101 ways with Ripe Bananas!!!!

Yes, I've done it again!!

Bought some lovely bananas, not ripe enough to eat, so I put them in the fruit bowl to ripen, and promptly forgot about them!!!

So I here I am left with 4 really ripe bananas, again!!

What shall I do with them? Throw them away - no!!

Banana muffins again???

No, don't fancy them!!

Something more healthy.... now that's an idea!!!

I had a trawl on the internet and came up with these!!!

Healthy Banana Flapjacks

So I weighed out the ingredients




Melted the butter and margarine (actually I used all butter, but you could use all margarine)

To the melted butter I mixed in the sugar and honey




Then the porridge oats




I mashed the bananas, and added them to the oat mix (I used double banana as I had so many!!)




Mixed them in well and put the mixture into a baking tin



Baked them for 15 minutes




Yummy, scrummy banana flapjacks!!!

I thought I'd better try them to make sure they were ok!!!!

Kindest wishes and love

Such kindness!!

Today I must say a very big 'THANK YOU' to the lovely Louise of Handmade in Gibralter

(if you haven't already visited her blog please do, you will be in for a treat!)!!

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago Louise posted about some lovely spectacle cases that she had made!!

I left her a comment admiring them, and jokingly said that I could do with one myself: as I had just bought some new reading glasses that did not have a case!!

She very kindly offered to sent me one!!!

Now, that was an offer I couldn't refuse!!

And this morning my close friend Mr Postman left me this...








I was delighted when I opened it!





The case is really pretty

And my specs fit in perfectly!!




Isn't it lovely???

Thank you again dear Louise!!!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Kindest wishes and love

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Today is my lovely daughter's birthday - you all know who she by now!!

I just want to say Happy Birthday Kelly!!

Have a really great day, and an even better year!!




I love you!

from

Mum

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Another treat!!!

After all the lovely things I have been sent recently, Mr Postman has been good to me again!!!

He dropped the latest copy of my favourite mag through the door!!!

One of my birthday presents from my sister this year was a subscription to this great magazine!!

I love everything about it, the very handy household hints, great recipes interesting features!!

I'm not a big UK magazine fan but I LOVE the American ones!!!!



I thought you might like to see my treat!!

I'm off to read it with a lovley cup of coffee now!!!


Mmmmm heaven!!

Kindest wishes and love

Surprise!!!

Good morning!! Welcome to my new look blog!!

It is a surprise for me too!!

I had been wishing for some changes for spring, with my blog genie and this morning my wish has come true!!!

I love it!!

So a big, big thank you to my blog genie!!

You all know who she is ....

of course it's Kelly!!!

What do you think??

Kindest wishes and love

We made it!!!

Do you remember the post about the trip Mr A and I had booked to go to France for the day in December with our friends John and Yasmin?

The Euro Tunnel was at a complete standstill that day, as was the motorway!!!

Well, we finally went on Saturday - Yay!!

We left home around 08:15



Our train was booked for 12:00

But we were lucky enough to get there in time for an earlier train!!!



When we arrived in Calais we went to check out some hotels near to the terminal as Mr Angel and John are off on a little jaunt in June with some friends on their Lambretta and Vespa scooters!!!

From there we went to Cite Europe to buy wine and to look round the gorgeous shops there!!

Of course we had to take a break for lunch!!!







Then we were off to do some more shopping!!


We went here...




and bought...





Then we went here



and bought




Yes more wine - none of it was for me!!! Yasmin does not belong to AA contrary to what you might think after seeing the photographs!!!! She stocks up!!!

We stopped off for a lovely french coffee!!


Before heading back to the Eurotunnel terminal and home!

We didn't have time for dinner in France too, so we went out for a late meal when we got home!!

We had a fantastic day - but we always do with John and Yasmin!!!

Thank you Yasmin for organising this great day out!!

Thank you Mr A for driving!!!

Kindest wishes and love

Award!!!

I would like to say a very big thank you to TWO of my blog friends who both awarded me the fabulous sunshine award!!

The two lovely ladies who gave it to me are:

Emma from Ems Shabby Shack
and
Hettie of Hettie DeHora

Thank you so much ladies I am delighted!!




It's such a cheerful award, thank you again!!!

I have decided not to pass it to anyone in particular, but to offer it to anyone who would like to take it, you all deserve it!! You are wonderful!!

Kindest wishes and love