While I was in the UK my sister whipped up a batch of Speed Food Soup. Well, okay, she had some in the freezer and microwaved it because it does take time to make (apparently swedes - the veggie variety - are very hard to chop up), and it was delicious ( Read more... )

I'm here in the UK, finally. My flight that said it was going from Brisbane to Dubai went via Singapore, slightly unexpected but good in one way. My seat was one in from the aisle in a row of 4 seats - and no-one else was sitting there so for the first leg, mostly, I was able to stretch out fully and sleep properly... for one hour when a crew ( Read more... )

I have had the best weekend... it started last Wednesday June 5 and finished on Tuesday June 11. A nice loooooooooong weekend with family and friends and intelligent conversations and fun and balloons and hand-me-ups ( Read more... )

with anthologies ( Read more... )

I just read over my rant and the comments and smiled. You see, in January when we were having floods again she was on the phone to Mr DM about how her daughter was going to drive to Rockhampton and the ex was this and that and Mr DM, having a major Sheldon moment, told her he couldn't give a flying feck about her family and didn't want to get ( Read more... )