There’s a lot of criticism around here at the moment and it’s all to do with lunch boxes. I try and I try and I try but the children are proving difficult to please and I don’t think I’m alone because I know so many mums who are like me and dread the daily chore […]
Spaghetti With Puttanesca Sauce and…One Hundred and Two Hours
April 17, 2012 By 70 Comments
Arabella turned 17 last September and so became eligible to sit for her driver’s licence. But as she hadn’t completed the 120 hours of driving under supervision, she couldn’t book in for the test. And six months later she still can’t because we’re only up to 102 hours. Eighteen hours to go and half of […]
Spaghetti with Meatballs and…Some Parents Are Just So Negligent!
January 31, 2012 By 36 Comments
While we’re on the subject of broken toes, Alfie did actually break his own toe and I had nothing to do with it. It was right before Christmas and Alfie was three and it was a year since my own toe had been snapped in Far North Queensland. I was organising a Christmas Production with […]
Charlie’s Carbonara and…We’ve Been Robbed
January 24, 2012 By 47 Comments
Yes, we’ve been robbed. It’s probably our own fault though because we didn’t leave the item securely locked up. We left it out on the nature strip so I suppose when you choose to live life recklessly you can’t expect plain sailing. You see, it was bin night. And the night before I had taken […]
Spinach and Sweet Potato Cannelloni and…Haere Mai
January 11, 2012 By 38 Comments
Translated, that’s ‘Welcome’ in Maori. I did experience a Haere Mai when I was eight years old and it was an experience I’ve never been able to forget. When I was growing up in New Zealand I went to Waiwhetu Primary School and it wasn’t multi-cultural because there were just two cultures – the Maoris […]
Pork and Fennel Sausage Pasta and…’So how’s your day been so far?’
June 2, 2011 By 4 Comments
There is a fabulous deli within walking distance of my house where I love to go and browse and buy things from the French girl behind the glass counter who wraps my packages so neatly and precisely in butcher’s paper. But also working there is a sales assistant who stands at the cash register near […]
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