Catching up...

Bah I love having the kids off school but how much washing and ironing can they possibly go through, and why do I always feel like I am cleaning and tidying the exact same things over and over!! I've given up. The house will just have to look like a tip for the next week and a half! I'm feeling a lot better although the penicillin made me feel quite ill. I haven't been just sitting around though. No! In my absence my friend tried to teach me to crochet... I have knitted (just as a practice so nothing to show) whilst watching Mansfield park, and Northanger Abbey.... and I have made another bunny. (Sorry blurry photo again!) This one was for El's best friend who likes cupcakes. I did have some material with cupcakes on it, but where it has gone I have no idea. So I had to improvise. I was pleased with the results though. (dotty material thanks to Lucy bloom and big red button thanks to Twiggy!) I think she is quite sweet. I gave her eyelashes which you can't really see on the pictures. I would eventually like to make some of these bunnies to sell, the only problem is I have no idea what to price them at so any advice would be greatly received! And also, would anyone want to buy them?
Yesterday the kids took themselves off to the beach for the day (I am a redundant mother *sob*) So I baked a chocolate marble cake (it was supposed to have walnuts on but I didn't have any) I had to keep telling the kids off because this recipe uses Nutella but they kept eating it, whilst reassuring me that there was indeed four large tablespoons left to be used in the cake.
I used my new food mixer and whilst I do covet and blow kisses at this type of mixer I had to make do with my bargain Ainsley Harriot version (that is most definitely not my kitchen btw) which didn't work too well (it refused to turn!) but it made a nice enough cake. I also took El here on Saturday 'Bondville model village' which is incredibly sweet. So if you are up near Bridlington or Sewerby take a look. I think that is all I have to report today. Ooh how could I forget. I saved up and treated myself to a new sewing machine. I have been getting to grips with it today and am very much in love. I mean it does zig zag stitch and everything.. my old one only did straight lines! I hoping this will improve my crafting mojo! Lastly this is a picture taken of a flower my Mum rescued from her garden. Love the dew drops on it. And the colour was so much prettier than I could capture in the pic. I hope you all had a lovely weekend I hope to get my blogging head back on now! I have two awards to pass on but I will do that in my next post!!