Well my slice was not as good as IKs... too crumby not chewy like hers... hmmm...I did use brown sugar instead of raw, maybe this had more of an effect than I expected it would. Perhaps I cooked it a fraction too long (overcompensating for my undone brownies!) the thing is our oven is tricky... it's hotter at the back than at the front so i have to turn it around half way and I think this stuffs me up sometimes. Oh well, I'll just have to make ANOTHER batch! LOL oh and I might add a fraction more dates to make the filling go closer to the edge, and in IK's version it was thicker too, much better... All together it's a very yummy recipe ... I just can't help myself regarding fiddling with the recipe though... oh and I also might add a smidgen of Philly or Mascapone to the icing to make it a tad creamier LOL but then again maybe it's meant to be more of a glaze type icing... oh well a bit of trial and error makes you a smarter cook in the long run I guess.

DH also just sent me an sms love poem (5 stanzas!) that he wrote for me on the train into work this morning! LOL I texted back that "How on earth could you write that after my crabbiness yesterday?" hehe gotta love him.

Amanda I see you're still online... how's your day going darl?
Simone: I read your "username" thread... hope your meeting today went ok. I was going to recommend that you only speak to your XH with a witness/liason person from now on until everything is completely sorted. Having been a child from a similar relationship as yours (my mother and an evil step father) I know that there's probably some tough times ahead.

Cuppa time...