Hi everyone,

Trying to catch up with everything on here, I'm so far behind. I have no hope of getting personals done tonight as am way too tired, and still have to get some stuff done in the house in preparation for hosting my mother's group tomorrow

But would like to say Happy Belated birthday to Em, glad you had a good day.

And re apricots - I baked some in the oven yesterday, didn't peel them, just sat them in roughly 1cm of water, at 180 for about 20-25 minutes, then blitzed them up peel & all, and they turned out nicely smooth. I did the same with peaches & nectarines (had them all in the same baking dish), but baked the peaches & nectarines for a little longer. I did peel the peaches & nectarines once they'd been taken from the oven & cooled down a little, but I think that this was just me being over finicky with them. And baking them really brings out the sweetness without actually adding sugar to them. Not that Liam is eating them at the moment, but that's a story for another day.

Anyway, best be off to do some cleaning, otherwise I'll have a messy house for tomorrow. Will catch up properly when the girls have gone.