Little House by the Railway Line

2009 Goals

Learn to make yoghurt
Pickle walnuts
~~Make marmalade~~
Perfect my granola bar recipe
Grow green beans to eat
~~Grow spinach~~
Grow peppers and winter squash
Save seeds from peppers and winter squash
Knit lots of dishcloths
Finish my hidden stars quilt
Make napkin rings
Finish cardigan back
Learn how to do water-bath-canning
Knit a pair of socks

Preserved this Year

February: Marmalade, 10 1/2 standard jars, 2 tiny jars
February: Blatjang chutney, 6 jars
March: Caramelised onion chutney, 6 jars
June: Elderflower cordial, 5 jars
June: Strawberry Jam, 7 standard jars, 3 tiny jars
June: Elderflower cordial, 4 1/2 jars (2nd batch)

Projects in Progress/ Planned

Navy and pink lap quilt
Hidden stars bed quilt
Sampler cardigan
Amish Alphabet Cross-Stitch
Knitted scrap blanket
Planned: summer blouse and skirt

Scripture Memorised this Year

Psalm 8
Psalm 103
Romans 12
Romans 13

Day Out in London

14:23, Monday 24 November 2008 .. Posted in Bits and Bobs .. 0 comments .. Link

On Saturday G and I went down to London to meet up with his brother, whose birthday is this week. We treated him to the entrance to the Courtauld Gallery (where we went to see an exhibition of Turner Watercolours) and to lunch at Garfunkel's Restaurant.

We had a really good day. The exhibition was interesting, and not too long. We've been to exhibitions at the National Gallery and the Tate before and I tend to have reached information-saturation long before the end, and have reached the limit of being able to comfortably stand still, whereas this one was small enough to be able to take it all in and not get too tired. The rest of the gallery (most of it, not the modern art bits) was also very enjoyable. Actually, I think G's brother preferred the modern art galleries, but my taste is rather more old-fashioned.

We really pigged out at lunchtime, though. I had some chicken and chips with vegetables, and then I was very decadent and ate the scrummiest pudding: belgian waffle with vanilla ice-cream and maple syrup with toffee pieces. It's a wonder I didn't get ill from all that sugar, but it was delicious. I think it's probably alright to splurge on pudding and sugar occaisionally, as a treat, as long as I don't get tempted to do so everyday.

(However, G made an apple and blackberry crumble for pudding after supper in the evening, so we ended up having pudding twice that day, which really is starting to sound like excess.)

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About Me

Hello! I'm Jo, I'm 26 and I live in a small house in England with my husband. I work full time in an office, and in my spare time I help out with Sunday school and the church youth group. When I have time, I enjoy reading, cookery and crafts, and I'm trying to learn about the garden.

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