HAPPY EASTER!

I woke this morning and rushed out to start a batch of Rhonds'a Hot cross buns before returning to bed. When the dough was ready I got up to make the buns and used 1 cup of flour and 2 tablespoons of water mixed to a dough to make the crosses. Also started a second batch without crosses. Some of these are going to be frozen for eating later on. I did have to bake the first batch an extra 10 mins, my oven temp isn't always constant.



I boiled eggs for Cassie and Thomas, surpising them by adding shrink plastic designs to the eggs. I bought these 2 or 3 years ago but hadn't used them.






A few days ago I decided I needed an apron after getting covered in flour, found some ticking fabric in my stash and used this pattern to make one. I did find that the top part wasn't wide enough for me, I adjusted the pattern and have cut out a second apron. The first apron has been put to very good use. It's making good use of my stash too. I wanted to watch tv while sewing so used the 85 year old handcranked machine in the photo. I bought it at the Salvation Army store a couple of years ago, after replacing the needle the right way around it sews perfectly. My son Thomas loves using it and has made several pairs of boxers shorts on it.

We are heading out later this afternoon to pick up a fridge that David got on eBay, we are hoping it works better than the one we have now. The fan in the freezer section has recently frozen over, after weeks of making very loud noises. It doesn't evaporate the water/condensation from the cooling element so it overflows, floods the bottom and pours out over the floor. We knew it did it when we got it but it was a freebie and has lasted a couple of years.