma was very pleased with them.......<br />
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As we don't know if she is having a boy or girl I did a dozen each of pink and blue. I really love the embossing on the white icing, looks very pretty.<br />
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They have a mix of 'nursery' items, not the easiest thing I've ever done !<br />
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Hope all goes well when the time comes, and I will let you know what she has.<br />
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These are the pups parents...................The Mum Roxy....<br />
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They were both very friendly, happy dogs with lovely natures, we can't wait. We have decided on the name Rexi, a cross between Roxy and Eddie, a name that we all like. You will definitely be seeing photo's when we bring our boy home.<br />
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Love the colours and very pleased with the outcome.<br />
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Then dinner cooked by the husband.<br />
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I will still be using Roses and Peonies for everything else, whilst I was at it I thought it was time to change the look so have been having a little play, I rather like the new look, what about you ?<br />
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Found out today which secondary school my son will be attending in September, didn't get our first choice but did get our second so all is well, Marcus was happy to find out that a couple of the other children in his class will also be going to this school too.<br />
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Lots of lovely goodies have been arriving from Ebay ready for my next sewing projects and I can't wait <br />
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She was a lovely machine and I did use her quite a bit. I'm not that great at sewing and would certainly never attempt to make anything whatsoever for anyone to wear, but I'm ok at making curtains and that sort of thing. Well sometime ago after a couple of repairs the old girl gave up the ghost, (I do still have her in the garage as buying her was one of the last things I did with my Dad before he died and I will never throw her away). I decided to buy just a cheap sewing machine to replace her, but the old saying 'you get what you pay for' was most definitely the case here, and as a result I haven't made very much since.<br />
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Three or four years ago I bought the Cath Kidston SEW book with the little bag to make, yes you've guessed it, I never had the courage to attempt it so the fabric has been sitting in my cupboard all this time.<br />
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I was most fortunate in January to get a bit of a bonus from work so I decided to buy myself a new sewing machine, and after much research I purchased this little poppet .................<br />
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My husband and son thought a Toyota sewing machine was quite amusing ! I have to say I am really pleased with it, it's quiet, smooth, easy to control and a joy to use, and very much like using my old Novum.<br />
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As I didn't have any plans this weekend and my son's rugby was cancelled I thought it was about time I had a go at making something with the new machine and here are the results...........<br />
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I even decided to add lining to the bag too.......brave eh!<br />
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Turned out it was much easier than I though it would be, although there are a couple of little things that I would do differently next time overall I'm very pleased, what do you think ?<br />
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</div> I like to bring back bottles of pure alcohol from my summer holiday to make Liquirizia a liquorice flavour liqueur, a particular favourite of my hubby, but decided to try making Limoncello for a change, this also is a favourite of his, I decided to adapt my recipe for Liquirizia.<br />
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I substituted the liquorice for the zest of 6 lemons plus the juice of two, this I put into a a demijohn and covered with a litre of alcohol, the top was sealed tightly and the jar put in a dark cupboard for two weeks, I did periodically take it out and agitate. After a couple of weeks put 3kg of water into a pan and add 2 kg of sugar, heat on low until all the sugar has dissolved and the liquid is slightly syrupy, allow to cool, while waiting drain the alcohol from the lemon zest into a jug, mix this into the sugar syrup and stir, the Limoncello can now be poured onto bottles, I like to use muslin in my funnel so that no little bits get into the bottles.<br />
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There is no need to store, the Limoncello can be consumed immediately. All the recipients seem very pleased with their gifts.<br />
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Obviously where shopping is concerned you need to make sure that you have enough energy for the actual shopping so our first stop was the tea room, a lovely cup of tea and slice of cake...............which was absolutely delicious.<br />
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We purchased quite a bit of Jam and some chutney to give to friends for Christmas. After arriving home it was time for Sophie to get ready for her friends fancy dress birthday party, in keeping with the Jam theme, Sophie went as a Strawberry.......................how cute does she look ?<br />
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The ceremony was held at The Abbey, Waltham Abbey a very special place. Sophie behaved impeccably, she didn't make a sound. Below is a picture of Sohpie being welcomed into the church.<br />
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Marcus was very proud to be Sophie's Godfather, looks very smart in his suit, doesn't he ?<br />
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Kelly and James had a bit of a do after at a local Golf Club, very enjoyable.<br />
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One of my favourite flavours along with Rose is Violet.............I know not to everyones taste but a flavour I adore, so I made vanilla cupcakes with a Violet buttercream, topped off with some edible glitter, I would have liked to put a little flower on the top but couldn't get any but as they were only for a bit of fun I wasn't too worried, also I need to practice using a piping bag.<br />
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We had a choice of days but so as not to have to take Master M out of school I chose Saturday the 2nd July which turned out to be Ladies Singles Finals day and what a great match that was. Master M and the husband had a fantastic day, they saw Nadal doing a bit of training too !<br />
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</div>Such a wonderful experience for Master M, you never know the next time you see him there he may be playing ................................wouldn't that be exciting.<br />
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Doing ok but typing with one hand is slow to say the least. I have to say that Master M and the Husband have been very good, helping me with the normal day to day things I'm not able to do, but the thing I miss most is not being able to drive, I am not used to being a passenger, don't think I make a very good one either, still it won't be long. Stitches are coming out on Monday but apparently it's going to be a few weeks before it all settles down and stops hurting completely but I'm sure that will pass quickly.<br />
