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Well this Sunday I attempted to make some Jam, since on Friday I managed to waste a whole load of money on these cute jars that were just on sale in Smiths. I just could not resist buying 10 of them. I know insane or what as if I needed them. The other thing was how to explain it to mom especially when we all have a go at her for buying things that we don't need that takes up all the space. Anyway managed to persuade mom that they were just a really good bargain and that she could use them to put her spices in and stuff.....so was not too bad.

O.K on with the jam making, following the recipe for strawberry jam that only required 1.5kg strawberries and loads of sugar to make. Thinking that the mixture would need to be reduced somewhat so that the final quantity would not be too much, I continues head-long into the cooking process. Boy was I wrong I ended up with a whole pot full of strawberry jam, and was wondering why I hadn't brought larger jars to put it all in. Note to self just quarter all the recipes for such things so you just end up with a single jar. Finished making the strawberry jam it was time to make the rhubarb and mint jam which is like a jelly rather than a jam. Fortunately there was only two jars of this made compared to the four jars of strawberry jam. So being a hot and glorious day was not too keen to continue to go ahead and make the plum jam so that is still on the list of things to do. Most likely do that next weekend if the fruit doesn't vanish before then.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter came out at 12.01am today and Fizz and my brother Jameal went off to fetch a copy each from Asda and WHSmith. Have been waiting for the book to come out for the last two years and now that its finally here it seems that I am in no hurry to read it all. Well Fizz and took turns in dreading a chapter each until she dozed of into a soundless sleep. Of course once I had started to read it there was no stopping, finally thought I better get some sleep about 4am. Spent the rest of the day trying to avoid picking up the book and waiting for Fizz to catch up to where I had got to in the book, so we could continue together. Fortunately went shopping for some fresh fruit for the jams I was going to make the following day, and also dropping and picking my nieces and nephew as well as helping with a bit of shopping for my sister in law Shuba.

Anyway that was the day gone in a blink of an eye. I can hardly believe it has been two years wait for this book to come out it seems to have all come at once. Sleep beckons and I'm off the dreamland........

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