THE LURGY AND BAD HAIRCUTS!

So sorry I have not posted anything for a few days, but I have not been well at all - think I may have got flue. On top of that I went to the hairdressers on Saturday and came out with the worst hair-do I've had in years. The hairdresser has cut much too much off and my bright blonde hair is now brown. I seem to have aged about 15 years. I've spent most of the weekend in tears!



Anyway I'm better now and I have a visit to another hairdresser in the morning, who is going to give me my blonde hair back! Unfortunately my budget doesn't run to extensions, I'll just have to wait a few months for it to grow back.



I am back at work tomorrow and will be busy with my Valentine Swap pressies in the evenings, so I will say goodbye until the weekend.



Love Jayne xxx

CARLA'S BIRTHDAY VISIT

My eldest daughter came to visit today (she lives with her boyfriend) as I had not seen her for a few weeks. She opened her birhday presents while she was here as she is twenty next week.

She also arrived with my auntie who, I might add, looks twenty years younger than her seventy years and fixes her own roof tiles!!

CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS

My Christmas preparations are now well under way - the tree is up and I am busy making extra decorations. My husband took the girls Christmas shopping today to buy my present, but no matter how hard I try they will not tell me what it is (although he did visit Boots)!! I will continue questioning.



While out shopping they also went ice skating which they seemed to enjoy immensely even though they did fall over once or twice - no serious injuries though I'm glad to say. When they arived home they assembled and decorated a gingerbread train. Something a little different from the usual gingerbread house.



While they were gone I did a little reading - I'm reading the Miss Read books at the moment, the Christmas editions, which are getting me more into the Christmas spirit. They remind me of life as a child as I come from a small village myself. I also made a victoria sandwich using my favourite recipe from My River Cottage cookery book. It involves weighing four eggs (yes, four),
and weighing the same amount of butter (which was nearly a whole pack), flour and sugar. It rises beatifully every time and tastes absolutly gorgeous, although not paticularly very healthy



But what the heck it's Saturday and it's nearly Christmas.