Recently I have been up at Scoop buying everything I need to make my Christmas cakes. And when I say I’ve ‘been up at Scoop’ I mean I’ve made 10 Christmas Cakes and two festive Christmas cakes. Because of my many and frequent visits, I’ve noticed that they’re selling jars filled with a mix of […]
Archives for November 2014
A Tripe Story
November 28, 2014 By 31 Comments
I promised you a tripe story so here it is… When I was a student nurse, part of our training included an eight-week secondment to one of three centres. You weren’t given a choice (standard) and instead, given orders as to where your secondment was to be. Up for selection was eight weeks in a […]
Righetto Osteria Romana, Haberfield
November 27, 2014 By 22 Comments
Last week I met up with Tania and Celia for a very long overdue lunch – our first for 2014. Lorraine was meant to join us but unfortunately, due to an unavoidable scheduling crisis, she had to bow out of our get-together. Celia organised the lunch at a restaurant that she has been to several […]
Hand of Fatima Pie
November 25, 2014 By 35 Comments
A few weeks ago I was invited to a housewarming party by Duck-Pancake-Matt who has moved into an apartment. The party wasn’t in the apartment because there is a roof-top terrace and so up on the roof with a view of the ocean and the full moon rising is where the party was held. Duck-Pancake-Matt […]
Castle Rock, Middle Harbour
November 24, 2014 By 27 Comments
Yesterday’s forced family fun was on the water. While a lot of you are huddled indoors around your fireplaces, we here in Sydney are in the middle of a heatwave. Sunday was going to be one of the hottest days with coastal temperatures around 39C (102F) and much higher out west. Apart from squashing myself […]
Coconut Ice
November 20, 2014 By 51 Comments
All it takes is three ingredients! I haven’t made coconut ice for years and while prevalent in the 70’s at just about every church fete, school fair and fundraiser, it seemed to then just disappear off the scene. But recently I’ve seen coconut ice pop up in a few different places so I’m thinking all […]
Spit to Manly Coastal Walk
November 17, 2014 By 41 Comments
In this house Sunday is a time for family and like it or not, we will be having a family day. I do get very annoyed when children’s activities are booked in for a Sunday as that interrupts forced family fun. Alfie has been invited to a birthday party next Sunday and it’s on the […]
The Gym Junkie
November 15, 2014 By 43 Comments
I’ve never really liked going to the gym. But everyone else has a membership so I’ve felt I’d better get one too. Over the years I have spent thousands on memberships where I don’t even put one foot inside the establishment that’s taking an automatic monthly direct debit straight from my bank account. Hopeless. Swim […]
Rudolph’s Christmas 2014
November 13, 2014 By 27 Comments
I’m still without my lap top. In between studies, Miss Arabella kindly lends me her computer and that’s been a huge help. As today is Day 4 and as there had been no word, I gave the repair company a call and asked what time today my computer would be ready for collection. The reason […]
Password Fury
November 11, 2014 By 51 Comments
I’ve decided this new age of passwords only brings out the absolute worst in me. If you are wondering why I’ve been a little silent on social media and that there’s been a bit of an absence on the blogging scene it’s for due reason. A few days ago my laptop stopped behaving. All that […]
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