26 November, 2008
25 November, 2008
Courage to Care!
I don't believe it's an international day or anything, but today in Norway you are asked to have the courage to care! Just take a few minutes out of your busy day to do something for someone you do or do not know. Sometimes it's easier to just go on with your life - but once in a while have to courage to do a little extra!
Pick up the phone and call an older relative you know feel lonely from time to time. Make a batch of cookies and go give them to a neighbour you know have been sick lately. Call a local shelter and ask if they could have use for some of your spoilt cat/dogs excess toys/blankets/collars. Give someone a hug or a compliment. It's not meant to be difficult! Just make someones day a little special (and yours will be, too)!
Hey! Buddy - were you lonely there for a second? Let's play!
Pick up the phone and call an older relative you know feel lonely from time to time. Make a batch of cookies and go give them to a neighbour you know have been sick lately. Call a local shelter and ask if they could have use for some of your spoilt cat/dogs excess toys/blankets/collars. Give someone a hug or a compliment. It's not meant to be difficult! Just make someones day a little special (and yours will be, too)!
Hey! Buddy - were you lonely there for a second? Let's play!Big cyberhugs,
Ane & the furry boys.
24 November, 2008
MomDay Cooking - Caramel Candy!
Okay.. So this isn't anything like dinner.. LOL! I brag about making the best chocolaty caramel candy. They're soft, chewy and soooo good. I gave out the reciepe at this forum I'm at the other day.. And ended up just having to make some for myself. I usually make these for Christmas.
You need:
100g/3,5 ounces butter
130g/5 ounces golden syrup
170g/6 ounces cream (or condenced milk)
170g/6 ounces marsmallows
100g/3,5 ounces 70% chocolate (or another good, dark chocolate if you prefer but a high content of cocoa is best)
Oh my... all that sugar and fat in one picture. LOL!
Put all ingredients except chocolate into a big, wite pot and bring to the boil. Then keep at a simmer for aprox. 35-45 minutes until it's nice and thick and golden brown. It's really important to keep the temperature as low as possible, if they're boiled at a high heat they will become hard instead of soft. Test if it's done by dropping a little of the mixture into a cup of cold water. If you can shape it into a ball, it's done.
Then stir in the chocolate (broken into pieces) and pour it onto a small tray or similar to cool off.
When cool it's nice and soft - as you can see - and the easiest way (in my opinion) is using a clean pair of scissors and just cut it into pieces.
The easy way is to use some sandwich paper/waxy paper to wrap them in - the pretty one for gifts is cellophane.
A few years back a friend and I made almost 2,5kgs to give away as Christmas gifts... (Never again.. LOL.. that took forever!) Wrapped in red cellophane and put in transparent cellophane bags with handmade tags it all turned out rather pretty, though.
Thank you everyone for sending purrs and thoughts to my little kitty. He's seemed a little better yesterday, but still had quite a bit of yellow gooey stuff in his eyes this morning. He's happy and playing and eating and that's the most important thing!
Ane
You need:
100g/3,5 ounces butter
130g/5 ounces golden syrup
170g/6 ounces cream (or condenced milk)
170g/6 ounces marsmallows
100g/3,5 ounces 70% chocolate (or another good, dark chocolate if you prefer but a high content of cocoa is best)
Oh my... all that sugar and fat in one picture. LOL!Put all ingredients except chocolate into a big, wite pot and bring to the boil. Then keep at a simmer for aprox. 35-45 minutes until it's nice and thick and golden brown. It's really important to keep the temperature as low as possible, if they're boiled at a high heat they will become hard instead of soft. Test if it's done by dropping a little of the mixture into a cup of cold water. If you can shape it into a ball, it's done.
Then stir in the chocolate (broken into pieces) and pour it onto a small tray or similar to cool off.
When cool it's nice and soft - as you can see - and the easiest way (in my opinion) is using a clean pair of scissors and just cut it into pieces.The easy way is to use some sandwich paper/waxy paper to wrap them in - the pretty one for gifts is cellophane.A few years back a friend and I made almost 2,5kgs to give away as Christmas gifts... (Never again.. LOL.. that took forever!) Wrapped in red cellophane and put in transparent cellophane bags with handmade tags it all turned out rather pretty, though.Thank you everyone for sending purrs and thoughts to my little kitty. He's seemed a little better yesterday, but still had quite a bit of yellow gooey stuff in his eyes this morning. He's happy and playing and eating and that's the most important thing!
Ane
22 November, 2008
Virus with a virus?
Would you all please send some healing vibes to my little brudder? He seems to have a bit of a cold or something and has gooey stuff running from his eyes and a stuffy nose. Mom says it shouldn't be anything serious but Mom is working nights. It's never fun leaving us, and especially not when we're not feeling well.
This was taken yesterday, so it's come pretty fast. Here you can see straight into his leetle nose. That's the way we like it, please!
Bajas
This was taken yesterday, so it's come pretty fast. Here you can see straight into his leetle nose. That's the way we like it, please!Bajas
21 November, 2008
Happy Friday!
Mom just heard she passed her English Essay! Yay! It's not actually graded, just pass/fail (generally meaning A, B or C), but if she hadn't passed on her first try (and she wasn't too happy with it) she'd have to re-write it now while cramming for her Biology exam.
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