Gossip Girl, Season 4, Episode 19

Just when I thought that the return of Louis (or Louie?) the Prince was a bit of a "so what?" It was far from it. I was intending on watching Gossip Girl while culling my wardrobe and clearing my bedroom, but it kept my interested that I just sat there and did nothing but watch the episode.

So Louis is back from Paris, bearing the shoe that Blair left him when she left Paris to come home to Chuck. She had just rejected Chuck for the upteenth time (this is turning out to be a saga, but quite a good one) and turns out that the kiss with Humprhey meant nothing to her, and she realised that all she wanted was to be friends. Unfortunately, Dan has fallen for her - even he can't believe it.

Enters a new character, Charlie, Serena's long lost cousin, who, for some reason (I don't know, she just wanted to fit into the Upper East Side elite or something) does everything a Nosey Parker can do to spy on Dan and Blair. It screws up Dan and Serena's friendship, Serena and Blair's friendship, Dan and Vanessa's friendship and possibly Dan and Blair's friendship. I hope you're happy Charlie! How many bodies do you want to leave in your wake? RUDE!

I hate when Serena and Blair fight. And looks like this one is going to be war.

Which reminds me - what happened to Ben? He was no where to be seen and I can't remember whether he and Serena broke up (CW network, this is why you need to stop taking these massive long breaks in the middle of a season!!!)

Chuck Bass is desperately trying to figure out if Russel Thorpe is lying to him about his father. And even though I was a little annoyed at Chuck Bass last week, he's still got the Bass appeal! Love him.

Nate is being boring and in a love bubble.

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But let's talk about the dresses! There were a plethora of beautiful pink dresses on display as Manhattan's who's who (including some women who were absolute bitches!) attended Lily Bass' Pink Party. I personally love everything that Blair wears anyway, and once again she was perfectly stunning in her Oscar de la Renta gown. However, I thought in this particular episode, Serena and Lily might have outshone her!

Serena's dress was a tight, short little number. And while I don't usually like dresses like that, they definitely suit her as they accentuate her long legs and trim figure! No wonder all the top designers want to dress her. BUT, what I really liked about this dress is the detail on the back. The open back dress with suede applique and a mini bustle was absolutely stunning. Loved it!

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As for Lily, my research tells me that the stunning one shouldered chiffon gown she wore was a Charles Chang-Lima number from Bergdorf Goodman. Stunning!

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Bring on episode 20!

xoxo

Very interesting day!!

Today has been a pretty full on day. First of all, I got offered an AMAZING job! One that I think will be the role of my life and something that I cannot turn down. My current workplace is trying to offer me something to make me stay, but the more I think about it, I would be mad to turn this role down.

I love the people I work with now. They are professional, smart and absolutely AMAZING to work with. BUT I need to think about where I want to go in my career, and at this stage, it appears that they are unable to offer me as much money or map out a clear career path for me. So I have to move on.

I'm looking forward to my next adventure!

AND - Will's and Kate's wedding! Her dress was absolutely surprising, but at the same time, simply stunning! I love that she went with the long sleeves - not something I would do, but the (now) Duchess of Cambridge could definitely carry it off! And while that much lace tends to be a bit old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy, I think the modern collar just made it work. I loved everything about it! Even her tiara (so I should, the Queen lent it to her!) and her lovely veil!

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I also liked the fact that she didn't have her hair up. So she looked like herself (yes, because I should know! ;))

And how cute was Prince Harry when he snuck a peek at her when she was walking down the aisle. I would love to know what he said to his brother after he saw Kate! Cheeky!

All in all, I was glad to be able to witness THE Royal Wedding! The ceremony dragged a little, but it was awesome all the same.

That's all from me! Enjoy the weekend! Rest assured that I will be updating a bit!

xoxo

** I should mention that I have corrected all the spelling mistakes on this blog - sorry! It was late, I was tired... you know what it's like! x

Rosie and the Lazy Song...

