Supper At School - R2BC

Another week and more reasons 2B cheerful. I'm not mentioning the elections as all we know for sure is that, at the moment, nothing is for sure. As usual I'm joining the R2BC linky which is over at Becky's Lakes Single Mum for the month of June.

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Supper At School

They had a Supper at School Shuk at DD's school to raise money for the end of year events. DD's class made desserts in cups. I was a bit tardy in seeing the list for contributions - I only got there 20 minutes after it'd been sent. Thus I missed the disposable tablecloths and plastic spoons options. I was also too late for the easy jellies. I was drawn to the chocolate mousse but raw eggs in 30 degree heat, not to mention the expense and the time involved..... I reinterpreted it as instant pudding and we made 20 cups of chocolate, butterscotch, and vanilla puddings. We added sprinkles.

DD wanted to take a tray of desserts out into the field and try to get some passing trade. I could have told her that selling is a thankless task. I'm useless at it. After a long time and only two sales she handed the tray to her friend who promptly sold the lot in about three minutes. *sigh* We have other talents.









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Blog Ranking


I've been placed 57 in the Top 100 Single Moms Blogs list. I don't remember submiting my blog but I'm chuffed it was picked up anyway and placed at number 57.

In the tots 100 I also went up last month although I'm still in the 1200 range. There'll be a party when I break the top 1000 barrier again.

#Listography - Hot Chocolate Award

The biggest frustrastion about being an expat is the competitions, promotions and events that either I'm not eligible for because I don't reside in the UK, or I'm just not there to participate in. When Kate Takes 5 announced that prizes had been offered for the Listography posts about our favourite mugs, I noticed that there was no smallprint. I wrote to Kate and told her that if I were considered for a prize, it would only have to be posted to London (rather than the Middle East) and I would pick it up at my sister's house in April.

Reader, I won one of the prizes! For this post:- Mugs I Have Loved. When we got to London this was waiting for me:

Along with this:

The hot chocolate was indeed frothy top! It was delicious made with water (made slightly stronger) but positively decadent when made with hot milk. So thank you Kate and Galaxy for awarding me the prize and for not being expatphobic.