Mondays are the Enemy. I highly dislike Mondays and especially their mornings. They are extra early and rubbish and I do not like how they start the week!!!
That is all you need to know about M. The End.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Monday, 14 May 2012
N is for Naughty or Nice?
This is it - this is your mid (ish) year check for how on target you are for Christmas and Santa's Naughty or Nice list. This is SERIOUS DUDES! It could be the difference between getting a brand new shiny bike or a puncture repair kit, a cute little fluffy puppy or merely a puppy poop, an ipad or an i-no-pad. So sit back and answer honestly:
ARE YOU NAUGHTY OR NICE?
1) Someone falls over and splits their trousers open to reveal penguin pants do you:
a) Laugh hysterically, maybe point a bit and generally draw attention to the hilariously unfortunate event that has befallen someone else that's not you for a change.
b) Helpfully be helpful and help said person up and cover their dignity back up with a hankie you blatantly have in your pocket.
2) There's £50 on floor do you:
a) Pick it up and spend it on many wonderful things like a bazillion penny sweets or a new guinea pig.
b) Take it to the police station and hand it in because after all it's not yours.
3) Your friend calls her babysitter has cancelled and she wants you to look after her 4 children so she can go out with her husband, they are all under the age of 6. Do you:
a) Tell her you would love to but that you are actually already looking after your sick aunt who is visiting and then sit down to an afternoon of friends DVD's, wine and home made popcorn dipping it in a pot of chocolate sauce.
b) Tell her of course that's not a problem and worry about the kids nappies and all other kids stuff that goes with it later because you are essentially a good friend.
4) There's a concert you really want to go too but its on a work day where you promised you would stay late and help out with some filing. Do you:
a) Call in sick and spend the whole day preparing for the concert with loud music, a long bath, beautifully painted nails and just generally an amazing day before heading out to see the band.
b) Go in to work help out as promised and then if theres time try and get to the concert after work which probably will not happen so head home and wait for it to come out on DVD to watch.
5) It's new years eve there's an ugly dude in the corner coming at you with mistletoe do you:
a) Push your best friend in the way just as his chappy lips come at you.
b) Close your eyes and think of England.
So which do you think you are Naughty or Nice? And do you have any other questions I could add to this? I'm loving this idea so hit me up with some more if you can think of any?
Thanks for checking back and reading again - Z-A challenge continues tomorrow with M....check back if you can! Much Love xxxx
ARE YOU NAUGHTY OR NICE?
1) Someone falls over and splits their trousers open to reveal penguin pants do you:
a) Laugh hysterically, maybe point a bit and generally draw attention to the hilariously unfortunate event that has befallen someone else that's not you for a change.
b) Helpfully be helpful and help said person up and cover their dignity back up with a hankie you blatantly have in your pocket.
2) There's £50 on floor do you:
a) Pick it up and spend it on many wonderful things like a bazillion penny sweets or a new guinea pig.
b) Take it to the police station and hand it in because after all it's not yours.
3) Your friend calls her babysitter has cancelled and she wants you to look after her 4 children so she can go out with her husband, they are all under the age of 6. Do you:
a) Tell her you would love to but that you are actually already looking after your sick aunt who is visiting and then sit down to an afternoon of friends DVD's, wine and home made popcorn dipping it in a pot of chocolate sauce.
b) Tell her of course that's not a problem and worry about the kids nappies and all other kids stuff that goes with it later because you are essentially a good friend.
4) There's a concert you really want to go too but its on a work day where you promised you would stay late and help out with some filing. Do you:
a) Call in sick and spend the whole day preparing for the concert with loud music, a long bath, beautifully painted nails and just generally an amazing day before heading out to see the band.
b) Go in to work help out as promised and then if theres time try and get to the concert after work which probably will not happen so head home and wait for it to come out on DVD to watch.
5) It's new years eve there's an ugly dude in the corner coming at you with mistletoe do you:
a) Push your best friend in the way just as his chappy lips come at you.
b) Close your eyes and think of England.
