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Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 20 #R2BC
817 hours ago
What a fantastic week it’s been! So many Reasons to be cheerful and we even had a visit from the sun!
I went to Cybher
It was a very early start and a long day but very enjoyable. I was very grateful for Gemma, Emma and Kerry for letting me tag along with them all day, if it wasn’t for their company I would have felt even more insignificant amongst the others there.
I got to have a go in a Crystal Maze style cash box and took away a bundle of money – this would have been made perfect if someone could have shouted “Start the fans, please!”
I met up with some fabulous bloggers, some I’ve wanted to meet for a while and came away feeling more confident in taking my site in the direction I want to.
I was totally spoilt on my birthday!
Isn’t everyone you may think, well no not me. Did I tell you about the pillow I got last year? For some reason hubby decided that this jaws the year to make an effort, and how amazed am I – an iPad and tickets to Wembley on Saturday to see Blackpool in the Play-off final! Get me!
And the sun shone, and I won at golf and there were profiteroles for pudding. Could I ask for more?
I have THE most wonderful little boy!
Not content with writing me a beautiful birthday card and keeping me entertained all week as he tried to keep the iPad a secret, he made me very proud yesterday.
He came home from school to tell me that the school in India that they are linked with was hit by a tornado, it destroyed the roof and 3 classrooms. The school are having a non-uniform and fundraising day next week and J declared that he will be taking money from his piggy bank into school that day! He is amazing.
I can bake after all!
Hot off the press (or out of the oven) come these blueberry muffins. The exact same recipe as last week but this time, with the addition of a proper muffin tray. Perfecto!
What’s been making you smile this week? Make sure you check out some of the other posts and pop over and say hi to Mich
School Dinner Chocolate Crunch
32 days ago
in Recipes
My latest baking is another old school dinner favourite of mine, chocolate crunch
It’s really easy to make but be warned doesn’t last long!
How to make Chocolate Crunch
- 8oz margarine
- 11oz plain flour
- 8oz caster sugar
- 1 1/2 oz cocoa powder
Melt the margarine in the microwave
Add in the other ingredients
Mix well
Press the mixture into a lined baking tray – I make it around 1cm thick
Sprinkle with a little water then some more sugar
Bake at 170C for 40 minutes
Slice up and eat quick before it’s all gone!
Project 366 : Week 19
125 days ago
in Project 366
Don’t forget to keep up with my daily 366 entries at Blipfoto
This week we have been finally planting on all out seedlings, enjoying a delicious roast at the golf club, doing the new shoe dance, letting the boy have the camera, baking up another disaster (this time muffins), getting up a stupid o’clock and having fun at Cybher!
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Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 19 #R2BC
41 week ago
What a weekend!
3 days off work and 3 great victories on the golf course – a league match, a county pairs knock-out match and a club Summer pairs knock-out match – pretty exhausting stuff! I also managed a game with my husband and we didn’t argue – result!
This week I have finally seen some progress in a project at work, it’s been getting me a bit stressed so to at last see a little light at the end of this never ending tunnel is quite a relief!
Last night was awesome – I had a lovely meal with my friends, during which I was very anti-social and logged into twitter throughout. With good reason though as Blackpool were playing in the second leg of the Championship play-off semi-finals. They won and are now off to Wembley again. I don’t think I’ll be able to make it this time, but I’ll try my best. The tangerine was out in force today in celebration!
I have lost another 1 and a half pounds on the Jenny Craig plan.
On Saturday I am heading off to Cybher and I can’t wait! I’m very nervous but I think I know enough people who are going that I won’t have to stand by myself feeling lonely. It’s going to be a long day and I haven’t chosen yet which sessions I am going to go to, but I know I’ll learn a lot and hopefully make some new friends.
Most exciting of all it’s my birthday this weekend! I’m going to be the grand age of 33 and once I have recovered from Cybher I’ll be spending the rest of the weekend on the golf course – perfect! In keeping with our office tradition I have just finished baking some treats to take in tomorrow. I have made some chocolate crunch which always reminds me of school dinners:
I also made some blueberry muffins, out of my Eric Lanlard book. I haven’t made anything of his since the great banana cake disaster. Luckily I have a sense of humour and this is how some of my muffins ended up…
I really must invest in some better bakeware!
What’s making you happy this week? Link up your reasons to be cheerful over at Mummy from the Heart and give our lovely host Mich some love.
