Mondays Menu 24 December

This is one of those really busy weeks.  DH is away half with work for half of it and naturally that is the busiest part of the week.  So here is my menu

Monday  crock pot meal -  veges and beef

Tuesday   egg noodles, bacon, capsicum tomato (my recipe to follow tomorrow)

Wednesday  cold meat, baked potato and salad

Thursday  Asian turkey meat balls with brown rice and beans on the side.

Friday  steak, broccoli and a tomato salad

Saturday  lemon asparagus couscous salad with tomato

Sunday  leftovers


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Love me

It has been quite some time since a really cute conversation took place in our house. 

Todays conversation is one that has been said for a few months in our house but is just so perfect.

Setting the scene: McKenzie is leaving the house with her father at 6.40am so that she can catch the bus for school.  Hayden and I are at home finishing his breakfast/ medication regime.  Hayden has language confusion.

Hayden  Nenzie (how Hayden says McKenzie's name)...........Love me (he really means I love you)

McKenzie  Oh thanks....I love me too. (McKenzie has a large smile on her face, she knows what he means)

This makes Hayden very happy.

Fridays Fabulous Five #49

Gosh the weeks are really rolling by.  It feels like the school year has been going for ages and I am ready for a holiday. 

Any way here are my links for this week.

• Oh my just take a look at these wood sculptures.  They are stunning.
• Just a little  twist on the cooking front.  Mini Meatloaves 
• What about 30 most creative camping DIY Projects.
• I love this apple cider idea.  Pity my apple tree is not too healthy at the moment it is a keeper.
• Don't you  just love this crochet pattern that the lovely Donna has made. 

Perhaps you might like to link up any finds made this week.

Wordless Wednesday 19 February

In my house this is a very rare sight.

You saw it here...........................a pair of socks.

Well for my daughter anyway. 

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Another surgery.

 

Today is the day when I am taking Hayden into hospital for one of two surgeries we know he will have in the first 5 months of this year.  He is very nervous petrified of going into an operating room.  I know that I would not put him through this if it was not necessary. 

In fact he is nervous just going to see the Dental Nurse.  So you can imagine what he is feeling when he sees an operating theatre.

As for me I feel somewhat sad every time Hayden undergoes intervention. Only because I know it is hard on him but necessary.

 I really wish that this was not what Hayden life had come too.

Monday Menu 17 February

So this week has been thrown a little curve ball.  DS2 is off to hospital to have a port a cath inserted again and I will not be home Wednesday night by the look of it.  So DH will be in control of the kitchen.  I am sure he will cope.

Monday  steak baked potato and garden salad

Tuesday  My version of egg noodles  with a tomato, chicken bacon, onion and capsicum sauce.  A well loved meal in my house.

Wednesday  noodly dinner

Thursday  beef filo pie with salad.

Friday  corn ham and cheese pasta pie

Saturday  bbq ...we are out for dinner.

Saturday  leftovers.

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Fridays Fabulous Finds #

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Summer is still here and I am back at work.  None the less here are my links for the week.

• Sport can teach us many things but the action of this Canadian coach at the winter Olympics really summaries most of it.
• Dr Kelly Flannagan writes to his daughters.  I love this post about fashion and makeup which can be found here.  His blog is here it is a great read.
• For the technically interested here is how to make a clickable signature.
• Just love this use for a mason jar.  I think that my niece and nephew who have just left school might be getting one of these.
• How about a lotion for a little stress relief.  It might some benefits.  I have yet to try but worth the effort I think.

Have a great weekend.

Wordless Wednesday 12 February

Sometimes you need just a few things to make an afternoon of fun.  My neighbours have this little beauty.

 

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It worked.

I take a lot of advice from the WWW with caution especially because you just don't know who is to be trusted and who is not.

With this in mind I was looking for a solution to remove the few paint splotches that ended up on our carpet.  Having used a water based paint I thought that it would be an easy fix but the paint had already dried and was being very stubborn.

A quick search of the web and I found numerous solutions and cautiously picked the one that would not impact on my carpet in any undesirable way.  So I was pleasantly surprised when my painted started lifting with relative ease.

So here is the recipe.

Recipe for Removing Dry Water Based Paint.(as found here)

Mix together

some very hot water, not too much as it goes cold quickly
a small squish of dish washing liquid.

A soft cloth

That's all there is to it.  Put a small amount of the mixture onto the paint.  Give it a few moments to warm the paint up and then you will find it will lift very easily.

You have to trust me the paint on the carpet was just right of the container. 

Monday Menu 10 February

The kitchen is out of order at the moment because we are trying to finish painting it.  So the bbq is going to be used instead.  It will be just like camping again.

Monday  Sausage and potato in a tinfoil wrap with salad

Tuesday  fried rice with chicken.

Wednesday  corn, ham and cheese pasta bake

Thursday  chicken and vege stirfry on noodles using a soy and honey stir fry sauce.

Friday  pizza  home made

Saturday  Cubin marinade steak with potato, bbq corn and salad.

Sunday  leftovers

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