Yet another week has gone by in the rollercoaster ride of life. No matter what happens, life just keeps going on weather we like it or not. Sometimes it would be nice to pause time for a bit and just be who we want to be for a moment with no one on our back.

Wow that's sounding a bit depressing isn't it. I just got a call from a very close friend. Her nanna got off the rollercoaster of life last night and is resting peacefully in heaven. It makes me think of when I lost my grandparents, and how much of an influence on my life they were. My grandfather was an amazing chef, he made bread, prociuotto and had a love of cask wine! If he were alive today I'd love to be able to have a wine with him and practice my French.

I've started to learn French by podcast. I started it awhile ago but didn't get past lesson one, now I'm a bit more dedicated. Hopefully the next time I go to France or Switzerland to visit my relatives I might be able to understand what they are talking about!

"Bonjour! Je m'appelle Iron Chef Shellie"

On a lighter night, I didn't do any mid-week cooking this week, instead I went and joined the geeks and watched Batman at IMAX. In a word.... "wow". Especially as they filmed some scenes just for IMAX, we were all totally blown away!

Was strolling through David Jones on my usual quest for homewares on sale when I stumbled into Donna Hay Chocolate!

I saw these when flipping through some old issues of Donna Hay Magazine, and thought to myself "why have I not seen these before?"
I was lucky to get the last of the first 2 in the image: "Mint Brittle" & "Toffee Crunch". However there was plenty of "Hazelnut Crunch". I stuck to one of each as I don't really need the calories, but was curious to try.

Haven't tried them yet, just wanted to take a pretty picture to savor the moment!

Also bought this plate and a few other pretty ones from Target as they are having 20% off lose kitchen ware, which was a nice surprise when I walked in!

There will be a massive blog entry after this weekend as I'm having a dinner party with some of my nearest and dearest friends. Stay tuned!

EDIT: 29 May '08
Went to another David Jones and found 2 flavours I didn't have! There was also a nice big hunk of nougat but at $18 I didn't really want to try it!

... well technically yesterday but still...

My personalized apron arrived from the USA!!

It's just what I wanted, black with pockets!
I wanted the logo from the banner but it was going to be very expensive to get it done, so I got over that fact and went for something a bit more simpler.

Used a lady that fellow blogger Not Quite Nigella has used before.
If you would like contact details please let me know.

Sorry I've been missing in action for the last week, I was very sick and have only just started recovering!

Thus, no mid-week cooking as I was stranded in bed with dvds, pillows and getting lots of rest!

Got all of these magazines on ebay for $16.50! Not bad don't you reckon! I've spent most of my weekend going through some of them and flagging all the things I want to make.

I have made some cupcakes which I will post up soon, but for now I'd thought I'd share my recent purchase!

First of all, excuse the dodgy pictures, I took them whilst I was at work, and fluorescent light sucks balls! (can I say that?... I guess so, it's my blog!)

So anyways, I ordered this book aaggggees ago from the US and it finally came today! I'm not too sure if I will be able to pull any of these designs off, will have to ask mum to help me. Just thought I'd share with you all :)

I also ordered a custom apron from America today too, hopefully it will come in the next few weeks!



Next on my wish list is the chef rabbid (from the video game Rayman Raving Rabbids), how can your resist them! They are too cute!