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November 23rd, 2009 9:02 pm Decisions [ ] [ mood | frustrated ] [ music | Halo - Beyonce ] Question for anyone willing to answer: if the burden of choosing somewhere in the UK to go for NYE happened to fall on you, what sort of place might you suggest...? 1

November 16th, 2009 10:24 pm Life [ ] [ mood | hopeful ] [ music | It's You - Michelle Branch ] Happy. Excited. Nervous. Surprised. Pleased. Apprehensive. Optimistic. Curious. Content.

November 14th, 2009 10:56 pm Rhubarb [ ] [ mood | happy ] [ music | Pon De Replay - Rihanna ] Quote of the moment: "... so you still have plenty of tricks in your box." (Totally had to be there. Sorry for the very cryptic entry - this one's more for the sake of my memory than anything else!)

November 13th, 2009 10:12 pm Dreaming [ ] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas ] If I could have any superpower, anything at all, it would be the power to apparate effortlessly. (That's 'teleport' to the non-Harry Potter-philes among us.)

November 8th, 2009 8:49 pm To sum up... [ ] [ mood | contemplative ] [ music | Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas ] Good food. Good drink. Good company. Good times. 1

October 31st, 2009 6:43 pm Good times [ ] [ mood | pleased ] [ music | Finally Found - The Honeyz ] I've just had the BEST three days. I'm so glad I decided to take off on my little road trip. In fact, I think I'd be perfectly happy if I was still there (and didn't have to go back to work on Monday)! Never mind... I actually am back in Bath in five weeks for my friend's Christmas do. In fact, at this time in five weeks I'll be in the Assembly Inn nursing a drink, about to head for a three-course meal and lots of wine. Good times!

September 19th, 2009 3:01 pm Return [ ] [ mood | full ] [ music | Home - Michael Buble ] I haven't been on LJ for ages and, as I feel I am maturing in my old age, I'm not going to waste hours of my life as I would have done once, reading back over page after page after page of posts (although I have just read some). Instead, I'm going to head back to my kitchen table where I have an array of work spread out, awaiting my return. What a way to spend a sunny Saturday! Anyway, my point is, I may have missed some important news, so if I am completely ignorant about a big event in your life, please forgive me! The biggest event in my life is, of course, moving into my own 'palace'. I love it! I never expected to love living on my own but honestly, there's nothing like it. There's also nothing like stuffing your face with homemade scones, jam and cream, but I'm not sure that's actually such a great thing in the long run. 1

July 14th, 2009 8:12 pm Insights, apparently [ ] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | Untouched - The Veronicas ] I haven't written anything for ages, I know. But Tenneil posted a link to this colour quiz thing so I thought I'd post my results. I'm not sure a lot of them are true, except for the fact that I suppose I am (in a way) 'stressed' about my current situation, housemate-wise, but that's why I'm in the process of getting out of here! Miranda took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Alert and very observant. Always looking for new ..." Click here to read the rest of the results. Hope you're all well, anyway. I am still reading - just not writing! It's all about Facebook these days.

March 16th, 2009 7:20 pm Baking woes [ ] [ mood | confused ] [ music | Thinking Of You - Katy Perry ] Thanks to the two people who voted on my last post. As it happens, I ignored both of you and went for the lemon griesstorte, haha. Unfortunately this was an unmitigated disaster as for some reason the cake didn't rise, so I now have a ruined cake to munch my way through, and I'm about to return to the oven for recipe number two: cinnamon and ginger cake with caramel icing. This one was chosen because I actually have all the ingredients in stock and therefore don't need to go out again! I don't know why this always happens to me; I had major issues with Kathy's birthday cake last year too. It's just not fair! 3

March 15th, 2009 9:40 am The week that was [ ] [ mood | content ] [ music | Unpretty - TLC ] I have just had, I think, the most hectic, jam-packed week known to man. How all my lessons got taught, I have no idea. But busy though it was, it was also great - and here's why: - I taught a couple of lessons to year 11 (about analysing unseen non-fiction, so a very exciting topic indeed) in which I could tell that the proverbial lightbulbs in their heads really switched on. - I also taught some great lessons to year 9 in which they were focused and settled - I think I finally have them where I want them, which, at the start of the year, seemed like it was going to be a real battle. - I got to leave work about twenty minutes early on Tuesday... - ... to go to my first poetry reading (as audience, not as reader!) on Tuesday, and really enjoyed it... - ... but not only that, I actually had dinner with the two poets, both of whom are published with their own books! I think this is the closest I've come to dining with multiple celebrities, hehe. We went to Strada where I had a lovely risotto. - And, furthermore, it was in Cambridge, a city I love. ( Read more... ) Now, lastly: it's Paddy's birthday today and Alison's on Wednesday and I'm going to make a cake and take it in to work one day next week, but after going through my cookery books I can't quite decide... can anyone tell me which of these sounds the nicest? 1. Cinnamon ginger cake with caramel icing (self-explanatory) 2. Lemon Griesstorte (a lemony, almondy cake with lemon/raspberry/cream filling) 3. Strawberry hazelnut cake (this is two layers with a ricotta and strawberry filling) Oh - and does anyone know: if a recipe says to 'blend' ricotta cheese, cream and vanilla essence until smooth... can I do that with an electric hand mixer, rather than a blender? 3

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