Nightmare Times!!!!

You know when you just want to start your day all over again???? Well, I feel as though I've had a multitude of those days in swift succession! It's true to say that I've been driven to indulge in my favourite Crabbies tipple on more than one occasion this past week! You couldn't find a more aptly named drink to reflect my mood for sure.

Husband moved out 2 weeks ago today, kids have been driving me insane, bills are mounting, and whilst it was lovely to spend the weekend providing you lovely people with scrumptious cakes in Guisborough and York, I'm pooped! Oh yes, and rather sunburnt after standing on Newgate Market on Saturday in the boiling sun! I have a rather fetching red striped neck where the strap of my apron has been!!

Add to that a girl's worst nightmare (well, this girl anyway!), a stupid, temperamental car that has managed to break down twice in the space of a week, over a holiday period when the world of motoring seems to have ground to a halt! When the culprit was towed away (by a very nice breakdown man I have to say), part of me wished that, a) I'd never see it again, b) that I'd locked all 3 teenagers in it before it went, and c) that I could win the lottery between now and the weekend in order to pay the undoubtedly hefty bill that will be waiting for me when it's eventually fixed! Maybe though, if I could meet an extraordinarily handsome mechanic who wasn't afraid of temperamental Italian models or northern women, all my prayers would be answered!!

And so today heralded a new beginning... no husband to dig the kids out of bed; it's all down to me from now on. I was told by my daughter last night that I was "Just like grandma, always grumpy and moaning"! To be compared with my ex mother-in-law isn't exactly the best compliment! So I was determined to face the day with more cheer...  made quite a good start since no-one killed each other before they left for school, and only the odd insult or two were traded. The bathroom is clean, washing is mostly done, new hoover purchased (a cheap one I might add!) to replace our Dyson that gave up the ghost pretty much simultaneously with the car, ingredients shopping done for the week ahead (Garden Show coming up), kids fed, dishes washed, and I'm knackered!!! It'll be a first for me, but I'll be in bed by 9pm, without a sniff of Crabbies or the Rioja that has my name on it in the wine rack!

Looking forward to the weekend working at the Tees Valley Garden Show from Saturday - Monday...

http://www.tgshow.co.uk/index.php

I'm doing 3 cookery demos; carrot cake, brownies and beetroot and orange cake. You have to come along and have a taste! And of course, I'll be looking for lots of moral support! No heckling, mind. There'll be lots of tasty goodies to buy, and I'll be selling the new Maisie Fantasie cupcake wraps too at an introductory price. You can view them here at  http://www.cupcakewrappers.com/ 

Hope to see you all there, come rain or shine,

Veronica :)