singular motion

i'm now 30 and single.... the practicalities and logistics of ending a relationship where we chose to co-habitate are sucky.

that is all

well holy shit

it's not like i didnt see it coming, but i still didn't expect it, you know?

left overs...

well, they were a jar of cherries that had been there a while as opposed to left overs, but either way, they were in the fridge, then they were in the brownies, now they are all gone..
i didn't even make up the recipe, i used someone elses...
the basic mix was lots of butter, chocolate, sugar, eggs and cherries, with a little bit of flour, cooked for nearly an hour, still super moist... i'd make it again but we are mostly out of butter and chocolate...
and i am up to my eyeballs in rehearsals for about the next month so don't have time to bake. i have to do some real cooking tonight coz we are out of frozen meals - you know the bulk cook and store for those times when you are too lazy to cook... OMG we have run out... so i'm gonna do spaghetti and meat balls from my new 1000 AWW (Australian women's weekly) recipe book. and something with some chicken sausages... not sure yet...
on the reheasal front - this week alone i have a tonight at home, sectional on tuesday, rehearsal on wednesday, rehearsal on thursday, friday night drive to canberra, saturday rehearse all day then perform sat night, sunday crack of sparrow drive back to sydney for a cd recording... then it starts all over again...

that is all (all??? seriously????)

ok

so i'm 30. now, today. eh, nothing much has changed since yesterday. happy birthday me!

2 outta three

ain't bad, except when it's two outta 3 that you got wrong... like those verses in that song... or like the things i baked on the long weekend
you'd think it'd be perfect. three lazy days, no plans, gorgeous sunny days with cold wet nights, a house full of flour butter eggs and sugar... my jaffa cupcakes tasted strongly of neither chocolate or orange, the chocolate icing tasted too sweet and looked like a little pile of perfectly crafted dog shit. and they were sticky. like stick to the roof of your mouth kinda sticky.
then there was the pear slice that i tried for the second time. they started out so well, the butter rubbed into the chocolate cake mix beautifully then it pressed into the pan to form a perfectly flat surface, then i forgot to half bake it b4 i added the topping... also i either have a pan that is really to large, so the mix doesn't quite make the edges, or i have a pan that is really too small and the slice ends up to thick and throws the ratios out.
so that was my two sucky attempts. i did however, manage to put on a really good indoor picnic for the signing crew who all came around to rehearse. there was 11 of us, and they were all more than thrilled with the food.
i think i got some great photo's of bunny rabbits and orange trees, but i have yet to look at them on a big screen.

that is all.