When I was pregnant with Alfie, some well intentioned individuals (and I won’t say who because my in-laws aren’t really that bad) made a magnanimous gesture and suggested that they look after Archie and Arabella for a week during the school holidays as a way of helping me out. ‘You’re pregnant honey-one. You need to […]
Archives for September 2012
Lamb with Mint Sauce and The Country Fair
September 6, 2012 By 29 Comments
Back in the day when expectations were so much lower and excitement meant being given an ice block, we were on a family holiday, just a few hours north of Auckland. It was a little town of mostly rural residents where the pace of life was relaxed and the setting idyllic. I must have been […]
Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Sauce and Good Times in Brooklyn
September 5, 2012 By 30 Comments
When Archie went to New York I was desperately worried about him. Desperately worried because he was an 18-year old male who was and still is impulsive, who acts now then thinks later and has a strong belief that he is invincible. And adolescent males like this can sometimes end up in a lot of […]
Creamy Spinach Spaghetti with Roasted Tomatoes
September 4, 2012 By 48 Comments
I’m not sitting here in my leopard print cat suit – that outfit has been safely returned to the fancy dress shop and is waiting for you to hire it. Your turn now! And you won’t believe this. I’m sure you will think I’m making it up, but in the mail box addressed to Archie […]
‘Here Kitty, Kitty’
September 3, 2012 By 39 Comments
Now I wasn’t going to blog about this as some things should just be kept private but so many of you asked for photos of me in fancy dress that I feel compelled to share my Zoo Animal moment. As I mentioned last week, the Costume Department has been coming under strain, not only because […]
Harbour Hike
September 2, 2012 By 41 Comments
Today in Australia it’s been Father’s Day. To celebrate the day our family went on a Harbour Hike. It was an event organised by The Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences (SIMS) and it was an 11km (7 mile) hike around the Sydney Harbour foreshore. The walk started under the Harbour Bridge and ended in Clifton […]
Raspberry Brownies and The Wrap Party
September 2, 2012 By 31 Comments
Long, long ago when Carl was treading the boards as a professional actor and we were living in abject poverty, Carl gained a role in a Community Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. And being ignorant I had no idea what ‘Community Theatre’ was but when we had no money for food […]
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