Sweet treats

Over a month ago - woah, that went fast. We celebrated Hubby's birthday. I got busy in the kitchen and made him some Blueberry Gelati

It was delicious but so rich.
And his favourite flavour combination is chocolate & orange, so I made him a flour less dark chocolate & orange cake.
It was so moist and yummy. It was a real hit.

The only thing I'd change next time would be to top it with a dark chocolate ganache instead of the icing sugar.
Might have to try this one out again for Mum's birthday as it's her favourite flavour combination as well.

What's your favourite dessert that you like to make?

What's in the box?

So yesterday afternoon some green boxes got delivered. Hmmm. What could they be?

Squeal!!
My new KitchenAid mixer & Ice cream making attachment.

But what colour did I get?



Why, only my favourite colour in the whole world....Aqua!

Oh, she is so pretty. And so shiny. And will be happily replacing my little hand mixer that I've had for 11 and a half years that is on it's last legs. Hooray!

Today - I'm off to sewing class to work on my weekender bag. Hopefully I'll get it finished today.
Wish me luck. I think there's a fair bit of hand sewing and I'm not so good at hand sewing.

Anyway have a happy weekend,

This week

My kids went back to school. It's weird that they are both at the same school again. My traveling time has been cut in half every day. Awesome.

The other day I went to walk outside and saw the cats at the door - then I noticed what they were watching. The big water dragon. He gives me the creeps. We have a ton of them here. Usually they sun themselves on the bench or cool down in the pool, but this guy decided he wanted to get real close.  Yuck! I'd prefer that he kept to himself.

I am still loving my coffee machine. Makes me happy. Every. Single. Day.

Have baked quite a few banana cakes. They are so quick and easy in my thermomix.

We've spent pretty much every afternoon in the pool or at the beach. It's starting to finally feel like summer here. Hooray!!

And I got my craft on tonight. Finishing a gift for my mum that was meant to be for christmas but I got sidetracked. I just need some suitable ribbon.

And I'm so bummed that my January SC kits haven't arrived yet. February's go on sale in a few hours. I already did my shopping tonight. I got a couple of mister hueys, some adhesive and another JBS ink.
I hope it comes tomorrow.
Hope you are having a wonderful week -

Some more layouts and some yumminess

 I love love love the Dear Lizzy Christmas line. Absolutely lovely.

 And a layout from the SC "Metropolitan" kit.

And today - this beauty arrived. Hubby decided to surprise me early with it. Oh my deliciousness. I've already made 4 cappuccinos in the past hour. You know - so I can adjust the settings to how I like it. Not because I'm completely addicted and this gorgeous machine is my new BFF.
Now I'm on the hunt for the perfect blend of beans. And maybe some caramel syrup. Oh yummmmm.................

Shopping...but not the scrappy kind

Last week was a shopping kind of week.
On Monday, our new iphone4's arrived

Then on Thursday I ordered a Thermomix (hopefully it will get here this week)

And hubs got an iPad

And my dryer finally died. So on Friday we replaced that - with this

And next on the list is the Christmas shopping......
It's coming up way too fast!!