Get yourself a FREE Graze Box - if you want to....

Foodie Talk!

So... this code below can be used at GRAZE and you can get yourself a free box of healthy snacks delivered straight to your letterbox, and then into your mouth.

You have to JOIN the scheme to claim it but you can cancel anytime you like.

If you enjoy the box you can then get your own code to share with your family and friends...

free box code: DP78Q8D

www.graze.com

I haven't had my GRAZE box yet but it really appeals to me as i love to eat well and eat healthy (ish)

 Before i went away, the SmallFish and I had a bit of a mega Cook-a-thon

We have begun stage.1. of making Apple & Damson Gin - i know, yum!

Apparantly Apple Gin was once a typical and well-loved English Tipple, sadly no longer made :(

So, having a plethora of Damsons and Apples (from my Brother's Orchard), i have happily begun to revive the best of British 'windfall' Gin....

It will be decanted and bottled for Christmas :)

 Then, the weeFish demanded Lemon Curd.

Oh lordy, she is sooooo right. This stuff is heaven sent....

slathered over the morning pancakes.

 And we juiced a load of Apples with a handful of Blackberries - DIVINE!

We froze Blackberries for a future project...

We made Hedgerow Jam, or rather Jelly, as i hate the bits.... (plenty of red fruits and lemon juice)

We made Blondie Cakes

We made a mess...!!

I also ended up making a WASP catcher as we had a bit of an infestation during the process.

mmm, sweetness.

SO, to conclude:

September i am having a COLD TURKEY month - sort of a detox.

Water aplenty - no alcohol (only 4 weeks!) Cooking - Plenty of Protein

masses of running and some swimming and weights

AND a trial of these GRAZE boxes to see if they can stop me craving chocolate at nightime and biscuits after my runs... keep my natural blood sugars level.

I like a bit of healthy living.

I am going away for a few days...

...and as if by MAGIC, the craft gods smiled on me and just LOOK what the postman passed me this morning... three yummy crafty and inspiring publicatoins. I only took them from their cellophane to photograph for you - they have gone straight into my overnight suitcase all readyfor my trip... And as a sort of 'p.s' i meant to tell you - i was given the Cath Kidston MAKE! book for my birthday the other week.
Like many designer / makers / crafters i was ready to 'hate it'... but i don't! It is fun and inspiring and cute and full of easy little projects. I like it!

It is just like most of my other craft books... i have no plans to make anything specific from them, but i like the ideas and the photography and the whole concept. A bit of crafty eye-candy never hurt anyone x

A glimpse into Cath's latest catalogue... i will be swooning over this with my Mum and my Sister on our mini-weekday break...

So, .... where am i going? ummmm - don't go hating on me just because I am having a break and i so very much deserve it...

Don't go hating on me because all i will need to take is clean pants, a few good reads and the items below:

I am going to 'Champneys' darling x if you please - HERE to be precise.

What was long ago termed a 'spa' and is now a 'health farm' or 'relaxation break'...

hooray for me, my sis and my mum - we do try to go away every year at least for one night but this year we have managed 2 nights.

It might sound like a boast but it really isn't x promise! We haven't hadn't a proper holiday in years and this was a birthday treat for each of us who have a birthday within 3 weeks of each other. It is our Mummy and Daughter love-in time and i hope one day i will do such things with my girl? But, for now, she can have 'Daddy Time' as THIS is grown-up ladies only! x x x