Random bits

 Hubby make a delightful cakes each week, here he made brownies, a special treat we don't have too often, after watching bake-off he decided to make a treacle tart. I am so lucky to have a hubby who loves to bake, he does most of the cooking. He got this domed glass cake stand, replacing the plastic container, it does look much nicer.

Another great book, mother and daughter, loads of history, what would you do for your child even if they are not the same as other children, a very different tale, I switched from liking the mother and then the daughter a few times as more of the back story was revealed, I did not want it to end. Book 71 read this year.

I had loads of fun on Sunday, Molly and George being creative, this is for George's class project, Molly joined in as well, they both love crafting, felt tip pens and glue anything shiny. Molly made a plate into Goldilocks and George a bear, George is much better at wearing his glasses whilst sitting and working. They both now are happy to sit and create.

I adore my duffle coat, it's warm and very comfortable, but I have always hated the string and wooden toggles, so finally I have replaced them with nicer ones, sadly the new toggle is plastic, but they do look much better. The coat was too thick to use my sewing machine, I have hand sewn them, there is a zip closure, so these are mainly for show and do not need strength to hold the sides together.

I was using my desktop a couple days ago and the monitor turned off, after checking leads and plugs we agreed the monitor had died, easy task to get another one, but my goodness the wire mess below my desk, firstly dust (hanging my head in shame) and 3 extension leads, I now have just one with a circuit breaker which is attached to Alexa, so I can turn everything off without crawling under the desk. Most of the cables have gone, these days one lead is all that's needed.

We are not doing much at this time, the dry sunny days are just so peaceful, having Sunday at daughters house was fun, it's nice to have someone else cook a meal, I did clear the table and pack the dishwasher, both Molly and George help, it was a quick chore. The afternoon relaxing watching George play with cars, Molly dancing to her favourite tunes, a perfect few hours.

We have not put the heating on as yet, it still warm enough in the day and we have lap blankets for when it cools down, it's promised to get cooler this coming week, so turn on will be soon. We have changed our midweek alarm to 7.30am, I see no point getting up too early, when we are staying at home. We have listened to radio 2 for decades, neither of us are enjoying Scott Mills breakfast show, we have tried other stations, but nothing suits, I do like to wake up to music, so we hope we have picked times where Scott is less silly, Goodness I sound Old. We do like to have a midweek alarm it helps us have an idea what day it might be, and we both get up together, Saturday and Sunday I get a later start.