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Sleeping – a picspam post

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I was going back through all my photos on my laptop looking for images for another post that’s sitting in my drafts folder and I kept coming across photos of me or one of the kids with either a child or a pet asleep on top of us. Here they are. Tom, post spag bol, with Samantha Aug ’05 Me with Samantha Sept ’04 Me with Tom April ’03 Ok, we might be foxing just a little bit in this one. Me with Tom Dec ’02 Caitlin with James not sure of the date, she’d have been 2-ish 50 Things … Continue reading Sleeping – a picspam post

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40

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I turned forty a couple of weeks ago. My mum asked me recently how did it feel being 40 and I said it feels pretty much like being thirty felt, or even twenty. I’m quite sure I have changed over that time, what with the getting older and having kids and all, but in some fundamental way I don’t feel any different. I don’t think back to who I was as a newly married 21 year old and wonder what happened to that person, she’s still right here. For me forty seems full of possibilities. My kids are getting older … Continue reading 40

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50 Things

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Via Kath at Sleepydumpling I think the 50 things challenge started life as a challenge to write a list of 50 things on one topic, but the version Kath is blogging requires writing your own list of 50 topics, followed by a post on each of them. As it turns out coming up with the list is proving a non-trivial challenge in itself. 40 Swimming What are you reading? What are you watching? Learning Pets School Do you work? Volunteering An ode to Vegemite Grandparents Music Mum taxi Shopping How I met your father Camping Sleeping Dried leaves in boiling … Continue reading 50 Things

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Lists

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Lists that need to be written: Tom’s belated birthday party guest list Christmas party / Adam’s “Don’t Panic” birthday party guest list (he’s turning 42, bring your towel!) Christmas shopping list New Zealand holiday organising list New Zealand holiday packing/purchasing list Craft and reenactment projects to do list House decluttering and renovating to do list Shopping list for grocery shopping on Thursday Some of these lists are partially in my head and I believe Adam has partial versions of a couple of them too. It’d be kind of handy if they were done properly and put somewhere sensible though. Lists … Continue reading Lists

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In which I am grateful for small mercies

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I was first in the shower this morning, mostly because the kids apparently decided they didn’t need one today. I turned on the water and waited for the hot to come through. And waited. And waited. And thought “That’s odd…and not good.” Seeing as I was already there I went ahead and showered in the barely above cold tap temperature water coming from the hot tap, it got even colder as I rinsed. As I came out of the bathroom and headed down to our bedroom I called to Adam “We have no hot water.” “WHAT?!” “You heard me.” As … Continue reading In which I am grateful for small mercies

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Beef and Barley Stew

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On Thursday night I was faced with some defrosted steak, no shopping done, no plan and a mother-in-law coming for dinner. It was time to call on my inner Nanny Ogg, here’s what she came up with: Beef and barley stew a slosh of olive oil3 onions, diced1kg steak, diced1/2 red capsicum, dicedgenerous sprinkling of garlic powdera shake or three of dried chili flakessome allspice…maybe a bit more3 tablespoons plain flour1L beef stocka few bay leaves2 tablespoons tomato pastethe rest of the bottle of worchestershire sauce (I dunno, 1 tablespoon?)3 carrots, sliced4 potatoes, diced1/2 cup pearl barleysalt & pepper to … Continue reading Beef and Barley Stew

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Outfit of the day. No, no occasion, just because.

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I got up this morning, started to look for my jeans and then changed my mind. I wasn’t going anywhere special or anything but NEW SKIRT! So I wore it. It only seemed right to top the outfit off with the hat. Apparently having Adam take photos of me brings out the goofy face. Skirt – Torrid Hat – Akubra from Strand Hatters Top – Target Tights – We Love Colors Boots – Giovanna Continue reading Outfit of the day. No, no occasion, just because.

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Corn, cucumber and capsicum salad

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Purely so I don’t forget what I did: Tom’s birthday dinner last night was, by request from the birthday boy, nachos, and because I decided I wanted some extra veggies I grabbed these things: 1 420g can corn kernels drained1 lebanese cucumber, diced1/2 red capsicum, dicedolive oil, a drizzlewhite wine vinegar, a splashgarlic powder dried coriander leaves And made this: Corn, cucumber and capsicum salad And it was good. I had leftovers tonight and it was still good. What’s in the photo is the leftovers of the leftovers, also known as tomorrow’s lunch. Continue reading Corn, cucumber and capsicum salad