One armed bandit!

Well, it's now been almost week since my MUA, that's the technical term for Manipulation Under Anaesthetic, which is the procedure I had to get my frozen shoulder moving again.  And if I'm honest, I'm not loving the fact that I have to put myself through terrible pain 3 times a day doing the flippin' exercises they gave me, which is the only way I can ensure my recovery from what has been a pain the arse shoulder condition I've had for the past 8 months!!

So, knowing that I would be off work for a while I got in a few movies to watch, however first I had to watch the final season of Gilmore Girls, which Andy (my husband) got me into at the end of last year...and as a result I am now bereft!!  I was so engrossed in the lives of Loralai, Rory and the residents of Stars Hollow that I cried almost all the way through the last three episodes, although I do wonder if it wasn't the effect of excessive doses of painkillers that caused my extreme emotional state!!  I think I may well give it a couple of months and watch the whole seven seasons again just to make sure.

The first movie I watched was The Time Travellers Wife, which I have to say confused me as much as the book did, I really couldn't get my head round Henry's time travelling 'condition' - perhaps I'm trying too hard.
Then, because I'd heard such good reports about it, Andy and I tried to watch Bridesmaids (and also because Sookie from Gilmore Girls was in it) - what the heck was that all about?!!!  We gave up after about ten minutes, it just wasn't funny, infact it was pretty irritating!!

Having now been off work for a week my body clock is all up the wall and I'm wide awake at 11.30pm on a Sunday night, which means I may aswell stay up an watch the Oscars. It's been a good few years since the last time I stayed up for the Academy Awards, so let's see how long I last, I'll probably be snoring and dribbling on the arm of the sofa after about an hour...photos to follow....

Chocolate Frosted Traybake

As promised here is the recipe I found on the Pink Whisk website, it's scrummy and very simple to make so give it a try!
 
Ingredients:

Cake
110g butter
120ml boiling water
2 heaped tablespoons of cocoa powder
190g caster sugar
130g plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
60ml milk
1 egg, medium

Frosting
100g butter
2 heaped tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tbsps milk
200g icing sugar, sifted

Method
Line an 8"square tin with baking paper (no need to be neat).
Preheat the oven to 160c (fan)/180c/Gas Mark 4.
Place the butter, boiling water and cocoa powder in a saucepan and heat it over a medium heat until the butter melts and it begins to bubble. Bubble the mixture for 30 seconds and then take it off the heat.
In a bowl mix together the flour, caster sugar and bicarbonate of soda, mixing them now should stop you getting any lumps of flour. Add this dry mixture to the pan and give it a good stir .
Add the milk and egg to the pan and mix it well again then pour into the lined tin.
Bake in the oven for 20 mins.
Remove from the oven and set aside to cool in the tin.
Once cooled it’s time for the frosting.
Put the butter and cocoa powder in a saucepan and heat gently to melt the butter, and then allow the mixture to have a good bubble for 30 seconds to zap off any extra moisture, give it a good stir and remove from the heat.
Stir in the milk and then add the sifted icing sugar and mix until smooth, then pour over the cake still in the pan.
Leave the frosting to set and once set, cut into slices and enjoy!!