Disclaimer: The images shown are irrelevant to this post but show you how we spent some of our time in the Southern Highlands. As most of you are aware, my daughter, on a whim, went on-line and bought herself an airline ticket to the USA. She had an idea in her head that traveling solo […]
Gluten-Free Chocolate and Raspberry Puddings and…The Charge Nurse
June 25, 2014 By 46 Comments
After I posted my story about the Charge Nurse on the cardiac ward, a few of the nurses I trained with read it and then contacted me to swap war stories. This gave us a lot of laughs and we all agreed that tragedy plus time equals comedy. The reminiscing reminded me of another story […]
Raw, Vegan Lemon ‘Cheesecake’
June 22, 2014 By 42 Comments
I’m no longer limping. I’ve been to see an osteopath and after telling him my tale of stupidity (air-headed notion of training for less than four weeks for a 10km ‘fun’ run), he looked at me like he was dealing with a slow learner and said, ‘That’s not very wise’. I said, ‘I know that […]
Summer Beef Salad
June 5, 2014 By 38 Comments
Remember when my extended family celebrated Mother’s Day with a lunch and there was a wonderful salad of eye fillet of beef on the table and I promised to share with you the recipe? Well…here it is! And yes, the photos have been taken with a flash and that’s because I’m limping around very slowly […]
Rocket and Pomegranate Salad
May 27, 2014 By 41 Comments
I could just give you the recipe, but I’m just dying to whinge a little bit about my jogging career. What a business it is, trying to get fit! The jogging group meets on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm. That just doesn’t suit me. Last week I was full of good intentions but when it came […]
Here Comes the Jogging Career – Again
May 17, 2014 By 38 Comments
Do you remember last year when I thought I’d take up jogging so I could run with my little guy in a 10km race? Well…if you do remember you’ll know how well that worked out. It’s hard to believe but it’s just four weeks until that race is on again and again, my little guy […]
The Hymn Book
March 24, 2014 By 48 Comments
A few weeks ago I was trying to help Alfie with his homework while also cooking dinner and bringing in the washing and feeding the dogs and keeping an eye on the news and sorting out the RSVPs for Archie’s 21st while playing solo parent because Carl had a late meeting. And the phone rang. […]
‘I’m very sorry to hear that’
March 5, 2014 By 45 Comments
I was talking to a friend this morning and she said, ‘I think you must be exuding a special kind of energy’. And she said that because I was telling her a story of what happens to me when I go to the supermarket. (And you know the supermarket I’m talking about because it’s the […]
Rosewater Meringues with Raspberry Sauce and Cream – Gluten Free
February 12, 2014 By 46 Comments
If you’re going to be vain, you have to have a very high pain threshold. A few weeks ago I went to a dentist for a long overdue overhaul. While pretty much unable to speak due to my tongue and both sides of my mouth being numb, I decided to mention, through slurred and barely […]
The Joy of Christmas
December 14, 2013 By 45 Comments
There’s a lot to do with getting ready for Christmas and I know I’m not alone in feeling that at this time of year it would be handy to have an extra day in every week. Adding to the mayhem is that things can and often do go wrong and I had no less than […]
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