film corner

I have to say the only movie that was pretty good was Hugo, the rest were not very good. Good deeds was a total waste of time, the descendants sorry I do not know what the fuss was all about. The grey was action packed all the way through but the story wasn't the best, the vow was just plain boring not even Channing could improve it and we bought a zoo was a very long and really not that good.

weekend bits

so happy to find the full set of these wonderful recipes on a recent op shop visit. I remember my mother collecting them but she never did get them all.



a little newborn knitted hat I made. I can't believe how teeny tiny it is!



free patterns from my local Vinnie's



hojarasca made for my illustration project

typewriter happy

getting a little typewriter happy



made this for international food day...and it ended up being postponed but there were certainly no complaints at home

crafty weekend

I got bitten by craft bug this weekend...but boy did I enjoy it!

busy, busy, busy

life has certainly been busy around my neck of the woods, so busy in fact that I have had virtually no time to be online, no time to clean and no time to be outdoors...truly horrible, horrible times.  But today I decided to relax and stay home.  I spent most of the morning constantly changing my mind but in the end my freedom prevailed, well freedom in really big inverted commas.  My plan was to visit a few op shops, do a little grocery shopping and get home to clean (finally).

It felt good to be back in an op shop as it felt like forever since I had been in one and while wandering I found a gorgeous nikon camera and *I think* a cute little trivet.  I then I popped in to visit my local op shop and found my first ever typewriter and in the most gorgeous orange colour, I quickly grabbed it and left it with the sales attendants while I continued to browse. I could not have a proper look as I was way too excited about the typewriter so after a few minutes I left extremely happy that I had decided to stay home.  Days like this make you so very happy you got up, even though I still desperately need that sleep in.

Anyway a few photos...I cannot believe I had 88 photos stored in my camera. It has been way too long

snickerdoodle muffins & uni

Friday...I am glad I made it to Friday! this week has been a crazy, crazy blur and I am so happy the weekend has finally arrived. I would jump for the sheer joy of it but I don't think I could lift my feet right now.

I love Fridays as they are usually my baking days (and for now my only day off).  I miss baking so much if I don't bake anything for a week, my last baking adventure were the apple streusel bars so I definitely had to get back into the kitchen today and the weather was just right to have a hot oven on. I must admit though once I start baking I find it hard to stop and today was no different. Today I made snickerdoodle muffins and quickly followed it with a batch of banana choc chip blondies. And although these weren't planned, two lentil bakes for my son to take for church lunch tomorrow to share.

I enjoyed my first week back at uni despite the fact that there is an enormous amount of work that needs to be done this semester.  I am in love with the books I picked up at the library this week and am slowly looking through all the pages and drawing a huge amount of inspiration from all the amazing projects. I was even able to manage to work a little more on my little pig potholder...it is still missing its cute tail and face but hopefully that will get completed soon (I hope). I am sure my second week will not be that enjoyable or the weeks following that. Ah well! I did get a compliment though when I mentioned my age to some of the babies in my class (all 20 and 21) a girl said I did not look it. I am thinking she definitely needs to be wearing the glasses but it did make me smile just a little.

Anyway...here is the recipe for the snickerdoodle muffins for those who are after a really fluffy treat.

Snickerdoodle Muffins

226g unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups SR flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup sugar (extra)
2 tablespoons cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a muffin pan with paper cases.




2. Mix the 2/3 cup extra sugar with cinnamon and set aside.




3. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.




4. Add the sour cream and buttermilk and mix well. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.




5. Using a spoon, drop a scoop of the batter into the cinnamon sugar bowl. Gently roll the batter in the mixture. Place the ball into the muffin paper case.




6. Sprinkle any remainder cinnamon sugar on top of the muffins and bake for 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.