A BIT OF HOME BAKING AND LIFE

Hi all ... Well looking out of my crafting room window here it looks far from a lovely summer's day .  I think we have skipped the last part of Summer and just gone straight into Autumn , oh for the long Summer days of my youth !


Over the last couple of weeks my son David and Andrew my daughter Ruth's partner have done very well in the 1st season of Racing Pigeons .

The pigeon , a blue checker , was home first from a race over 100 miles away and he took 1st in the Pigeon Club that they race in and also 1st in the Fed , that is a combination of all the clubs in our area .  So everyone was thrilled .  They are certainly doing well for their 1st racing season .  The bottom picture is my grand-son Drew , Ruth's and Andrew's youngest child .  I had to include this as he looks so cute .  He has his own bucket of food and he's waiting for his pigeon to come home ... isnt he just the cutest thing !!

I do some baking to take down with me when i go down to watch the pigeons come home ... well you have to have a cup of coffee or tea and a piece of cake dont you ?!! lol .

In all the many things that i have made over the years , i have never made a cheesecake .  So i decided to give it a go and here is my 'strawberry cheesecake '  and it certainly wont be the last one i ever make !  It was really easy to make , i dont know why i havent ever had a go at making one before .

In the top picture i made Chocolate Cheesecake muffins ... Very nice , everyone loved them , although i found them a bit too sweet .  The botom one is of Carrot muffins with a cream cheese icing , again these were enjoyed by all .  You cant beat home baking , but it is surprising how many rather buy cakes than make them now-a-days  .  My daughter's all bake and i usually get a plateful brought up to me , which is a lovely treat !
Well i'm off now for a cup of coffee and maybe i'll just have a piece of cake with it lol .
Wishing everyone a very happy day .

I came across this quote on some-one else's  blog and i just have to include it .

" IF YOU DONT SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ,
THEN MARCH DOWN THERE AND SWITCH IT ON YOURSELF . "  

I love that !! ...

Take care everyone , until next time ...love and hugs Melita xx

PIGEONS AND SNORING !

Good Morning ! ... Today is my grand-son Drew's 3rd birthday ... Happy Birthday poppet !!!


It's dull and grey as i look out of the window here , where's our summer and all the hot weather gone ?? !!!



Last night i went to the cinema to watch the new 'Twilight' Film .  I went with my 3 daughters and 2 of their friends .  I've come to the conclusion my 3 daughters aren't quite right in the head lol !! Nutty as fruit cakes .  I so love being in there company , they make me laugh and i feel young again .  They wouldn't let me feel any other way.

My son David and my daughter Ruth's partner Andrew have gone into partnership racing and keeping pigeons .  On Sunday they had their 1st young bird race .  As my late ex.husband kept and raced pigeons just about all his life i thought i would go and watch the birds come home .  They were released at 09-00 am Sunday morning and should arrive home about 1hr and 10mins later .  I had done some home baking the night before so i took down some of the cakes and biscuits that i made so we could have them with a nice cup of tea or coffee whilst waiting for the birds .  We were all excited and just a little bit worried that they would all arrive home and without any injuries .  At 12 mins after 10 we suddenly saw a large batch of pigeons go over , and breaking out of that batch was 3 of 'our' birds .  I cant explain the rush of emotion that goes through you when you see your pigeon arrive , bear in mind that a lot of 'pigeon fanicers' love their birds dearly and form quite a bond with them , even with some pigeons treating their owners as if they are their mate !!  It was a good race with most of the birds returning by the end of the day .  They did really well for their first race taking 6th and 8th 9th 10th in their pigeon club !

I had to go  and see the Ear , Nose and Throat specialist this week as well to see if i had 'Sleep Apnea' , Thankfully i havent .  If i had known though before i went that i would be having a camera up my nose and down my throat i dont think i would of gone !  Yes i am a coward ! Anyway it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be .  Apparently my bottom jaw is back further than it should be and my tongue is also back further than it should be , which means that when i sleep my throat than narrows which causes my snoring !  You may laugh , but i dont think my partner is seeing the funny side of it anymore !! I could have some sort of brace made which you wear at night which can help but it costs the magic word MONEY ! .So at the moment it will have to wait , i'm just hoping my partner can as well lol ! .... Life is full of crazy little things isnt it ? !!

Right i'm off to do some more , catch up with you all soon ...Bye for now  xxx

" BE WISE IN THE USE OF TIME.
THE QUESTION IN LIFE IS NOT
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE .
THE QUESTION IS WHAT SHALL
WE DO WITH IT . "

ANNA ROBERTSON BROWN                                                                                                                                

Shall we begin ?? !!

I've been thinking about doing this blog for awhile now .  I already have another blog for card-making and scrapbooking , but i wanted a place that i could come to and just write random stuff , whether it be about my daily life , my baking , books that i'm reading and to add poems and quotes .

So here we are .

I'm sitting in my crafting room at the moment on my easy chair typing this .  My fatigue from my ME is kicking in at the moment and i'm fighting not too drop off to sleep .  I hate this illnes or should i say illness's , i feel like a prisoner in my own body .  There are some days when i dont feel so bad , when the pain level is low and then you think if i just do something a bit more it wont hurt ? !! Oh but it does hurt because next day or even the after that the pain will kick in and boy does it let you know that yes it did matter .  The feeling of not having control over your own body is a frightening one , but somehow you have to try and over come that helpless feeling .  Pacing yourself is something you are told or you read time after time , but when you have always been active it isn't quite that easy .  Having to give up work last year has helped but not as much as i thought or hoped it would , but i am coping better and i dont have to deal with so much stress as i did before so that is a bonus !

I'm going to end here i think as if i dont get up and start doing something i am going to fall asleep ... Bye for now .....I'd like to leave you with this quote which says it all really for some-one suffering from some form of illness .......love and hugs Meme xxxx

" BE NOT AFRAID OF GOING SLOWLY ;
  BE AFRAID OF STANDING STILL . "

CHINESE PROVERB