Button turns 14

When our children have a birthday, they get to decide what flavour cake they want me to bake and what they
would like me to cook for their birthday dinner.

This year we had swagman roll (kind of like a big mince pastie/sausage roll), garlic bread and coleslaw.

Button chose a coffee cake. I have to say it was a pretty good cake considering I dont like coffee.

Happy birthday my darling.

Fun in the snow

It was a perfect Winters day for some snow fights, snow men and snow angels.

This post is for you dad. Look at what you missed :)

Bathroom storage

I have a teeny tiny bathroom. The only storage is the 2 door vanity.
The door opens up onto the only bit of wall where you could put shelves.
I wish I could say I came up with this idea, but I didn't. It is fantastic though. You can use a hanging shoe holder or a baby organiser like this one. I store extra deodorant, soap, toothbrushes and the all important hair straightener.
A great fix for a tiny space.

Extracting the urine

A little while ago my friend was telling me that she knew someone who had a face cream that contained horse urine. This is not unusual if you have dry, sensitive skin.

Now we get to the funny bit. I have really dry skin on my hands. The doctor prescribed a hand cream that contained urea. Now, I knew this was urine but tried not to think where it came from. I can say though that a horse never crossed my mind. Part of me is extra grossed out but the other part of me is pleased it isn't human.

I am still wondering how they extract it?

Piggy love

Love is...........

Dudley and Delilah.

Our winter veg.

I have my veg under cover so they don't get cold.

My broad beans are growing but very slowly. First they were in drought and now they are being rained out.

I think this is beetroot or is that peas.

And I have no idea looking at the photo what kind of veg these are.

I do know however, that I am growing these all from seed. Yep! No ready made seedlings for me.

Rain, rain go away!

As you can see the drought is well and truly over.

I can't believe only a couple of months ago the field looked like this, and the maize was harvested early due to lack of rain.

Luckily, the farmer moved his stock yesterday otherwise they would be brushing up on their swimming skills.

I wonder if these water views have increased our house price. Riparian rights anyone?