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We’ve been busy

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Saturday’s project was the gingerbread house, I baked the gingerbread on Friday night, then assembled it and let the kids loose on it in the morning. They were very thorough… My mum had come over to spend some time with us and she got quite caught up in the creative process too, I think those rows of smarties along the edge of the roof are down to her 🙂 After doing some cooking for the next day’s picnic we headed into the city to meet up with Jenni (ChingTing) and Kat (Ninox), SOz members who were up from Canberra. We … Continue reading We’ve been busy

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Weigh-in week 18

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Much to my astonishment I stayed the same this week, I was sure the indulgences of Saturday night would show up on the scales but all the frantic cleaning, cooking and general running around getting ready for the party must have compensated nicely for the beer, mango daiquiris and margaritas 😉 Tonight was our last session at the anxiety clinic with Dave, I’ve been very pleased with what we’ve learned and achieved in the last 10 weeks, there’s still a long way to go but I do feel better equipped to deal with things now and more importantly Dave seems … Continue reading Weigh-in week 18

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Left-overs? What left-overs?!

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I’d been telling people all week that I was expecting around 50 people to come to our Christmas party last night and that half of them would be kids. I’m pretty sure that those figures were right back at the beginning of the week. But then I kept telling other people “Hey, we’re having a party! You should come along!” And they all did. I’d catered based on my original numbers so it’s a bloody good thing that I and all my fellow Browncoats are chronic over- caterers because according to my calculations this morning we in fact had 75 … Continue reading Left-overs? What left-overs?!

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Fruit mince pies mmmmm….

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Fruit Mince Pies(makes up to 36 depending on how thin you roll the pastry)3 cups plain flour1 cup icing sugar, sifted225g butter, diced3 – 4 tablespoons iced watericing sugar for dusting 2 x 410g jar of Robertson’s traditional fruit mince (you need about 1 3/4 jars) 1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Brush 3 12-cup shallow patty tins lightly with melted butter. 2. Place flour, sugar and butter in a food processor. Process until the mixture is fine and crumbly. Add almost all the water and process until the mixture comes together. Turn onto a lightly floured surface, press … Continue reading Fruit mince pies mmmmm….

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Tinsel take-over & weigh-in week 17

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I’m down 0.2kg this week for a total of 8.1kg. If I maintain over Christmas I’ll be satisfied but I’m still going to try and lose at least 1kg over the next 2 weeks. I found the tinsel and lights for the tree but the Advent calendar is still AWOL. The kids are quite pleased with their decorating endeavours and I am refraining from re-doing the job – not least because I simply can’t be bothered 😛 OMG the TINSEL!!!! Alright, I confess, I may tweak a couple of things…. Continue reading Tinsel take-over & weigh-in week 17

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Singing at the dinner table

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Adam and I were serenaded tonight by the kids with a spontaneous chorus of the Futurama version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. He knows when you are sleeping.He knows when you’re on the can.He’ll hunt you down and blast your ass from here to Pakistan.Ohh.You better not breathe, you better not move.You’re better off dead, I’m telling you dude,Santa Claus is gunning you down.I’m so proud 😀 (Adam suggested they sing it at next year’s school talent quest.) Continue reading Singing at the dinner table

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The stuff of Christmas

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The Advent calendar – my made-by-me, chocolate-free, re-usable felt wall hanging advent calendar, is no-where to be found. Seriously, I have no idea what I did with it. The tree – first haul it up from down in the garage, next find the box of decorations…realise the tinsel and lights are not in the box which you were SURE had everything in it…tell the kids they can’t decorate the tree till you find the lights…2 days later give up and let them decorate the tree anyway…if the lights and tinsel turn up we’ll worry about it then. Christmas cards – … Continue reading The stuff of Christmas

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Weigh-in week 16

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I lost 0.1kg over the last two weeks, which I am insanely happy about. Last week I sort of stepped on the scales and then bounced off again before I could really read what they said, but not before glimpsing the wrong digit in the tens spot – YIKES! – which would have been a gain of nearly 3 kg. So, I must have lost that again in the last week and um, yeah, pleased I am 😀 Total is now 7.9kg gone, I want that 10kg loss back before Christmas. Continue reading Weigh-in week 16