Monday Menu 28 January

Oh my, it has been three weeks since I have written on my blog.  It seems like longer.  But now that I have been on holiday and taken time to refresh myself I am ready to get back to life, you know the one that has me rushing around everywhere.

 

(This is my view as I sat on the sand under our shade while on holiday.  In the distance you can just see White Island smoking (thats that white in the sky that looks like cloud).  I have a book in hand and my children happily playing as you do while at the beach.)

The school year is starting tomorrow and I am more ready than usual to get up and going.  One one child will starting and the other two will take the next week to get started.  So tonight One lunch box is sitting in the fridge ready to go.  The alarm clock is set and school bag with stationery ready to go.

Now menu planning is necessary and will help keep me sane.  So here is this weeks plan.

Monday   Spaghetti bolignaise

Tuesday  Chicken Curry Pasta

Wednesday  Spaghetti Carbonara

Thursday  Chicken with baken potato and green salad

Friday  homemade pizza...I am going to have a try at something on the list.

Satuday  Indian Coconut Chicken Curry

Sunday  leftovers.

I am linking this post to I'm an Organising Junkie

What is an Idiot?

According to this little conversation Hayden who has a cognative age of about 3years suddenly decided to add his thoughts to use who were trying to help him.

Hayden  No I can do it I'm not dumb

We were all silent for a moment as we could not believe that he could even think of something like that, and then let him have a go for himself.

Then I was reminded, by my lovely friend Mary-Anne of this great quote


Everybody is a genius.  But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believe that it is stupid.

― Albert Einstein

Project 365 May 2012

I will keep posting these even though we are on a new year.  It is helping to keep me going. 

All the pages are made with Everyday Life templates and SS 11 kit from Weeds and Wildflowers.  These two products made it really simple to do even though I am behind.

Leftover ham

Just what to do with leftover ham from Christmas?  I have tried a little something new today.  I was a variation on a recipe I had.

Zuchini and Ham Bites


You will need....

2 zucchini grated
440g of ham
1 egg white
4 tbls cornflour
2 tbl of mint and pastley
salt and pepper to taste
spray oil for pan

Now you need to...

• Place all the ingredients in a bowl and thoroughly combine.  Be careful not to add too much salt because ham is quite salty. 
• Heat a pan lightly sprayed with oil.  Place large spoonfuls of mixture onto the heated pan. 
• Cook

This recipe is easy and fresh on your pallette

We ate these with new potatoes and green vege blanched.

Project 365 April

I know my blog has been lacking some attention as of late but here are project 365 pages for April.

They are all made with products from Weeds and Wildflowers.  The templates from the Everyday life template pack and the SS10 kit for the rest.

I am slowly getting these loaded up. I am thinking about what my project for 2013 is going to look like so if you have any ideas then please let me know.

Fridays Fabulous Five # 28

Here we are nearly at Christmas with life really too busy to think sanely.  But here are some links that might just be worth a link.

• tagxedo is a little fun for those that liked wordle
• Some Christmas tags found on How about Orange blog.
• Here is a post about keeping some sanity at this time of the year.  (I think I must need to read this everyday.)
• I really love this project.  I am wondering if I am dedicated enough to work on a cookbook like this one at Clover Lane.
• I love going to Katie the Scrapbooking Lady.  She has a great blog and the way she approaches her scrapbooking sure makes it easier.  Go take a look

I hope you have a great week.  Please link me up if you have anything you think I would love to read.

Project 365 March

Here are my pages for March. 

These pages come from Weeds and Wildflowers.  The templates are the Everyday life set and the kit SS 9 and a little Everyday Life kit 1

Wordless Wednesday 5 December

Andre had his birthday party on Sunday.  His birthday is in January but we are away.  I took Andres closest friends to Tree Adventures.  They all had a fabulous time.  It was hard to take good photos but here are some to give you the idea of what it was like as they were about 3 - 4 meters in the air.

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys

November in Numbers

I can't believe that November is now gone and  the end of the year is looming quickly.  Here are my numbers for November.

• As a family we started Orienteering in the summer series.  It took 3 of us (2 children and me) 37 minutes to complete the first weeks course.

 

(Credits can be found here at Nuts4Digi)

 

• Unusually for me, because of my disabled son, I have worked all but 1 day this month.  It has been hard work as all the things I have to do for my son sometimes get a little out of control but needs must at times.

 

 

 

 

• November was a dry and cool month.  We had 50% less rain and we were about 1 degree cooler according to the met service.  I know it is spring but I sure could do with summer arriving quickly.  My clothes line sure could do with a little more use too.
 

 

 

 

• Our Christmas tree went up on Thursday 29 November.  Brandt was going to be overseas a lot in the next month so this was the best time to get it up. So 3 children and 2 really tired parents undertook the traditional tree dressing process.

 

 

 

• The roof began the painting process.  So with 320 sq/m of roof to paint it was water blasted by us, and the painting process began. In my weekends I was helping DH paint and as he does not have weekends like me he was painting while I was at work.  The roof is now about 2/3 painted so I am happy.  Of course I will happier when it is all done. That is the walls and the 150 sq/m of decking.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Well thats it for this month.  I am linking this post to Notes on Paper

 









Monday Menu 3 December

I can't believe that it is December already.  So thinking that I am really tired and busy at the moment the meals I have reflect that.

Monday  cold chicken with baked potato and pea.

Tuesday  chicken curry pasta

Wednesday  spaghetti bolignaise

Thursday Hamburgers homemade

Friday soup and toast

Saturday  bbq kebabs  with green salad

Sunday Leftovers.

I am linking this post to I'm an Organising Junkie