So which do you think you are Naughty or Nice? And do you have any other questions I could add to this? I'm loving this idea so hit me up with some more if you can think of any?
Thanks for checking back and reading again - Z-A challenge continues tomorrow with M....check back if you can! Much Love xxxx
Saturday, 12 May 2012
O is for Orange Cake...
Today I am going to share a recipe with you for Orange Cake with Orange butter icing...its my favourite recipe at the moment....yummy, yum, yum!!!
Ingredients for the Cake:
- 250g Plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
300g caster suger
- 125ml milk
- 125ml orange juice
- 125ml vegetable oil
- 3 beaten eggs
- 1 and a 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- Orange food dye
Ingredients for the Orange Butter Icing:
- 6 tablespoons of butter
- 250g icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons of orange juice
- 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
How to make:
1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
2. Grease and flour 2 20cm round cake tins.
3. In a measuring jug combine the milk, orange juice, oil, beaten eggs and orange zest and leave to one side.
4. Sift flour, salt and bakin powder into a large bowl with food dye for an extra bright colour! Mix in the sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined.
5. Divid cake mixture between the 2 prepared tins and bake in the centre of a reheated oven for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Then allow it too cool!
6. To make Orange Butter Icing: cream the butter until smooth and gradually beat in icing sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the orange juice to bring to a spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla and orange zest and spread over the cooled cakes!
7. Eat it all up while making 'yummy' noises while munching!
So thats the O blog - Orange cake with Orange Butter icing. You may alsobe interested to know that Orange is my favourite colour...#ExtraCrapYouNeverWantedToKnow :)
Thursday, 10 May 2012
P is for the Philly...
ANSWERS FROM THE Q BLOG:
1. Ukraine, 2. True, 3. Snakes, 4. Soup, 5. Wilma, 6. Ruby, 7. Bat, 8. Poisidon, 9.Pizza, 10. Three, 11. Scooby Snacks, 12. Lulu, 13. The 70’s - 1973, 14. Maple, 15. Leather, 16. Salt, 17. Mercury, 18. Yes, 19. Barbie, 20. Kiki Dee, 21. Chromosomes, 22. 24, 23. Fozzie, 24. Dec, 25. I like Lisa but its always been H, LOVE H.
NOW ONTO THE P BLOG! Today P is for the Philly.
Now for them there people who don't know what a Philly is, it's a person. A female person to be precise. A female person with blonde hair and a big smile. I have drawn a picture for you...(it ruined the format here so I'll post it separately)...but it's exactly how she looks, right down to the t-shirt!
So why am I writing about Philly...well yesterday she was kindly taking the time to read my blog and she came out of her way to point out my many spelling mistakes and errors which just reminded me how much I, quite, like her....I'll explain further...
Philly means total honesty. I know that out of every one of my friends I can rely on her to tell me exactly where I stand, always. I like this a lot because I know the honesty comes from a good place so when I've done something rubbish even though I don't always want to hear it she is actually, probably, just trying to make me a better me!!!
Philly means always having a partner in crime. Whether it be for dinner somewhere or a movie night or even a future accomplice to the mixed spice and cinnamon sandwich challenge - she's up for it. I remember coming home from a night out once and finding a massive 20ft roll of cardboard - the kind that one gets from the inside of a roll of carpet and suggesting we might need this in our house. Of course Philly helped carry it home and though corners were harder to navigate the walkie talkie nature of the echoey tube helped speed the journey along.
Philly means laughter. She's funny. A lot! She is just the right amount of sarcastic combined with witty and muppet-like and I love it! She introduced me to the term ‘food baby’ - when you are so full its like a baby of food is inside your tummy - maybe that didn’t need an explanation because I feel like I just killed it. Ah well!
Philly means educational. As I said before she likes to comment on grammar etc and she reads a lot and seems to know a crazy amount about everything. I don't tell her this but I do learn a lot from her, she likes to use big words too and she once taught me how to spell the word umbrella. We can joke about this now right?
