Singing Hinny Saturday

[Kittykatt]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

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Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

A singing hinny or singin' hinny is a type of bannock, griddle cake or scone, made in the north of England, especially Northumberland and the coal-mining areas of the North East] In Scotland, they are known as fatty cutties.

Hinny is a term of endearment in the dialects of the Newcastle area, often applied to young women and children. The singing refers to the sounds of the sizzling of the lard or butter in the rich dough as it is cooked on a hot plate or griddle.

The ingredients typically include flour, baking powder, lard or butter, currants, milk or buttermilk and salt and/or sugar to taste. A dough is made which is rich in fat. This is then rolled into a round flat cake, which is then cooked on a flat griddle or in a skillet. Traditionally it is made as one large cake, but it can also be made into multiple smaller cakes.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday!

L.Ann, that is great news about your DD!

Dogged, I hope you had a good phone visit with your DDro.

Gma, I can totally understand not wanting to go out in those temperatures! Is there.mich snow and ice, or is it just super cold?

Hoping everything is ok with Trissie and her family.

Funny Matilda story - last night when I announced bed time, she decided to disappear u Der the sofa and then climb up I side it. I do t like this behaviour, so I just ignore it, also she has shown that she's able to get back out again when she wants to. So I showed her supper to the nose, one eye and one paw that was visible, and went to bed and shut the door. This morning there was a scratch at the bedroom door, andin she shot, very hungry and headed
straight for her food bowl. She is also outraged that I called her bluff last night, and she had to sleep on the carpet somewhere instead of the nice soft warm bed (with electric blanket!) that she is used to, and therefore is Not Speaking to me.

Today I must do some present wrapping and I would like to decorate the tree. DH is out with his DF, so I should have plenty of time. I also need to make some more mince pies, as they e nearly all been eaten already!

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
DH Launched
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude
and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda ( she eventually acknowledged my presence! )
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch
Cats' supper
Our supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake mince pies
First load of towels in machine
Towels hung up to dry
2nd load of towels in machine to wash ovenight
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
30 minutes wrapping presents #1#2#3#4
Decorate tree
Put boxes away

[trissie]

Happy Saturday!

Must confess I never hear of Singing Hinny scones, kittykatt! My choice for Saturday, had I been up early enough, would have been snickerdoodles or sugarcookies

The reason I was not up early enough was me having done a wrapathlon that ended at 1:30am, but I am done wrapping everything all gifts that have been delivered so far. I only wanted to work on it till midnight, but the was like "in for a penny, in for a pound" and just did it. DBD is gone with the scouts for the weekend, and I need to drop off DS (he's going a day late) in 1:20, so I better get going!

TaDas
- dressed to shoes
- breakfast and coffee and reading
- internet time
- DH off to the cottage to meet the chimney man there

ToDos
- morning routine
- help DS get ready including his lunch
- drop him off

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
- feed breadstarter
organization
- date night
- update land contract
- house insurance status?
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up office
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- load of colors
- load of darks
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
Christmas preps
- gingerbreads
- florentine cookies
- merengue cookies
- coconut balls
- beehives
- something with the 4 egg whites in the fridge? - now there's 10 of them and that's after I made an omelette!
- decorate rest of the house
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 10 deep cleaning - kitchen
- week 11 deep cleaning - pantry
- week 13 deep cleaning - storage spaces
- week 14 deep cleaning - public spaces
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks
- week 10 Christmas tasks
- week 11 Christmas tasks
- week 12 Christmas tasks
- week 13 Christmas tasks
- week 14 Christmas tasks
- week 15 Christmas tasks

[Gma]

0245 a.m. home from accomplishing 2 boxes ready for the mail. I have the packing tape at my house, so I will do the address and tape, then go to bed.
We have complete winter here - snow (I have shoveled multiple times, not something I count), ice, from mixed rain snow precipitation, brief melting of snow, then refreezing, and cold. The one good thing is that it doens't snow when the temp is below 0. In all my life, I don't think I have seen that happen more and once or twice. The truth is, I don't remember it ever happening. Air that cold is very dry, so there's not much "fuel" for making snow.
I have ot have these boxes to the post office by 0945, so I need to get them taped and get myself to bed.
Then there's an advent brunch at church tomorrow morning right after I get these in the mail.
After that, I will have 2 more boxes to fill and mail. Then I can work on local, on decorating my tree, baking, and cleaning my house.
I have never heard of a singing hinny either. Nor has the term appeared in any book I have read.
trissie, sugar cookies sound good, as do snickerdoodles - tho I have to look up the recipe to see how they differ from sugar cookies. Do they have cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top? I have never made them, as we have so many other recipes that we do at Christmas time.

