Happy Mother’s Day! Don’t you just love Mother’s Day? It’s that one day of the year where you get to sleep-in then lie in bed while the kids bring you breakfast in bed and hand over lots of heartfelt gifts while telling you just how amazing and special you are. Don’t you just love it? […]
Jerk Pork Belly and One of Those Days
September 13, 2012 By 52 Comments
In my mind I had planned a lovely day. An early morning swim squad, take Alfie to school, do a quick job, relax at the hairdressers, enjoy lunch with a friend, be home in time to welcome the plumber who would replace a dodgy bathroom taps, collect Alfie from school and take him to the […]
Jerk Pork Cutlets and Has Anyone Seen Archie?
August 1, 2012 By 33 Comments
We had a sighting, a brief sighting, a few days ago. He was his usual self, if you exclude looking hassled and rushed and stressed and frantic. Archie is doing too much. He’s doing eight subjects at uni all at once. He has a job as a waiter on Sunday mornings. He has a new […]
You Are Awesome!
June 27, 2012 By 36 Comments
The other morning I didn’t want Alfie to be late for school (again) so I was rushing him and standing at the front door yelling, ‘Come on, you don’t want to be late, get your bag on your back, let’s go’. But he was stuffing around in the kitchen doing who knows what yelling back […]
Cat Fight on the Cat Walk
June 13, 2012 By 46 Comments
The formal drama is not over. Yes, I was blessed with a few days reprieve, four to be exact, but yesterday it started again. Just to refresh your memory, Arabella’s formal was last Thursday but that boy, Flynn, who has invited her to his formal, is cranking up the drama. Flynn is ‘just a friend’ […]
Stir-Fried Pork Fillets and…I Will Survive
May 31, 2012 By 33 Comments
I had it all in the bag. It looked like it was all about to happen – an enormous stroke of luck that would see Archie out of my hair for a good few months. Archie had an audition. A few weeks ago he phoned me from Uni to let me know he wouldn’t be […]
Three-Bean Casserole and…Day Two
May 26, 2012 By 46 Comments
I’m sure Mark Zuckerberg was a difficult child. That’s how I console myself when my children are having their difficult moments. Yesterday my day was mentally so well planned. Then it all turned south when Arabella woke in the night with vomiting and then in the morning was beside herself from the pain in her […]
Pork Belly with Caramel Vinegar and…Hangi Time
April 21, 2012 By 48 Comments
When I was very young the house next door to us was sold and we had high levels of anticipation as to who would be our new neighbours. One day they arrived. And it wasn’t a subtle arrival either. They were a family of six children, three boys and three girls. They were very loud […]
Pork Fillets with Pear and Prosciutto and…Not a Good Start
March 27, 2012 By 49 Comments
There are some mothers who are just so wonderfully organised and they work off calendars and diaries and excel spreadsheets and lists and schedules and whiteboards. These mums always read the notes in the schoolbag (daily), they read the emailed weekly newsletter, they remember to send in photo money, signed excursion notes, permission slips, library […]
Caramelised Pork Salad and…It’s Cold in Antarctica
February 18, 2012 By 36 Comments
It’s so cold down there and so much colder than the Arctic. Colder because Antarctica is surrounded by water but the Arctic is surrounded by land masses. Antarctica has land underneath it and the Arctic has water and that apparently also makes a big difference. Antarctica has much stronger winds making it colder and in […]
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