Philly means super. Super in the Comic book super hero way. This is especially good because with all the Marvel movies that have been coming out the last few years I get to learn more about the characters, their back stories and even more, so its not a bore (that’s another one in the bag!)
Philly means dare devil. (This links in with the partner in crime one). One time my housemates and I were discussing what to do on a boring afternoon and we came up with stair sledging - Philly volunteered and a near death experience later we knew that trying to slide down a set of stairs in our house wearing only 2 belts and a cycle helmet leads to the opposite of boring!
Philly means loveable. I don’t know what it is about her but she is a rather cute little thing and people cannot help but love her. She’s sweet and oddly charming! People just end up staring at her with a sort of love look.
Philly means Confident and Successful. She has a masters degree and a good job and I think is a good role model for me in these ways. Plus she’s confident in a lot of ways and I’m proud of her for everything she has done. She hates the soppy stuff so that’s enough of that…she’s also a confident dancer and can ‘bump and grind’ with the best of them. Including Ted.
Philly means big hearted and kind. There are too many examples to list but the most recent was arranging some flowers to be sent to my mum from all my friends when she was ill and just last week listening to me when I had a bad day.
Philly means Philly. And I like that.
That’s all for today but let me leave you with the thought, who’s the Philly in your group? Is there someone this awesome in your circle of friends?
P.S I also like that Philly occasionally makes a delightful sound when she laughs and is THE original crotch hand.
1. Ukraine, 2. True, 3. Snakes, 4. Soup, 5. Wilma, 6. Ruby, 7. Bat, 8. Poisidon, 9.Pizza, 10. Three, 11. Scooby Snacks, 12. Lulu, 13. The 70’s - 1973, 14. Maple, 15. Leather, 16. Salt, 17. Mercury, 18. Yes, 19. Barbie, 20. Kiki Dee, 21. Chromosomes, 22. 24, 23. Fozzie, 24. Dec, 25. I like Lisa but its always been H, LOVE H.
NOW ONTO THE P BLOG! Today P is for the Philly.
Now for them there people who don't know what a Philly is, it's a person. A female person to be precise. A female person with blonde hair and a big smile. I have drawn a picture for you...(it ruined the format here so I'll post it separately)...but it's exactly how she looks, right down to the t-shirt!
So why am I writing about Philly...well yesterday she was kindly taking the time to read my blog and she came out of her way to point out my many spelling mistakes and errors which just reminded me how much I, quite, like her....I'll explain further...
Philly means total honesty. I know that out of every one of my friends I can rely on her to tell me exactly where I stand, always. I like this a lot because I know the honesty comes from a good place so when I've done something rubbish even though I don't always want to hear it she is actually, probably, just trying to make me a better me!!!
Philly means always having a partner in crime. Whether it be for dinner somewhere or a movie night or even a future accomplice to the mixed spice and cinnamon sandwich challenge - she's up for it. I remember coming home from a night out once and finding a massive 20ft roll of cardboard - the kind that one gets from the inside of a roll of carpet and suggesting we might need this in our house. Of course Philly helped carry it home and though corners were harder to navigate the walkie talkie nature of the echoey tube helped speed the journey along.
Philly means laughter. She's funny. A lot! She is just the right amount of sarcastic combined with witty and muppet-like and I love it! She introduced me to the term ‘food baby’ - when you are so full its like a baby of food is inside your tummy - maybe that didn’t need an explanation because I feel like I just killed it. Ah well!
Philly means educational. As I said before she likes to comment on grammar etc and she reads a lot and seems to know a crazy amount about everything. I don't tell her this but I do learn a lot from her, she likes to use big words too and she once taught me how to spell the word umbrella. We can joke about this now right?
Philly means super. Super in the Comic book super hero way. This is especially good because with all the Marvel movies that have been coming out the last few years I get to learn more about the characters, their back stories and even more, so its not a bore (that’s another one in the bag!)
Philly means dare devil. (This links in with the partner in crime one). One time my housemates and I were discussing what to do on a boring afternoon and we came up with stair sledging - Philly volunteered and a near death experience later we knew that trying to slide down a set of stairs in our house wearing only 2 belts and a cycle helmet leads to the opposite of boring!
