Hello all, yes, it's my turn. How are all you lovely peoples?
I'm in that panic mode at the moment. Halloween is just 2 weeks and 3 days away and I'm sort of organised......not! Well I say I'm not, I have lists, lots of lists, I've researched online for some ideas and at least I know the theme. But actually getting anywhere with it, hmmmmm, that's a different matter.
Not to give too much away, oh all right then I will (no kids peaking please!), I'm having a MacBeth themed party. Well, why not, there are witches, a ghost, murder and blood....sounds pretty gory to me. I'm decorating the front room as a forest where the witches will be...haven't made the tree sillouettes yet though or bought the witches. However, I do have a dress I could use to be the third witch, but I haven't tried it on for a few years, so it might not fit. Better sort that then. I also need a large cauldron, tissue paper flames, twigs and some spiders.
The dining room will be an old castle with a banquetting table. Have got a mansion scene setter, some camoflague plastic netting to cover up the computer, etc and we already have exposed patches of brickwork so that'll work, but no idea how to cover up the cupboard or decorate the table. I do have a list of medieval foods which look quite simple; meats, cheeses, breads, fruit, but must go over the top with a black and gothic table setting. Talking of food I still have the cupcakes to make, some will be used on the party, but the rest are for trick or treaters. Do know what ones I'm doing though thanks to A Zombie Ate My Cupcake...just need to make them (60 cupcakes at least, 20 of each kind).
But games, hmmmm, games? Am reading MacBeth through again and picking out main points of story and trying to configure some games around those scenes. Some are easier than others, but I don't want to repeat too many games from the past, so am having to give it a lot of thought, hope it all works and the kids enjoy them.
On top of this, I'm still knitting a jumper for my daughter for Christmas. Still got half the back to do, both sleeves and the collar. Hopefully will get it finished.
I'm also preserving like a mad thing. So far we have had Spiced Plum Chutney, Cherry Plum Jam, Nectarine Chutney, Damson Jam, Green Plum Tomato Chutney, Apple Wine, Plum Wine and Sloe Gin. Still got Green Tomato and Orange Jam, Quince Cheese, Apple Chutney and Damson Vodka to do.
Then there is the garden: Still got to rip up last of the tomatoes (which will give me more green tomatoes!), sunflowers need removing and deseeding....some for the birds and some hulled and roasted for us to eat, weeds need digging over, plastic bags need laying where the paths are to be put in, 5 trees need planting and I haven't done the bulbs yet.
And Home Ed! Yep I haven't forgotten that one. Must admit with all the preserving, gardening, arts and crafts and baking going on, I'm sure if I can get him included we'll cover quite a bit.
Oh and I've still got some crafts to finish, luckily deadline has been extended to 1st February next year. Phew!!!
I do LOVE this time of year as I love all the festivities and the excitement and the darker nights and crisper mornings and I know it will all get done on time (may not be within budget though), but sometimes sitting down and looking around at all that I want to do*, I do begin to panic...hence the lists. At least if I have a list, I get the pleasure of ticking things off.
Tomorrow we'll be up in the attic getting all the Halloween stuff down (and I've got loads) and going through what I can reuse and what I need to get. Did catalogue it all last year, but forgot to print it off and then my computer died. Grrrr!! So Saturday evening guess what I'll be doing.
Well there you are, if no one sees me or I disappear off of Facebook, then you know what I'm doing..one of the above.
Cya
*NOTE: I said want to do, not have to do. That's my problem. Big ideas and not enough time (leaving things to last minute more like) and I get PANIC!!
Friday 14 October 2011
Sunday 2 October 2011
GRRRRRRRRR!!! LOTS!
Okay, I've been pretty good with the whole Callum's World blog recently, but I have to admit that this one has lapsed into oblivion.
Does this mean that I haven't had anything to moan about lately; no it doesn't! But I have been rather busy and rather knackered, so doing one blog was enough!
Soooo how am I feeling on this delightful sunny weekend in October? Well I was feeling rather good, hot, but good until today. Got woken up at 8am with a cup of tea made by my beloved Callum which was nice, but wasn't really the time I was thinking of waking up as I've been getting up between 7am and 8am all week and really fancied a lay in to at least 9am this morning, but as he'd made me a cuppa I couldn't really complain.
Laid there until 9am anyway before getting up and hogging computer for an hour or so. Then it was wrap present, make a quick card (we didn't have any suitable) and then off to delivery said present.
Weather was hot! Very hot! I don't do heat! I hate heat!! I especially don't do heat in October when it's supposed to be cold!!!!!!! Grrrr!
Anyway, got to the party house (not that we were staying for the party), gave out present and watched him open it (aaaah, warm fuzzy feeling), received big hug and got offered a cup of tea....half hour later I've still not received cuppa although others have. I know I shouldn't complain; everyone was very busy getting ready for the party and I did just sit there. But in my defence the kitchen is small and there were already 4 adults in there busy cooking, etc, so I didn't think hanging about getting in the way was such a good idea. I know it wasn't my friend's fault as I know that she was very hard at work with a house full already with still an hour to go before the proper party started and it was her partner that had offered the tea, but I have to admit I was a bit peeved, especially when others were getting tea and I wasn't. Sorry, totally pathetic and childish, but I don't care. (Stamps foot like big spoilt brat!) Grrrrr!
So, anyway, before the party started proper we left as we weren't intending to stay on anyway. Weather still hot!! Grrrrr!
Walked home, boiling ourselves on the way and trying to dodge into shadows as much as poss. Decide that we will get an ice cream on way...but shop at top of hill is shut! It wasn't shut on the way there! Grrrrr!
