Al has been making lots of chutney. I made several pots of Marmalade, and plan to get on with some jam and tomato sauce (great gifts for relatives who we don't necessarily see very often).
E has been doing some Christmas stamping to help make labels for the said jams, marmalades and chutneys...
I am making good (but not speedy enough for my liking) progress on my Mum's cardi (though thankfully it is sleeveless, so I'm well over half way now. Having said that, an hour of good old knitting time was spent today transforming that messy mound of wool into a nice neat ball (below). I hate that about buying large balls of yarn- so often they are OK for the first little while, but then start falling apart and getting knotted. This morning I was hanging out with my smallest one whilst the others were still asleep, and decided to bite the bullet and just unwind it and neatly ball it.
In other news, I had the pleasure today, of taking my son out for a Hot Chocolate- his treat for getting 20 stickers, and a really lovely opportunity to have some quality mother-son time. I've been thinking a lot over recent days and weeks about how precious it is to make special memories. This morning I was remembering how in the run up to Christmas, when my sister and I were at primary school, my Dad would take each of us out of school for a day (on our own) and do something really special. I once had a day out in London, and remembering us going to the cinema and spilling pop corn everywhere!
What precious memories do you have?
C x
I regularly have dates with Zaki. It's awesome! We go for hot chocolate and brownies at the cafe. It's so lovely! He tells me all kinds of things! Haven't started with Anjali yet, but think that's next on the agenda..Although I better start watching my weight with double the intake!!
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