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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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Definitely easier this year.

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Caitlin received her five year trophy for dance tonight (which she’s been hanging out for for three years) and it’s sitting in pride of place on top of the entertainment unit, the equivalent in this house of sending it straight to the pool room. She danced well, I can see such a change from last year, much more precise and focused, and she coped very professionally when she slipped and fell in the evening performance doing ballet – just hopped up and kept going barely missing a beat. I seem to be having a “be proud of Caitlin” week, can’t … Continue reading Definitely easier this year.

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Dear god the STRESS!!

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The continuing saga of the talent quest – Caitlin, not content to rest on her laurels after her singing, has decided to enter with a friend in the dancing section as well. Now, this would be all fine and dandy had they made this decision a couple of weeks ago instead 4 days before they have to officially enter. We need the song chosen and the choreography done by Monday. The girls have just spent an hour agonising over song choice and are at present toying with the possibility of using Greased Lightning. Looks like Caitlin’s friend will be coming … Continue reading Dear god the STRESS!!

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Good day

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It’s been a bit of a lazy day today, Adam “worked” from home so I was still in my pj’s when he took the kids to school. We did some planning together for getting things organised for the weeks ahead and bummed around the house doing nothing much. After lunch we headed off to the school to watch Caitlin do her bit in the talent quest and you know, just quietly, she was fucking awesome. I was so very proud of her, she sang unaccompanied, her voice was strong and clear and I reckon she hit pretty much every note. … Continue reading Good day

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Random stuff

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Tonight I hand fed the possum a slice of watermelon. A possum eating watermelon with great enthusiasm is a) noisy and b) so very cute. I spent $400 on groceries today, I’d been buying only what we needed to get through the next day or so for the last 3 weeks and we were running out of just about everything. Now I shouldn’t need to shop for non-perishables for another 3 weeks! BBQ dinner on the front deck is a very nice way to spend the evening. Must do more often. Caitlin is entering the school talent quest in the … Continue reading Random stuff