T is for home sweet home

Sorry I didn’t get to visit many blogs last time I joined the T Party, it’s amazing how quickly the time passed while our GS was at kindergarten, by the time we’d shopped prepared dinner, cleaned around it was time to collect him again.

Thank you all for your visit and the kind comments, they are very much appreciated.

We are finally home after three months away, we had a good journey home although it takes two days but we had a relaxing time on the ferry. I thought you might be interested to see our cabin.

This is the beds with the window, not much to see in all fairness when you are out at sea but I can’t bear to be in a windowless cabin.

This is the view to the door, the door on the left is the shower room, a small wardrobe, closet as some of you call it and a small desk,

This is the shower room, just roomy enough to do our ablutions as Steve would say.

This is our travel kettle and my ticket to join the T party, we’ve had it for about twelve years and it always goes with us, it just fits in a small cool bag with the two mugs and in the front pocket we keep the teabags and spoon,

Finally my Birthday present from my eldest son, he gave it to me the day before we flew to SF, it was very heavy and I had already weighed the suitcases and locked them so I decided to leave it behind until we arrived back.

I was so pleased with them as I can never find craft mags in Spain and they are so expensive to have them sent out, apparently he asked his Dad what he could buy me and Steve suggested a couple of mags, they should keep me going for quite a while and they all have free stamps or dies on them! Steve suggested I save them until I got home but I couldn’t resist opening the packets to see all the freebies.

That’s me finished for this week, I’ve got two Christmas cakes in the oven, one small one for our son to take home with him, his wife is Polish and doesn’t really like them, I’ve made one to eat over Christmas and I’ve got Mince pies ready to go in the oven, better go and check them. Take care Jan x

T for Troops

This was my post for last week as My son sent me these photos to show you all, on his way to work he spotted the Kings Troop on their way to fire the gun salute for Prince Charlie’s Birthday

This is part of the regiment that my husband was in when we married in 1971, these troops are the ceremonial part of the regiment, called the Kings Troop, my husband was in ‘E’ Battery.

In those days my husband actually fired those Guns, 12lbers guns from the first world war knowing my husband he could probably tell you the drill for firing them even after all these years, later they had the tracked vehicles, The Abbot self propelled gun.

For my drink this week, our last meal in SF with the family was brunch at the local cafe, our son had omelette with potatoes, he had started eating it before I remembered I needed a photo, his choice of drink was Diet Coke

Next week I will finally be home but not in time to join the tea party, we catch the ferry on Sunday night, dock in Santander, Spain at 7.45am Tuesday morning and will be home by 7pm Tuesday evening. Many thanks to all my visitors last week, take care and Happy T day Jan x