24 cups of tea later - #SoCS - 9/2/19

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ends with -ly.” Start your post with any adverb that ends in “-ly.” Bonus points if you end with an adverb too. Have fun!

#SoCS is hosted by Linda G. Hill - check out her site here for details and participants. 

Really tired tonight as I must have made at least 24 cups of tea today, not to mention lunch for 8, and entertained 3 little ones.  But I loved every minute of it.  It's not often that we get all 3 grandchildren and their parents together.  It's a bit hectic when we do but I enjoy seeing how they all interact together.

Unfortunately in between making the tea etc I didn't get any decent photos.

Oh and did I mention we had 2 large dogs in the mix too.  Yes really!

Friday's Fave Five - 8/2/19

It's Friday again so time to sit back and think of my blessings and join in with Susanne over at Living to Tell the Story.

1.  A lunch date with hubby.  We took a leisurely walk through the local woodland park to Wanstead last Sunday.  We browsed the farmers market that was on the High Street and then had a Pie & Mash lunch.  It was a bit chilly but bright and sunny so a lovely winter's day to get out and about.  Also thankful that we don't have the very low temperatures and snow that Susanne and others have!

2.  An easier babysit with Rory last Saturday.  (Compared to the very hard time I'd had with Nathan a couple of days before.)  He was asleep before his parents went out and apart from waking up for his late feed we didn't hear another sound from him!  He settled back to sleep reasonably quickly after his bottle too.

3.  The internet.  I've managed to track down the missing parts for the Vax machine I was given and also checked out how much water /time was needed to sterilize Rory's bottles today.

4.  Self sterilizing bottles!  Rory has bottles that you can sterilize in the microwave on their own, no need for sterilizing units or boiling etc.  Very handy and much less hassle, especially if you need to reuse a bottle while he's here.

5.  A supportive hubby.  I was due to babysit Rory today as his Daddy had an interview to attend but I woke up this morning with a terrible headache, more like a migraine as I also felt quite naseous.  Hubby agreed to stay home and help out so I brought Rory here and it was fine.  He's crawling now so he's quite a handful and I'm really grateful not to have had to watch him on my own today.  Hubby also shopped for and cooked dinner after Rory had gone home.  Thankfully once I'd taken tablets and eaten the headache eased but I'll definitely be having an early night.

We have a busy weekend as Noah and his Mummy & Daddy are coming tonight for the weekend and the others will be here for lunch tomorrow.  It will be lovely to have them all together but it's bound to be a bit hectic.

Have a good weekend all.

Wednesday Medley - 6/2/19

Terri over at "Your Friend from Florida" hosts the Wednesday Medley.  Pop over there to see who's playing or join in.

Here are the questions for today:

1.  Today, Wednesday, February 6th, is Frozen Yogurt Day!  A cold dessert on what must be a very cold day for most of you reading this today!  Do you enjoy frozen yogurt?  Does it matter what the weather is?  Share with us your favorite flavor and/or topping, please!!

I'm not a great fan of frozen yogurt.  Of course my favourite anything is usually chocolate but not sure that would work so well with frozen yogurt.  Chocolate is good whatever the weather.

2.  What food do you know you shouldn't eat but can't help yourself?

Anything with too many calories!  Chocolate, biscuits, cake.....I have a very sweet tooth!

3.  If your life was a meal, what kind of meal would it be?

Hopefully interesting and tasty with just enough kick.

4.  Do you like spicy food?  Why or why not?  What is the spiciest food you have ever eaten?

I'm getting better at eating spicy stuff as I get older and poor hubby desperately tries to educate my palate.  I've eaten curry that's been a bit too spicy for my liking but I usually steer clear of anything too hot.

5.  (Most of you know Terri has been sick with a cold.) What food do you eat or crave when you have a bad cold?

Scrambled eggs on toast.

6.  Please tell us something random about your week (and maybe it will involve food).

Our Hello Fresh delivery had suffered some damage this week - nothing major. (A carton of kidney beans had split and some of the fluid had leaked out into the main box and a couple of tubs of fromage frais were also cracked.)  I contacted customer services and they immediately responded with a discount on next week's delivery and assurances they would take it up with the courier company.  I was quick to point out that I think the damage was sustained in the packing process. Our courier driver is a very nice polite guy and I didn't want him getting blamed for something that wasn't his fault!

All this talk of food is making me hungry.  I need to rectify that.  Where did I put the biscuit tin?

Tuesday Twaddle - 5/2/19

Well we had a meander on Monday so time for some twaddle on Tuesday.

Firstly, I cleaned the carpet!  I have been meaning to get this carpet done for weeks.  And weeks.  And yesterday I was so geared up for it - we acquired a wet and dry Vax machine from one of hubby's sisters, I was set to go.  I'd YouTubed the instructions.  I'd filled up the tank and went to assemble the hose etc and what?  Wait a minute? Where are the rigid sections of hose?  Nowhere to be seen!

This meant we never got them from SIL.  Everything has been kept together since it arrived.

You can imagine my frustration.  Especially when SIL said she didn't have them either BUT I was not going to be thwarted.  If I couldn't clean the carpet standing up as the tubes were missing, I would do it on my hands and knees!  I have been procrastinating for too long.  The tank is full, let's do this.

So it's done and it definitely looks cleaner.  I've now ordered the rigid tubes so that for the next carpet (oh yes I have others lined up for cleaning)  it will be an easier job.

Now I have to take Hubby shopping for a sofa bed.  I still want the option of being able to use the room for guests/grandchildren to sleep in while retaining the floor space for grandchildren to play.

Hubby likes going shopping.  Probably more than me.  (Yes he is a bit strange lol) The probability of us agreeing on a sofa bed is low.  Then we need new curtains.  The sooner we start this shopping expedition the better.  I have next Monday in mind.  (Grandson Noah and his parents will be here at the weekend so that's the next available day.)   I've had this plan in my head for a long time and finally I feel like I'm making progress.  I got bogged down in January.  I find it quite a hard month.  The anticlimax after Christmas, dark mornings and evenings, dreary weather.  Not great for keeping a positive mindset.  

No wonder I talk a lot of twaddle!  But then I have been conversing with an almost 2 year old today who is at the babbling stage.  Lots of words are recognisable, but lots are definitely not!  Although he does usually make himself understood.