MG - The Matrix Re-wired

Horace

Hair is washed and dried, I am now dressed too. The application has been worked on some more but I keep thinking there is something missing:( I have also taken a look at the papers from the court - all too confusing and I have to put days on there too - now I cannot remember the exact day that I left nor can I remember the exact day when we agreed to get a divorce - I didnt know that I needed that information. I also need the exact dates when I stayed in the marital home which I did a fair bit in 2007 especially when I had eye surgeries to deal with - I know that I had 4 operations between August and December:eek: I will have to guess the dates because I don't have a clue. Still hating the forms as they are so flowery - plain English would be much better. Need to check if my signature needs to be witnessed as well. At least I will be much happier when that shackle has gone for good.

I love Roobarb (I know it is spelt Rhubarb)

Rhubarb & Coconut Cake

225g self raising flour
275g caster sugar
110g dessicated coconut
125g (4 ounces) butter, melted
3 eggs, beaten lightly
125ml milk
half teaspoon of vanilla extract
110g finely chopped rhubarb
5 trimmed rhubarb stalks (300g)
2 tablespoons demerara sugar

Preheat oven to 150 deg C/250 deg F
Grease 14cm x 21cm (5.5 inch x 8.5 inch) loaf tin, line base with baking paper
Combine sifted flour, caster sugar and coconut in a medium bowl, stir in butter, eggs, milk and extract until combined.
Spread half the cake mixture into the tin, sprinkle evenly with chopped rhubarb,spread remaining cake mixture over the rhubarb.
Cut rhubarb stalks into 12cm (4 threequarter inch) lengths. Arrange rhubarb pieces over the top of the cake, sprinkle with demerara sugar.
Bake for about 1.5hrs. Stand cake in tin for 5 mins, turn, topside up onto wire rack to cool.

Prep and cook time is 1hr 55 mins. Cake serves 8. It contains 480 cals.

The_Dragon

Is that 480 calories per slice or for the whole cake Horace?

crickett1234

Ooooh... I might be becoming a doggie Mummy! Oooooh!

Very exciting times! Will keep the Matrix updated.

ClootiesMum

I might be becoming a doggie Mummy! Oooooh!

Which of my 3 do you want me to post down?

Memory_Girl

You would rather cut a leg off than give away any of your furbabies Clootie.

Thanks for the flowers BTW - they are in a white vase on my kitchen table beside the pink rhubarb in a bowl ready for jam making tomorrow ............... bit of a pink and girlie theme going on in here today.

My week is overflowing with abundance - a visitor yesterday who left me some curtains to cut up (which I have now decided are better than the ones I have up so have pinned up some new hems on them) as well as some lovely store cupboard stuff and a new duvet for the letting room.

Another visitor today - bearing flowers - who is coming back to "recycle" an old lilac tree that has been cut down into kindling.

And not forgetting my "Magic Mug" this week and the finding of the desk to refurbish.

And finding a pack of blackberry's in the freezer to turn into "Holiday Jam" - a whole 29p worth LOL. The recipe is you know where BTW

All is very happy and productive here at MFinthree HQ

MG

groatie_queen

I'm onto my sixth box of books and having to restrain myself from dipping in to various tomes as I go. Looking forward to some seriously happy reading somewhere down the line after I have moved and settled! I reckon there will be 8 boxes of books to move. This is very modest for me. One time my ex-husband and I moved house we whittled 21 boxes of books down to 9. Broke my heart, it did. We gave most of them to the school where he taught.

I finalised choice of carpet and vinyl today, provisionally chose them last week and liked them just as much this week. Affording them has been the fruit of all the taking of things to auction, store cupboarding, budgeting and saving hard, so it has been a great pleasure to reach this goal. It's a local family firm who are supplying and laying them. They've been so friendly and helpful, a really personal service and I know the fitters will do a good job.

I'm having this evening off to watch on iPlayer part 2 of the Arena programme on George Harrison, Living in the Material World. Pure enjoyment.

crickett1234

Well hubby has seen the picture of our prospective dog, and he was really up for it, so we went to the local Pets at Home to have a bit of a scout around for the bits and pieces we will need for a woofer.

Costed it up, and we have money in the "Affording more animals" fund to cover it easily. I bought a pack of meaty treats for Dotty (the dog) when we go and see her and take her for a walk and play with her and stuff. Got some extra bags of treats as well for the other beasts in kennels as well. Well it would be rude not to.

We have an appointment for tomorrow afternoon at 1pm to go and see Dotty. I am really looking forward to it. And I am nervous as well. We have decided that if we don't click, then we won't bring her home... but I am sending positive vibes to the Universe that we all fall in love and so do the cats!

Horace

The_Dragon wrote: »

Is that 480 calories per slice or for the whole cake Horace?

Per slice unfortunately - it must be the coconut as it is fattening:(

The_Dragon

Horace wrote: »

Per slice unfortunately - it must be the coconut as it is fattening:(

Ouch!!!! Urm maybe not then as I am trying to lose weight

Igamogam

I shall be making that tomorrow - thanks Horace!

Been in garden all day with a quick outing to take DD2 to orchestra practise at 10 and pick up at 3. Oh yes also did weekly shop at 5am - cos I was wide awake!!

Spent rest of time in garden - dont seem to have done much - weeded and mulched about 10 feet of a 30 foot border - thought I was motoring quicker than that:rotfl: 3 lines of washing and plenty of spare electricity form solar panels. Forecast here is more of the same tomorrow - cant remember when or if at all we have ever had it so warm this high up at this time of year.:D