Today

Today I apparently believe in the power of internet advertising. Oh no what have I done???! Like it's not enough to be surrounded by it 24-7 at work! I suppose if it generates revenue it's okay. Or is that what ad execs have been telling themselves for years in order to justify the creation of this consumerist state we are in??!

Or am I over thinking?

On today's baking menu - lemon/lime squares! I am quite excited regarding this as it's out of my 500 great cookie recipe book which doesn't use cup measurements but weight instead. I got to use my new Salter scale which rocks! It's also extremely quick to do in the mini oven. (Book estimates close to an hour for baking but it took me just over half an hour)

These are to take away with us this weekend. And am going to do bread as well. Will let you know how they taste! Cooling in the tin now :)

NOMS

Isaac is graduating today which means that everything is fairly full on. Being him he didn't actually look through all the stuff that they gave him in his graduation pack till last night! *sigh* At least he managed to book his robes...lucky I love him!

Am really, really looking forward to getting out of town. Had a bit of a missing kitty moment yesterday. Every time I head out I feel like I'm forgetting something like checking his food bowl, making sure he doesn't run outside or just saying goodbye. This too shall pass I guess.

House hunt is still on. Mum is on board now which is nice - she likes looking at houses and has an agent friend so that's good. And she makes it her business to know what the best deals are. Kinda like I do but to a greater extent. I learnt from the best! (Haha)

Enjoy the ads people ;)

Ps - 8 degrees and it's 11am! Awesome!!! :(

Biccies!!!

So, I decided on Belgium biscuits for some UNKNOWN reason. I forgot that I am crapski with biscuits that need rolling and cutting out.

BUT these turned out pretty ok if I do say so myself! I am happy to send these a church-ways.

They also taste good. NOMS!

Lack of exciting

Am trying to find something exciting to bake for Journeys Towards Easter pack down on Sat. Since I'm not going to be there and all I thought I'd contribute in some way.

Alas, everything I find appears to have "frosting" (said with American twang) on it.

May have to drop back to the old failsafe Edmonds choc brownie. Am also thinking biscuits to take away with me.

Will let you know how I go. First time in yonks I am at liberty to blog all the time and no one else is here so how better to use up all my words for today??

Gastroporn

Peanut butter munchies - stolen from here

Nummy!!!

Foodie

Trifle was great success! No pictures as it is all eaten now.

Today I am trying my hand at custard square. Which - as it turns out - is not as easy as it could be without a rolling pin.

It did result in me googling the origins of custard though - which was about 3 pages back on Google, surprisingly enough! Am hoping this will be a success. Although the Sminternet seems to think that custard square cannot be made by normal human beings.

We shall see...

Productivity

For a rainy, wet, freezing cold Saturday I feel like I have done quite well with myself. Not only did I manage to go to the gym for almost an hour in the morning, but I have managed the grocery shopping AND two batches of baking.

The proof?

In the pudding (so to speak!) - banana, blueberry, walnut and chocolate chip muffins and Anzac biscuits. My first time making Anzac biscuits. They are surprisingly easy to make. I shall never buy them again. (I'm willing to bet that I will retract that statement one day...)


Mmm...of course I have yet to taste test. But I have confidence in my abilities. (Just not in my ability to make carrot cake! Haha)

Baking

The product of TWO hours of baking. Don't look at the large cupcakes in the left corner, they are not well iced as I was running out of icing!

Mmmm...banana walnut cupcakes with chocolate rum icing. I would say yummy but I haven't actually tried one yet! I have 32 big ones and 12 mini ones.

Mini-cakes with hundreds and thousands!!! Yay! All this baking is in lieu of Melsy's hen's night tonight. Should be FUN times. We even have semi-dodgy presents for her. Funny what you find out in the big wide world!!!!

Anyway, they'd better taste good otherwise a vast quantity of my time this afternoon will have been wasted!!!!

I have this MASSIVE bruise on the back of my leg. It is HUGE and I don't know how or when I got it - but it's just starting to turn yellowish. I seem to be injuring myself in my sleep as this is the third such bruise I have discovered mysteriously appearing on my person in the past week or two. AHHH!!!