[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

Kittykatt, thanks for the start! So these are cookies we can make without an oven. I just watched a video, they have to be really flat to cook properly I think.

trissie how brave, a night time wrapathlon ! I was sorry to read about family drama earlier this week.

Gma how courageous of you to go out in this cold weather !

Another week has gone past. I managed to lurk from payroll so no real need to CUOP - I couldn't resist the cookie theme. I think wrapping is in order here too, and a bit more shopping - only one present for DS9 so far (not counting his bday presents).
We got a parcel from Amazon that wasn't for us, the address is 10 kms away. When I asked, the Amazon bot says we can keep the parcel but I don't agree. I searched the people on the label and found them on LinkedIn (I think), I left a message. I drive past their house or almost on my way back from payroll so maybe I can bring it to them on Monday.
Headache this morning so MrNG drove the kids to handball and athletics. Yesterday I hoped he could drive them so I could do some much-needed cleaning, but I don't feel up to it. I'm in my bed and keeping the screen light to low. I don't usually have migraine. I hope it's not the flu, many cases right now.

TADA
up, paracetamol, instant coffee
MrNG cooked me eggs
MrNG took the kids to sports
searched the address online for the misdelivered Amazon parcel, found them on LinkedIn, sent message

TODO
wrap MrNG's birthday presents
not sure what's next

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, Trissie and FFB, and good night, Gma!

Trissie, WTG on your wrapathon! It must feel very good to have got that our if the way.

I hope you feel better soon, FFB. That is very kind of you to take the time and trouble to track down the correct recipients of the Amazon parcel.

Sleep well, Gma! How very satisfying to have those boxes ready nto take to the post office. Your description of all that cold, snow and ice sounds like another world.

Singing hinnies appear in the traditional sea shanty Billy Boy, which we learnt at school, and I've managed to find online, where a young man is being quizzed about the qualities and abilities of the girl who he hopes to make his wife.

WARNING before.anyone clicks the link - in the version I was taught, the song ended after the fourth verse, so I've always assumed that was it.. (You will see why!) The subsequent verses that are listed are definitely Not Suitable for children!!!

https://traditionalshanties.com/2025/04 ... illy%20Boy

DH has left already, Jude is asleep on the bed, and it's time for me to get up!

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
DH Launched
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises WIP
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude
and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda ( she eventually acknowledged my presence! )
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch
Cats' supper
Our supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake mince pies
First load of towels in machine
Towels hung up to dry
2nd load of towels in machine to wash ovenight
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
30 minutes wrapping presents #1#2#3#4
Decorate tree
Put boxes away
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[trissie]

gma, as per wikipedia:
Sugar cookie made with butter or oil, sugar, and flour rolled in cinnamon sugar. Most distinctive feature is the cracked surface that can be crisp or soft depending on preparation.
Very simple cookie made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda. They are often glazed with icing and decorated with chocolate or sprinkles and may be themed according to season (e.g. Halloween cookies or Christmas cookies).
I never made either, so can't compare!
Yay for getting two boxes ready to be mailed, and not yay for the weather. Refreezing is like the worst - our driveway is slightly uphill (and made of concrete bricks) and one year I wasn't able to get the car to stay there, it kept sliding back to the street!

Frenchie, I think it's a law that you do not have to do anything about packages that you didn't order. Here, at least - it's a reaction to once popular practise of unoderded goods being delivered with an invoice. Ugh about the migraine! That sucks big time any time of the year, but pre-Christmas even worse! So both your boys AND DH have birthday in December? Now... we all know what men in MrNiceGuy's family do in March!

kittykatt, I think a lot of old time songs are about relations that everybody knew were not only for married people! I remember singing a traditional song with the school choir that went something like (it does rhyme in Czech)
a bedsheet has four corners, and under it are four legs
she ate sugar she drank coffee just to be pretty
sugar and coffee are of no help if her belly keeps growing
and even in grade 6 I knew what that one was about!


TaDas
- morning routine
- help DS get ready including his lunch
- drop him off
- laundry sorted
- load of colors running

ToDos
- 15 on laundry
- bake florentines
- start lunch

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
- feed breadstarter
organization
- date night
- update land contract
- house insurance status?
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up office
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- load of darks
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
Christmas preps
- gingerbreads
- florentine cookies
- merengue cookies
- coconut balls
- beehives
- something with the 4 egg whites in the fridge? - now there's 10 of them and that's after I made an omelette!
- decorate rest of the house
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 10 deep cleaning - kitchen
- week 11 deep cleaning - pantry
- week 13 deep cleaning - storage spaces
- week 14 deep cleaning - public spaces
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks
- week 10 Christmas tasks
- week 11 Christmas tasks
- week 12 Christmas tasks
- week 13 Christmas tasks
- week 14 Christmas tasks
- week 15 Christmas tasks