Key Lime Pie

Base

200g plain sweet biscuits

100g unsalted butter, melted

Whipped cream and shredded lime peel to decorate

Lime Filling 

4 eggs, lightly beaten

395g can of sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup cooking cream

2 tsps finely ground lime rind

1/2 cup lime juice

1. Using a round 20cm spring form pan, invert and grease and line base and sides with paper
2. Finely crush biscuits.  Add melted butter and mix until combined.  Press over base and up sides of pan.  Put in fridge to cool and set.
3. To make the filling, combine all ingredients in a bowl.  Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.  Pour into prepared pan.  Place pan onto oven tray.
4. Cook in a moderate oven (180'C) four about 45 minutes or until just set in the middle.
5. Remove from over, allow to cool in pan before attempting to lift out.  Decorate with whipped cream and shredded lime peel.

Small mercies

It's sometimes hard, but always worth the effort trying to be grateful for small mercies.  Today has been one of those days.
I woke super early, after not actually getting into bed until about 1.30am, only to think I was either late for work or had missed my doctors appointment (which isn't until Thursday).  So, not being able to get to sleep when my brain finally clicked that it was in fact Tuesday and only 7am, I decided to kill some time.  I made a coffee, played with The Boo (our cat), put on a load of washing AND made a Key Lime Pie.  And all before 11am!  I was impressed!
Then, our washing machine stopped pumping out water at the end of a full load and so I had to hand wring our uniforms to hang them on the line.  Yes, I was a little cross, BUT it was such a beautiful day this morning and I hadn't been outside the house yet to see it!  
Then, the rain clouds came over, BUT it meant that I got to stay indoors, snuggled on the couch with my beloved husband and The Boo, watching old DVDs.  I even put my PJ's back on at 3.30pm!
And now, I'm sitting at my computer feeling delighted that I already have three 'likers' for my facebook page.  Awesome!
So, on days that can sometime feel like a never-ending stream of bad news, broken appliances and rainy weather, small mercies can turn the whole thing around.  It's all about perspective, I guess...