mug swap

Hello to all, thought It was about time I shared my mug swap with you.

My partner was Margaret Blythe and as you will be able to see she picked  not only a lovely mug but a tea pot to match and  I have to say the only one (in my somewhat modest colllection of teapots) that has come from abroad.

 So my south African  teapot is on my kitchen shelf for all to admire and my mug is being put to good use.

So a big thank you to Margaret and to my daughter Hannah for pairing us up

.Here's to the next mug swap.

The day trip

Well I cannot believe that a whole week has gone by since I picked up Isobelle from uni.but time waits for no man and Issyb did not hang around either! down with all her belongings and an eightieth birthday lunch  (her grandmas) then back up to Keele for the end of year ball.

Made it up to Staffordshire in about six and a half hours it was lovely to see Isobelle again  not so good was the sight of several boxes and bags both inside and outside her room and along the corridor! and a  few  flights of stairs between us and the car.!

Issyb made me a much needed cup of tea and we decided to wait for Isobelle's boyfriend Matt to arrive to help us load up her worldly goods.. (well we thought it a brilliant idea!)

This was the first time I met him in person but it did not feel like it Matt was very chatty and we never appeared to be striving for things to talk about. The loading of the car did not take too long with the .three of us.
After the car was loaded Issyb treated me to lunch in the local pub which was just around the corner afterwards we walked back to the car.

Matt had already offered to drive part of the way
home which was a nice treat for me.

So back on the road again on a very hot day Issyb very cramped in the back! ( there are a few advantages to being a driver or co pilot in my case!)

We got as far as Taunton and met Matt's parents, and they were off to Plymouth while we headed back to good old Cornwall.

Arrived back at the homestead around eightish and decided to unload after a good nights sleep.

It was so good to be home.

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Food Festival Weekend

Hello can not believe we are in May already.

Just want to go back a few weekends ago when our Village had a food and music festival this is a fairly young affair and we were lucky the weather was fantasic.

There were stalls on both sides of the harbour some craft some food and a few plant stalls.

All of which are locally produced also a lot of tasting opportunities to be had if any one wanted to have a try before buying. 

Live music playing as there were stages on both sides of the harbour as well. 

So the aroma of differnt foods being cooked and music playing created a wonderful atmostphere.

My eldest daughter Hannah and her Husband with our grandchildren came over and Isobelle (my youngest daughter) was also home, the only member of the family who did not join us was my son because,he does not enjoy crowds so he went to spend the weekend with his girlfriend.

At the very end of the harbour there was a fair ground organ it was a wonderful sight to see and they had opened the back so everyone could see how it worked.

My grandaughter had set her heart set on some candyfloss so Hannah and I went on the hunt,we kept seeing people with candyfloss .

 We then headed for the area where the festival organisers had set up for children and there in the corner was the man with the candyfloss machine :) .....

 with a very long queue :( 

When my granddaughter finally got her candyfloss it was nearly as big as her! but she was happy We then desided that we needed a break from the crowds so made our way home

.It was good to chill and sit in the back yard to get a second wind my sister arrived and Hannah and I went back down with her.

Isobelle came up with two friends and sat in the court yard for the evening; 

Me....I went off to work but I had a wonderful day.

Sister and Daughter

My daughter Issyb and my big sister have always had a joint birthday celebration as their birthdays are the 21st and 22nd of March.

However this year there was a slight hiccup of a few hundred miles between Issyb and the rest of us,so they had their own celebrations Then when Issyb came home we had to set a date for the family get together believe me due to work patterns this was not as easy as it seems!

So last Sunday was the date set nearly all the family together and my sister chipped in with pudding, a very scrummy cheese cake. I made a birthday cake that was gluten free and vegan, I am pleased to say the cake turned out rather well and extremely chocolatey.

We sat around our dining table and had a really good time despite the fact my lovely grandchildren and son in law could not make it due to an outbreak of chicken pox. So the birthday girls did have their annual celebration after all.

My boy

As you know, I am a proud mum and grandma, having mentioned my two lovely daughters, a briefly mentioned my other half I felt it was time to introduce my boy, I call him my boy but he is 21! 

After spending seven months begrudgingly on job seekers following his graduation he has been offered a job! We are very proud as he managed to get a job in the field that he studied at university, meaning he's doing something he enjoys! 

As with all my children he has grown up to be a lovely well mannered young person (who is also not afraid to say what he thinks!) He also likes his own space( as do most of this family) 

Chris and I are very lucky to have these three wonderful young people in our lives.

Hopeful Holiday

I have a weeks annual leave and there are so many things I want to do but my week just does not seem long enough! Having just finished a three night stint, I feel the first day is for a quick nap (though I can not sleep away my holidays)

So I've decided to make a list of things to do with my week:
Spend some time with my youngest daughter while she is home from uni  (and not out at work)
Visiting my other daughter who lives 30 minutes drive away (this also so means I get to see my gorgeous grandchildren too).
I really must decorate my bedroom and it is best done while my lovely man is at work but he does have to help move the furniture first!
Get back into my exercise routine, before I did these nights I had been doing a lot of walking (that is for another blog I think)
Maybe I can also catch up on a little reading as well.

Well that is about all I may or may not fit in for the week! I'll hopefully get to spend time on my blog too, oh and I almost forgot we have a double birthday celebration with family at the weekend, a lovely week to look forward to!

I hope you all have a good week too!

Grandma's Little Corner

Quiet Sunday?

Well that was my first idea anyway, relax on Easter Sunday with no driving as I had driven back from Wales the day before. I got up thinking what am I going to do today? My eldest daughter rang up and asked what I had planned, 'nothing' says I. She thought it would be nice to spend the day together and how right she was.

What a lovely day, my family together, apart from my son who spent the day with his girlfriend and her  family. My two gorgeous grandchildren, my two equally gorgeous daughters, the son in law and my wonderful husband Chris (who did all the clearing away of the rather large dinner we had and then vacuumed at the end of the day) What a great way to spend Easter Sunday?

Hope everyone had a good Easter too.