I won a competition on twitter last week for a Dr. Oetker baking hamper. It arrived today and it's fantastic! Loads of goodies in it. Rocket-dog was very impressed as well. We decided to make cakes right away to try out all the lovely products! Here's the recipe we used: 175g butter 175g caster sugar... Continue Reading →
Donal Skehan – The HomeCooked Tour
Last night we went to the Hawk's Well Theatre to see Donal Skehan's HomeCooked Tour. Now I must admit I did wonder how a cookery show was going to work in a theatre but I have to say it was brilliant. We had a really good night. As soon as we walked in we were... Continue Reading →
Thank you
I'm totally gobsmacked by the amount of comments and messages I got over the weekend!! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to comment, I'm genuinely touched. I took a couple of days away from blogging and did family things like pigging out on chocolate and a trip to Enniskillen and I've... Continue Reading →
Cakes
The last couple of days have been all about cakes 🙂 Lucy made the one above for her friend's birthday. It's a really clever idea for a cake....I hope she makes me one when it's my birthday! Today was a really awful day and as Lucy has taken her cake to her friends I decided... Continue Reading →
Monday
My M for the blogging challenge is Monday because today is Monday! I go to a computer course at a local college on a Monday morning, I'm enjoying it although it's starting to get harder. Before I went to college I had a few bits of shopping to do. I went to Tesco and used... Continue Reading →
Happy birthday to me!
So today I turned 45!! I don't feel it at all...well I wouldn't have done if I didn't fall flat on my backside yesterday...but that's a whole other story! I had a lovely day, Lucy and Jono gave me chocolates and the family got me a voucher for afternoon tea at Markree Castle, so I'm... Continue Reading →
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