My poor darling Rosie has hurt herself and she will need to undergo surgery. AGAIN. I can't believe it, the silly thing. But we love her too much to keep her limping. We have to fix it! Fingers crossed for tomorrow then!

On another note, how awesome is this video?? It is so my theme song (the bit about not doing anything, not the bit about the other stuff....) But the monkeys are hilarious! Love! They actually made me laugh out loud!

Hope you guys like it too!

xoxo

The Dance Scene - Episode 2

I don' know whether Lauri Ann (or how you spell it) thinks that she is a bad ass or something, but I don't understand her. WHY do you need to haze Kherington? Is that really necessary? I am still undecided about Kherington. I'm undecided about the whole show actually. I think that it's a good background filler TV - and I wouldn't care whether I missed the show or not. I just can't decide. Give me a few more episodes.

Although, having said that, I do enjoy the dance scenes - I always wished that I could dance, but alas! I was born with two left feet and a voice that would scare the dogs away.

Ugh - time to wrap this up - Chelsea Lately is on and I just can't stand her. AND that is an understatement to say the least!

What is this week going to bring! Bed time! Night peeps!

xoxo

My commitment this week...

Alright - let's get serious. I am thinking that I need to get into a dress fitting by October. That give me 6 months, so I need to work hard and lose some weight. So, right now, I need to commit to 3 cardio sessions, (each lasting at least half an hour) and 3 strength training sessions a week.

Food wise, the idea is NOT the starvation diet, it's all about grazing. There are only three days left of this week, surely I can do it.

The goal for the week, at minimum:

a) one walk with the Rosemeister;
b) one running session at ZAP; and
c) one hula hoop session.

Baby steps.

xoxo

Khloe and Lamar - Episode 2

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So the latest installment of the Kardashians franchise. For starters, I like the theme song better. Kourtney and Kim take on New York just had the stupidest (no offense ladies) music at the start. Stupidest. This one is way better. So it's a good start.

The voice Khloe uses to speak to Lamar is annoying. Oh wait. I do it too. :)

Say what you want - I really like the Kardashians. I think they are really tight and the bond between them is amazing. There was this other show about three sisters "Wild Things" or something like that, and that was complete trash. They didn't seem as connected as the Kardashians, I lost interest very quickly.

Tonight's episode: Rob starts managing the BG5 girls (btw, who the hell are they?) and Khloe has had enough of Jamie and his lazy ways.

Fashion alert - the big leopard print head gear Khloe wears. Pretty cool - although I'm not sure whether it's something that I could pull off. I just look stupid with headbands, so I'm not even going to try.

Funny scene - None tonight - a little disappointed. It's a bit on the serious side!

OMG scene - Khloe changing the locks on the door and confronting Jamie. Awkward turtle. I think a girl should not get between her husband and his best friend. I do know where she is coming from though. Jamie had no right saying to her that he has known Lamar for 20 years and Khloe just "popped up" a year ago. Get over it bro.

My personal opinion - I'm sorry, I don't like Malika. She is such an extra and she plays up to the cameras. Very annoying. Very very extra. Very very annoying. Everytime she is on the screen, I will yell something to her on the screen, I think I might be annoying Luke. Oops! :)

That's all I'll say about this episode - I liked the episode, but it's not one that I would watch over and over again. I do like that Khloe has put her foot down though, but it appears that the fight between her and Jamie is just beginning.

Off to the next show!

xoxo

Wedding talk... part 2 (Part #1 being the wedding music talk the other day...)

After talking to my beloved high school friends, Kok Siew, Yvonne and Jin Lee, I realised that I should include more wedding preparation ideas in my blog. Just so that everyone who is interested is up to speed. (I recognise that there are heaps of you out there who don't really care!)

