A good heart these days is hard to find! #No17

‘A good heart these days is hard to find’, I think this line from the classic Feargal Sharkey song really sums up my attempt with my challenge to find the man of my dreams. Of course I believe I really have found the man of my dreams in my meeting of Mr Murs – he is full of energy, drive and determination (qualities I look for in a man), he has a cheeky chappy sense of humour, wicked smile and a good heart. He loves football, despite supporting Man U, talks a lot and appears to share my clumsiness – clearly we were meant to be. Well at least my work colleagues and the children I teach think so! Then I come tumbling back down to earth and the realisation is that this is all a wonderful dream and the chances of Mr Murs ever reciprocating these feelings is a million to one. So I turn to Internet dating and appearing on charity versions of ‘Take me out’ to find this man of my dreams. It has been fun and I have been on a few semi-successful dates, however it’s just made me realise that in order to find the man of my dreams I need to stop looking for him. I have to hope that one day he will turn up, fate will intervene, rather than my ridiculous attempts at internet dating. So I am taking a back seat, not actively looking as much, in the hope that he turns up before I turn 31! :-) 

#No18 Egyptian Food

Today, I made Egyptian date cake as part of monthly calendar challenge.

It didn't really go to plan but it looks ok. I will be testing it out on my class tomorrow as part of our Egyptian day so I will post their comments! I left out the nuts and ended up burning it slightly! However I learnt to separate egg whites, which was easier than it looked (I was using a special separator thing!)

Here are photos and the recipe.

Chop the dates (300g)

Mix with brown sugar (125g)

Separate egg whites (4)

Mix in egg yolks, caster sugar (25g), cornflower (3 tbs), butter (40g) orange  rind and tbs orange juice

Fold in the egg whites

Add to a greased and papered cake tin. Cook for 35-45 minutes in 200 oven.

VIOLA! Enjoy a slightly burnt date cake!!

I met Olly Murs!

Today was a monumental day in my life as I met the man of my dreams Olly Murs! Meeting Olly was one of my challenges that I thought was going to be the toughest and would probably lead to me stalking Olly to achieve. Thankfully it was a lot easier than that!

For weeks now I have been tweeting and facebooking for help in meeting Mr Murs but to no avail - so armed with concert tickets my sister and I went to Brighton. After watching an amazing show performed by Mr Murs, he was amazing and I think I love him more, we squickly left the arena and managed to find ourselves at the front of the barrier by the VIP exit/entrance (thanks to Nicky's knowledge of the Brighton Centre!)

We waited for over an hour in the cold, in desperate need of a drink from singing along in the concert, for Mr Murs to make an appearance. Our phones both died and we had limited battery on our cameras however it was all to be worth it as Olly finally left the building. He graciously worked the small crowd of fans and eventually made it over to us! I asked him to sign my ticket and for a photo. I made some comment about the football, Man U lost this evening, which was slightly disregarded! He even came back for a picture with Nicky and I. Afterwards, I wished that I had asked him for a kiss or asked him to sign my new Olly bag but I was slightly over whelmed. It's not everyday you meet Olly Murs!

So another challenge complete and it will definitely be one I won't forget in a hurry!

Growing my own chilli

Today I decided I would grow my own chilli to eat for my challenge with the hope that I may enjoy it more having grown it myself! So I bought this chilli kit today and going to give it a go! Wish me luck!