Mums choc chip biscuit recipe!

I had an interesting email today from a friend about a 'Friends Recipe Exchange' so I typed up this recipe and sent it allong to the lady whose name was on the top of the list. I thought that while it was there I might as well copy and paste it here so that more people can give it a go if desired.

Here's my mums recipe for her choc chip biscuits, I grew up on these biscuits so I think they are the best.

2 cups Plain Flour
1/2 cup sugar, just the regular kind will do
150g butter or margarine, room temp
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
1/2 cup milk
1 small packet of nestle dark choc chips

Rub the butter into the dry ingredients till combined, add milk a little at a time. You may not need all the milk, or you may need a little more, just judge it for yourself. The mix should be a little sticky, but not too wet and all the dry ingredients are combined. Add the choc chips last, because you don't want to over mix with them in there. Mix gently and they are ready to bake.

Place rough balls of the dough on a lined baking tray, the main appeal of this biscuit is that it doesn't take allot of work and they look home made, so just spoon full's of the mixture on a tray is fine. Roughly press the tops of the biscuits with a fork, not too flat because they are nice when they are thick and cakey.

Bake in a moderate oven, 160 - 180 for approx 10 minutes. They will be ready when the bottoms are nicely browned and the tops are slightly golden. Please note they are not crispy biscuits, they are supposed to be thick and cake like.

Make sure to eat when they are warm and the choc chips are still melted in the middle with a large glass of cold milk!!!

Enjoy

Great News!!

My fiancee finally got his job at the Mines, he first applied for it over a year ago!
He leaves tomorrow at 5.30 am and will be out for 3 weeks for this first stint, then he will get settled into his 2 weeks out 1 week in routine.
Were going to miss him butn the money is too good to pass up.
Doesnt money suck?

Rain Rain, go away!

Of course its raining today!!
We'd planned a nice family excursion to The Desert Park today and woke up this morning and the sky is grey with rain forecast!

I think we might risk it anyways. Hey, you only live once right?

Digital Scrapbooking - The Beach

When I was pregnant with my daughter (3 years ago) I started scrapbooking. When she was a baby I really got into it and did a couple of albums, but as she got older and started making me more busy (and started wanting to help out) I stopped doing it because it just got too hard.

About 6 months ago I decided to take up Digital Scrapbooking, because for Christmas last year I decided that it would be nice to give everyone a scrapbook and digi scrapping would make things easier for me. Needless to say I got hooked, it was so easy and with the use of some nice templates and some digital scrapbooking kits I was able to make some really nice layouts.

Here is one that is one of my favourites. The pictures were taken Christmas of 2006 when we went to see family who live on the coast. It was Rylee's first trip to the beach.

Its a 2 page layout.





The text says: "You loved your first trip to the beach. You especially loved venturing to the waters edge with grandad, its a pity it was a bit windy and a bit too cold to go for a swim"

Like a snail.

For about a week now my internet connection has been like a snail, taking 5 minutes to load a page, and for a fast ADSL connection that is BAD. So I went into major fix-it mode, downloading 5 different programs to fix spyware, adware, malware etc, spending days trying to fix the problem with no luck.

So yesterday I called my ISP to find out if there was a problem on their end. Well maybe this is something I should have done first, because they inform me that I have gone over my download limit and they are shaping off the speed. Basically slowed the speed right down until it resets next billing month, which luckily is tomorrow. However this also means that we used over 15GB of downloads this month *eeek*. They did however inform me that my speed is back up to full speed in off peak hours, between 1am and 9 am, but I like my sleep so that wont be happening.

Oh the money these people make of us!! We just decided to boost out download limit and as a result will be paying an extra $20 a month!

A welcome!

So much happens in the life of a mum, children grow so quickly, so I decided to take record of the things that happen by way of a blog. So welcome to my blog!
My name is Brooke, Im am a 25 year old Australian mummy to a very cheeky little Rylee Paige, who is 2 going on 22. Life tends to get busy, especially when your chasing around a 2 year old, so this will be a nice way to sit back and reflect.

I hope you enjoy it here.