Sunday, 12 February 2012

A Bundt in the oven...

Snowy paths and icy roads make for a good excuse for staying home and baking...

I bought plenty of stewed apple at our village Christmas fair for the freezer, so that came out and went towards a Spiced Apple Breakfast Bundt Cake...



I got this recipe from 'Passionate Vegetarian' I'm not veggie but I've been carting this book around with me since my student days as everything I've ever tried out of it is a winner.
We couldn't wait till breakfast though...



Its very dense and moist, half pudding, half cake really. I don't know if i could go to work on a slice of it though - i think i'd need a mid morning nap!

The other reason for hiding out in the kitchen this weekend is the continuing schedule of work going on in the rest of the house. Walls continue to be knocked about, dust continues to fall,so this weekend the kitchen has been my sanctuary, and here it is...


Trust me it doesn't usually look this tidy but as I said there's nowhere else to run to! I've been playing around with furniture this weekend and brought my retro kitchen cupboard back in from the cold



I love it - it was a birthday present from BH but its always needed a repaint. I'm thinking of brightening it up with some colour...any ideas?


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Sunday, 5 February 2012

White out!




Last night I wrote on the windscreen, this morning I couldn't find the windscreen! The snow has definitely hit East Yorkshire and this morning the scene that greeted us was gorgeous...


The Minifreerangers had to be forced to eat their breakfast as they were itching to get outside. Once amongst it there was no stopping them...



We've snowballed, sledged, rolled around and just got plain cold...now its hot chocolate time...mmm!

The other plus side to the snow...



This is the tidiest my veg patch has looked in months!

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Saturday, 4 February 2012

White stuff...

Finally...



It's very light but it's here! The Minifreerangers are looking longingly at their sledges and right now there is no way near enough... But it's a start right? And a good excuse to throw another log on the fire - thats if we can get anwhere near it...



These two have staked their claim...

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Thursday, 2 February 2012

The inspector said yes!!!

After sleepless nights and fretful thoughts we've had the good news we've been waiting to hear...the building inspector says yes - he's happy with our build, it meets all standards...we done good!!!!

So after months of this...




And plenty of this...




Were finally getting to this...



And now the plastering can begin - at last. I know buildings get signed off every day but they usually are built by people with lots of experience and a project manager. BH got a book from the library and watched a lot of grand designs but he's never built a home before and so when the man from the ministry said yes he was a very happy chap- and he might get some sleep now.

And me... Well I can't help it I'm planning cushions and wallpaper and carpets and now I can't sleep for thinking about it - help!!!

This will have to do for starters...



We call him John Deer and he's been waiting to find his home for too long now. We couldn't resist trying him out...

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