Monday Menu 22 November

It is monday again.  Here is my menu linked to I'm an Organising Junkie

Monday  Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday  salmon patties with salad

Wednesday  meatballs, spaghetti and salad

Thursday   steak n kidney crockpot  (last evening at hockey for the year so we will rest this recipe til next year)

Friday  vegetarian quesadillas

Saturday  pork and pinto bean nachos

Sunday  left overs

How Old is Too Old

We are still looking to sell our house so we can move on.  It is taking quite some time to sell but the right person to buy must be out there.  This LO tells something about where we are at with the selling.

The kit I used was Home Sweet Home by dinskip.

So we know that what we can affort is a 2 acre piece of land with a relocated home.  A relocated home is one that has been moved from one site to another.  Preloved I guess you could call it.

This brings me to the point of my thoughts.  How old is too old when it comes to these preloved homes.  Some of them were built 100 odd years ago and still have the original wall panelling on them.  The cost to relocate them is a fair amount considering they probably would be best suited for the fire brigade to practise on.  Then the renovations, well I supposed a bottomless pit of money would be the best way to describe how much it would cost to return these character filled old beauties to better days.

Now there are newer preloved homes that people are selling which would be much better suited to us.  Less old world character but would provide us with more modern facitilies, less time needed to renovate and of course fewer dollars needed in the long run.

In the mean time we sit and wait for the right person to come along and buy our house.

Wordless Wednesday 17 November

Here is my photo for the week.  I am linked to Babble On and Wordless Wednesday

I tried to get a fun photo for my Christmas cards this year.  This shot is one of the many I took.  Still looks for the right photo and am going to try again this weekend.



Being Reminded

Two weeks ago I was realy sick with a kidney infection. It really laid me out.  In fact I don't think that I have ever been as unwell as I was for that time.  The sore back the hot and cold shakes and shivers etc.  It was very timely to be reminded that once again I am not superhuman. 

More to it there is nothing like remembering how important it is to look after my health.  As a consequence of me being so unwell my husband, who was away overseas with work had to return home.  This took him two days to do.  I couldn't get out to bed to tend to Hayden, my disabled sons medical plan in the early evening and middle of the night and finally I had to rely on my Mum to come and help me out.

Three days of IV antibiotics followed by a 7 day oral antibiotic plan and I was well but tired.

The moral of the story is always go to the doctor when you feel unwell (even if you only think that you have pulled a muscle in your back like I did).  I realise this now that I have been told that I should have been in hospital but the medical profession did not know what to do with my disabled son.  Lastly I must have an emergency care plan for Hayden.

I hope you all keep well in the months to come and do not end up in a predicament like me

Monday Menu 16 November

I am late posting this but I promise I always write this menu on a Sunday night.  Naturally sunday night for me is saturday night for others in the world

Monday  crockpot corned beef with baked potato and green vege  (This recipe was a winner)

Tuesday  Spaghetti Bolignaise

Wednesday  Bacon and Egg  Pie and baked potato with salad

Thurdsay  curried chicken salad with baked whole wheat tortilla chips

Friday  Hamburgers homemade

Saturday  Out for dinner

Sunday  leftovers used on pizza for a gormet topping of vege.

Wordless Wednesday 10 November

Spring time fun for my children.

I am linked to

Wordles Wednesday

Babble On

P365 October 2010

This journey has nearly come to an end.  October was a little short on photos but here are my pages.

                                                                            Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

All pages are made with SS 10 kit from Weeds and Wildflowers



Monday Menu 8 November

I have been really sick with a kidney infection so my blog has been neglicted in the last week and ofcourse my menu was not followed at all.  Now I am on the other side of things and getting better here is the menu I have planned for this week.

Monday  bacon and egg pie with baked potato and peas

Tuesday  Sweet n Sour stirfry using cold meat up.

Wednesday  chicken and vege noodle stirfry ( I will post the recipe when I have cooked it)

Thursday  Tex Mex Trukey and Black Bean Saute

Friday  Ham and Capsicum fritata  I may change my mind as there is a great selection of fritatas on this thread link

Saturday  chicken and chilli wraps

Sunday  Leftovers

Monday Menu 2 November

It is November already...I can't believe it.

Here is my menu which i link to Organising Junkie

Monday  Creamy Thai Stir fry

Tuesday chicken breast baked potato and salad

Wednesday  Thai chicken pasta

Thursday  Crockpot dinner steak and kidney ( will link it as the recipe is on my blog)

Friday  Meatballs and spaghetti

Saturday  hamburgers tuna patties

Sunday Leftovers

Summer

I love summer.  I love the smiles that some with the warm sun,  the smells of grass being cut and barbeques.  I love the feeling of sun on my skin. So last weekend when the those first days of really warm weather and th children were asking me if they could go for a swim I packed a picnic and took them to Kariotari Beach.  It is a 40 minute drive with black sand (because of iron ore).  It was perfect.  The salty wind gently blew the children we having fun and all was good.

You can see the iconic flags found at beaches across New Zealand to keep the swimmers safe.  This beach is prone to rips.

We didn't spend too long there and the children were all sun screened up with hats and such like.  They had just been for a swim here and couldn't wait to go and find shells to design sandcastles with.

Of course such memories need to be recorded more permanently so here is my page.

The kit and template are by the lovely Donna Duncombe.  Credits are found here.