Saturday, April 28, 2007
Well Nick and I have moved into our house, and are now owned by the bank. But more of that latter.
Work
I haven't been up to much at work, other that trying to stay motivated. Only had a two day week last week so spent them getting up to date with my paper work. I am going to spend today working on my TNFa paper. And designing a methodology for the rest of the work that I need to do. The other thing that I spend my time doing was comparing peer review journals. Woman's Day and Woman's Weekly. Seeing who had the most concussive breakdown of the Will's Kate relation ship.
Woman's Weekly won as they did a bumper special to cover it. Even including a nice time line of everything that happened. Next week I have lots to do.Social
Well I moved into my house. And it was the biggest night mare I have ever had at moving. It started off at 10am when I went to get the warranty for the dishwasher which I had sold and the guy was coming to pick it up. I was running down the stairs and missed the hand rail and fell down the next flight of stairs. With my bottom hitting every stair on the way down.
I think the picture says it all. It certainly meant I wasn't going to bike to work. The guy coming to move the S800 was 30min late, turning up at 11.30 , good thing the movers came 3 hours early and they arrived at 11am. with the guy picking up the dishwasher arriving at 11.45am (he arrived when he said he would). The movers were crap. But the fact they dropped our TV and broke it (yes it does weight 94kg... but they are movers) and we are sorting out if our contents insurance will cover it. But for the repair place just to look at it cost $250, and we have yet to find out what it will take to repair it. Should hear by the end of the week. They also dropped our bookcase (the big wooden one) and one of my planters (which broke). So 3hours latter the ordeal was over. 
With just the boxes and that to unpack and the discovery of the TV yet to come. And the old place to clean, which I discovered is 90% likely to be bulldozed for the changes they want to implement on campus. So I don't feel so bad about the half arse job I did on the cleaning. But everything is settled in nicely now along with the house warming present we got ourselves. Two kittens. 
Who seem to be bundles of trouble. But then I guess all kittens are like that. Now just to make a list of what we want to change because the last person to decorate the place liked pink. Really really liked pink. Still need money for that.
WoW
Woot I got my T4 Malorne gloves and helm. Just a decent chest piece to go and I will be rocking nicely. The raids are good, and the other day when I was farming water with Remmy was a lot of fun.
Being a better person
Well eating isn't so hot as I need to go grocery shopping and have no money. But I now have to walk an hour a day to catch the train and that. So fitness is going to happen. I am going to add a graph of weight loss at some point this week, just to see how moving house has been able to help. I would be doing my yoga video, but no TV. :/
http://www.livingcookbook.com/ - I am going to try the free demo too. Evoke tells that as long as I don't close it , it won't time out. But since life is all about moderation you should try these. Take them to work and share around, make every ones life a little bit nicer, which is all part of being a better person.
Raspberry almond friands
melted butter, for greasing
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 cup (100 g) almond meal
1 lemon, rind finely grated
5 egg whites
180 g butter, melted, cooled
150 g fresh or thawed frozen raspberries
Preheat oven to 200C. Brush ten 125 ml (1/2 cup) oval friand pans with the melted butter, and place on a baking tray (Click here if you don't know what friands look like.) You can use 12 medium (1/3 cup) muffin pans if you don't have friand pans.
Sift the icing sugar and flour together into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the almond meal and lemon rind.
Use a balloon whisk to whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy. Use a large metal spoon to fold the egg whites into the almond mixture. Add the melted butter and fold in until just combined. Gently fold 100g of the raspberries into the mixture.
Spoon the mixture into the greased pans to come 3/4 of the way up the sides. Divide the remaining raspberries among the friands, pushing them gently into the mixture.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until light golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of a friand comes out clean. Set aside for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar, to serve.
Books and stuff
Still reading the Robin Hobb series and I am now onto the last part on the her trilogy of trilogy's. And am currently reading Fool's Fate.
The first book in this trilogy is one of the few books that have made me cry. They are so well written and pull you in. She has learnt her lessons well over time and you can tell. Her first series was good, this last one is excellent.
I am also watching American Gothic the TV series that ran on TV when I was in early high school I am really enjoying watching it again. Shame they only ever made one season.
"The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled, Was Convincing The World He Didn't Exist."
WoW
Woot I got my T4 Malorne gloves and helm. Just a decent chest piece to go and I will be rocking nicely. The raids are good, and the other day when I was farming water with Remmy was a lot of fun.
Being a better person
Well eating isn't so hot as I need to go grocery shopping and have no money. But I now have to walk an hour a day to catch the train and that. So fitness is going to happen. I am going to add a graph of weight loss at some point this week, just to see how moving house has been able to help. I would be doing my yoga video, but no TV. :/
http://www.livingcookbook.com/ - I am going to try the free demo too. Evoke tells that as long as I don't close it , it won't time out. But since life is all about moderation you should try these. Take them to work and share around, make every ones life a little bit nicer, which is all part of being a better person.
Raspberry almond friands
melted butter, for greasing
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 cup (100 g) almond meal
1 lemon, rind finely grated
5 egg whites
180 g butter, melted, cooled
150 g fresh or thawed frozen raspberries
Preheat oven to 200C. Brush ten 125 ml (1/2 cup) oval friand pans with the melted butter, and place on a baking tray (Click here if you don't know what friands look like.) You can use 12 medium (1/3 cup) muffin pans if you don't have friand pans.
Sift the icing sugar and flour together into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the almond meal and lemon rind.
Use a balloon whisk to whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy. Use a large metal spoon to fold the egg whites into the almond mixture. Add the melted butter and fold in until just combined. Gently fold 100g of the raspberries into the mixture.
Spoon the mixture into the greased pans to come 3/4 of the way up the sides. Divide the remaining raspberries among the friands, pushing them gently into the mixture.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until light golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of a friand comes out clean. Set aside for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar, to serve.
Books and stuff
Still reading the Robin Hobb series and I am now onto the last part on the her trilogy of trilogy's. And am currently reading Fool's Fate.
The first book in this trilogy is one of the few books that have made me cry. They are so well written and pull you in. She has learnt her lessons well over time and you can tell. Her first series was good, this last one is excellent.I am also watching American Gothic the TV series that ran on TV when I was in early high school I am really enjoying watching it again. Shame they only ever made one season."The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled, Was Convincing The World He Didn't Exist."