Entries from March 2008

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Results

Gracie Originally uploaded by ZMB. I got the results of the OU photography course I completed last December – 94% Visual Awareness – Excellent Technical Quality – Outstanding Written component – Excellent Naturally I am very pleased with the result.

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Making Time To Do the Things You Need To Do

Over Looking Originally uploaded by ZMB. …Like taking Granny out for a spin to the new museum in Ballymena. I started off this bank holiday weekend with a huge list of things I wanted to do. Now it’s Monday and I feel that I haven’t done all that much. But the things I have done [...]

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Chocolate Whiskey Cake

Chocolate Whiskey Cake Originally uploaded by ZMB. Recipe provided by Dave’s mum. Grease a 18cm springform tin. Ingredients 2 eggs 2 dsp caster sugar 225g unsalted butter 200g dark chocolate 2 tbsp whiskey 225 g crushed digestive biscuits 55g chopped nuts Method Beat eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Gradually add melted butter and [...]

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

When I do things that Dave doesn’t like.

I have a bad habit of answering questions with the most obvious answer. I really don’t do it on purpose, though sometimes, I will admit, I realise the humour of it as I say it. It makes me smile. I think Dave thinks I do it to annoy him, that I think he is stupid [...]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Horses and the demise of my hard drive

It is almost inevitable that at some point a hard drive will die. This is why we are told to back-up our files, make multiple copies of them, make discs and keep them in fireproof boxes. So far, I’ve been lucky. Any lost files have been due to my own carelessness and accidental deletion. Then [...]