Liz.....
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Carol Arnett
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Liz.....
Hi Liz, I have been wondering how you have been doing. I saw your birthday message to Polly and I think that`s the first I`ve seen from you for a long time. Let us know how things are going. Love, Carol
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Liz
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Hello Carol & Polly
My health has not been too good lately. After I had that funny turn a few weeks ago & finished up on the floor I have still had problems with the sprained ankles & left leg. My legs & feet hurt when I sit for any length of time, probably more than walking around. I put them on a pillow when I am in bed & that seems to help a bit. Doctor says it could take 3 months or more to get better. I am to see an orthopedic surgeon in a couple of weeks. My GP wants me to have an RMI scan.
I have not spent much time looking at the board. Can't seem to sit for any length of time. Have had other problems with the waterworks as well so am not a particularly happy camper at the moment. Been feeling a bit down about it all.
Looking forward to the weekend & my nephew's wedding. He is the one who had the motorbike accident about 6/8 months ago. He has had a long hard road to recovery so it will be nice to see then happy. Have just finished icing the cake. It has been a bit of a rush job as apparently they forgot all about it & I presumed the bride’s family had it all under control. My sister called me about 3 weeks ago & asked me to do it.
We have had a bit of rain but need much much more. Still on level 5 restrictions & expecting to go on level 6 in the spring if we don't get the rain that we need. They are forecasting a bit so I hope they are right.
We are still waiting for our new water tank to be delivered. They told us it would be 6/8 weeks but is now nearly 10 weeks since we ordered it. If we had had it when we got that bit of rain last week it would have been full by now. Oh well, can't do much more than wait.
I will try to pop in a bit more frequently. Just can't seem to settle to anything much at the moment.
Love
Liz
My health has not been too good lately. After I had that funny turn a few weeks ago & finished up on the floor I have still had problems with the sprained ankles & left leg. My legs & feet hurt when I sit for any length of time, probably more than walking around. I put them on a pillow when I am in bed & that seems to help a bit. Doctor says it could take 3 months or more to get better. I am to see an orthopedic surgeon in a couple of weeks. My GP wants me to have an RMI scan.
I have not spent much time looking at the board. Can't seem to sit for any length of time. Have had other problems with the waterworks as well so am not a particularly happy camper at the moment. Been feeling a bit down about it all.
Looking forward to the weekend & my nephew's wedding. He is the one who had the motorbike accident about 6/8 months ago. He has had a long hard road to recovery so it will be nice to see then happy. Have just finished icing the cake. It has been a bit of a rush job as apparently they forgot all about it & I presumed the bride’s family had it all under control. My sister called me about 3 weeks ago & asked me to do it.
We have had a bit of rain but need much much more. Still on level 5 restrictions & expecting to go on level 6 in the spring if we don't get the rain that we need. They are forecasting a bit so I hope they are right.
We are still waiting for our new water tank to be delivered. They told us it would be 6/8 weeks but is now nearly 10 weeks since we ordered it. If we had had it when we got that bit of rain last week it would have been full by now. Oh well, can't do much more than wait.
I will try to pop in a bit more frequently. Just can't seem to settle to anything much at the moment.
Love
Liz
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Liz
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cake
Here is a pic of Dale & Jenny's wedding cake. Did not have much time to do it all in so I cheated a bit. I still had the sugar flower spray that I had made for the VIEW club birthday & they were happy to have that as decoration.
A smile is a light in the window of your face that shows that your heart is at home
The cake is beautiful, Liz. They should be very happy to have it.
I do hope you get some relief from the physical and emotional symptoms very soon.
Also, hope that water tank will be at your door before the week is up!!
Love, Shirley
I do hope you get some relief from the physical and emotional symptoms very soon.
Also, hope that water tank will be at your door before the week is up!!
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
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Carol Arnett
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Hi Liz,
What a bummer - being sick is just not fun!!! I hope you are on the mend real soon!
I agree about the cake - absolutely gorgeous!!!!! I'm with Carol, how do you get the icing so smooth????
Mars
What a bummer - being sick is just not fun!!! I hope you are on the mend real soon!
I agree about the cake - absolutely gorgeous!!!!! I'm with Carol, how do you get the icing so smooth????
Mars
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." -- Buddha
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Hi All
The secret to getting the icing smooth is that I use what is called 'plastic icing' or actually fondant. You knead it until it is very smooth & gets a sort of glow & then roll it out just like pie dough. Then comes the tricky part. I polish the top & then lift it with the help of my rolling pin & place it on the cake. You then have to quickly smooth it down nudging it into place on the sides. I usually measure the cake, top & sides, with a piece of string & roll the icing out to a round of that diameter. You have to quickly cut off any excess so that it does not drag down & then I polish & smooth it using a piece of xray film. You can make the icing yourself but it is a pretty tedious job so I usually buy it from the cake decorating shop. This cake is a 12 inch one & took 2 kilograms or about 4 1/2 pounds of icing. You usually only use this type of icing on rich fruit cakes as this one is. Kneading the icing is quite theraputic, I find. I plug in my mp3 player
& sway to the music. 
I make the flowers using 'flower paste' or use some of the fondant adding some gum traganth which makes it set quite hard.
Love
Liz
The secret to getting the icing smooth is that I use what is called 'plastic icing' or actually fondant. You knead it until it is very smooth & gets a sort of glow & then roll it out just like pie dough. Then comes the tricky part. I polish the top & then lift it with the help of my rolling pin & place it on the cake. You then have to quickly smooth it down nudging it into place on the sides. I usually measure the cake, top & sides, with a piece of string & roll the icing out to a round of that diameter. You have to quickly cut off any excess so that it does not drag down & then I polish & smooth it using a piece of xray film. You can make the icing yourself but it is a pretty tedious job so I usually buy it from the cake decorating shop. This cake is a 12 inch one & took 2 kilograms or about 4 1/2 pounds of icing. You usually only use this type of icing on rich fruit cakes as this one is. Kneading the icing is quite theraputic, I find. I plug in my mp3 player
& sway to the music. I make the flowers using 'flower paste' or use some of the fondant adding some gum traganth which makes it set quite hard.
Love
Liz
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Carol Arnett
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Hi Liz,
What a beautiful cake!!!! I sure do admire the talents you have!!!
I'm sorry you are having problems physically and emotionally. Every time I get sick with something that lasts a while, I feel like it will never go away, and I get depressed. No one likes being sick.
I hope you start feeling better very soon!!!! Please keep us posted.
Love, Kathyp
What a beautiful cake!!!! I sure do admire the talents you have!!!
I'm sorry you are having problems physically and emotionally. Every time I get sick with something that lasts a while, I feel like it will never go away, and I get depressed. No one likes being sick.
I hope you start feeling better very soon!!!! Please keep us posted.
Love, Kathyp
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Jaco, a parrot in Salzburg, could not only speak but seemed to understand grammar. Whenever his person left, Jaco would say "God be with you." But when several people were departing, Jaco would change it to "God be with all of you."
Jaco, a parrot in Salzburg, could not only speak but seemed to understand grammar. Whenever his person left, Jaco would say "God be with you." But when several people were departing, Jaco would change it to "God be with all of you."