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Only a month now until my next trip to the caravan, can't wait to get back out to Italy I managed to get a couple of days holiday a couple of weeks ago and 'popped' over for a long weekend, very good it was too.<br />
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Hope you are all keeping well and looking forward to some better weather than we have had today.<br />
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The husband and Master M spent half term in Italy visiting my father in law and the rest of hubby's family, Master M loves being there, on the beach, visiting his cousins, aunts and uncles. <br />
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The last couple of weekends we have managed to spend some time having some good friends over for dinner, first it was our friend Trevor and his family, he also happens to be the Vicar that baptised Marcus and who is going to baptise Sophie, does make for a very personal service, we consider ourselves extremely lucky to have this privilege. Last weekend we entertained some friends we haven't seen for ages who actually live only a 10 minute drive from us! Good food, good wine and good friends, we are blessed.<br />
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How awful are the things that have happened in Japan! We can't even begin to imagine what these poor people must be going through, so much suffering and it's still not over, I'm sure our prayers are with them.<br />
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I wish you all peace and joy and a great weekend.<br />
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On the train at Epping, from the left Matteo, Giorgia, Monica and Giovanni<br />
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At the Tower of London, Tower Bridge in the background....<br />
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At the Royal Horseguards, Giovanni, Matteo and Marcus....<br />
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Waiting for the Thames Clipper, Marcus and Mimmo too....just in case you didn't know my husband is Italian !<br />
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She is the most precious little bundle and is loved to death by us all, here are a few photographs for you to see, the third one is my favourite at the moment.<br />
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She is such a good little girl, and just smells so lovely, can't wait for my next cuddle.<br />
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As I write this we are eagerly awaiting the delivery of my Great Niece, my darling niece <a href="http://kellysrecipesforlife.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> is in theatre now giving birth to her little girl, there will of course be lots of photo's in due course, what a perfect end to a year that has been full of mixed emotions, lets hope that 2011 will be perfect for everyone.<br />
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I feel that after almost a year it's time I start using my real name on my blog too.<br />
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What could be in there I asked myself, so with the help of Master M I opened the box to find this....................<br />
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How lucky am I and what lovey guys do I work for !<br />
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Talking of her expanding waistline, I've made this granny square blanket for our little bundle ready for her pram / moses basket etc, lovely Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino wool, lovely soft and warm, I was so pleased with it, as was Kelly and James.<br />
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Hope you're all having a great weekend, see you all again soon.<br />
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Martin thought he was just going out to dinner with my sister and their daughter <a href="http://kellysrecipesforlife.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> and her husband James, but no a few close friends were also there to help him celebrate. Kelly made one of her fantastic cakes, she is a very clever girl, although apparently she got more ingredients on her ever expanding tummy !<br />
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I know Martin enjoyed himself and so did we. Thank you very much Angel for a great evening.<br />
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It is a really impressive house, and I like to imagine the horse and carriages arriving, dropping people off for a lovely ball or some such thing. Our room was lovely, large with a huge bed...................<br />
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The bathroom was huge, and the bath also, not being one to turn down a great opportunity I ran myself a steaming hot bath and took my book for a little bit of 'me' time, it was wonderful, not something I have done for so long.<br />
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Dinner was wonderful, a twice baked Goats Cheese Souffle, followed by Lemon Sole, delicious and a Plum Clafouti to finish the meal off, we chose to have coffee and liqueurs in the lounge, it was a shame that the huge fire wasn't alight, but I probably would have fallen asleep.<br />
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After a restful night we had a great breakfast, there was everything you would expect, cereal, fruit, sausages, bacon etc etc. After we left we dropped our bag off at home then back in the car to drive to my friends house for her 30th birthday celebrations, we stayed a couple of hours but had to get back to my sister to pick up Marcus.<br />
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Thank you very much Angel for a great birthday present, I really enjoyed it.<br />
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Until next time............<br />
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It was so nice to see them again and catch up on everything that has happened in the last few years, and there is quite a lot as you can imagine.<br />
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We used to spend loads of time together right up until I had Master M, hopefully I will be seeing them both again soon. Paula now has a beautiful 10 month old little girl Lola-Rose who I am looking forward to getting to know.<br />
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We all had a lovely holiday in Italy, the weather this year was fantastic very hot and sunny, just a couple of rainy days, we had a couple of good friends join us for a few days which was lovely. Master M had a wonderful time, football, table tennis, badminton, bocce, swimming, you name it he did it, he also made friends with the resident bunny rabbit who used to take food from his hand. My sister the lovely <a href="http://iwaskissedbyanangel.blogspot.com/">Angel</a> did a brilliant job of looking after Master M the week before I arrived, and she says I spoil him !!!!!!!<br />
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It seems such a long time since I last saw you all, I've been having a read and playing catch up, my goodness so much has been happening and I am looking forward to visiting you all again soon.<br />
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All our expecting mothers are doing well, my lovely niece <a href="http://kellysrecipesforlife.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> and Sarah the sister in law of <a href="http://florence-and-mary.blogspot.com/">Victoria</a> and also Kelly's friend Kelly, would you believe they are all due within 3 weeks of each other ! They each have found out what they are having too, so I need to dust off my crochet hook and get cracking.<br />
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Anyway will be back with you all shortly. Have a great weekend and enjoy whatever it is you have planned.<br />
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