Another great book, it hints at a secret 3 friends have from school, with flashbacks filling in details, the school grounds are sold for development, which is a deep worry to one of them, what should they do. Book 47 read this year.
Sunday we had the last slice of lemon cake, Monday we had a red velvet cupcake from Molly's batch. Midweek we had scones for a couple of days, I only have cream on one half. Hubby then made a marmalade cake, we do love home made cakes with our morning coffee.
Just 3 gladioli blooms this year, they are beautiful, sadly in this heat wave the flowers are not lasting long.
Hubby has always cooked from scratch, we eat very few process meals, I enjoy a slice of cake, it's rare we have scones and cream, I don't eat bread, we are eating salads everyday, often with my homegrown new potatoes and lettuce, the cucumbers and tomatoes are slower.
I picked the little ones up from school on Tuesday, daughter was at Will's school, it was review day, his work as always was so good, it's a shame he's not enjoying school. Wednesday daughter and I had a day together, she wanted to thank me for helping recently, I don't need thanks, I believe it's part of being a mum, and I will help whilst I am still able. Today hubby is out all day, so I am home alone, a quick flick of the duster, as my mum would say and then reading, still too hot for much gardening, I do have a couple of small jobs I want to get done, once the temperature drops, it's almost 5 weeks without rain here, and none in the forecast next week.
I have already received my all clear from the mammogram last week, I got an NHS text with a link to the electronic letter, such an easy way to get results, I checked my NHS portal and my blood and stool tests are no yet back, I do like being able to see my data, I don't always understand everything, a quick chat to practice nurse always fills in details. I do keep and eye on my cholesterol and pre diabetes status.
You read so fast, lol I have a couple of Mark Edwards books on my tbr pile, don't know when i'll get round to them. It's good to be able to help out with grandchildren when we can
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, more books to try and find. I love your book reports. I checked my data for blood work on our provinces ehealth site and all looked very good. Except for my A1C. I need to get that down a little bit.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Gorgeous cakes - how lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the children are looking forward to the summer holidays. It's a shame Will is not enjoying school. Maybe a change of teacher will help.
Scones...you are giving me ideas! Now that the extreme heat has lessened, 20C today, and just beautiful, I get the urge to bake. The wildfire smoke plumes have wavered to the west, but are returning tonight. Tomorrow will be an indoor day....but at least it is not hot.
ReplyDeleteYour glads are lovely. I am a sucker for red glads. No buds yet, but they are growing well.
Good to get positive feedback on your health.
You certainly enjoy your reading, thanks for sharing your reads.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
It’s wonderful when the grandchildren are still so little... we used to have them over very often; now the eldest is in his first year of university and the youngest is in the tenth grade, so we see them rather rarely... we spent such wonderful times together when they were small... and what does that tell us? We spend our time together much more intensely now—my husband and I—and it’s easy, since we finally have the time :-)))
ReplyDeleteI wish you lots of joy with your children and grandchildren—as well as with your book, delicious home-cooked meals, and the treats from your garden.
Warm regards, Viola
We do not see our older grandsons, they all live further away and have busy lives.
ReplyDeleteHomemade cakes are the best. I know my hubby always looks forward to a baking session of anything sweet!
ReplyDeleteGlad your test results so far have been good and I'm sure the others will be equally positive.