MSE Parents Club Part 8

feelinggood_2

I have a babygrow that the fairies would like to offer to someone. It weighs 150g (unpacked) - can I stick it in a postbox? I can't go to a post office, but have lots of stamps.

jillie1974

AM- my local asda has high chairs for £25
noticed today. think its a red kite one.
maybe worth a check in your local asda?

SugarSpun

Thanks ladies - he's refusing to leave till he's downloaded some piece of software he needs and will be studying for some work course while he's there. I'm packing all his stuff and responding with my trademark baking frenzy - would anyone be interested in rocky road cakes?

225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
50g cocoa
1 tsp cinnamon
150g unsalted butter
150g salted peanuts, or walnut pieces
300g dark chocolate, chopped
390g tin condensed milk
100g mini or chopped marshmallows
Mix the flour, baking powder, cocoa and cinnamon in a bowl, and rub in half the butter. Add the nuts and roughly 100g of the chocolate, then stir in 300g condensed milk and mix to a firm, sticky dough. Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan-assisted)/400F/gas mark 6. Line a tray with nonstick baking parchment or foil, spoon on golf ball-sized dollops of the dough, then slightly flatten the top of each with the back of the spoon. Bake for 15 minutes until lightly coloured, then leave to cool down. Melt the remaining chocolate and butter, add the reserved condensed milk and 50ml boiling water, and beat until smooth and creamy. Leave until warm, then stir in the marshmallows and spoon a little on each of the rock cakes, so they look like mini volcanos. Chill to set the chocolate, then return to room temperature to serve.

jillie1974

SugarSpun wrote: »

Husband's going into hospital. He's likely to be in there for a week or more.

Not good.

((((hugs)))) ss
hope he will be ok.
take it your mum is staying for another week?

searching_me

was having a talk with philip and said about going to docs about my tearing episodes and at first he said maybe its just a female/baby hormone thing .. then we continued to talk and he said maybe its im supressing things/feelings/thoughts that every now and again bubble over ..... hmmmm wonder if he has a point x

SugarSpun

Oh, yes, my mother's staying

Fortunately, she was planning to come over the weekend after this one anyway so she already has a flight booked for the 23rd or 25th or something. And she's already been on to her travel insurance people to see if she can get a partial refund on the flight.

I'm now planning plum, hazelnut and chocolate cake.

searching_me

sounds good ss .. the cake and your mum going to help you x

Mazcabs

Sami,

Which paint did you use for the reindeer christmas cards you showed in thread no 7 please?

Sami_Bee

searching_me wrote: »

weezl your a dab hand at anything OS ..... i need a wallpaper border for next to nothing i know its a weird one but is there anyway of making one or painting one on x

if its a small room you can get away with a long tester strip :whistle:

astonsmummy wrote: »

Yeah but when is the baby event on, i need one now, but OH has just said to get a cheaper one, so need to look again :rolleyes:

are you near ikea? that one is about £15 if you buy the tray

astonsmummy

Sami_Bee wrote: »

if its a small room you can get away with a long tester strip :whistle:

are you near ikea? that one is about £15 if you buy the tray

No, it would probably cost a tenner in petrol to get to ikea, so not relly worth it.