bla bla busy busy bla

It's always the same old story really - just to busy to put anything really worth reading down here.



What is keeping me busy is:



1. a really important proposal.


The reason why this particular proposal is so scary important is that it is for a renewal of a contract for a company that is in the same country and same city as our business. and so it would be COMPLETELY REDONCkULOUS if we did not get this contract award. No Pressure Frankis! and to add complication to the stress, the person who assembled the invitation to tender document sleeps in a cage in the monkey section of the zoo and it was pretty darned hard to figure out in the first place what I was supposed to be putting together for this document of great importance!



2. Baking



I have continued to indulge my new found love of baking. I made banana bread successfully (but had to buy mushy over ripe bananas in the first place to be able to have the right ingredients. and then had a leftover aging banana staring at me from my lemon styled fruit bowl for a week.) The banananaa bread was delicious and enjoyed by all. (until it got old and then it was enjoyed by just me)

Then I attempted Gemmer Koekies (at Mr Thursdays request) and gave them an extra 5 minutes baking time because (as per Mr Thursday's instructions) gemmer koekies are supposed to be crisp. I have a tin of Gemmer Rusks now that are quite delicious but equally hard to bite into unless you dunk them in your coffee first. (sorry no photos of the gemmer koekies)

my next idea is to try making beer bread. I am fascinated by the idea of baking my own bread. and hopefully by making this recipe, I can avoid all the confusion about getting the yeast mixed in and how long to leave it to rise and all and all and all.



3. Brownies


I am still running the Brownie Pack that I took over from a school friend last year. and while I really enjoy it and I adore my seven special girls I find it is a whole lot more work than it ever was when I wasn't the one in charge. and so the spare time on the weekends get take up with getting Brownies organised for a Monday evening. And added to this is the fact that the Regional Commisioner planned celebratory activities for the entire year for the centenary of Girl Guiding so there's a lot of dancing and crafting and camping and meeting-ing over teh weekends in general. Lucky Girls at least. (sorry for us)



4. Mr Thursday


He just keeps on hanging around. Even when I am mean to him and Even when I get pissy and kick him out my little house into the cold and Even when my Banana Bread give him a belly ache... (that's anotehr story not to be retold anytime soon)
Maybe if I stop feeding him he will stop pitching up.

Okay jokes aside. I will admit it is kinda cool to have some one who is fond of you and smiles like a little child when you make edible food. It's kinda cool getting gifts and stuff... And while I have always said that I enjoy being single... I seem to have adapted to being not single pretty scarily fast.. (more thought on this on my tumblr perhaps if I ever get around to starting it properly - don't ask for the address yet, unless you have the energy to substitute blogspot with tumblr)



5. Sleeping


I don't get to do it often enough and as it is winter it is pretty darned awesome thing to do everyday - trouble is it is hard to stop. I am persistently the last person in the department at work to arrive. Hence why I am blogging from work at 6:30pm.



And I think a 5 point list is just about enough for now :)



I think I might just pack up and make an entry into the chilly soccer obsessed city now. (I can hear one lonely vuvuzela blasting still)