Had a mortgage too long - it's going, going, gone!

millionaire_in_training

I want to see pics of your garden when its done

A_Frayed_Knot

Ali-OK wrote: »

:rotfl: That's sounds very yummy!

I've been making both lemon and chocolate cakes and triple chocolate chunk muffins (they look like C0sta ones - huge and overflowing ) for the DIYers. DS has caught on (don't normally buy/eat cake) so it seems to be a weekly event now.

I make a standard sponge cake in a loaf tin and top with chocolate buttercream icing and choc chips. Quick and easy - that's about my level :rotfl:. The lemon one, I cut in half and add a layer of lemon curd

That sounds yummy, too:D

Next on my list - Muffins made from ice cream:D

Have to wait till I get to the S/market first to buy the 2 ingredients - ice cream and s/r flour - what could be more simplier:D

Ali-OK

stepuptothepl8 wrote: »

Found you! And subscribed.. It'll be a while before I'm properly a MFW, but a girl can dream x

Hey Stepup, lovely to see you :wave:. Your sig is looking really good, won't be long and dreams do come true

millionaire_in_training wrote: »

I want to see pics of your garden when its done

I think DIYer has taken alot as work has progressed, so might have some 'before' ones too - the difference is pretty amazing with the higher level gone and it's looking way better. Waited 5 years for artificial grass and can't believe it's so close to it being laid :j

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

That sounds yummy, too:D

Next on my list - Muffins made from ice cream:D

Have to wait till I get to the S/market first to buy the 2 ingredients - ice cream and s/r flour - what could be more simplier:D

Ooh, I've both those ingredients! Tell me more! DS would love those

Ali-OK

Ali-OK wrote: »

Got plenty to do, but waiting on a couple of Fr33cyclers to arrive to collect some stuff first DONEthen it's:

- Work out meal plan and write shopping list DONE
- Food shop tonight as we're very low on milk and I like my cups of tea DONE
- Colour hair (more like cover grey) from a box - saving a fortune on hairdresser costs
- Sort cinema out with DS and book tickets
- Catch up on work emails as even though I'm technically on hols now, I can't ignore them - it bugs me, and it might be work to diary for September.

Weekly food shop in Ald! done with a spend of £33.59. Forgot my list, though did get everything on it which is rare :rotfl: So quiet as it was thundering, lightening and chucking it down, a good time to go though squelchy squeaky shoes not so nice :rotfl:

Rest of To Do's tomorrow and housework. And plan with DS when we go out to get his school uniform bits. New school bag added to his list apparently.

A_Frayed_Knot

Ali-OK wrote: »

Ooh, I've both those ingredients! Tell me more! DS would love those

It was my brother who told me about this - and haven't had the chance to make yet, couldn't get link to work, so here goes;
Ingredients

Original recipe makes 12 muffinsChange Servings

• 2 cups self-rising flour

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened

• PREP
  5 mins
• COOK
  20 mins
• READY IN
  30 mins

Directions

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix self-rising flour and vanilla ice cream together until smooth. Spoon batter in muffin cups, filling them 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Ali-OK

Thanks for that, definitely going to try those tomorrow as we've a glut of vanilla ice cream that neither DS or I eat...if I mix in some cocoa or drinking choc to the flour, he'll never know

debtfreeoneday

They sounds yummy!

I'm tempted with the hair dye, been paying my hairdresser for a while now and due to have it done next week, but so tempted to go back to the £6 a month chuck it all on box.

We are in the middle of doing the garden as well and sounds a little similar to yours as we have a higher level, but had to work with it as it was impossible to remove!

A_Frayed_Knot

Ali-OK wrote: »

Thanks for that, definitely going to try those tomorrow as we've a glut of vanilla ice cream that neither DS or I eat...if I mix in some cocoa or drinking choc to the flour, he'll never know

Just noticed it doesn't mention gms, should be 500gms of ice cream and 250 s/r flour. He also mentioned if you use a flavoured ice cream, eg chocolate, coconut, etc then they will come out like that. But good idea just to use cocoa or drinking choc.
Let me know how you get on and if DS likes them.

A_Frayed_Knot

I also paid the hairdresser as well, then one day woke up to the fact I was being charged over £50.00,:eek: after that it was a visit to the sooper drug co for some hair dye - £3.99,:D worked for a while then don't know what happened, but after it was done could still see roots:o, so changed to sooper drug co on their own brand and invested in a bowl and long handled brush (the ones the hairdressers use) from the lovely shop where everything is a pound. Now works better than ever no roots to be seen anywhere.:)

Ali-OK

debtfreeoneday wrote: »

They sounds yummy!

I'm tempted with the hair dye, been paying my hairdresser for a while now and due to have it done next week, but so tempted to go back to the £6 a month chuck it all on box.

We are in the middle of doing the garden as well and sounds a little similar to yours as we have a higher level, but had to work with it as it was impossible to remove!

Hairdresser charges £68 for cut and colour here :eek: Happy with my £5 box and got these 2 for £9 in Wilko's. Still to do it though!

Tough job to remove the higher level, took a week with a micro digger and 16 tons of earth/clay taken out - but loving the result so far.

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

Just noticed it doesn't mention gms, should be 500gms of ice cream and 250 s/r flour. He also mentioned if you use a flavoured ice cream, eg chocolate, coconut, etc then they will come out like that. But good idea just to use cocoa or drinking choc.
Let me know how you get on and if DS likes them.

Thanks for the gms, will be giving that a go when I get as far as the kitchen! Am being a slow-coach today - first day I've not had to be somewhere early this week, so enjoying a relaxed pace for a change.