Checking in too. G'day to everyone.

All is well here, but that can change rapidly I have noticed.

It's also lovely to see some of you who have been MIA. A special Howdy to Doody!

Koala, I'm so sorry to read about your cousin. That's sad news.
It is great to hear that you're doing so well though. Keep that up.
You, however, are living in the wrong State! After months of flooding rain, the sun has come out and here we are at the end of April and the middle of the days are like Summer and the mornings are like Spring and heck, it's supposed to be Autumn/Fall. Go figure. Would love to go for a bbq today but it's hard to find somewhere that's quiet on a Saturday up here.

For Wren...

Choc Chip Cookies.
(for lovers of butter and sugar)

185g butter (6 oz for you all I think?)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup caster sugar (very fine white sugar)
1 egg
1 1/2 cups Self Raising Flour
200g (not quite 7oz I think?) of chocolate chopped in small pieces. Could use choc chips. I just use a cooking chocolate block. Sometimes I use white choc. I try not to make them too often though because we eat them before they're even cool.

Beat butter, vanilla and sugars
Add in egg and beat
Mix in the flour by spatula not the beaters.
Add the choc

Mix it all together and put it in the 'fridge for an hour.
Break off bits by the spoonful and cook.

175C (350f I think) oven 15 mins. ( I tend to just check them as I don't like them too brown. I've found they're nicer taken out a tad early.

I tried to correctly convert from our metric to your imperial but not sure it's exact.