Showing posts with label #blogaday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #blogaday. Show all posts

Monday, 30 September 2013

Blog A Day - 30th September 2013 - my most memorable September memory

Day 30 My Most Memorable September Memory

What will you remember most about September?

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September has simply flown.........

I met some lovely new Tweeps.
Entered some exciting competitions and received a few wonderful products to test and review.
I have updated my blog far too often and lost too much time of Twitter/ Facebook.

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Blog A Day - 29th September 2013 - my goals for October

Day 29 - My goals for October

What do you hope to achieve?
do you want to master a skill?  go somewhere?  finish a UFO?  make something creative?  Cook something new? Blog about something in particular?

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I'm going to try and set a goal for each aspect of my life for October.

Monday, 23 September 2013

A Blog A Day - 23rd September 2013 - my favourite place

Day 23- My favourite place

Where's your favourite place??  This could be a holiday destination, your favourite kids play centre, a recommendation  for a pub/ restaurant you enjoy going to..........

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Our favourite place is "The Park in Wadsley Bridge" - it is part of the Sizzling Pubs chain and is dangerously close to our house.........





Sunday, 22 September 2013

A Blog a day - September 22nd - Autumn Days

Day 22- Autumn Days

It's officially the first day of Autumn today - eeek bye bye Summer, Hello Winter


have you dug out the big coats yet?
Have you put the heating on?

What's the best thing about Autumn?  Is there any tell tale sign that says "Hi, It's Autumn".......


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Firework night, crisp, crunchy fallen leaves and cbeebies all help me to tell it is autumn

Friday, 20 September 2013

Blog a day - 20th September 2013 - share a recipie (rocky road)

Day 20- Share a recipe

ermmm - do I need to explain this one???



Savoury or sweet - which recipe can be guaranteed success in your house?


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Our favourite recipe in this house is Nigella Lawson's Rocky Road crunch Bars........... although I adapt her recipe...... here's my version.

Ingredients:
  • 125 grams soft butter
  • 150 grams supermarket value dark/ plain chocolate broken into pieces
  • 150 grams supermarket value milk chocolate broken into pieces
  • tablespoons golden syrup
  • 200 grams rich tea biscuits
  • 100 grams mini marshmallows
  • teaspoons icing sugar (for dusting)

Method

  1. Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in the microwave. Scoop out about 125ml / ½ cup of this melted mixture and put to one side.
  2. Put the biscuits into a freezer bag and then bash them with a rolling pin. You are aiming for both crumbs and pieces of biscuits.
  3. Fold the biscuit pieces and crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture, and then add the marshmallows.
  4. Tip into a foil tray (24cm / 9 inch square); flatten as best you can with a spatula. Pour the reserved 125ml / ½ cup of melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallow mixture and smooth the top.
  5. Refrigerate for about 2 hours or overnight.
  6. Cut into 24 fingers and dust with icing sugar by pushing it gently through a tea strainer or small sieve  


So simple quick and easy to make...... but they don't last very long.

typically I cannot find any pictures from the hundreds of times I have made this so I will just HAVE to make some at the weekend won't I :)
  

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A sneak preview of Day 21- Creative Kids

make and share...........

Thursday, 12 September 2013

A blog a day in september - 12th September 2013 - desert island dreams

Day 12 - September 12th........ desert island dreams

If you could be anywhere, with anyone, doing anything.................what would it be?

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My perfect desert island getaway would be a nice quiet cove with the sea lapping the beach and a wi-fi connecion (a power point would be handy too lol).

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Blog A Day in September - explained

This was a fantastic idea (that I discovered on 28th August ... so rather late) started by Yummy Mummy In Training. The idea being that every day in August there is a prompt of what to blog about - use them or make up your own (or leave it if you have your own post for that day planned out)

Yummy Mummy In Training is not going to have time to run it again in September so I offered to take it on .....so after refreshing my brain from her fantastic ideas and scouring the internet for events happening in September, or useful facts about days (and a lot of ideas from America) here are my ideas

They may sound strange or cryptic, you may think they don't/ can't apply to you (I am sure they will)....more will be revealed nearer the day.

Would love your comments............if someone comes up with an idea I like I may well substitute one of the ones below......

1) Who am I?    update here
2) Back to School  update here
3) A strange fact  update here
4) favourite film  update here
5) Teachers' day - share your teacher memories  update here
6) National Read a Book day - share your favourite book  update here
7) Neither Rain Nor Snow day - Whether the Weather be Good..... or whether the weather be bad  update here
8) Grandparents Day - Share a Grandparents story update here
9) A song that reminds you of a special time  update here
10) swap Ideas day   update here
11) rememberance - one photo to paint 1000 words  update here
12) desert island dreams  update here
13) Positive thinking day update here
14) Cakes....cakes and more cakes  update here
15) Make a hat day update here
16) National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis) - Heroes (real or not.... you decide)  update here
17) My Favourite Painting  update here
18) My quiet place  update here
19) Talk Like A Pirate Day - write a pirate story, review pirate things, share a pirate experience, use the website and comment on your experience...... really anything goes.  update here
20) Share a recipe  update here
21) Creative Kids  sorry no update for this one as was too busy to get creative - but you could check out the Raspberry and White Chocolate flapjacks we made here.
22) 1st day of Autumn - Autumn Days  update here
23) My Favourite Place  update here
24) My Toy Memories  update here 
25) 3 months until Christmas - do you celebrate it? How prepared are you? Do you have any traditions you will be keeping?  update here
26) Poetry corner  update here
27) Forget me not  update here
28) your 5 rules to live by  update here
29) My goals for October  update here
30) My most memorable September memory  update here

If you are taking part please leave your blog website and twitter handle (if you have one) so I can follow you.

(please note this post was tabbed for the month of September and has now been put into a post so I can utilise another tab).