Theme and wedding cake

So let's start with the theme. I have decided that the theme of the wedding is going to be classic, so black and white with a splash of red. I note that both my mom and Luke's mom were not too impressed with the colour choice but oh well. I like it. I think it's timeless and classic. And it all stemmed from this one BEAUTIFUL cake that I saw while perusing in Book City one day:

I think the cake is simple enough to make, a bit of ribbon and fresh flowers. The hard bit would be to find a similar brooch. But I managed to find one on ebay. Cost me about $15 including postage. Bargain. :)

I also had some difficulty is trying to source the quilting tool, but the ever helpful and extremely knowledgeable Lila from Coryule (I think that's how it's spelt) in Bellerive Quay told me that I needed to use a dressmaker's tracing wheel. BOOM!
First dry run is scheduled somewhere in May. I will need to get the fondant right, and then it's smooth sailing from there. Failing that (as in failing to get enough white marshmallows), I can still just purchase the fondant online or something. It's not a big deal.

The other thing to decide in relation to the cake is what flavour do I want? I think I have made Honor's chocolate dump it cake to death and while that is still awesome, I might need to get something different. And even if I don't I will still need to get a different flavour for the different layers. Yes?


 Flowers

This is another thing on the list that I think I can organise myself. Bouquets are so expensive, and I think with a little practice, it will be easy enough to make the bouquets. I will of course be posting my practice sessions on here, so that we can see what it's going to look like.

Personally, I like the elegance and the simplicity of the calla lily. I also stumbled upon the following:





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For the bridesmaids, I was thinking of bouquets of baby's breath. Baby's breath has a reputation for not only being a cheap filler flower, but also being cliche, boring and dated.

BUT - feast your eyes on the following photos:




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I do not think that baby's breath is boring IF used correctly.

So that concludes part #2! The next one will probably be around centrepieces!

xoxo
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Lest we forget...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget.





What it would have been like...

Just about to head to bed, but then saw these vids on youtube. Pretty cool, I think!

Enjoy!

xoxo

Wedding music

So I have a certain idea on how I would like the wedding music to be. Luke has suggested that we get his bass guitar teacher, Dave Wane to play at the wedding. I love Dave - he's really talented and more importantly, he's funny and really easy to get along with, and I think that that is a really important trait in someone who is involved in the wedding. So anyone looking for an awesome band - get Dave!!! (I've included his deets above).

Anyway, I have it in my head that I would love to walk down the aisle to an instrumental version of "Hallelujah" by Teddy Geiger. No words, no singing, just pure guitar. And for you guys who don't know the song, here it is:

And while researching "fingerstyle guitar" (apparently that is the style of music I am looking for), I came across Sungha Jung. He is AMAZING. He's this Korean kid who plays the most AMAZING guitar. Here's him playing With or Without You by U2:

And Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours":

And more recently, Bruno Mars' "Just the way you are":

Sungha - you are AWESOME!!!

But back to the wedding music, I have compiled the following playlist ( which is not exhaustive) of songs which I would like to be included:

Waiting for the Bride to arrive music (these songs have been chosen purely because I think they would sound amazing on the guitar)

• I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
• Fields of Gold - Sting
• Now and Forever - Richard Marx
• Runaway - The Corrs
• Just the way you are - Bruno Mars (maybe an exit song?)

Entrance music

• You've got a way with me - Shania Twain
• Hallelujah - Teddy Geiger

Exit music

TBD

Any other suggestions, please let me know.

Next time I talk about wedding music I will be compiling a playlist for a night of dancing. :)

xoxo

My first solo road trip...






   
So I had to travel to Launceston. And no one was available to go with me. No matter. It was me, Tsouke, and the open road. And of course, the likes of GaGa, Rhiahanna (however you spell it), Taylor Swift dan lain-lain... (could not help using that phrase, it's been a while...)

So before I knew it, I was singing at the top of my lungs ("like a G6" to be precise) and zooming up the Midlands Highway. I loved the drive up there - scary at times (like when the trucks zoom past and the car moves a tad - WHOA) but it gave me a whole new appreciation for this beautiful state I live in. I so have to do this more often!!!

