One of those days

I have had one of those days were lots of little things have happened that have led to me being completely stressed out and grumpy.

Firstly I am not good in hot weather least of all the 28c we had here today, not in September when I should be wearing cardies, boots and snugly scarves. I got a call from the boys school this morning W had broken his glasses at play time, so up I trudge in the boiling hot to take his spare pair and retrieve the knackered ones.

Then the boys were both tired and grumpy walking home from school which always puts me in a bad mood. I turned the oven on to make dinner, 10 minutes later I got a whiff of melted plastic so ran into the kitchen to be greeted with clouds of smoke and what can only be described as a molten lump of black goo on top of the cooker, seemingly one of the Herberts had turned one of the rings on and the top of the cooker was less than clear, the worrying thing is I have no idea what the melted goo was originally. Then after I had cleared the smoke from the kitchen I managed to incinerate the pizza I was lovingly heating up for the boys.

I think I will just take my miserable self to bed and hope for a better day tomorrow.

Crochet Baby Boy Blanket

I have been making this blanket for some time now, it is for my cousins baby boy, I love the colours unlike the pink and orange monstrosity I made earlier this year for my sisters sister in law to go with her buggy.

I got the pattern from HERE and I used King Cole Bamboo Cotton DK which I have used for quite a few projects now including my Nephew's blanket that I made over a year and a half ago, it still looks perfect now after repeated washings so I am really impressed with the yarn and it is nice to make a baby blanket out of something other than acrylic.

The pattern itself is really simple and if I didn't do my usual of getting bored halfway through a project I could have finished it off in a week. Hopefully I will get it done soon so I can make a start on the Christmas presents I am going to be making this year.

I'll try again

I'm Ellen, Mummy to two crazy boys W (6) and T (4) and one smelly dog Vinny.

My boys are both at school full time now so I have a little time on my hands, I have decided to have a go at blogging. I have spent along time reading others blogs and really enjoy it so hopefully you will enjoy mine too.

Pretty flowers

First up I'll explain why I chose the name Magnolias and Mess. I set this blog up in April when our Magnolia tree was in full bloom and was looking beautiful. Then there is my home it is always a mess, largely to do with my messy boys W & T and not at all helped by my dislike of housework. Therefore I decided on the name Magnolias and Mess.

T helping in the garden back in April

I'm not sure what this blog will be about but I love cooking, crochet, gardening, crafting and being a Mummy so it will be along those lines.