Cinco De Mayo!

Day at the beach.

Last week, a bunch of us packed a picnic and headed to Moffat beach, Caloundra for a day of frolicking in the sun.

Scott played a little air guitar,

Diana ruled the clouds,



our first game of beach P-shoes happened,



Ross found a new hat,





Kirk serenaded us,




and i coined the term 'Funeral Beach chic'

We all got horribly sun-burnt even after applying layers of sunscreen but the day was perfectly marvelous.

'Merica, FUCK YEAH

Twas Jo's America-themed birthday party yesterday.
Oh what a night.
There were smoreos and burgers. P-shoes and a whole lotta red, white and blue.



Caragh.



Caragh and Jo

Judging by Jo's face, I think my cherry pie was a success.


Probably the cutest picture of Steve in existence.



My little truck and me.





We also all got fake tattoos in celebration of Caragh scoring an amazing tattoo apprenticeship at InkSanity.
I have a charming skull on my left boob for the next few days. My mother is horrified.

Typical lazy arsed Sunday today. Broth for dinner and I'm also going to try and watch all three of the Swedish Millennium movies, i finally finished the books! They were incredible, I've never wanted a series of books to end less. I was just filled with an overwhelming feeling of sadness when i reached the last page, the third book was so gripping and it completely sucked me into all the drama. I wish Mr Larrsson was still alive so he could write about Lisbeth Salander forever.

This post it 100% cat related.

I really love my kittens.



I take photos of them sleeping.

Sitting in the sun.

Posing together.

Nomming each other.

and just being unbearably cute.

I love my kittens.

I just went here

http://www.lesamis.com.au/

it was akin to heaven.

If you are in Brisbane, do it.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO IT.

This will put a smile on your face, ten miles wide.

Shiny, new American friend Jolene is turning 25 soon.
To celebrate she is throwing an America, FUCK YEAH party and I'm making her a Cherry Pie.
I've never made a cherry pie before, can you believe it?
SO I've searched the internet for the perfect recipe and I'm testing it out this afternoon.
In fact, it's just gone in the oven now.

Hey Jo. Stop being so pretty.

Put this on repeat and follow the instructions below.

Ingredients

• 2 large jars of cherries (about 4 cups)
  
• 1 1/2 cups sugar.
• 6 tablespoons cornflour.
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract.
• a sprinkle of cinnamon.
  
• Short crust pastry ( I cheated and used frozen stuff)
  
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter.
  
• 1 tablespoon sugar, to sprinkle.

Directions

Place cherries in medium saucepan and place over heat.

After the cherries lose considerable juice, which may take a few minutes, remove from heat.

Mix the sugar and cornflour together. Pour this mixture into the hot cherries and mix well.

Add the almond extract, if desired, and mix.

Return the mixture to the stove and cook over low heat until thickened, stirring frequently.

Remove from the heat and let cool. If the filling is too thick, add a little water or juice from the canned cherries, too thin, add a little more cornstarch.

Preheat the oven to 190.

Prepare your crust.

Pour cooled cherry mixture into the crust. Dot with bits of butter.

Cris-cross pastry strips across top and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for about 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.

Eat covered in ice-cream and try not to cry when you realise how delicious it is.

Here it before i popped it in the oven.

Helllooooo beautiful.

Feels like Sunday.

What a rainy, lazy day.

Perfect for pirate ship building,
bacon and egg butties,





taking arty-farty photos of the kittens,





Louie documentaries,




and a Mexican feast with Steve.

Also, special extended Blu ray edition of Lord of the Rings.
Bliss.