OK, so I didn't get everything done I wanted to today - I did the roasted tomato passata, baked a plum teacake, roasted a butternut pumpkin and put the pieces in the fridge to use for salads/pasta, and stewed about a kg of plums to keep in the fridge, oh and blanched, chopped & froze the rest of the spinach for future use ( Read more... )

Argh, looks like it's just not my weekend for rest and relaxation ( Read more... )

Waking in the night and hearing a storm is actually kind of nice, when you're all snuggled up in bed - until you realise you have three loads of washing on the line. Waaaaaaaaah. So at 8am I was outside bringing it all in to rinse & spin, then I had to find spots to hang it all up inside. Might have to resort to the dryer ( Read more... )

This afternoon I did Week 5, Day 1 of the Couch to 5k running program. I think it was about the 3rd time that I got to do it by myself, not pushing Evie in the jogging stroller. It's easier to run when you don't keep having to have a conversation with a toddler, and I also can't move my arms when pushing the stroller ( Read more... )

This week's meals:

Tonight: potato & silverbeet frico, garden salad
Monday: Asian-flavoured chicken stew, rice
Tuesday: sausages, chips, roast veg
Wednesday: beef stir-fry and rice (soccer training - stir-fry's coming from the freezer)
Thursday: meatballs in tomato sauce, pasta
Friday: leftovers

Ew.

Apparently former rugby league player Matthew Johns has his own "family-friendly" television show now.

Because pack rape of a teenager, oh, sorry, "group sex" is totes family-friendly, amirite?

Rest of this week's menu plan ( Read more... )

Mother's Day is coming up here in Australia (I'm waiting on my all-expenses-paid luxury getaway - yeah, right!!) and once again I'm highly enthused by what all the catalogues suggest I should be bought, or should buy for my mother ( Read more... )

Ahhhh, last day of school holidays. I love my kids, and there are lots of things about school holidays that I also love ... but I'm ready for them to be over this time! Mostly because of Garry being gone on the weekends too at the moment ( Read more... )

I'd better be organised for dinners this week with Garry working late.

Tonight we had potato & silverbeet frico (an adaptation of this recipe that I got via a friend) with garden salad ( Read more... )