forgot these in the last update.... Nanny Gwen's Lemon cake....delish. I ran for the first time in years up the road to cancel out the cakes and am feeling very virtuous. Run is a slight exaggeration of course, more like I crawled up the road... Continue reading

Happy Easter to everyone! Here are some photos of delicous Simnel Cake and Hot Cross Buns made especially for the weekend. I love loooooong weekends... http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/simnelcake_792.shtml Continue reading

Mohair Handwarmers - Crochet Me. Love these..... once I get the hang of the basics, these are mine. All mine! Continue reading

Realising late in the game that Winter 2010 refers to NOW....not October, November and December 2010. Seriously, someones needs to have a word with those Americans and tell them when the seasons start and finish!!! Was under a minor bit of pressure as I will be disappearing for a while due to eye surgery. (Cross all fingers and toes and all other relevant bits on Tuesday)I'm promised 3 months of a blurry right eye then hopefully all will be well in my world and I might eventually get my Etsy shop rockin' and rollin'....:) I handprinted the numbers and appliqued... Continue reading

I'm participating in the Etsy Winter 2010 Baby Shower. Looking forward to seeing what I come up with for baby Declan in the Netherlands. Continue reading

We all had this for lunch. Delish.....from the fabulous Avoca Soups book. 2 onions chopped olive oil 2 carrots, diced 1 red and 1 green pepper sliced 1 chilli 4 garlic cloves finely chopped handful of pearl barley rinsed in several changes of water 2 celery stalks diced 1 litre chicken stock 1 x 400g tin of tomatoes 1 tsp tomato puree 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas 2 sprigs oregano 1 tsp thyme leaves Saute the onion for 10 mins in 4 tblspns of olive oil. Add carrots, peppers, chilli, garlic and barley. toss in more oil and cook... Continue reading

It's been a long time. A very long time. There was a mammoth Christmas holiday. Disastrous weather for travelling so we were all trapped in Kildare. Eventually we got home on the 5th January and the girls both get scarlet fever within 2 hours of each other. What a dose. Miserable babies and miserable Mammy. we all had severe lashings of cabin fever. It has passed and let that be it 2010 with sick girls. The first day they felt better, we got out the paints and painted a beautiful piece. It'll be up on the wall as soon as... Continue reading

Survived the 2 year old double birthday party! Hurrah! It was a great day and night, great to get everyone together again. The girls had a ball despite having to take a nap in the middle of the proceedings. They nearly missed the highlight...a fabulous Makka Pakka cake. I used butter cream icing to decorate. I was going to use the roll out icing but I think it would have looked tragic if I had started to colour it. My Mum and I seriously over estimated the quantity of food needed. In a big way. I think we were counting... Continue reading

Made amazing Spiced Cranberry Chutney last night for my foodie friends for Christmas. Just have to design some fabulous labels and all will be well. Continue reading

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