New, New Thirfty Gifty for Christmas and All Ocassions 2011..Santas Challenge...

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Esmer

can i plz pick your brain seeing as you are the threads baker lol

what is the difference between victoria sandwich/fairy cakes and cup cakes and muffins or are they basically the same but with different names and different toppings
Milla xx

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just to let you all know, i'm feeling a little better now my meds have been changed, not 100% yet but my OH has noticed that i'm 'chirpyer' than i have been. been 'doing' small tasks around the house, nothing major, xmas things are still not packed away lol they have been moved under the stairs at the min. still very tired all the time and most of the time i have to have an afternoon nap, but getting there i think. sussed out why i was getting really bad headaches too, doc said i was to stop one of my meds and they would go, wow a miracle. apparently the codeine in one of the meds was giving me the headaches.
so thats it for now,
lots of love to everyone, your support is amazing, there is no one that i know understands properly so i can talk to anyone, that why you are all so very special to me.
xxxxx

rufusdog52

Good to hear your'e feeling better restricted xx

My Sister gave me a big bag of old jeans to cut up so really pleased about that, she also gave me a bag of skirts and other pretty fabric bits that she has been saving for me to cut up. My other Sister then said she might have some old fabric pieces she was keeping just in case she ever wanted to use them so she is going to have a sort out as well for next time. She is going to my Dad's next weekend so she might be able to leave them there if I remind her.

Mary - for the wrist warmers, cant you use a pattern for a sleeve from a jumper or something similar to get the number of stitches? Just thought it might save you looking for a specific pattern.

bunbun2

glad you are feeling better restricted. take it slowly

happycrafter_2

Been busy working on the challenges, they help so much and can't wait till the next lot!!

Easy

spreadsheet all set up, one page for birthdays in month order, one page for special occasions e.g. mothers day, fathers day, christening, new jobs etc

have sorted out a box for gifts under my desk - noone will venture under there the wool would topple on them.

Medium

I had a girlie night with friends and neighbours was great fun.

kids have already done their bedrooms before Christmas and I cleared out loads of stuff. Did my own bedroom and cleared things out as well.

Hard

Argh once I started I could not stop, did the freezer, fridge, all the drawers and cupbaords in my kitchen have totally reorganised everything! now no one can find anything :rotfl:

Fun

I taught my self to crochet from you tube videos today, its not perfect but I am impressed with myself. will edit and add pictures of my "work".

esmer

Brilliant Happycrafter!

mum2one

junior_j wrote: »

I have a blood test on Wednesday along with the epi pen training x

Good luck, what I did when we picked up the epi-pen had an appointment with the nurse, so we had a family outing to see how it works, incase it happended some-one else knew.

had another one tonight, dad got fresh (sounds daft but its a Sunday treat), he thought he was being nice by getting brown, - he got granery, nobody checked, - wham bam here we go, - rolled up trs leg - get to the muscle quicker, (thou u can jab through clothes), thought the jab was hard going, I'd only rammed it through the rolled up trs leg. We had a dishy paramedic came out, next min got an ambulance crew ready to whisk me in!! touch wood it sorted itself out.

Mother - hen again - sounds daft but ask your gp can you have 2, (they might have a moan, - the pens on average have a 12 month shelflife, and you don't know you if your going to use it), but what I do id carry one in my handbag - leave the 2nd at home - in the unit - safe to hand.
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esmer

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Esmer

can i plz pick your brain seeing as you are the threads baker lol

what is the difference between victoria sandwich/fairy cakes and cup cakes and muffins or are they basically the same but with different names and different toppings
Milla xx

I find Baking a science which fits my brain a lot. I always take a logical look at stuff, just the way im made.

All of what you mentioned are made the same, and have more or less the same ingredients, just amounts change, and timings.

One book I just got that has everything in that you can bake, is the great british bake off book, can highly recommend it.

Cupcakes, I use muffin cases but only fill it up half to 3/4 of the way.

Fairy cases, these are small, what I make with DD

Muffins, cases get filled 3/4 of the way, and normally have fillings.

Victoria, split into two same sized tins. A lot of thse cakes are backed from anything like 15mins in the oven to 45. Just depends on the ingredients.

My Grans recipe was 4oz of each, flour, sugar and butter and 2 eggs 1tsp of baking powder. Or 6oz of each and 3 eggs. This covered victoria sponges, fairy cakes. Etc

Hope that helped

chocolatepennyfarthing

Esmer- would you be able to post the recipe for the low fat banana loaf please. Thanks.

cdsmiler

junior_j wrote: »

Last week a parent came into my work to pick her kid up , she had been eating peanuts and she breathed near my face and my face swelled i went wheezy , thats the first time in around 16 years ive been near peanuts (cant stand smell ect) went to docs he said I have to carry epipen/adreninline and totally avoid all nuts i took a photo at the time of my face and he said i was probably one nut away from anaphalatic shock so not fun at all plus my sleepwalking and lack of sleep is concerning him so have to use another spray before bed and go to a sleep clinic for monitoring x

Blimey, sounds like you've been through it a bit. You take care! mum2one is right though! Be careful with everything!

stepmum wrote: »

Sponge, Erins is a princess with the skirt cake and top a doll. Jacks is a pirate treasure chest with gold choc coins, jelly sweet rings and candy necklaces as treasure. That's the plan anyway.

They looked fab! I take it they went down well???

xrestrictedx - If it makes you feel any better, our Christmas decs are still not in the loft either!! lol Glad you're feeling a bit better!

mum2one! Honestly, anyone would think you're having this attacks to get visits from paramedics!! lol (joking, obviously, but it did make me laugh that you happened to notice he was 'dishy'!! hehehe)

esmer - that's the recipe I use for my cupcakes - 6,6,6,3!

Hubby's birthday yesterday - he did really well! lol There was me thinking he wouldn't have much and he ended up with loads! lol Lovely meal at TGIs - overprices but was MSE as we had £30 worth of vouchers, so only spent £10 in the end! All good.

[STRIKE]Diet[/STRIKE] Sensible eating starts today. Most of the goodies have gone. A few bits left, but hey. Moderation and all that. First weigh in tonight. Yikes. lol Will be sobbing over on the weight loss thread me thinks!

Have a good day all!

Clare x