Cooking and cookbooks
I like to cook, especially baking ( brownies!), but over the last couple of years I have gradually stopped. Part of this can be blamed on my evening activities, I play soccer, and the twice weekly...
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It has been an interesting week. I volunteered a while ago to help out at a kids art festival held in Brisbane, and this was the week. Out of the box is an arts festival aimed at kids under 8- it has...
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Out of the Box
So, a couple of weeks ago I spent a couple of days volunteering at the Out of the Box festival. I would have spent a couple more, but I split my lip and spent the weekend unable to move my mouth much....
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Jam yesterday, jam today and jam tomorrow
Last night we made kiwi jam. Or more accurately kiwi and apple jam. The fruit box we get on a fortnightly basis often comes with a bag of kiwis- when we aren’t alert enough to change our order- but...
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craft weekend
Last weekend was a crafty and creative weekend for me. On Saturday, Elle came over and we went shopping. First to reverse garbage, which is a store which gets donations of all sorts of stuff. I had...
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Not in that we are actively making terrible choices, but circumstances conspire against us. It’s the end of winter, so colds and flu abound. I have not yet been struck down, but G has. We are busy,...
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Where does the time go?
Another busy week. I mentioned I was iron deficient? Well to add to that I had a health assessment through work. I know I gained weight over the last couple of years but my blood pressure and...
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Monday
It was definitely a Monday. Work IT had a move to the cloud over the weekend, which has been good for most of the company, but not the area I work in. Our main systems don’t currently work in Citrix,...
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Lemon berry trifle
As requested – lemon berry trifle. I made a vegan version as well, so I will talk about both. Cake For the standard trifle I used a lemon drizzle cake. I generally use Nigella Lawson’s version. For...
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Making things
A nice relaxing weekend. A lot of reading and a lot of making. On Saturday I finished off the drop bear- it only needed some closing stitches on the bit left open for stuffing, but it still counts....
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