Cars Cars and More Cars...

I seem to be going through a bit of a phase with cars at the moment. I suppose it is developing a drive to earn lotsa money - or at least save it, so that I can afford that Ford Mustang years down the line!!

OK, joking aside, cars are looking good this year! Following ar a few choice examples!!

The audi R8. Mmmm....

2007 Ford Mustang. Pure American Muscle...

Chevy Camara Concept car - little Bumblebee from Tranfsormers *ahem* - Transformed!

The Madness Hamsters

Worldly wisdom from Edward Monkton - here's his website http://www.edwardmonkton.com/

Super Duper Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate-Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
10oz self-raising flour
10oz brown sugar (dark)
4 eggs
10oz salted butter
3 dessert spoons cocoa powder#
2 x bars of dark chocolate
1 x bar of milk chocolate
Vanilla Essence

Method:
Sieve flour into a bowl and mix in sugar and cocoa, getting rid of any lumps.
Mix in the eggs, it should reach a sticky consistency.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. When melted add 1 bar of dark choc and stir until fully melted. Be careful not to boil/burn it.
Mix butter/choc into the bowl, stirring hard. Add the vanilla essence. Continue beating until very smooth and a little bubbly.
Poor into two cake tins and cook at 175 degrees until a knife inserted into centre comes out clean.
Immediately remove from tins.




For the icing:
Melt about 2 ox butter in a saucepan and add the 2 remaining chococalte bars.
As before, stir continuously unitl melted, adding a little more butter if it goes too thick.
Spread out between the cakes and on top whilst the cake is still quite warm.
Leave cake to cool.

Exercise, exhaustion and random sights

Well I have discovered the world of Callanetics. I haven't exercised properly in what seems like years, excluding the odd traipse down to the swimming pool to swim for 20 minutes in my lunch break. Somehow 20 lengths with lenient breaks followed by a bacon sandwich and chocolate bar never seems to count.

So we walked over the the great hall, where we were using an abandoned looking room for all sorts of stretching and toning. Its a little like yoga, but my god does it hurt! Its way more controlled, and really really hard on your muscles. 2 days later I'm still aching around my shoulders. Which is both satisfying, and a little worrying!


A quick perusal of the Internet showed that lots of other avid "experimenters" had put this exercise to the test - and surprisingly nearly everyone felt an effect. I was impressed, and can't wait to go again. Feeling fit makes me happy, and I can't imagine anything better than the feeling of endorphins.


I'm still working full time, and what with me being grumpy and hormonal at the moment it is making me a little tired. However, working gives me something to do - a way to pass the time and keep me occupied. Also, I really like everyone in the office, and sitting around and gossiping whilst bustling through envelope stuffing, filing and data inputting it lovely. Peoples are always coming and going, too, and they loved my chocolate cake. See my next blog!


Saw a good advert today, and snapped it on my phone before i even though of looking it up on the web. Technologically-able I may be, but occasionally I forget!