Philly means loveable. I don’t know what it is about her but she is a rather cute little thing and people cannot help but love her. She’s sweet and oddly charming! People just end up staring at her with a sort of love look.
Philly means Confident and Successful. She has a masters degree and a good job and I think is a good role model for me in these ways. Plus she’s confident in a lot of ways and I’m proud of her for everything she has done. She hates the soppy stuff so that’s enough of that…she’s also a confident dancer and can ‘bump and grind’ with the best of them. Including Ted.
Philly means big hearted and kind. There are too many examples to list but the most recent was arranging some flowers to be sent to my mum from all my friends when she was ill and just last week listening to me when I had a bad day.
Philly means Philly. And I like that.
That’s all for today but let me leave you with the thought, who’s the Philly in your group? Is there someone this awesome in your circle of friends?
P.S I also like that Philly occasionally makes a delightful sound when she laughs and is THE original crotch hand.
Q is for Quizzes...
This is my Quick Quintessential Quiz: I truly enjoy a good quiz. Pub Quizzes especially but I also enjoy the quick question quizzes and that's exactly what we are going to do here....lets see how you do!
(Answers will be given at the start of tomorrows blog!)
LET'S GET QUIZZICAL :)
1. Kiev is the capital of which Country?
2. Do most Eskimo's still use fridges?
3. What did St Patrick rid Ireland of according to Legend?
4. In food what is Chowder?
5. Fred Flintstone is married to who?
6. What is the birthstone for July?
7. Which is the only mammal capable of sustained flight?
8. Who is the Greek God of the Sea?
9. What item of food inspired the idea for the computer game pac-man - was it Pizza, Watermelon or Cake?
10. How many verses make up the national Anthem 'God Save The Queen?'
11. What is Scooby Doo's favourite food?
12. In 1993 Take That had a No. 1 single with 'Relight My Fire' but who sang with them on this track?
13. In what decade was VAT introduced into the UK?
14. The leaf from which tree is on the Canadian national flag?
15. What is prepared in a tannery?
16. What do Sumo wrestlers throw into the ring prior to a match?
17. What is the only common metal that is liquid at room temperature?
18. Can Polar Bears Jump?
19. Which children's toy provided Aqua with a number 1 hit?
20. Which female vocalist had a duet with Elton John on the HIT single 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart?
21. In the human body, what are you born with 23 pairs of?
22. How many carats is pure gold?
23. What's the name of the bear in the muppet show?
24. Who is older Ant or Dec?
25. True of False: Lisa from the English band Steps was my favourite?
So how did you find it? Easy? Hard? Can you give me any quick quiz questions, I'd love to try some!!! xxxx
(Answers will be given at the start of tomorrows blog!)
LET'S GET QUIZZICAL :)
1. Kiev is the capital of which Country?
2. Do most Eskimo's still use fridges?
3. What did St Patrick rid Ireland of according to Legend?
4. In food what is Chowder?
5. Fred Flintstone is married to who?
6. What is the birthstone for July?
7. Which is the only mammal capable of sustained flight?
8. Who is the Greek God of the Sea?
9. What item of food inspired the idea for the computer game pac-man - was it Pizza, Watermelon or Cake?
10. How many verses make up the national Anthem 'God Save The Queen?'
11. What is Scooby Doo's favourite food?
12. In 1993 Take That had a No. 1 single with 'Relight My Fire' but who sang with them on this track?
13. In what decade was VAT introduced into the UK?
14. The leaf from which tree is on the Canadian national flag?
15. What is prepared in a tannery?
16. What do Sumo wrestlers throw into the ring prior to a match?
17. What is the only common metal that is liquid at room temperature?
18. Can Polar Bears Jump?
19. Which children's toy provided Aqua with a number 1 hit?
20. Which female vocalist had a duet with Elton John on the HIT single 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart?
