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In good news...
Oct. 19th, 2013 04:45 pmGeoff and I are going to go on a date! Not today, 'cause I'm all tired from cleaning (not to mention there's a metric tonne of cooking to do), but on Thursday afternoon.
We're going to go see "Gravity" on the 3D imax screen up in Big Town (Manchester).
We're both psyched.
And tonight we're going to watch, er, something as a reward for getting the cleaning done.
Another good thing is that I think I've found a doable recipe for Page's birthday cake (gluten- and egg-free makes for difficult baking). It will involve prunes... It actually does sound delicious and adaptable.
I also perfected the chocolate almond pow* into a really delectable candy. The trick is to coat it in coconut powder.
(* Almond pow is the name Page gave to a goopy combination of almond butter, honey and coconut (either unsweetened shredded or coconut powder). When I make it without cocoa powder, I like to add a lot of ginger and/or garam masala, which makes the "pow" in the name a little more sensible, but Page prefers it plain, or with only a bit of cinnamon. Very adaptable little candy, though.)
Probably the best thing is that this is a four day weekend for me, and I'm almost all caught up on schoolwork. Only thing I have to do is my photo assignment, and I'm probably going to do that on Tuesday when my hostas arrive. (The assignment is tell a story in 10 pictures. I'll show myself planting the hostas. If it doesn't work out, I still have a day left to do something else.)
Yay! Relaxation!
So, I hope everyone else is having a nice weekend.
We're going to go see "Gravity" on the 3D imax screen up in Big Town (Manchester).
We're both psyched.
And tonight we're going to watch, er, something as a reward for getting the cleaning done.
Another good thing is that I think I've found a doable recipe for Page's birthday cake (gluten- and egg-free makes for difficult baking). It will involve prunes... It actually does sound delicious and adaptable.
I also perfected the chocolate almond pow* into a really delectable candy. The trick is to coat it in coconut powder.
(* Almond pow is the name Page gave to a goopy combination of almond butter, honey and coconut (either unsweetened shredded or coconut powder). When I make it without cocoa powder, I like to add a lot of ginger and/or garam masala, which makes the "pow" in the name a little more sensible, but Page prefers it plain, or with only a bit of cinnamon. Very adaptable little candy, though.)
Probably the best thing is that this is a four day weekend for me, and I'm almost all caught up on schoolwork. Only thing I have to do is my photo assignment, and I'm probably going to do that on Tuesday when my hostas arrive. (The assignment is tell a story in 10 pictures. I'll show myself planting the hostas. If it doesn't work out, I still have a day left to do something else.)
Yay! Relaxation!
So, I hope everyone else is having a nice weekend.
