A typo (300 was typed instead of 30) made the other night got me thinking...I started doing 30 new things in the month of September. When I started ( a day late) I thought I would behard pressed to fill the whole month with new things. I kept thinking to myself......'If only I could have included: My tattoo....Dancing on stage at Dj Sega....Wrong Prom...etc etc'

I will have to admit my way of thinking has changed from seeing it as a lot of random bits of fun to more meaningful concept. So for the past few days I have been thinking that this is a really good way to live...Ok  I admit not everyday do you feel like doing something new, but it's definitely a nice way to achieve the things you want to in life...however silly and ridiculous they seem.

So can I achieve 300 new things?

Should I start another crazy challenge after the last day of September?

I'm not sure I want to do it in such a frantic way. But I am sure I want to achieve certain things and experience a whole lot of random stuff before I die.

Time for me to compile THE LIST...

THE LIST will be a master list of all the things I wanna do...big, small, silly, legal, illegal, safe, dangerous, girly or macho. THE LIST will not be static...it will be everchanging...things added and things crossed out (hopefully because I have accomplished said item!)

Sometimes you feel like just staying in...it's sunny outside, people are walking past my window on their way to the beach, strolling with a morning coffee in their hand...walking the dog...grabbing the newspaper from the corner store...They can have the outside today...after all I found something new to do right here.....

1. Take one ridiculous self portrait..

Like a child with chocolate all over their hands saying they never ate it....I will deny it all. Oh yeah and it was sooo painful when I didn't go to the tattoo parlour and get my tattoo...the one that is not there ;]

"Denial is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence." Wikipedia

Recipe to be added ;]

What started off as a thing to do jokingly...I have now become a fully fledge language student. Ok yes I am right at the beginning of my journey...but it's exciting and fun. I am really glad I decided to do this!!

Thanks to my french friends who help me often. I hope my questions are not tooo repetitive and boring.

Oh and anyone that is thinking of learning a language...try this site www.livemocha.com....it great

1 cup castor sugar
1 1/2 cup selfraising flour
The rind and juice of one blood orange
2 eggs
1/2 a vanilla pod or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
125g softened butter
a few spoons of milk (if needed to make the mixture th right consistency)

Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius
Add all ingredients into a bowl and blend with a hand held stick blender of mixer until smooth, add extra milk if needed.
Divide mixture into 12 large size cupcake cases.
Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes

Leave to cool

Icing

approx 1 cup Icing sugar
approx 2 tablespoons Butter (Softened)
Juice of 1/2 a Blood Orange
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Blend with a stick blender until smooth and creamy

Wait for cupcakes to cool, before topping then with frosting

Garnish with strips of rind or if you like as I have done finely sliced blood orange (use a mandoline slicer)

Carrot dip

6 or 7 carrots
2 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
200g creamy Greek style yoghurt
Pinch of salt
6 or 7 carrots
2 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
200g creamy Greek style yoghurt
Pinch of salt
1 teasp. ground cumin
1-2 teasp sweet paprika
A squeeze of lemon

Grated carrot (either coarsely or finely - up to you...I like finely grated) and lightly saute in the olive oil until slightly tender, but not fully cooked. The aim is just to soften the carrot a little. Let it cool.
Then combine with all the other ingredients. Refrigerate and then serve with turkish bread or toasted lavash. I think this tastes better if made the night before and then left in the fridge. The flavour of the carrot and garlic seems to improve. Bon appetit!!

(I have a photo somewhere, but it's friday afternoon and.......)