Monthly Archives: March 2013

52 Weeks of Baking: Week 13

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

This week is bread, and conveniently I got a bread maker last week!  My attempts so far have not been fantastic, but the one I decided to make for this week turned out delicious! This is a cheese and pepperoni … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Baking – Week 12

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

This week was Rainbows.  There were so many possibilities, but I kinda ran out of time.  So have some delicious M&M cookies:

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Busy Bee

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

A few blog posts ago I was a little negative.  I just wanted to reassure you all that I was feeling a little down that day, but that I’m back to normal now.  Actually, not normal.  Normal for me has … Continue reading →

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Good news!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

This is Cross Stitch Crazy, one of the crafting magazines I get regularly. This is this month’s Stitch and Chat page.  See anything familiar? How about now? Yep!  I got published!  It’s a wonderful feeling 🙂

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52 Weeks of Baking – Week 11

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

Week 11 was cheesecake.  I was going to make a Jaffa Cake Cheesecake that my sister wrote the recipe for, but didn’t get around to getting the ingredients.  Yesterday was my grandmother’s funeral, and on Sunday I cheated and used … Continue reading →

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Setback

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

For several weeks I’ve been feeling pretty contented and even happy on occasion.  Things have been going well for me, and I’ve been delighted with the way my life is at the moment. Then yesterday, a perfectly innocent comment sent … Continue reading →

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On a Roll

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

I’ve been doing lots of writing work recently.  As well as building up a presence, and making some acquaintances on that Scribophile site, I’ve been collecting a lot more prompts to work from, I’ve entered three different competitions in the … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Baking – Week 10

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

This week was muffins.  I love muffins, and (blowing my own trumpet here) I’m good at them.  I decided to try a new recipe though and made these sour cream and chive ones. They’re scrummy!  And, miracle!  They actually cooked … Continue reading →

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Would You Rather…

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

In my recent burst of writing loveliness, I’ve been hunting down prompts to add to my long long list of them.  I found a site that used “would you rather” questions to trigger writing.  It linked to a Buzzfeed article … Continue reading →

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Writing Progress

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Colette Horsburgh

Since I’ve started that creative writing evening course at the local college, I’ve found myself doing a lot more and feeling a lot better about my writing.  I’ve even managed to enter one or two competitions, as well as join … Continue reading →

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