worlds most delectable biscuits...

Remember my '29 before 30 post'?

I wrote a list of things I want to do before I'm 30, and one of them I have completed recently.  (And no, it isn't the pregnancy one...  hehe...  much more boring!).

# 16 : Bake good biscuits.

Disclaimer: I am an awful baker.  I can do desserts, dinners, even delicious breakfasts, but I can not bake.  My Guy even told me perhaps I should stop trying.  It really is that bad.

Introducing: edible (and even yummy!) biscuits!

I made one lot of the recipe, and sent a third to work with My Guy - he even agreed to take them - which means they must have been good!  I gave another batch to the neighbours (who agreed on their deliciousness), and the last third I left in the freezer for eating bits off when you feel like something sweet but don't have sweets in the house when unexpected visitors arrive.

A friend told me that the best chocolate chip cookie recipe is on the back of a packet of chocolate chips - expensive ones I wouldn't normally buy.  So I brought some, used up the choc chips and left the packet on the bench until I had time to write it out for my recipe book.  My uber tidy Guy tidied it up for me (into the bin) so this morning I have gone out especially to get more chocolate chips for a brownie I'm making, and to get the recipe for you!  Its super easy - and believe me, if I can do it, anyone can!

Choc Chip Cookies

makes 30

225gm butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

2 cup plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

3/4 cup choc chips

Preheat oven to 190degC.  Cream butter and sugar in a medium bowl.  Beat in sweetened condensed milk.  Cream until the mixture is light and fluffy (apparently this is the most important part).  Sift flour and baking powder.  Stir into butter mixture with chocolate chips.  Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls.  Press biscuits down to flatten.  Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

(I only cooked mine for 12 - remember they keep cooking after you pull them out, so if you pull them out when they are just underdone, they'll be perfect in the end).

* Originally from www.kendylsplace.com, and unfortunately in the great blog failure of 2012, the pictures got lost...

massagey goodness...

You may remember a post I wrote which is a list of things I want to do before I am 30 (which is in around two years). Well, I have completed my first task, and it was super easy!

# 28) Have a full body massage.

Well I was given some money for my birthday for this very purpose, so I decided to spend it on massages for M and I, and had a super lovely (and very good!) lady come to our house and do them in the comfort of our own home.

No pictures were taken during the massage for fear you would never read my blog again.  After the massages, My Guy and I had a delicious dinner and watched a movie together in bed. What a relaxing Saturday night!

One down, 28 more to go!!


* Originally from www.kendylsplace.com, and unfortunately in the great blog failure of 2012, the pictures got lost...

twenty-nine before thirty...

Well, seeing as I am about to turn 28 in a couple of weeks, I thought I'd better get underway a list of things I want to do before I'm 30, as mentioned in this post, and inspired by this amazing lady, here. This gives me two years, which Im sure is achieveable!

As I also mentioned, Id like to blog more, and I will be able to blog about the achievement of these 29 things, which will hopefully be interesting to you, and will also be kind of like a journal for me!

So here goes, and in no particular order:

1) Have a house built.
2) Travel to Europe.
3) Reach 5 years of marriage.
4) Complete our wedding album.
5) Be pregnant.
6) Read the entire bible.
7) Hold an overseas nursing registration.
8) Keep my left leg.
9) Learn to use a DSLR camera.
10) Get a tattoo.
11) Lose 10 kg.
12) Go to a concert.
13) Have a photo taken at the top and bottom of the Eiffel Tower.
14) Have a penpal.
15) Give blood.
16) Bake good biscuits. (Done here).
17) Donate money to a good cause.
18) Make something for a baby.
19) Photograph a pregnant woman. (Done here).
20) Cook a 5 course meal.
21) Grow a vegetable and eat it.
22) Write a love letter to my husband.
23) Build something out of wood.
24) Go in a hot air balloon.
25) Go on a train, starting in one country and ending in another.
26) Drink a (or some) beer in an Irish pub.
27) Go on a long road trip.
28) Have a full body massage. (Done here).
29) Discover a new band.

This was a lot harder than you may think! I could think of lots of 'be more such and such,' or 'do more such and such', or 'appreciate this thing', but found it hard to think of actual goals. Perhaps my goal should have been - 'be more ambitious', or 'have more goals'! I admit, I stole a few too. It was fun though! A lot of them seem to be related to our travels - which start later this year, and I'm not sure I have EVER been so excited about something. Cant wait to see them play out - I have a super interesting couple of years ahead of me, thats for sure!

*Originally from www.kendylsplace.com