The weekend's almost over!! But I'm not complaining lah... it was quite a restful one... and I didn't make myself do nothin' I didn't want to do!!
Mom was hospitalised on Friday for high BP... she needed to rest. Ever since coming back from Makkah (with a cough), she did not give herself a break... attending this and that... and the week before last she was busy doing hantaran for my niece's engagement. Knowing her the perfectionist, I bet she slept very little that week!! And so the migraine and the BP shot up... nothing major, just need that well-deserved break... she was discharged today.
So what did I do this week... bersantai-santailah... after taking the girls to visit ther grandma yesterday, did grocery shopping and got my eldest her first training bra!! yes, my girl who will be 11 this year needs one already... she is... developing :) oh my, time flies... I think she may get her period this year too...
After we got home, I had the massage lady make a house-call... for 1.5hours... aaahhh lega!! see, I've been wanting to get one for the past week... but the urut lady asyik busy jek... I have been feeling under the weather for a week too, really... and been popping paracetamols... letih... tak tau apa yang letih sangat... keje banyak kat office and a lot people are sick too. Musim demam!!
This morning went out to get blueberries for my baking project... masa did groceries yesterday dah nampak blueberries and I almost put it in the cart but then decided it did not look fresh enough. So, this morning went to Cold Storage lah... ada pun yang fresher-looking, alhamdulillah!
My friend J and I konon-konon want to try out one Martha Stewart recipe per week, from the CUPCAKES book she got me for my birthday ari tu.. and for our maiden baking project I chose Blueberries-and-Cream cupcakes...
I halved the recipe and got 36 cupcakes!! thanks to J who had baked it yesterday and told me she was burdened with over 60 cupcakes heheh..
it's great to bake for fun... no pressure if it doesn't turn out as you expect it to, and you have all the time in the world to prepare it - no deadlines!! as opposed to baking for sale... sometimes it gets to be stressful to me :) takuuuuut kalau2 mengecewakan orang.. and worse, mengecewakan myself!! :)
talking about baking for sale, I am still taking orders tho' now I dah sampai hati to turn down orders if I'm really really busy... lemme share with you some photos of recent bakes... (sometime during raya/post-raya when I had my computer reformatted I lost ALL my cake photos :( thus, the hiatus in baking photos...)
this one down here was for a St. Mary's school reunion party...
best-seller carrot cupcakes...
ok, folks... gonna wind down and call it a night... before we greet a busy workweek (travelling to JB Wed/Thurs pulakkk!)
enjoy whatever's left of your weekend!! :)
p/s: yeay! managed to update this blog this week heeeeeee...
12 comments:
Ya, musim demam! I too was feeling feverish for almost a week, but now dah ok. Strong wind lah kan? Nak CNY selalu macam ni.
Your cuppies as always, lawaaaaa sangat! I tak retiii...sobsobsob..:-(
Have a great week, ok? Travel safely, dear.
That blueberry cupcake tu nampak delicious sgt..arghhh!
yum yum!! :)
blueberries kat msia sure mahal, ek?
ms hart ... tak suka ek bila ala2 demam... i say ala2 sebabnya bukan demam trus sampai tak boleh bangun, yet don't feel so good & cergas... alhamdulillah am feeling better too..
thanks sbb puji my cuppies... biasa2 je... tak terer tara mana pon! :)
amy... awat argghhh??? :)
d... they're not exactly cheap lah... but still affordable for a small tub. rasberries on the other hand are EXPENSIVE!!
MHB, you are getting better and better every day with the designs. I hope one day I will have the opportunity to order from you and taste the delicious cakes. I'm just so into cupcakes..but refrain from buying them sebab I know when I eat one and just can't stop from eating more!
thanks, MTT!! ha ha.. you're a cupcake addict, ye?? :) well, it doesn't show on your bod, lucky you!!
Salam MHB,
It's my first time commenting here :)
I spied Martha Stuart's book in a bookstore while in KL recently. I picked it up a couple of times, with the intention of buying it and eventually put it down, hehehe. The recipes were oh so good!
bila lapar, saya suka tgk gambar cupcake kat blog akak! muah!
salam shahieda! thanks for commenting :)
another good baking book is D0ris Greensp4n's From My H0me to Yours... look out for it! :)
lilinbiru... oittt!! where have you been? dah rindu laaaa :)
Assalamualaikum
My dear sister MHB,
Your cupcakes looks amazing and mouth watering especially the blueberry ones!
God willing, I hope you get to own a bakery ;)and an english cottage themed cafe.
I would definitely be one loyal regular customer!
Warmest regards as always
FD
I love baking beautiful n yummy stuffs like those blueberry cuppies. If you notice am not so much a fan of decorative cupcakes esp fondants and stuff. Lagi suka yg untuk afternoon tea types of cakes/cafe. :)
Kan best kalau dpt bukak cafe dgn u...hihihi ;) One can always dream... :)
Wassalam FD... it's always nice to read your comments :) and ameeeen... thank you for the thots... insya-Allah, who knows if God willing I'd be able to own my very own English cottage-themed cafe and serve you!!
floweRin... yeay, ada kawan tuk berangan :) insya-Allah God-willing nothing can stop our dreams if we really go for it and persevere!!fondant cakes are nice to have on occasions but the mouth-watering and mengghairahkan cakes are still the old-fashioned ones :)
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