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Domestic

Marital Bliss

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Friday afternoon DmentD and I got married! We were actually very close to being late for our own wedding! We had a few things to do around the house in the morning, and then left with what we thought was plenty of time to get there.. We got onto Mopac and almost immediately hit queues. […]

Photos, School

Showpieces

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The last couple of weeks in class we’ve been making showpieces. The first week was a chocolate showpiece with a theme of books/films/animals. I decided to combine the three and go for Harry Potter and the Phoenix! Surprisingly all my chocolate tempered nicely the entire week. I think this was because I was tempering much […]

Random

As An Addition

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To the previous post.. it has just been decided that a rash of calls to the calendar commitee may be detrimental to the bill unless you are from their constituent! Apparently phone calls from constituents are far more effective than phone calls from random people.. and it’s taken them a week to realise this!

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For Those in Texas

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Most people I know have already been told about this, however, there is a bill trying to be passed to allow baking businesses from home in Texas. Obviously DmentD and I are very eager for this to be passed. Tonight this bill made it from the Public Health Committee to the Calendars Committee (don’t ask […]

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Shorn

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Well, it wasn’t quite that drastic, but my hair is at least a foot shorter than it was! We even took before and after photos. There’s not really much else to say about it, I was finding it too hot, it is now much cooler and lighter.. it looks a little bouffant at the moment […]

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Confections

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Recently in class we took a break from the chocolates and set to work making some confections. The first project, finished last Friday, contained candied zest, orange marzipan squares, divinity, praline, fudge, pate de fruit and marshmallows. The second project we did from start to finish on Tuesday making toffee, nut brittle and honeycomb. I […]

Cakes, Desserts, Domestic, Photos, School, Sweets

Chocolate, Chocolate Everywhere

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So much I’m already not wanting to eat it all.. now, put a nice juicy tender steak in front of me and it’s a whole different matter. Yes! That is what this class has done to me.. my sweet tooth is still there, it’s just a little overwhelmed with being surrounded for 5 hours a […]

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Slow News Day

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I know, I haven’t written in a while. I was putting it off last week, working on the wedding cake every day I had nothing new to say until it was finished. Then with yard work and being busy, and now I’m working on a scholarship application. Suddenly it’s been nearly two weeks! My doesn’t […]

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Wedding Cakes

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But before that, the rest of last week *grins* Not that I actually did a whole lot, I was mostly lazy. I made it to four miles cycling which made me happy. And on Friday I made a whole new cookie. I had found a recipe for ‘Cowboy Cookies’ cookies with pecans, oats and chocolate […]

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Spring Break! Wooo!

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I have a week off, and it is wonderful! *grins* First I better fill you in on last week, the week started with ‘Mass Production.’ Basically some of the employers that are in contact with the school commented that students finished the course having only ever made single items, having never baked in bulk which […]