Our house has a spiral staircase up to the second floor. It looks like a rather flimsy structure, and over the past few weeks I’d been wondering if the whole thing would come crashing down if I were to fall down the stairs. Last night I discovered that the staircase is actually a lot more robust than it looks. It does, however, cause rather painful injuries to one’s rear end and shin.

My mum and uncle came around this afternoon, as my uncle hadn’t seen my house, and he wanted to come before he moved back overseas. I wanted to make something to have for afternoon tea, and decided on some Honey and Apricot Tea Cakes, the recipe for which I found on the side of a cereal box. They looked really nice, and thought I’d give them a try.

I entered into the cooking process with some trepidation, as I have the ability to muck up even the most simple of recipes (and had done so the night before - very disheartening), but I thought that if they didn’t work, I had other stuff to put out, so I may as well give it a try. Fortunately, they actually worked, and they tasted good! So much so that I’d even be willing to make them again.

Cooking is so much easier now that we have a dishwasher - all the dishes get chucked in, I wipe down the bench and voila! The kitchen is all clean again.