21. In the human body, what are you born with 23 pairs of?
22. How many carats is pure gold?
23. What's the name of the bear in the muppet show?
24. Who is older Ant or Dec?
25. True of False: Lisa from the English band Steps was my favourite?
So how did you find it? Easy? Hard? Can you give me any quick quiz questions, I'd love to try some!!! xxxx
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
R is for Roast Dinners!
Is there anything better than a Roast Dinner on a Sunday, I mean really? Whether it be Roast Chicken, Roast Pork, Roast Duck, Roast Beef or even Roast Turkey at Christmas. I love them all! What about you? Do you have a favourite?
I think everyone thinks their mums roast dinner is probably THE best and I am no different really - my mum has perfected her mums recipe and I adore it! It is the Xmas Roast Turkey that is particularly splendid - served with cranberry sauce, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings, sweet potato mash, roast potato's cooked in goats fat, roasted parsnips, roast carrots, peas, bacon, sausages, those devils on horseback which I guess are just more sausage rapped in bacon...and topped off with gravy!!! DELICIOUS!!!
I believe that Roast dinners are also splendid because they usually combine a family time or some form of celebration like Xmas or thanksgiving. Perhaps roast dinners are even nicer because of their association with these celebrations and generally happy times. I feel more smiley and happy just thinking about them!
Well that's all for today - the main reason for this R = Roast blog was because I had this FANTASTIC IDEA. I was thinking about Postmen and the idea occurred to me that Postmen don't work Sundays and that Sundays are generally Roast days. So what if on a Sunday Postmen became Roast Men....it's a killer idea right? What do you think?
Thanks for reading my bloglet again anyway! Have a good day xxxx
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
S is for S CLUB 7!!!
S Club
Gettin' down tonight, a come on, yeah
Gettin' down tonight, uh huh, everybody
Get down tonight
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna show you how (everybody get down tonight)
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna take you high (shake your body from side to side)
Finally Friday night
Feelin' kinda good, lookin' alright
Gotta get movin', can't be late
Gotta get groovin', just can't wait (ho!)
Get the feeling (get the feeling)
Push the ceiling (push the ceiling)
Player hater (player hater)
Get ready everybody 'cos here we go!
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna show you how (everybody get down tonight)
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna take you high (shake your body from side to side)
O-oh O-oh! Throw your hands in the air
O-oh O-oh! Like you just don't care
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over here
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over there
Tina's doing her dance
Jon's looking for romance
Paul's getting down on the floor
While Hannah's screaming out for more (ooh hoo!)
Wanna see Bradley swing
Wanna see Rachel do her thing
Then we got Jo, she's got the flow
Get ready everybody 'cos here we go!
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna show you how (everybody get down tonight)
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna take you high (shake your body from side to side)
O-oh O-oh! Throw your hands in the air
O-oh O-oh! Like you just don't care
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over here
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over there
O-oh O-oh! Throw your hands in the air
O-oh O-oh! Like you just don't care
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over here
O-oh O-oh! There's a party over there
Ghetto boys, make some noise!
Hoochie mamas, show your nanas!
S Club (there ain't no party like an S Club party)
Gonna show you how (everybody get down tonight)
So S CLUB 7 - or should I say S Club AWESOME!!!
After the Spice Girls broke up I have to say I was probably a little bit of a lost soul but then there was S club 7. They were AWESOME for several reasons: 1) Their songs were so upbeat and catchy 2) I loved Bradley 3) They had their own tv shows...they weren't fantastic but they were ok! 4) There was a Hannah in the band! And thats MY name a wahoo! 5) They had a movie with clones in it for crying out loud!!! 6) Whenever 'Reach' comes on anywhere I always, I repeat ALWAYS dance!!!!
So that's my S...perhaps a little simple today but I feel better for sharing my S club love with you all. I know they are mainly a UK band but for those of you who aren't from the UK check out some of their songs especially 'Reach', 'You're my number 1', 'You', 'Natural' and 'Don't stop moving!'
Thanks again for reading! Much love! xxx
NB. S club Juniors are not the same. S club Juniors are not a band I am a fan of and I want their to be no mistake that S club 7 rock but S club Juniors do not.
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