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For once the avocado was perfect

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The meal planning thing has been working quite well this week as far as the dinners go, I may as well not have bothered planning my lunches though, I don’t think I followed it once all week for lunch. I swapped the tacos for spag bol on Thursday and had the presence of mind to pop the avocado in the fridge rather than leaving it on the fruit bowl. When I cut into it tonight in great trepidation I was mightily surprised to be greeted with a perfectly ripened, unblemished and completely delicious fruit – I must have been channeling … Continue reading For once the avocado was perfect

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Menu plan 28 Jan 08

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I got back into my full menu planning as of today – breakfasts, lunches, afternoon teas and dinners all worked out ahead of time, but I won’t bore you with the whole lot. I’m not trying anything adventurous this week what with it being the first week back at school and re-establishing routines promising to take up quite enough mental energy as it is. Monday Crumbed fish, oven chips and peas – boring but easy.Tuesday BBQ steak, jacket baked potato and salad – I want to try and use the new BBQ a bit more often than we used the … Continue reading Menu plan 28 Jan 08

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Moving the furniture

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I presume everyone’s noticed the redecorating that’s been going on around here? I’ve been having fun slowly getting things juuuust right. Occasionally I’ll ask Adam for an opinion, invariably he replies “yeah, looks good” or something to that effect. He’s more interested in the content than the decor which I guess is kind of nice. I’m quite surprised he hasn’t complained about the changes, I always get into trouble when I shift the furniture around in the house, change being so traumatic and all 😉 I’ve just added a twitter feed to the sidebar over there —-> so even if … Continue reading Moving the furniture

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No gelato for me

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We went out for dinner with friends tonight. Nice and early so the kids would be civilized. Well. Not so much with the civilized. We’ve been taking our kids to all kinds of restaurants from very early on, they’re usually pretty good, and really they were ok for most of the time tonight too. However, I was getting pretty annoyed with Tom while we were waiting for our meals as he kept draping himself all over me, hugs are one thing attempted smothering is another. When that was paired with David grinding his head into my shoulder on the other … Continue reading No gelato for me

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Nat made me teary

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Tardie aka Nat has a post on her blog today in which she shares a story that brought tears to my eyes, it’s titled “Shh…let me tell you a secret…” and here’s a few extracts (go read the whole thing though, won’t you?) Once upon a time there was a young girl who loved to swim. In truth, she just loved being in the water. She loved the beach, the pool, the bathtub – it didn’t matter what it was, she just loved the water. She quit competitive swimming at 15 and with one thing and another found herself joining … Continue reading Nat made me teary

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I blog therefore I am

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When we were driving all those hours on Thursday and Friday I found myself thinking about what I would post if only I had managed to get around to setting up blogging from my mobile. So I picked up a pad of paper and a pencil and began doing it the old-fashioned way. Adam laughed at me. Thursday, January 10, 2008I have wheels We began the day with a trip out to Glenorie with 2 yowling cats in the back of the car. Tom apparently found this hysterically funny greeting each mournful “Merrrowwwwl” with loud giggling. This got old very … Continue reading I blog therefore I am

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I have net!

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We’re in Albury and even though I didn’t ask Adam has indulged me by hooking me up to the hotel broadband – I wasn’t going to ask ’cause the desk is in the room where the kids are sleeping so I’m sitting here in the dark risking disturbing them with the glow of the laptop and the click of the keyboard. The trip has been great so far, the DVD players did a stellar job keeping the kids occupied and us sane on the road. The campsite was gorgeous, the weather was just right, we swam, I finally got to … Continue reading I have net!

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We’re all going on a summer holiday…

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*no more working for a week day or two* My mum used to sing that as we headed off on our many camping holidays way back when. It just popped into my head now as I was playing around with the phrase “we’re off on a holiday” trying to make it sound vaguely interesting. I shall have to remember to annoy the kids with it tomorrow afternoon on our way south. They find it disturbing when I start serenading them with the songs my parents used to sing. There’s “Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow” (obvious application here), “It’s … Continue reading We’re all going on a summer holiday…

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Tonight I am the tooth fairy

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I’m under strict instructions from Tom who has just lost his 3rd tooth. For some reason it is the source of great glee to him that the tooth fairy is his mother while at the same time he seems convinced that I have no idea how to play the role.* He tells me he plans on sleeping all night without waking up once and while he is asleep I am to creep quietly into his room and take the tooth from it’s chinese tea cup full of water and put it in a safe place. He asked me what I … Continue reading Tonight I am the tooth fairy

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Time for tea

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One of my small pleasures in life is to make a pot of tea in my stainless steel pot, set the tea tray with stoneware mugs, milk jug and bowl from Lue Pottery and our Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafras sugar bowl, and sit with Adam in the peace of the evening to enjoy a cup or two. These mugs are from a set of 6 that we received as a Christmas present from my mum, they are gorgeous and I love them. We used to have a set that matched the milk jug but we’re down to 2 of them so … Continue reading Time for tea