Jeremy has been transferred out of ICU to a general ward for head injuries, Section 4.  He is doing very well.  All the headaches seem to have gone and he has recovered his appetite.  This morning I helped him in the shower as he still has a drip up, but he said that he felt like a new person afterwards.  When we left he was being chased up and ( Read more... )

On Thursday afternoon Jem and his dad were "walking the dog" on their bicycles.  They were a block away from home and Jem wasn't wearing his helmet.  Anyway, Linden has a few quite steep streets and Jem was going down one and doing tricks on his bike at the same time ( Read more... )

Jem, like any teenager loves music.  He asked me if I could remember (what does he mean, I'm not quite in my dotage) any bands from the 70's and 80's that I used to listen to ( Read more... )

There are 3 secrets to a really good chilli con carne and they are :

TADAH

Chocolate or very good quality cocoa
cumin
cinnamon

So there you have it.

If you want a recipe - ask me for one and I will post it.

During a lunch conversation yesterday I happened to mention an author by the name of Thorne Smith ( Read more... )

We decided last night that we would be up early on voting day and vote early.  After hubby brought me tea at 7, I went back to sleep.  I seemed to find the most perfectly comfortable position which doesn't happen everyday so we only got to the school to vote at about 10:15.  The queue was short but obviously the processing time was very long and we ( Read more... )

I promised the D&D group last week that I would bring cake this week to celebrate my birthday ( Read more... )

This morning I went to pick up a prescription for Christopher ( Read more... )

Yes, you too can own a Bugatti.  A Bugatti Vera.

For R3000.00.

For further details and just to gawk go to YuppieChef

I love technology.  But seriously - is this not a beautiful thing?

I wants it.

I so love Google Earth ( Read more... )