Callum suggests the pub, but then I mention the garden will be in full sun, so we decide that's a bad idea. Up the road we walk, looking forward to a cool house and a cup of tea, when, on rounding the corner, my partner's car is still there; he's not left for work yet! Grrrr!
Means that the kitchen will still be out of bounds (he spends all weekend in the kitchen doing one thing or another and trying to work around him is a nightmare). So we decided to wander off to another corner shop to buy previously mentioned ice creams. By this point we both want drinks as well. It feels like a long walk, back the way we came almost and it's uphill. Grrrrr!
Aaaaah lovely cool shop, lovely cold drinks and ice creams! Refreshed slightly. Come home, partner still in, but we are both ok about it until we open front door and there he is watching a war film! Grrrr!
So onto computer I go to Facebook, check mail, check out some sites for Halloween party and generally laze. Why do I do it to myself. The computer world is supposed to connect us with others, it's supposed to enlighten, entertain and enthrall us, but all its done today is bloody piss me off (sorry about the language)! I couldn't find anything decent through Google on Halloween games, Facebook is driving me mad as it keeps changing its layout and as soon as I appear, people seem to bugger off! OK, I'm in a foul mood, but having a chat might cheer me up, so bloody talk to me you miserable bunch! Whoops, probably lost some friends now, but then I probably could do with a weed out. Never mind, those that know me, will know I'm just ranting and don't mean anything nasty! Soooo grrrrr to Facebook too!
Anyway, I've grrrrred my way through the day today! Have had no real reason to be grrrrry, but just have been. Hopefully weather will cool down and we'll get some rain soon. I'm sure there's a quote somewhere about heat and the human race getting irritable, but I'm not even going to attempt to find it as that will annoy me if I can't and having a moan up has made me feel better.
Love you all, my loveliest of friends. Just ignore me! I'm a cantankerous old fart today...it's the heat, honest, its the heat! xxxxxxx
Does this mean that I haven't had anything to moan about lately; no it doesn't! But I have been rather busy and rather knackered, so doing one blog was enough!
Soooo how am I feeling on this delightful sunny weekend in October? Well I was feeling rather good, hot, but good until today. Got woken up at 8am with a cup of tea made by my beloved Callum which was nice, but wasn't really the time I was thinking of waking up as I've been getting up between 7am and 8am all week and really fancied a lay in to at least 9am this morning, but as he'd made me a cuppa I couldn't really complain.
Laid there until 9am anyway before getting up and hogging computer for an hour or so. Then it was wrap present, make a quick card (we didn't have any suitable) and then off to delivery said present.
Weather was hot! Very hot! I don't do heat! I hate heat!! I especially don't do heat in October when it's supposed to be cold!!!!!!! Grrrr!
Anyway, got to the party house (not that we were staying for the party), gave out present and watched him open it (aaaah, warm fuzzy feeling), received big hug and got offered a cup of tea....half hour later I've still not received cuppa although others have. I know I shouldn't complain; everyone was very busy getting ready for the party and I did just sit there. But in my defence the kitchen is small and there were already 4 adults in there busy cooking, etc, so I didn't think hanging about getting in the way was such a good idea. I know it wasn't my friend's fault as I know that she was very hard at work with a house full already with still an hour to go before the proper party started and it was her partner that had offered the tea, but I have to admit I was a bit peeved, especially when others were getting tea and I wasn't. Sorry, totally pathetic and childish, but I don't care. (Stamps foot like big spoilt brat!) Grrrrr!
So, anyway, before the party started proper we left as we weren't intending to stay on anyway. Weather still hot!! Grrrrr!
Walked home, boiling ourselves on the way and trying to dodge into shadows as much as poss. Decide that we will get an ice cream on way...but shop at top of hill is shut! It wasn't shut on the way there! Grrrrr!
Callum suggests the pub, but then I mention the garden will be in full sun, so we decide that's a bad idea. Up the road we walk, looking forward to a cool house and a cup of tea, when, on rounding the corner, my partner's car is still there; he's not left for work yet! Grrrr!
Means that the kitchen will still be out of bounds (he spends all weekend in the kitchen doing one thing or another and trying to work around him is a nightmare). So we decided to wander off to another corner shop to buy previously mentioned ice creams. By this point we both want drinks as well. It feels like a long walk, back the way we came almost and it's uphill. Grrrrr!
Aaaaah lovely cool shop, lovely cold drinks and ice creams! Refreshed slightly. Come home, partner still in, but we are both ok about it until we open front door and there he is watching a war film! Grrrr!
So onto computer I go to Facebook, check mail, check out some sites for Halloween party and generally laze. Why do I do it to myself. The computer world is supposed to connect us with others, it's supposed to enlighten, entertain and enthrall us, but all its done today is bloody piss me off (sorry about the language)! I couldn't find anything decent through Google on Halloween games, Facebook is driving me mad as it keeps changing its layout and as soon as I appear, people seem to bugger off! OK, I'm in a foul mood, but having a chat might cheer me up, so bloody talk to me you miserable bunch! Whoops, probably lost some friends now, but then I probably could do with a weed out. Never mind, those that know me, will know I'm just ranting and don't mean anything nasty! Soooo grrrrr to Facebook too!
Anyway, I've grrrrred my way through the day today! Have had no real reason to be grrrrry, but just have been. Hopefully weather will cool down and we'll get some rain soon. I'm sure there's a quote somewhere about heat and the human race getting irritable, but I'm not even going to attempt to find it as that will annoy me if I can't and having a moan up has made me feel better.
Love you all, my loveliest of friends. Just ignore me! I'm a cantankerous old fart today...it's the heat, honest, its the heat! xxxxxxx
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