P365 October 2010

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

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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.



Wordless Wednesday 27 October

Welcome to my Wordless Wednesday

An icon sign of the season.  (The beach is Kariotahi and the sand is black (iron ore based sand))

Monday Menu 25 October

This week it is feeling very summery so I am planning meals that fit the season.

Monday  chicken and salad (because we are off to the beach and can be done in a jiffy when we get home all tired)

Tuesday  corn fritters and advocado salsa with green veg

Wednesday  Thai Stirfry with rice

Thursday  creamy tuna pasta bake with salad

Friday  homemade hamburgers

Saturday  Grilled meatball kebabs with salad

sunday   Leftovers

success

Success comes in all shapes and forms.  This year McKenzie has expereinced a lot of sporting success.  This is truely a testament to all the time and effort she puts into her hockey which she plays with passion.

Don't be fooled that this comes easy and without some heart break along the way.  McKenzie has missed a couple of friends birthday parties over the winter because of her hockey committments.  I am so proud of her though and hope that she will continue to bring to her hockey the same passion and dedication that I have seen this year. 

She has been rewarded handsomely winning trophies both at the club and regional represative level, she was named captain and had to conquer her fear of speaking in front of crouds and finally has been selected as part of a talent squad for next year.

Long may her passion and dedication last.

The credits for this page are here

The credits for this are here

The Photo Shoot.

Andre arrived home last week telling me that he has a homework challenge which involed taking photos of him and his bike.  To add to this he was very exciting which is not always the case with him.

anyway before I had had a chance to take a breath I was getting instructions on what shots need to be taken, the fact that I needed to take a couple of action shots and then the camera would need to be set on macro so he could take some close ups.

Finally the photos are taken and here they are

Taken by me (under guidance from Andre)

Then ofcourse his photos to reflect the working parts of the bike.  His area of learning at school.

Naturally these needed printing out and we were out of cartridge so off to the shops I went to sort this.

Of course this needed to be scrapped to here is the result.

The credits for this can be found here at Weeds and Wildflowers



Wordless Wednesday 20 October

Here is my photo for Wordless Wednesday.  The Blue Lake outside of Rotorua.  It is a grey day so it is not so blue in the photo.



Mondays Menu 18 October

I have lost my blogging mojo but here is my menu for the week. 

Monday  bbq chicken with potatos and green vege

Tuesday  zucchini pancakes with tomato and onion relish served with rice salad

Wednesday  Thai style chicken and noodle salad

Thursday  chicken in the crockpot with salad

Friday  Nachos

Saturday  Sausage meat and vege meat loaf with salad

Sunday  leftovers.