Long time since I did a public blog, but I just have'nt felt like it. The vibe though today is such, it makes you wish to participate,LOL. I am also taking the advice given to me by the ladies in Marg and Janice's group to boost Caty's ego and share her triumphs in picture form.LOL.

We have been baking, again. Yes Sunday tends to be baking day if nothing else is planned.

So Ruth was on scone duty, I was on pancake watch and Caty on Victoria Sponge making.

We have just officially tasted Caty's cake and yummy it is too. We have been making different cakes over the past month. I thought it was time to up the anti for Ruth and teach her how to throw togeather a ginger cake, carrot cake and carraway seed cake.

However today Caty wanted to make a Sleeping Beauty cake ! Was rather intrigued by that suggestion and pictures of elaborately decorated flouncy cakes entered my head and I groaned. I don't do fancy.

I questioned Caty and was rewarded with a simple idea. She wanted a pink cake with blue and pink icing, like Sleeping beauty's dress, phew, we can do that.

So we did and she is so happy with it.

It also brought home to me that when baking cake, with little one's, the standard Victoria Sponge recipe is a no brainer. It can be mixed, banged and thumped to there and back, you can add colour galore and still you get an edible result at the end,LOL So big thankyou to the original cook who came up with that recipe :)

So here is Caty's Sleeping Beauty Cake, all done by her own fair hand, except the oven bit,LOL.

Luv, Winnie.xx

Humming Bird by Eddie Reader. Love it, kind of reminds me to chill out and stop rushing around,LOL So I have a wee boogie bop to myself,LOL.

Humming Bird Lyrics.

Hummingbird, hummingbird
I thought I'd find you here
Bright lights draw you near, they always will
All that work and worry just to stay still
Hummingbird, hummingbird
Always on your mind
Sweetness you must find, does it get you down ?
You never reach the sky and you cannot touch the ground

Soar you will never soar
Spin or swoop or glide
Soar up above us all
In the shadows you must hide

Hummingbird, hummingbird
So you beat your wings
If you forget to sing you'll lose your song
Then where will you go when all the pretty things have gone ?

Soar you will never soar
Spin or swoop or glide
Soar up above us all
In the shadows you must hide

Hummingbird, hummingbird...

------------------------------------------------------------

Love, Winnie.xxxx

 

Arrrrrgh I was a tad shocked to be asked to do this, honestly I was. However I love to read featured member blogs so it seems only fair to rise to the honour given me and bare my sole,LOL.

1. Starting with Name, Location and Children.

My name which might come as a surprise to some is actually Mary, called for my Paternal Granny, who died many years before I was born, sniff,sniff. We Live in South Hampshire not far from the Historical City of Portsmouth. I have two lovely girls ages 8yrs and 3yrs (4yrs in two weeks time,LOL).

2 .How did you find Minti?

My Sister found Minti. She was aware of my insecurities as a Mother, having lost my own Mummy just 7 short and traumatic weeks after our 8yr old was born, I had no one to turn to for reassurance, my Mother In Law though kind and helpful had issues of her own and was not very forthcoming. So Sis a computer guru went seeking a forum where she could prove that I was doing O.K. Minti was the place. Thank you Sis.

3. What's your favourite thing or feature at Minti?

I love the spontinaity of the site. You never know who is going to be around or what topic will catch your eye at that moment.

4. What is your favourite thing about being a Parent?

Again, the spontinaity. No two mins, hours or days are the same, you face new challenges and new insights every single day all day long,LOL.

5. What has been your biggest Parenting Challenge?

Trying to get my voice heard for my youngest. Her mis-shapen head was a real concern and no-one would listen, they fobbed me off almost till it was too late. Thankfully one Doctor listened and acted immediatly as she realised the implications, bless her.

6.What worries you most about Parenting?

Not listening! My biggest worry is missing the the things that are not spoken, the between the lines things that teens tend to veer towards,ugh. I suppose realising the issue is a step towards looking out for it, but I still worry about it,LOL.

7. What is the best Parenting advice you've ever gotten from some one?

Trust your instinct and if it fails sleep on it and give yourself time to process the facts. For me it works very well. But it was given to me by my Mum the day before she died and she new how my thoughts worked,LOL.

8. What were your Babies first words? 

Appart from Mama and Dada, 8yr old said jeorgous (georgous) which I called her all the time,LOL. Our 3yr old pointed and said bod (bird) which she could see from her high chair and we chatted about at meal times.

9. What is your favourite song?

ll Cantico delle Creatures by Angelo Branduardi... I love it and will die loving it.

10. What is the funniest thing you've ever done.

Well I will save the families blushes and own up to my own folly here. I was having a lesson to brush up my routine for a Dressage Comp. Gail my business partner who gave me the lesson, stopped pointing out my sloppy habits to say " You have never had a falling off in all the years I have known you, how did you manage that?" I replied "fear, I have a fear of hitting the deck so I dont do it" at which moment my Mare Duchess, tripped up, tipped forward and down and I went flying over the top of her head, ROFL. Gail could not continue for the hysterics that brought on,LOL.

11. Using Just one word sum up Minti.

Well we all can give a list of words to describe Minti, but I think my favourite would have to be:

Humanity.

12. What is the best piece of advice you have gotten from Minti?

Trust my Intincts and never be afraid to seek advice no matter how silly I may think my question is.

13. How do you deal with your Minti addiction?

I make sure I have completed all my set tasks and goals before allowing myself online,LOL.

14. How does your family deal with your Minti addiction?

With total glea and relief because if I am online then I am not wittering on at them,heheheheh.

My husband is very supportive. I live a very narrow life surrounded by the middle class mentality. I am from a peasant / working class background and find that those around me don't always get me or understand where I am coming from. Minti has such a broad spectrum of people who have the ability to share and try to understand the diversity of life.

Thankyou for taking the time to read my witterings and for giving me the chance to share a bit more about me,LOL.

Luv Winnie.xxxx

 

Why cant communter travel alway's be this much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This advert was filmed live, and yes lots and lots of the public got up and got down too,hehe. I think they should do this regularly as a public service for commuters to lift their "leaves on the line, train cancelled" spirits,LOL.

Luv Winnie.xxxx