Archives for October 2012

Camping Provisions and No-bake Hedgehog Slice

Arabella has survived her first three exams and is now halfway through the HSC.  She doesn’t have another exam for five more days.  To celebrate, this afternoon we went shoe shopping.  We didn’t buy anything but ended up having pedicures in readiness for an event we have coming up this Sunday.  It was a great […]

Salad Season and Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Salad

Today I’m guest posting over at The Life of Clare. A few days ago we had a horrible cold snap that plummeted temperatures down around the 10 degree mark (50F).  Today it was 35C (95F) and I definitely know what I prefer. When the weather is this lovely, we like to eat salads.  Here is […]

Quick and Easy Sausage Rolls and…Mumford and Sons

You’ll be pleased to know the Wedding Singer returned with my car yesterday and was on Cloud Nine because his band’s performance had gone so well.  The bride was so pleased she wrapped herself around my Archie and gave him a big embrace to thank him.  Archie, having never before sung at a wedding, (in […]

The Procrastinator and Pink Grapefruit Tartlets

I’m having to type quietly. Things are very tense around here. It’s all to do with Arabella. The Higher School Certificate starts tomorrow and first up is Part One of her English exam.  Arabella’s least favourite subject is English so that’s adding to the drama. Over the past few days (add in weeks, months and […]

Basil Nut Thai, Mosman – Cheap Eats

As you would all know, sometimes life throws you a curve ball and all plans and schedules have to be abandoned.  I’m having one of those weeks and with time feeling tightly squeezed we’re looking for a few shortcuts. And I’ve found one. It’s called, ‘Eating out’. But we’re on a budget. So I’ve been […]

Waikanae

Back in my early days that were spent in New Zealand, every Sunday morning we would go to church.  Most Sundays we would come home to a roast that had been put in the oven prior to us leaving for the 9am service but occasionally, we would be squashed into the Holden and driven to […]

On the ‘Up and Up’ and Stuffed Spatchcocks

Archie’s no longer unemployed.  His circumstances apparently, are on the ‘Up and Up’. I don’t know how it happened and I have no idea who’s behind it, but Archie, in his very small fish bowl, is becoming sought after.  It came as something as a shock when the phone rang and it was someone wanting […]

Meringues with Lemon Curd and…It’s the Little Things

Once again, it’s been one of those days. I realise there are people out there who have really big issues going on in their lives but they say wars are not started on the big things, it’s the little things. And there’s been a lot of little things. I woke to the teenagers both not […]

Chinese Chews and ‘TV Will Rot Your Brain’

Having freed up my Saturday mornings by removing myself from Art Classes, my father, who didn’t like us to be idle, would put us all into the Holden (no disc brakes, no air-conditioning, no electric windows, no air-bags, no CD-player, no sun-roof and no heated seats), drop my big sister off at Art Class and […]

Toffee Apples and Art Classes

One of the activities I used to do when growing up was Art Classes.  I’ve no idea why as I certainly showed no emerging signs of talent.  I do have a big sister though and she did show signs of talent, or it could have been effort but more likely a combination of the two […]