These would have to be one of my most favourite 'quick' things to make (sorry to all my friends who always get me bringing these when I visit!). I really do have a sweet tooth.

An extra bonus is that these truffles are also gluten free, which is great for those gluten free visitors that you sometimes have (well, I do anyway).

Chocolate Truffles

1 cup coconut
1 cup icing sugar
vanilla essence
3 ounces butter
2 tablespoons cocoa

Mix dry ingredients together.
Melt butter and mix all together with the essence.
Roll into balls and cover in extra coconut or melted chocolate.
Set in fridge.

And there you go... sweet and simple.

See here for my other truffle posts.

When I was young, I just couldn't wait to get up super early on Saturday mornings and watch the cartoons... now I think it's a real treat if I catch the 6 o'clock news while I drink a cup of tea.

Tonight I decided to curl up on the couch, crochet my granny square blanket while sipping tea and watching a documentary. I felt really spoilt... I'm starting to get worried.

I still enjoy a good Tintin or Asterix comic now and then, but I must say, the cartoons don't get me up early in the morning anymore.

S.O.S. to other Nana's out there... please tell me I'm not the only one???

p.s. What was your favourite cartoon show growing up? Mine were Adam Ant, Snorks, Scooby Doo, Smurfs, Danger Mouse and Fraggle Rock.

Oh, the memories!

So this is all of us... my family. It's not very often that we get a photo with all of us in it either.

If you look closely, you can see Narnia the pup in her pink cardigan on hubby's lap, and Barney our giant cat falling down the back of the couch (I decided not to include the mice and chickens in our family shot).

Of course, it's almost impossible to get all 6 of us looking nicely at the camera in one shot, so out of the ones taken, I decided this was the most perfect representation of our family at the moment... Miss 2 is usually grizzling, hubby is usually fussing over the dog, Master 10 is usually hanging around his Dad, and Master 7 and Miss 5 are often found being silly together... and I'm smiling politely.

I do love them all (well, maybe not Narnia at times).