Life at the bungalow this week................
Last Saturday I noticed
the Rugby Union Autumn Internationals 🏉 were on Amazon Prime at weekends through November. Then...Yippe dippee do ...Tennis 🎾 was on there too this week. I was having a couple of months of paying for Prime for the free delivery around Christmas so very good timing.The only problem being that every time I watched a Brit playing in Paris......they lost!.
I put my candlelit Pumpkin 🎃 out last Sunday as it got dark and the children next door were the first round then about 30 more, usually with parents. When the sweets ran out, the pumpkin came in and no one else knocked. I've no idea what the children thought as I opened the door wearing the witches hat and asking"who's that knocking on the witches door!" and waving my broom stick at them before doling out the sweets and wishing them a fun evening.
Visitors can now use the toilet🚽 in the bathroom without having to sing! because weeks ago I tried to fit a bolt to the bathroom door but couldn't because of the shape of the architrave, so I got a hook and eye closure then got in a muddle with the screws not going in far enough. BiL was having a quiet week so came to the rescue and sorted it and also brought a stake for the pear tree. It was lunch time so I "had" to treat him to Pensioner discount Fish and Chips again !
On a foggy and chilly morning I had a trip out for church visits for the blog. On the way home I stopped at the Corn Crafts shop where I went last year when looking for a corn dolly. Last year I found some things for Christmas gifts, this year..........nothing found and nothing needed and I didn't even stay for coffee and cake 😇
Having decided to make the glace/jewel Christmas cakes for the hampers, I started to wonder what I can put them in to gift. I trailed around all possible shops in Stowmarket looking for an empty, small Christmas cake sized tin with no luck. I looked online with no luck (except for between £7 and £28 each - much too much). So looks like a new plan will be needed - a cake board, foil and cellophane maybe or foil and a cardboard cake box. I'll work it out.
This week I'm grateful for
- Making a decision that was right for me
- Really good library books
- Watching some new-to-me people playing tennis
- Some sunny days for garden clearing
Hope you all have a good weekend wherever and what ever you are up to. I know the things I'm Not doing but not so sure about what I am doing but I will be back Monday all being well.
Sue
I love alstromeria and find they usually last at least two weeks. I resolved in fresh flowers when I retired.
ReplyDeleteThese purple small flowered are quite unusual and pretty
DeleteJamie is still in doubles.
ReplyDeleteI missed seeing him this morning - but seems they still lost anyway
DeleteSometimes thrift stores have lovely Christmas tins this time of year or perhaps a dollar store. Not sure if you have dollar stores or I guess it would be £ stores, in England. I'm sure you'll find something nice. Enjoy your weekend. Kind regards, Elaine
ReplyDeleteThank you - I will sort something
DeleteThat all sounds so positive. I have pictures to hang and as Tam was doing a Wilko order this week, got her to get me some slightly bigger picture hangers than the ones I had. Think of me up the bigger of the two stepladders!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is any help in wrapping baked goods - mainly for the base as I'm sure you are capable of wrapping in cellophane and a ribbon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icu7GlLco74
Take care up that ladder!
DeleteOooo I love watching rugby. I might look for some later. Have a lovely Saturday
ReplyDeleteThank you. Several matches on Amazon prime today
DeleteDaughter K has made mini Christmas cakes for the last couple of years for my Dad, my Mother in Law and my Sister and she just wraps a sturdy square of cardboard in foil for it to sit on and then cellophane and ribbon.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a good idea
DeleteI have gifted Christmas cakes on a slate and then cellophane wrapped before. Did the job! x
ReplyDeleteAnother different idea - thank you
DeleteAlstromerias are lovely and when Aldi has the,. tjhey are such great valie, aren't they. As you say, no need to even think.
ReplyDeleteCould you make little card open topped boxes that would be the right size for your cakes, cover the box with foil and then pop that in some cellophane with a pretty ribbon to tie it up?
xx
I love the idea of a huge bunch of flowers but then I think about books!
DeleteMy husband thanks you for the rugby information. You've made him a happy bunny.
ReplyDeleteThat's good!
DeleteHope you get your cakes sorted I know the £ shop had some nice boxes in the craft section a few weeks ago. I am going to a craft fair tomorrow so I hope to get some ideas, my GD is having a stall there she makes unusual dog biscuits.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend Sue.
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Hope you find some nice things at the craft fair
DeleteI watch most of my television through my Amazon Firestick so Prime is a must for me and of course the free delivery makes it so easy to get new books ;-)
ReplyDeleteI bet BiL will be offering to do jobs every Friday if he gets a fish and chip lunch, well I would if I were him!!
He shouldn't really eat fish and chips at all - not good for him
DeleteHave a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteThere was a change of plan for me this weekend.
DeleteHave you tried W & M Smith in Mendlesham Green. They carry a lot of items for crafting and baking.
ReplyDeleteLove that shop - must go and have a look at their Christmas room
DeleteI like your Christmas hampers idea and may have to resort to that next year.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing 2 every year for ages
DeleteSue you are a great asset to your village and I hope everyone acknowledfes it.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about that!
DeleteI love your gratitude lists. I never read them but I stop to ponder my own list of happies.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me stop and think for a few minutes each week
DeleteYour flowers in a vase, especially as the weather gets cold, decorate and add good cheer to the room. Your hampers are coming together nicely and it seems there are many custom options for packaging the cake. Your witch costume sounds fabulous. Costumes do make all the fun of Halloween.
ReplyDeleteThe children who came to the door were very well dressed compared to my hat and broom
DeleteI can't believe how quickly this year has flown by! I hope to pop into a resale shop today and see if I can find more Christmas gifts! Enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how the days fly by. Hope you find some useful things
DeleteIt's nice that your brother-in-law can help out when needed. I'm sure he also enjoyed sharing a meal with you! Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't mind helping now and again but I try not to ask too often as he's always busy repairing things for other people
DeleteHave a nice week! It's spring here and we've had a few rainstorms over the last few weeks so I managed to pick some sweet peas and a couple of blooms off my one old fashioned rose and the smell is glorious.We're over the wind but here in Australia we always have to be grateful for rain before summer comes
ReplyDeleteHope you get plenty more rain before the summer heat,
DeleteFlowers in my garden have nearly finished until early next year when some Hellebores will give a bit of colour
What lovely flowers to brighten up your day.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
They are a lovely colour
DeleteWhat lovely flowers! I love the thought of you opening your door with your witch's hat. Makes me smile. I must admit that this year I'm struggling with the holidays. I'm sure it will get easier.
ReplyDeleteand waving my witches broomstick. I hope I didn't frighten the smallest children!
DeleteI've found the last weeks difficult - grief is a strange thing even after 3 and a half years
My daughter and I went to Red Mitten bazaar this afternoon after her haircut. We found some homemade items for gifts. Not expensive and so good to support local people who made them. I may go back in a few weeks as there are a few items I'd like to buy for a few people who have birthdays coming up early 2022. It rained off and on. Glad there is more water in local rivers now. I like making cinnamon rolls for gifts as well. I did that last year for pastors at church and people who helped us out as well. Astromerias looks so nice! Right now I have fake fall flowers I got at a dinner a few years ago! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteThere's a Christmas Bazaar in my diary for next week - and one or two more later
DeleteI always look out for cheap cutting boards for gifting cakes or biscuits, and I like to wrap the whole thing in a nice tea towel (0ver the cellophane). Tea towels are often on sale here, I even bought some Christmas-themed last week. The lady in the shop told me that they don´t sell many of them now that everybody has a dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteHilde in Germany
Another good idea.
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