Unfortunately, because I was on a time crunch, I could not stop at all for any photos. I did manage to take some photos though - hope you like it!

And if anyone is interested, my playlist for the trip up there:

• Love the Way you Lie Part 1 and 2 - Rihanna and Eminiem;
• Like a G6 - Far East Movement
• Coming Home - P. Diddy
• S & M - Rihanna
• You Belong to Me - Taylor Swift
• Price Tag - Jessie J
• (and don't judge me on this, but I stumbled upon it) Hero - Enrique Inglesias
• Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
• You're an Ocean - Fastball
• Tarzan and Jane - Aqua (another questionable choice, but man, it was fun belting to it)
• Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas
• Your Love is My Drug - Kesha
• We are Golden - Mika

It occurs to me that this would be a great playlist for running too. I might do that now.

Dinner idea...

I have a thing for pork ribs. I don't know why - something about the sticky deliciousness on melting fat and meat that is just falling apart just appeals to me!

A couple of weekends ago, Luke and I bought some pork spare ribs from the supermarket. We really had a hankering for the sticky pork ribs marinated in the Smokey BBQ sauce from Masterfoods. Got home and discovered that we were fresh out of the marinade. Very disappointing. But thought that we could get away with marinating it in char siew sauce. I of course burnt it.

The trick wiith cooking pork ribs (well, my trick at least) is to cook it slow over a low temperature. The high sugar content in the char siew sauce made it easy to burn. So it did. And because I took for granted that it was going to work, I left it in the oven without watching and went on doing other stuff around the house.

So fast forward another couple of weeks. Luke and I had been to the supermarket and bought the marinade and another two serves of ribs. So last night, I made them. A ver quick dinner - perfect for those weekday dinners when you just can't be bothered.

As I didn't have time to marinade the ribs, I just chucked the sauce in and popped the ribs into the oven at 180C for about 40 minutes. After the 40 minutes, I lowered the temperature to 150C and baked for another 20 minutes. In the mean time, I cooked the rice (in the microwave - nothing too complicated) and stir-fried some red and regular cabbage. And voila! Dinner is served...

Happy Easter!!!



Happy Easter to all my fwens...:)

 Ok - so while I was doing this - one thought came to mind:

Ross:    What is Monica's biggest pet peeve?
Joey:   ANIMALS DRESSED AS HUMANS!!!
Ross:   That's correct.

So yes, I hate animals dressed as humans as well. But when I found these bunny ears in my house, I thought that I should at least see whether Rosie Rose was willing to pose. And guess what? She is the perfect model!!

Luke and I went to Mass this morning. St Francis Xavier's in South Hobart. The church was amazing and definitely going to be our wedding venue. Lock it in. :)

Although we should probably speak to the priest beforehand...

On another note, the Easter Bunny (aka Luke) has been pretty good to me. The loot:

a) a chocolate tulip;
b) a dark chocolate bilby; AND
c) a bag of chocolate eggs!

All from Darrell Lea... :) Thanks babe!

Buck posing with my Easter haul!!

I love this holiday. :)

I will leave you with this quote:


The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world.  Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice.  But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.  ~Henry Knox Sherrill

Happy Easter everyone!

xoxo

New episode of Gossip Girl!!!

It all began with this post on my facebook wall:

Gossip Girl ep 18 now out! Yayeeeeeee!!!!

That was from my bestie Elizah. We used to watch all our tv together, then I think we started liking different things, but it appears that the planets are not awligned and we now like the same stuff again. She sent me this wall post on Tuesday night and I was silently cursing her because I had to study that night, and this distraction was really the last thing I needed. Luckily I managed to exercise some willpower and held off watching it until the next night!

I have been waiting for AGES and have been dying to know what happened between Lonely Boy and Queen B! All kind of anti-climatic, and think may be blasphemous, but this episode kinda made me over the whole Blair and Chuck thing. Never in a million years I thought that I would be rooting for Humphrey, but I was in this episode because I was so sorry for poor Daniel.


