Ingredients 225 gr strongFlour 1/2 tsp Salt 1tbsp Oil 25gr Dark choc chips Dark choc spread 2tsp Extract of Seville orange 1 packet fast acting Yeast 1tsp sugar 150ml tepid water Mix oil,flour,choc chips,…
June 2014
27 posts
- Jaygo's chocolate orange bread
- Cellar clear
Today I am tackling the cellar. Dark, damp, musty and slug ridden it is a portal to junk land, where everything that hasn't a place upstairs is stored till it is needed, which is mostly never. In the past,whatever…
Red noses and coffeeToday Annie and I visited Butterfingers, a circus supplies shop based in Harrogate. Normally I take part in multi hula hooping class but this morning we just had fun chatting with our friend Belinda who runs the class…
I Turfed the hallThere has been no carpet in our hall since Mel our old ginger tom marked it as his own. I had a roll of turf left from renovating the back yard and decided to turf the hall way. It's fake turf so no need to water and…
Ronnie and Charlie's partyToday Sophie and Jay and Annie had a lovely time at Charlie and Ronnie's birthday party. After the magician and food everyone had a boogie in the disco. The loudest cheer was when Matt uncovered the sand pit. It looked…
Green yardI had some little hands helping as I laid the turf in our back yard yesterday.
- Silent auction
I won tickets for the Spiegle Tent at our school disco. Despite numerous telephone calls getting more and more panicked as the time for the tent approached I couldn't contact the ticket holder. Today I bit the bullet…
- Phone bill horror
Felix received his phone bill today, £321.24. Apparently he doesn't have unlimited texts and has gone 2000 over his allowance of 500. Orange are unsympathetic and refuse to help so there is nothing we can do but pay it.…
- British Summer time
As we wandered to towards school this morning, rain dripping off our hoods, Sophie inquired 'what season are we in, is it Autumn? 'No darling', I replied,' it's Summer'. She looked at me aghast as water droplets raced…
- The girl in the stripey pyjamas
I am currently wearing my stripey pj's. I look a little like an old film American convict, Jay says I hurt his eyes. Definitely his bedtime.
- Terry Pratchett
Jay has recently discovered the joys of Terry Pratchett's discworld series. His favourite characters are the witches. He has already read 'The Wyrd Sisters' so tonight we started 'Equal Rites'. This is, in my opinion,…
- Lovely day
What a lovely day. First Jay and I went and collected some turf for the back garden, then lunch and a walk to Bilton beach followed by a quick drink at the Gardeners Pub and home for an amazing tea cooked by Fraser and…