I'm finally coming out of the other side of a flare up of what's probably arthritis. I can now walk without the crutch and I'm not in screaming agony all the time, and it's amazing at how much more energised I am because of it.
Woke up invigorated yesterday and started on my first batch of Almond butter, the prime ingredient in some cookies I want to make. You can buy it in Health Food shops but there isn't one conveniently placed and I'm all for having a go myself. A bit of research on the net showed it was pretty straight forward. So, one 800g bag of almonds and some serious food processing brought me to this. No additives, just the almond butter, though I think if I was making this for straight eating purposes, like peanut butter, I might add a small amount of sugar and salt. Or use more expensive almonds. In the cookies though they only need to provide a nutty flavour and the bulk of the biscuits themselves. And frankly, it's still pretty good as is. Off a spoon. If I get round to making the cookies today I'll post pictures in a later blog.
Two cards also need to be made this weekend, my brother's birthday is Tuesday. I find it more difficult to make masculine cards, but think the trick is to just keep it simple. Picking the right colours right at the start makes it a lot easier. This is made from scraps from a class by Bananafrog owner Bev, and stamps from Sugar and Spice.
I punched out lots of circles from scraps, stamped and punched the Happy Birthday and the lettering inside. My next card is for a friend at work who'll be leaving soon to have a baby girl. That one I suspect is going to be a whole lot girlier!
My boys also had a bit of trauma on Friday courtesy of a trip to the vets for their neutering. I'm very relieved to say that they came through it ok, stressed out by being around the other animals, particularly the dogs, but recovering nicely. I love this picture of them, taken pre the chop.
And now, as I was still awake with PMT induced sleeplessness at 3.30am this morning I'm off for a nap.
Those cookies sound good .... is there going to be a recipe along side the photo of them? ...when you bake them ...if you have not eaten all the almond butter ..lol.
ReplyDeleteYour boys are such handsome dudes.
mmm almond butter. SOunds fab. I keep my cards for men as simple and uncluttered as I can since DH once told me he didn't need torn paper and 'heaped up' images to know itwas hand made!!
ReplyDeleteYummy and awwwww :0)
ReplyDeleteFinding a card design i like for men is so hard, i tend to go for images. Great job i love it. as for the almond butter bet i could eat the whole thing, even though i am trying to behave.... mmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteGreat card Sam and your almond butter sounds amazingly yummy :)
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