Another couple of new introductions - Serena's cousin, Charlie, who looks like she could be a potential love interest for Humphrey, especially since he has just gotten his heart broken by Blair. He is so desperate, I seriously don't know why I'm rooting for him. Plus, there is also Charlie's mother, who is Lily's sister, and her name escapes me right now.

I wonder what purpose they will serve in the show...

Oh, and Serena's biological father is back in the scene and looks like Blair's prince from Paris is back.

The plot thickens. I know this first episode back didn't live up to its standards, but I think its only warming up. :)

Ok - so this is a little late, but hey - MKR has been such a biig part of my TV viewing schedule for the last few months, that it is difficult not to talk about the final.

Talk about close!

Congratulations Sammy and Bella! Even though Bella kinda annoys me - I do have to admit that they deserved to win. Kane and Lee did a wonderful job as well, and especially coming from out of no where - they were amazing!

I really thought that Kane and Lee would win though. I was very impressed with how chilled Lee was throughout the whole process. Kane was freaking out a bit (let's not even talk about Bella's cry in the kitchen - what was up with that) but Lee held it together and didn't seem to sweat anything. Good job girl!

All in all, I'm glad that the grand final was so close. I think it really showed that the best two teams made it to the end. It would have definitely been very disappointing if it was a blow out.

I guess the big question now is: what am I going to watch now? :) Bring on Season 3!

I love you Manu!!!

Winners and Losers...

Channel 7's latest show, Winners and Losers is pretty addictive. Although I'm not a huge fan of Australian drama (never got into Home and Away, All Saints, McLeod's daughters - I seriously fail to see how some 7 people living in woop woop can be interesting), I thought that I would give this one a go (especially seeing how I missed the Packed to the Rafters band wagon).

The premise was interesting enough. Four old high school friends, reunited after the high school reunion. Humiliated the main antagonist, had the best night of their lives, renewed their vows to be BFFs and bought a lottery ticket. As predicted, they win the Division 1 lottery. One of the girls didn't put in any money toward the ticket and the second episode was around whether or not she should be entitled to a quarter of the $8 million. Of course, as predicted. they gave it to her.

Despite the fact that she was whingy and annoying and I seriously don't understand how she got a role in this show.

Would you have parted with that money? I'm not sure myself.

All in all, very good entertainment for a Tuesday night. After a hard day's work, all I want to do is to plop down on my couch and watch mindless tv. So that's all it is, mindless TV. Good enough, I think.

Nicole's Bridal Shower

So Nicole's bridal shower (take 2 of course) ended up being pretty cool. Well, I thought it was at least. We had it at James Squires, which is a nice open pub (or bar) in Salamanca Square next to Barcelona. Speaking of Barcelona, the last time I was there, it was not enjoyable at all! Not just the company I was with, but it was to too crowded and hot and seriously, the food was only average at best.

James Squires on the other hand - I loved the layout of the place. Claudia, Jillian and I were there for the 2010 grand final, where it ended as a draw between St Kilda and Collingwood. I had a really good time and was so excited that it was Claudia's first grand final (first AFL even) experience!!Might even make it a grand final tradition.

Anyway, moving forward...

James Squires was very accomodating, absolutely fabulous. I would definitely recommend them as a perfect venue for a dinner party and drinks. Although I should say that none of us thought that the food was all that great. I ordered from the pub menu (and was promptly told off by Miss Mitsakis - but I didn't care, I wanted wings...) I ordered the chicken wings and beer battered chips. Chips were meh - I think the chips at the Devil's Kitchen are better. The chicken wings were way way overcooked and very disappointing. The serve was pretty huge and I was impressed when it first got to my table (for once, I don't think I remembered to take any photos). The wings definitely tasted like they were boiled or something before hand before lightly grilling them. So needless to say, they were completely overcooked, and it was a rare occasion where I did not finish my food.

