A ~ Z of Homemaking Questions

this Questionnaire was from leannes blog somersetseasons copied from allybea's blog.
Feel free to copy the questions to your own blog and add your own answers!

A ~Aprons--y/n If y, what does your fav. look like? yes one with cats on, my brother brought it for me about 10 years ago.

B ~ Baking--Favorite thing to bake? biscuits.

C ~ Clothes line? yes

D ~ Donuts--Have you ever made them? no, dont really like them. but i remember my brother making them when i was about 10.

E ~ Everyday--One homemaking thing you do everyday? cook dinner

F ~ Freezer--Do you have a separate deep freeze? yes, one in the kitchen and two chest freezers in the out house.

G ~ Garbage Disposal unit? no, just the girls and compost bin

H ~ Handbook--What is your favourite homemaking resource? books/Net

I ~ Ironing--Love it or Hate it? Or hate it but love the results? hate it! avoid it where possible! but do love the results LOL

J ~ Junk Drawer--y/n? Where is it? Yes and a junk basket, drawer under kettle and basket on shelf over table.

K ~ Kitchen--colour and decorating scheme. stone colour painted walls, stainless steel assesories, and pine.

L ~ Love--what is your favorite part of homemaking? making sure everyone is fed proper food. and that the home is homely

M ~ Mop--y/n? Yes

N ~ Nylons, machine or hand wash? no dont posess any.

O ~ Oven--do you use the window or open the oven to check? open it

P ~ Pizza--What do you put on yours? tuna, mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese yummy

Q ~ Quiet--What do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment? normally pop in to see what everyone has been up to on the .creativelivingforum.

R ~ Recipe Card Box--y/n? What does it look like? no, just a folder with loose bits in, and books.

S ~Style of house--What style is your house? end of four house terrace, pre war ex army housing.

T ~ Tablecloths or Placemats? placemats, except christmas time then tablecloth and decorations

U ~ Under the kitchen sink--organized or toxic wasteland? Organised,as non-toxic as I can be

V ~ Vacuum--How many times per week? once just upstairs, rest of house swept daily and mopped twice weekly, cept when raining then up to 20 times in a day LOL

W ~ Wash--How many loads of laundry do you do per week? 6-8

X's--Do you keep a daily list of things to do that you cross off? only occasionally, normally have in my head what needs doing, and if i forget, well theres always another day.

Y ~ Yard--y/n? Who does what? part yard for the girls and ferts/polys,fenced off to garden for veg etc. both clean it up.

ZZZ's--what is your last homemaking task for the day before going to bed? switching off computer, lights, locking doors, checking downstairs and putting the girls to bed.

the lighthouse

and this is the old lighthouse situated next door to the church below.

inside looking up and towards the right.

some of dover castle history

just a few pics from the other day, this is the church within the castle grounds, beautiful inside, ive taken a few pics of some of the gorgeous stain glass windows aswell and one of part of the roof in the middle tower. it always feels very tranquil within this church, hadnt been inside since last year, lovely.

friday friday

well the cl forum is down again, and i am so glad i now have a blog so i can keep up with some of my friends from there.
it almost feels like ive lost an arm not being able to chat with everyone and see how they all are.

have just had a lovely cycle to tescopolist and the local shop for a few bits we needed. and WOW the panniers make life sooooooo much easier with shopping.

james was playing outside before i went but as soon as he saw me get my bike out that was it, o can i come to please mummy, so out with his bike cycle helmets on and away we went lol, it is more fun with him with me. rather than cycling on my own, and he does seem to make me go faster aswell. :)

friday........

hi all
just a little post today, went to Dover castle again yesterday, had a wonderful time, the children all love it there, they can run around to their hearts content, explore the tunnels, play with all the canons and guns, such adventure and imagination they can use, lovely.

today we have finally got the outhouse sorted out, have moved the freezers round swept it all, and found remnants of an old mouse nest, so all cleaned. we can now get our bikes in and out easier which was the main reason for this little exercise. having brought a new one with my birthday money i really didn't want it getting damaged unnecessarily. we were going to put a bike rack up on the wall but it just wont fit, so have now put mine onto wood to help the tires as is a concrete base and doesn't do them any good, i have also now fitted my panniers and looks really good, so the next shopping expedition will be a lot easier and safer by bike.

i hope everybody has a lovely day.

the harvest

well this is the rest of our veg from our little veg patch this year.

we,ve had to pick our toms, they didnt look like ripening after all the strong winds we've had here the plants got blown over 3 or 4 times despite tying up, so decided to pick them let them ripen indoors then make into pasta sauce.

our leeks again needed picking as some were starting to go to seed, ive eneded up with 5 chopped bags and 2 sliced bags ready for soups and stews in the winter months.

and our carrots, have already had loads of pickings for dinners but decided to get the rest up ready for the freezer. i have 8 bags either for stews or dinners and 2 bags sliced for soups.

all in all quite happy with these, have spent the last 3 1/2 hours preparing them all.

my finished proper knitting from a pattern

well here it is my first knitted project from a pattern, modelled by my step daughter stevie louise, im pleased that ive managed it, only problem now i dont think it will suit me LOL. so will have to find a different pattern for me :) good thing is i know i can tackle patterns now (if easy).

day trip to london part 3

last page i promise. well after the boat trip we had a walk along the river, then took another bus to trafalgar square. afterwards went to charing cross and took the train home again.


James with a living statue wizard.

The London eye from the river view

and finally Trafalgar Square


and TS would not be complete without a pic of the lions ok one lion.

All in all a very busy, tiring, but enjoyable day had by all.................. Im glad its only once a year though..............

hope you enjoy our little adventure to London yesterday.

London day trip.

christine my next door neighbour and I took james and georgia out for the day in London, we started this last year summer hols, and they had such a good time we promised to take them again this year, planning from last visit to do the dungeons and the london eye. next year they want to go on the duck tour bus and london eye again. to be planned ...........


we first got a train to the big smoke, a tube to the dungeons, and fortunately had prepaid tickets,merlin passes so we didnt have to wait 3 1/2 hours to get in only 1/2 . well it was different to what we had expected and georgia was a bit unnerved at times, but they did enjoy themselves immensly, except the last room see below in day trip 2.


we then hopped onto a bus and went through london to the london eye, that was very good, pics on DTL2 below.


then as last year we took a tour boat up the river and back again, they love this and infact is normally the only time we manage to sit down and eat some lunch.




setting off from the launch

cleopatras needle

my friend with georgia and james on the boat

the old navy boat.

day out in london

The London Eye


just as we set off

me and james

the houses of parliament and st stephens tower with the bell Big Ben.

ermm two of the bridges on the thames. i know one in the distance is london bridge.

very high up now think we are at the top.

it was very enjoyable, james and georgia loved it seeing all over London.

we also visited the Dungeons, georgia was very fraut most of the way round, and the first time i think ive ever seen james get scared was at the end jack the ripper jumped into the room we were in, mind that one made me jump aswell.