As you all know and have all been totally supportive, I’m time-starved this week but haven’t completely fallen in a heap and resorted to dialing up nightly takeaway, but I am looking for fast-food, that is, food I can quickly bring to the table. Recently I discovered a great food blog from New Zealand called […]
Archives for September 2012
A Rainbow Fish Birthday Cake
September 18, 2012 By 40 Comments
The deal was that Arabella would wake early in the morning, make the icing, form the cakes into a fish and decorate it. I left the house well before she woke to have a swim at the local pool where for 60 minutes I could be under the water and not be bothered. I came […]
It Fits
September 17, 2012 By 37 Comments
Those Mandarin-speaking dressmakers are amazing. I went in to their tiny shop and stepped into their teeny cubical and tried on the Kate Spade dress. It fits. I’m now officially a Size 2 – it says it on the Kate Spade label! Having solved the issue of ‘what to wear’ I now have another problem […]
Paralysing Inertia
September 16, 2012 By 40 Comments
I’m lying on the couch in a state of paralysing inertia. I’m trying to work out how I will survive the week ahead and I have that feeling of dread that I may not be able to pull it all off. Tomorrow Alfie has his final drama lesson of the term. Parents are invited to […]
They’re Engaged!
September 15, 2012 By 41 Comments
I work freelance for a business that’s located walking distance from where I live. A few weeks ago I invited the director of the company and his partner to dinner. We had a lovely night as the director’s partner and I discovered we had a lot in common with both of us having a nursing […]
Jerk Pork Belly and One of Those Days
September 13, 2012 By 52 Comments
In my mind I had planned a lovely day. An early morning swim squad, take Alfie to school, do a quick job, relax at the hairdressers, enjoy lunch with a friend, be home in time to welcome the plumber who would replace a dodgy bathroom taps, collect Alfie from school and take him to the […]
Chicken Roasted in Salt Water and The Extras
September 12, 2012 By 38 Comments
Archie’s been on a two week break from uni. I’m not sure what he’s done with his time but he hasn’t been home much at all. I did drop a few loud hints that it would be nice if he tidied his room and ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if someone cleaned my car’, but […]
White Chocolate Blondies and Getting Sweeter
September 11, 2012 By 40 Comments
You’ll be pleased to know Arabella has had lovely class parties where the neapolitan cake and mini quiches were a huge success. Such a success in fact that it has been requested I make a farewell cake for the entire year group. Stagger me. Helping the girls to make this group decision is the sad […]
Mini Party Quiches and Another Grand Design
September 10, 2012 By 45 Comments
There’s another grand design. It’s for a final maths class. And they’re celebrating with another class party. This time I got in first. I said, ‘Arabella, you all have the Valedictory Dinner coming up in just a few days and I know you’re all trying to squeeze into dresses two sizes too small and that […]
Neapolitan Cake and Grand Designs
September 9, 2012 By 46 Comments
Arabella has just a handful of school days left before she graduates, has two weeks of holidays, then heads back to sit her exams. It seems we’ve entered a time of finishing, finals and farewells and on Tuesday she will have her last drama class. Last week the class decided that on their last lesson […]
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