Some of the girls ordered the gnocchi and the saganaki, which were both very salty. On the other side of the table, Nicole's family ordered some beef cheeks, which were on the opposite end of the spectrum. They were under-seasoned. So overall, the food was very disappointing.

But, the atmosphere was fabulous and it was the perfect venue for a bridal shower. All in all, I was very happy with the choice of venue AND for once, I would say that thanks to the staff and the venue itself, I would recommend it for a night out. And I RARELY do that if the food isn't great!

Nicole's cake was the chocolate dump it cake (recipe in an earlier post). I sliced the cake in half and spread some raspberrry jam (a handy little hint from Miss Honor Keele) and also a chocolate frosting infused with Bailey's. All I wanted was for the cake to look pretty - and I hope I managed to do so!

Yes, they are sad frogs!!!

For Nicole's present, I didn't feel comfortable asking people to spend more money buying more presents as a majority of them had already travelled to Sydney for the hens/bridal shower Take 1. So I asked them all to bring a photo of themselves and Nicole, and a cocktail recipe. I bought some pretty paper, brought some pens and sticky tape, and got the people to decorate their page. The decorated pages with the cocktails recipes will then be bound to make a cocktail recipe book!

All in all, quite a sucessful low-key, surprise bridal shower. With all the stuff I had going on for the week, I was pretty proud that I managed to pull it off!

Saturday, 16 April 2011

And another draw for the 2011 footy season!! I can't believe it - I don't like either Essendon or Carlton, so it works out well! The game was awesome. Within the first quarter, two Essendon players were taken off the field and it looked like they were in trouble. To be honest, I thought that Essendon would have this one in the bag so I was barracking for the "underdog" Carlton. And they would have won too if Simpson didn't stuff up and kicked the ball out on the full, giving Essendon one last shot at goal. They didn't get to kick the goal, but ended up with a behind, which levelled the scores. All that effort for 2 points.

This is DEFINITELY gearing up to be an awesome year of footy!

Looking forward to the Demons-Suns match tomorrow!

As for today, Luke and I went grocery shopping, which I actually enjoyed! We went to Woolies, Creative Chicken and of course Island Markets. I had a hankering for mussels and where else to get mussels but Island Markets! For $6.99 a kilo - it was definitely a bargain! I think I'm going to cook them with garlic butter, white wine and a bit of cream and freshly baked bread and butter.

I really do think too much about food.

The other bit of news is that Lucky joined the gym today, so we will start going to the gym together tomorrow. No more excuses! I might even be able to post more exercise related posts!

On another note, I'm getting back into Pushing Daisies. I've started series linking it - I forgot how much I liked it! I wonder whether it has been axed yet. The shows I like always seem to have a nasty habit of doing that.

Luke and I also bought some squid and some calamari. Sorry, let me rephrase that. We bought WHOLE squid and WHOLE calamari. Yes, it meant that we actually had to gut and clean it. And while that might sound absolutely disgusting, it was a lot of fun! Of course Luke had to do the preliminary cutting because their eyes gross me out, but after the initial legwork was done, I was quite happy to do the rest. I wonder how I'm going to cook these?

Dammit - I think Hawthorn just beat West Coast. I hate Hawthorn.

My other youTube vid...

So I'm not sure whether I mentioned that I uploaded another video on youtube? If I didn't, then here it is!!

Enjoy!

A couple of reviews...

Well, I think that might be a bit misleading - these are not reviews per se... just some observations...

KFC Mantime Burgers (actually I'm not even sure what they are called)

I was very tempted to try this one - I mean, what's not to love? Original fillet  - good. Cheese - good. Bacon - GOOOOOODDDD (even though I think I'm over the concept of bacon - but that's another story altogether). I stood at the KFC counter and could NOT bring myself to order THAT. A bunless burger? Two pieces of meat, salty meat, plus salty cheese PLUS salty bacon - and nothing to balance out the salt? NO THANK YOU. Anyone willing to prove me wrong?

