it's been almost week since my best friend (claire at little love) in the whole in entire world - and the world is indeed large - packed her worldly possessions into material rectangles and moved across the big blue expanse! while i'm stuck on a tiny island named Britain, she's basking in Mississippian sun, in the U. S. of A!
this widening distance has left me to enjoy my vegetarian-friendly jelly beans, alone.
has anyone else had their best friend escape halfway across the world? how do you cope?
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
welcome to the second installment of wishing wednesday!
this week, my wish is a cry for there to be more believers of things magickal and inexplicable!
it would seem that this week, three is most definitely not a crowd and you knows what, I LIKE CROWDS so please send me some wishes to kissesgrantwishes@hotmail.co.ukI WANNA KNOW YOUR DREAMS!
ps. if you would like to use any wishing wednesday pictures, make sure to source the creator (ie. me and and sumbitters!)
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Norah Jones - Toes
i've been terribly busy these past coupla weeks, falling out with somone and just generally falling into a whole, tangled mess complicated with tears, flowers and skin burnished to the colour of ripe strawberries!!
i've learnt a very clear lesson tho, and that is that i'm only worth how much i value myself. and also, that a lot of guys really aren't worth my time, effort or even BREATH. my time is MUCH better spent with laughter, a whole lot of ironing, wine with mother, shopping, sunshine, and friends.
and also (almost-late-post) bday paella, crafted by my and my besties' (claire at little love) fair hands. it was bloody delicious.
b-day ring/vegetarian paella
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
The Call - Regina Spektor
these past few days have been filled with puppies and muffins - surely a winning combination in anyone's books?
my puppy Lily has grown so much in three short months - our black lab came to us weighing a tiny 3.5kg and 7 weeks, and now is a HUMONGOUS 15kg and 20 weeks old. she's gorgeous, clever and the most loving pet we could have ever wished for. even though taking care of her can sometimes work your fingers to the bone (limitless supplies of puppy energy can wear out even the most determined of owners), she's worth it. she's the heart & soul of our family and we feel so lucky to have her!
i also ventured into the sphere of muffin-baking, having previously just exercised in the arena of cupcake-making. and they turned out BRILLIANTLY for the first try - possibly even better than my cupcakes as they were mouthwateringly moist and yummy. they were also stupidly easy to make. i made plain choc-chip and chocolate choc-chip.
if you want to make these gorgeous muffins, this is all you need to do!
ingredients
- 175g self-raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder if you're making chocolate ones!
- 50g butter
- 50g caster sugar
- 125ml milk
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- as many g of choc-chips as you like!
method
1. pre-heat the oven to 180 degree celsius.
2. mix all the dry ingredients together - flour, suagr, baking powder & cocoa powder if you're making chocolate cupcakes - in the big mixing bowl.
3. mix up the wet ingredients - eggs, milk, vanilla essence and butter (i find it helpful to melt the butter in the microwave for ease of mixing) - in a separate bowl.
4. add the wet ingredients to the dry, mix a few times - it doesn't matter if it's lumpy. chuck in the choc-chips and mix a bit more.
5. put the cupcake/muffin cases in the muffin tray and then spoon in the mixture, almost to the top - you want almost full muffin cases!.
6. bake for 10-14 minutes or until cooked through, leave to cool then ENJOY.
tip!
- put a oven-proof baking dish full of water at the bottom of the oven while you're baking for extra moist muffins ;)
