Archives for June 2013

Pinata Birthday Cake

Over the weekend, Alfie has had his birthday party.  Before you get all complimentary and think I’m ‘Mother of the Year’ for having hosted children’s birthday parties multiple times every year for over two decades, I should let you know that Alfie’s birthday was nearly six months ago. Well, in my defense; we couldn’t have […]

Casa Barilla and a Giveaway

A few nights ago I attended a cooking demonstration at Casa Barilla. Although Barilla is a fourth-generation company turning over $7B per year, it’s products have only been available in Australia for the last decade or so.  When Barilla did start selling its pastas and pasta sauces here I was an instant convert.  In those […]

Here Comes ‘Rent’, The Musical

Some time ago I mentioned to you that the Music Theatre students of Sydney’s Australian Institute of Music are preparing for their graduation performance.  The musical they are showcasing is Rent.  Rent is set in the Lower East Side of New York and tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians […]

Mum’s Baked Cheesecake and…JAS058

A few posts ago I let you know that Archie now has his full licence and as such, can legally drive a V8.  And he has been looking forward to this for many years, given his father has a V8 and it’s a 1967 Mustang. When I was growing up with my four sisters my […]

Hotly Spiced in Free-Fall

On Friday night I posted Egg Baskets and…the Sleepover.  Two of you managed to comment on that post before it disappeared.  That post and all my posts written from February until June 21 disappeared.  Poof, they were gone.  Celia and Lorraine started sending me urgent texts.  With minimal IT knowledge I didn’t know what to […]

Egg Baskets and…The Sleepover

Way back when Arabella was at pre-school she had one special friend, Olivia.  Arabella was tall, thin and all stick arms and legs and by obvious contrast, Olivia was well-rounded.  But that’s if you put it politely because actually, she was obese.  But Arabella and Olivia seemed oblivious to each others differences and they certainly […]

Almond Biscuits and…Starting School

Long, long ago when Archie was at pre-school there came a day when it was time to make that transition to big school.  I had booked Archie into a school that said you could only attend if you turned five before the end of the year.  Archie wouldn’t turn five until the January.  The school […]

Mini-Mos 2013

Today was the day of the event that I was meant to be running in before injuries led to a late scratching. The 10km (6.2 miles) race was at 7am this morning and it would have been helpful if Carl and I hadn’t lingered at a dinner party until 1.30am the night before as having […]

Jogging isn’t Safe and it’s Expensive

What I gained from my second excursion with the jogging group was the flu and laryngitis.  That shut me up for a good five days and during that time it occurred to me that I didn’t have enough warm clothes for all this jogging caper.  Back I went to the burglars up at Lulu Lemon […]

The Mustang

Back around 1980 there was a great Aussie sit-com on TV called, Kingswood Country where the central character, Ted Bullpit owned a Kingswood.  His famous catch-cry that he constantly yelled to his son whenever he needed to go anywhere was, ‘You’re not taking the Kingswood’.  Which of course was terribly funny because a Kingswood was […]