So this burger is a FAIL for me.

Telstra "Get Closer to Adam Goodes" Ad

I don't even usually like Adam Goodes, but man, I love him in this ad! Especially the scene where the guy is trying to go to the toilet - absolutely HILARIOUS!!! I always love a good ad - I hear the music and I run out from wherever I am just to watch it! Hope you guys like it as well!

Ruthless Rob...

I can't believe how ruthless Rob Mariano is! Voting out Matt again (although I thought that he was a little naive), but I'm ultra annoyed that he went after my boy Mike. I LOVE Mike - so hot! But he was always going to be a target if he didn't win Immunity, so  let's just hope that he does something on Redemption Island and come back into the game and kick ass!!

What's not to love? :)

David is annoying and Philip is CRAZY!!! They need to get rid of him. He is a ridiculous excuse for a man! He talks about stealth, but he's the blabbermouth which has told EVERYONE their strategy at Tribal. It's ridunk.

In saying all that though - I've always liked Rob! If Mike doesn't win, I sure hope that Rob does! He is hilarious, but I cannot STAND the skanky harem he's got around him! (with the exception of Andrea - she's ok)

Yes, I still watch Survivor. And yes I love it!!!

I'm back!!!

Sorry for being MIA. Last week was crazy busy. There was a wedding on Saturday and all the things that led up to it, from the secret bridal shower, to making and decorating three cakes in three days and also a birthday! Also had Elizah stay with me for two nights, which was really really nice - I love it when she stays, and it was great catching up!

But I just wanted to say that I'm back this week and will be updating as and when I can.

My new thing - I want to write a children's book! That's right, you read that right. I want to write a children's book! As an adult, I still like reading children's books (well, the ones that I used to read as a child). It reminds me of a simpler time! So I will be concentrating my energy on starting that. Yes, this blog is called a rolling stone for a reason!!!

On another note, I have been watching the Real Housewives of Orange County and I really want to live one of their lives! It must be so fabulous to just be able to have all the money to do sfa all day and be one of the ladies who luncheon!

My first YouTube video!!

I'm so excited! I posted my first YouTube video! It's the same video I attached to my earlier post but if anyone wants to check it out AGAIN (either because it's so awesome, or you wanna see whether I'm telling the truth...) here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAuyVZt-FI8

Weekend project - TICK!

xoxo

Sunset dreams...

So I was making a little baby chicken out of yellow gumpaste (photos of that at a later stage) when I looked out of the window of my dining room and saw something that just took my breath away...

As they say a picture paints a thousand words, I might let my photos (and Kate Miller-Heidke) show you the beautiful 5 minutes of sunset I had tonight... xoxo

Dead easy cupcakes...

I can actually say that this cupcake recipe is dead easy because we made nearly 200 mini versions of these cupcakes for my engagement party! I have included a photo of the cupcakes we made right at the end of this post. I made the little sugar hearts - just a matter of rolling out coloured gumpaste and using a little heart-shaped cookie cutter.

This recipe has everything that I like in a recipe - quick prep, few ingredients. Perfect recipe, for a kid's first baking project. I thought that I would share this recipe on here as Elizah has been asking me for it!

Lizah - I've put it on this blog because I know if I text it to you, you will lose it again!

Enjoy!

CELEBRATION CUPCAKES

Ingredients

2 cups of self-raising flour

3/4 cup caster sugar

3/4 cup milk (as usual, I used low fat as that's what I have handy at home)

125 melted butter, cooled

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence (I think this is optional - I only use it if I have it handy)

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200C.

Combine the flour and caster sugar in a bowl.

Add milk, butter, eggs and vanilla essenve (I just chuck them all in at once)

Stir gently to combine.

Spoon into the cupcake tray

Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Shout out to Anna!! This is me mobile blogging! :)

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