As most of you are aware (well all 3 of you who read this blog are) my culinary skills are somewhat challenged – and don’t get me started on baking. I’m world famous for being able to screw up an ‘anyone can learn to bake a cake from a box in 2 hours’ cake. So it wasn’t surprising when I came home yesterday and told Jessica and Tamsyn I was going to make a strawberry cheesecake – that this declaration was met with some scepticism and derision. In fact Tamsyn went as far as to say ‘this should be interesting’. She swore afterwards she wasn’t being derogatory – but I heard the tone. Undeterred by the blatantly obvious lack of confidence from my nearest and dearest I proceeded to make a strawberry cheesecake PIE.Â
Okay so it’s a little flat….. and there was rather a lot of laughter when it first came out of the pan….. but it’s a strawberry cheesecake PIE….. they’re not meant to be more than an inch high, are they?
Besides it tasted remarkably like a baked cheesecake to me, which I have to admit is gratifying – not that I’m particularly fond of baked cheesecake. Still I’m mighty chuffed with myself.
And now for something completely different…..
Gymmie managed to get himself bitten by a dog, well the vet and the rest of us are assuming it was a dog.
We’re also assuming the dog was somewhat bigger than the one in the picture. Poor stupid blimmen cat…. he’s been limping around for the past week and I’m sorely tempted to re-christen him Ilene, except of course he’s a boy. (yea I know…. crummy joke)
On the other hand…. in Bagheera’s life…. she’s as bored as anything because she can’t chase and annoy him, he just won’t co-operate… all she can do is wait it out… till he’s well again.
Gymmie’s doing much the same thing.
As for Tamsyn – she discovered toe socks and now I can’t get them off her! She’s also getting back into gymnastics, albeit only at home – we’re still not sure if her foot has completely healed, until then she’s practising in the garden.
And my personal favourite – of course she’s going to kill me for posting these – she only dressed up like this as a lark – and then spent the entire time when we went down to the shops in the car petrified someone from her class would see her. (I think she looks really cute)
