After adjusting to the fact that we were all up and at ‘em by 8.00am this morning thanks to daylight saving time, we made some rather fantastic individual brownie muffins. Sadly, I can’t take credit for them, but I do recommend you buy the equally fantastic ‘Brownies’ by Linda Collister, from whence it came. I had to improvise slightly as I’ve packed half my kitchen now ready for the big move next week when I can finally wave goodbye to the unfeasibly long school run and swap it for a more reasonable journey. You’ll be pleased to hear that we’re still going to be in the middle of nowhere, but this time we’ll be within 5 or 10 minutes’ drive of a decent sized town. Hubby is salivating at the mere thought of finally being able to get a curry delivered. I shall miss Paddy, Paddy and all the other Paddies, but no doubt they have rabbits where we’re going. Actually, as I type this, the most recent batch of new babies are tumbling around on one of the front lawns in a rather cute way. Faced with yet another new kitchen and with the C word fast approaching, my thoughts have naturally turned to gadgets. Being a bit of a wannabe domestic goddess (without the cleaning, obviously), I’m into all sorts of gadgets. There’s a fantastic shop at one of the retail parks here that has every possible gadget imaginable and I can spend many a happy hour trawling through the displays, looking at everything from melon ballers to Magimixes. At home, my favourite website has to be KitchenAid.com. If we win the euro millions I will have my dream kitchen stuffed to the rafters with everything from espresso machines to blenders, all in their delicious ice cream colours. Check out their latest ‘Cook for the Cure’ range, all in the most gorgeous pale pink, with the added bonus that money is donated to breast cancer charities with every purchase. Other faves are kitchencomplements.ie and kitchengoddess.co.uk (deliveries to any EU country for a mere £10.95!), ooh and the fantabulous francisfrancis.co.uk for the trendiest coffee machines ever. I’m off to drool on my keyboard. Note to Hubby: I’m just looking, honest x

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