Ninja Nigel reporting in...its rainy.

Posted via email from mike and neen

Snowball Run 2010

The start of a 3 hour stickering ordeal. Finally on our way...175km (105miles) to Auckland and tomorrow mornings startline.

Posted via email from mike and neen

Bout time

Like I said...
Gotta love that rain...

Bring on the RAIN!

crappy weather = scrappy weather!

HOORAYS!!!!!

So yeah I've been scrapping... nothing is QUITE ready for 'display' haha but guess what - it's meant to rain again this weekend ;) So in the meantime I just wanted to share SOMETHING...
So it's raining - you wanna scrap - I get inspiration from movies.. I can honestly tell you what movie I was watching when I made a layout hahaa... sad but true.

So here are my current top 10 scrappy watches....

500 Days of Summer - Penelope - Marie Antoinette - Garden State - Elizabethtown - The Lovely Bones.

PS: If this feels dejavu-y it's coz I have done this before but hey some of them have changed... sort of.

I've just been watching Kara talk about trying to find a cheap way to keep your layouts together - ad I love she used copysafe pockets but I do 12x12s... thinking about the bookrings though, coz honestly it's getting a lil crazy and I can't find the old 3 ring plastic simple ringbinder styles folders I have a couple of and love... so bookrings it might have to be... somehow... any ideas peoples????

Anyway off to bed for me... see ya real soon!



PS: I've been playing with my blog again so let me know if it looks ok from your screen :)

Because I think you need to be this happy

Honestly...
So
DAMM
good!
TRUST ME!

Tiramisu

Photo courteous of taleitalei - coz I ate it all before it even had a chance.

4 eggs, separated
250g mascarpone
200g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup freshly brewed, extra strong coffee (or 1 cup worth of espresso), cooled
2 tbsp Kahlua
enough sponge fingers to line the base of your dish in two layers
chocolate (just enough to grate over the top)

This recipe made 10 ramekins worth, so it'll serve 10 as a really small dessert, or probably make 4-6 generous helpings. Combine the liquer into the espresso. Resist the urge to add more, since you really just want a hint of it - you don't want to get drunk on your dessert. Or maybe you do, in which case add the whole bottle.

Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and frothy. It should form ribbons when you pull the whisk through the mixture. Whisk in the mascarpone.

Use an electric mixer or standing mixer to whisk up the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold this into the egg yolk and mascarpone mixture.

Dip a sponge finger briefly (they fall apart if you soak them for too long) into the coffee and liquer mixture, then place it in the base of your dish. Repeat until the base is covered in one layer.

Spoon over the egg-and-cheese mix, using about half. Grate over some chocolate, then make another layer of sponge fingers, and another layer of egg-and-cheese. Grate the rest of the chocolate over, or dust with cocoa powder.

Refrigerate for at least 3-4 hours or for up to one day, then serve!

What's up?

So I am top of (sort of) the teeth situation. I had a tip off to visit a little town called Otorohanga and see a dentist there... wow how that's paid off. They are LOVELY.. like seriously I said to her after my first visit that I felt like hugging her - so I did. Haha. They are letting me pay it all off and it's like a 1.3 of the price I was quoted from the guy in Hamilton. So I am happy and my teeth are halfway to fixed... hooray!
I also have had a some opportunitys to do photo shoots and I am honestly so excited to take it even further. I was so excited and so HAPPY while I was rolling around on the floor with a camera in my hand. I love it - it has a real way of bringing me joy. Don't get me wrong I still have a LOT to learn but I am learning and hope it takes off. You can find me on Facebook with that by the way... Life Captured by Neen.



As for scrapping... yeah... been on the back burner but I really wanna get in there! Bring on winter I say!!! Loves it.

The "BAD NEWS FROM THE DENTIST" sale

So I went to the dentist last night... I knew I was going to need at least 2 fillings... yeah it was a LOT worse than I thought... way worse.

So I sit here feeling very sorry for myself, depressed and paniced... with a quote of thousands of dollars on the table in front of me.

And then I grabbed my camera and thought - right I can't do anything about it so I have to take the first step. First step.... raise some money.

So I have been listing a heap of stuff on trade me including my aprons from the last post... and a heap of scrapping mini albums and other goodies. I will continue to upload stuff so keep and eye out... and if you see something you like, why not help me get a little closer to 2 root canals :(

Check it out CLICK HERE