Thursday, 21 August 2025
It was ok my knickers were clean!
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Town.
Doesn't this look just lovely four friends relaxing on a bench on a fine day and looking at the view?
There are many local people who go around Porthcawl taking photographs and post them on FB.Sunday, 17 August 2025
Soaps!!
It seems channel 4 is bringing back 'Brookside'!! A TV soap that ran from 1982 to 2003. It will just be a one off follow up show.
Friday, 15 August 2025
Just a few minutes.
I'm guessing that we all have a few little jobs hanging over us to do that only takes a few minutes, but we just can't get around to doing them.? Well that's certainly me. I think the problem is that I look at them as a whole and not one at a time. So this week I decided to do one each day.
And I have, first there were some new knicks I'd bought from M&S, the same as I'd bought a while ago and they're too loose. I didn't realise how loose, till we went out walking on the prom and they kept slipping down, to the extent that I had to stop and with Dh trying to cover me, I slipped them off and popped them in my bag! So a little tuck sewn in each side seam at the waist was all they needed. I did two and have had the other two waiting for those couple of stitches for months, but now they are done!
The bedroom chair had grown cardis and bits, the odd bit of packing from where I had bought something and kept it, because it might come in useful, it had become my 'Chair-robe' again! And was mountain of clothes, dresses worn once and may be ok to wear again before washing,,, All sorted and put away and the packing in the recycle, took less than 5 minutes!
Some tops flung on the spare bed waiting to be sorted.......should it be a charity shop; cotton cut up for quilting; or dusters? This did take a while, because I had to decide, and then having thought if they were good cotton, cut into reasonable sized pieces to go in my fabric store.. And then folding the good ones neatly for the charity shop, the rest, binned. Do I want dusters?? No! I buy sets because I like the colours!
The other little job is quite big. I bought a dress because I liked the bright lime yellow colour, but it was sleeveless. I thought it would be ok even with my old looking arms, but the scaring on my right arm shows it and it is horrible.. It was a bit long, so I cut off the bottom frill and cut out two short sleeves, quite a big job. I have the sleeves all cut, and one tacked in place and it looks ok. All I have to do is the other one, but it seems such a big job. Then I'll have to get out my sewing machine, can I do it before the summer ends? I don't know, wait and see. When it's done there'll be a photo, but don't hold your breath! I might have just worn it with a cotton bolero. but that went to the charity shop! Its true you never need something till you've chucked it..
Chrisxx
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Hot!
The new Eastern Prom, super for walking if you're a bit doddery and hate paving slabs like me. We walked along here yesterday although hot, we were out before it was too warm.
Monday, 11 August 2025
Upside down!!
A big thank you to everyone who commented on that last post, it was just a test to see if some bloggers could still access my blog without being warned of bugs. My laptop has been scanned and it's completely covered, but appreciate some people aren't able to access my blog. Joy had a similar problem a while ago (retired teacher) and it righted itself.. machines???
But moving on, my life seems to be upside down at the moment, I go to bed yawning and lie there wide awake. I wake feeling tired and am shattered and sluggish. An aqueous cream I've used for years, instead of shower jell and soap has started to irritate my skin, so annoying, so now I have to find something else instead. My hair with a natural wave has gone curlier and unmanageable! But these are still looking good.
The very hot weather has returned and I don't like it, I hate the rain and I'm complaining about the sun! I'm just a crotchety old woman!
Some of our cosmos have turned out doubles and the bees love them.
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Not mine but so good worth posting,
Alice Grayson was supposed to bake a cake for her church’s bake sale, but she forgot until the morning of the event. In a rush, she whipped up an angel food cake, but the center collapsed. Desperate to make it look presentable, she stuffed a roll of toilet paper into the center and covered it with icing. It looked perfect!
Sunday, 3 August 2025
Friday, 1 August 2025
I'd never have thought that!
There hasn't been seating outside Costa for weeks and we've missed it. We always sat outside with Nell, because dogs weren't allowed inside. These days they are welcome, and some days there are several inside, all quiet and wolfing down their puppacinos!!
There was scaffolding up for quite a while, we assumed it was to allow the flats above to be painted. But the scaffolding came down last week and still no seats.