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Thursday 16 September 2010

One Hundred Times!

Hello and welcome to my One Hundredth post!  I am so sorry that yet again it has taken me an aaaage to get back to my blog, life has been so full on lately I have hardly had time to catch my breath!



Last week was Little Kimbles' Graduation, it was a truly lovely day and I did have to hold back the tears of joy, so happy, so proud, where have all of those years gone?


She gets her curly hair from her dad - mine is boringly straight!

Next up was her birthday and I was able to produce a Victoria Sandwich with my own butter cream AND JAM for once.  Yes I have had a dabble into jam making - I expect you are all experts, but I have always wanted to try but never had the equipment so last month I treated myself to a Maslin Pan and had a go.


I made Plum jam - first lot a little too runny - setting point not quite reached but perfect for drizzling on Ice cream.  Second lot much better and then I went on to make Apricot Jam and finally Strawberry Jam, oh and I also got a tin of those Marmalade oranges you get from Lakeland and made Marmalade too!

 
I think hubby thinks I have gone a bit doo lally every time he comes into the kitchen I am making more Jam!!

Next on the list is Chutney because I have quite a few Green Tomatoes and loads of Apples


I have been snatching some photos of the garden before the Autumn really sets in and there is still a lot of colour out there......not to mention wildlife, or should I say.....Pondlife!



This little fella was basking in the September sunshine on a lilypad in our little pond.  I love to see frogs in the pond and we didn't have any for a few years, but now we are obviously in favour again!

This flower had its head straining for the last rays of the sun.


A friend bought me these lovely Sunflowers and I had to take a photo of them in the early morning sun for you - I love Sunflowers.


Beautiful!

Now my attention is focused on Youngest Kimbles, he is heading off  Uni in London - one finishes, another one starts! So we have lots of packing on the go and sorting of "stuff", I think he is looking forward to it - time will tell.  I have also had my Sister in Law to stay this week for her birthday - she can't get around much so it was nice to have her to stay and make a Birthday Fuss of her.  In between all of this I have managed a little crochet but not much - I have nearly finished my glittery shawl and I am hoping to finish it this weekend BECAUSE Mr K and I are off to Jersey tomorrow morning (flight at 6.15am - what WAS he thinking of!!!!!) as he has some work over there so we decided to make a long weekend of it. So that means that while he is working on Saturday I will have the day to myself - can that really be true? - A Day To Myself!!! Yipee!!!! I have a book to read and some crochet to do - I am going to take the Jan Eaton Squares book because I have promised to make square No 5 for Mrs Twins and SIBOL , please pick a square to do for her if you haven't already.  Of course I shall go for a walk, maybe some retail therapy, but there will be plenty of time to explore the rest of the weekend when hubby is free.  A friend did suggest I stay in bed all day read, crochet and get room service - not sure I could do that, but it is tempting!!

So glad to fill you in with my goings on, a hundred times over!

Speak soon xx

8 comments:

  1. Big Congrats on reaching 100, way to go. What a fun array of goodies to look at in this posting. That jam looks de-lish...

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  2. LOL I have curly hair too and my SON has inherited it and he hates it! he has to use hair-straighteners :o
    Congratulations to your lovely daughter you must be so proud!
    As a reward for raising such a clever girl, you can "stay in bed all day read, crochet and get room service" OK?

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  3. That is wonderful, family updates are fantastic, the jam looks delicious and you made it 100!

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  4. Congratulations!
    Great photos of delicous jam en beautiful flowers!
    ~X~ Karin

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  5. Great family photos Kim! Glad it all went well for you.
    You are having such a busy time!!
    You deserve a break away take lots of photos wont you?
    I expect you will be shedding a few more tears 'off to university' where does the time fly to? My nephew is off to Nottingham on Saturday. We shall all miss him.
    If anyone wants to crochet a Jan Eaton square we still have blocks available. Cant wait to see yours.
    Dont over do it now!
    Love to you and happy weekend.
    Sorry its taken me a while. Things going on here.
    Love to you Suex

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  6. How proud you must be. How strange, I made jam this year for the first time since I was at school, couldn't get the setting point of my plum jam either, and burnt it. After that, the rest turned out OK. Hope you had a lovely time in Jersey and looking forward to seeing the glittery shawl. Thanks for posting the yarn details.
    Jak x

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  7. Have a lovely restful time in Jersey dear. Thank you so much for your kind comments Kim , my boy is much better now.
    I'm so impressed with your jam making!
    Louise xx

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  8. Congrats to all in the Kimble household, to get that far is really a joint effort, even if you are not the one doing the studying.
    I haven't made jam since high school, don't eat a lot of it, so I am happy buying it. But I am into making yoghurt
    Enjoy your time away - glad to see that you are able to get back into hooking

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