My other half has opened up the blinds (on the outside) and the lovely area has come flooding in, I have forgotten how much I love this area and now everyday when I open the blinds there it is in all its splendour.
I can hardly believe that we are on the 1/2 way point of the 2nd week of the school holidays. They have FLOWN. We have had a busy 1st week with children doing swimming every day at the local pool. They had a ball and even the red headed hurricane stopped screaming and decided to have lots of fun. So that was a huge achievement and something deserving of a reward. He decided on a Thomas that happened to be on sale at the time so that was a bonus for mummy. The girl did extra well in her school results so that too was rewarded with another sale item of Princess Beados kit. We have made some lovely creations this week and even added to the kit and discovered the beados website as well. Craft and cooking is on the agenda for the rest of the week. Lets see if we can do a little bit of sewing for and with both of them.
Today and yesterday has been visiting days, both sets of visitors came here and had some food here. Today we made with the kind assistance and mentoring of our lovely visitor "sausage rolls" I would have to say that these are without a doubt the best ones that I have EVER eaten. We made a lovely big mountain of them and ate them hot out of the oven burning our mouths and lips in the process. It was a great afternoon and so much fun. I don't know if I will do them as well as my fabulous friend but I think they will be requested quite often. They are quite easy now I have a recipe, ha ha and a friend who visits and guides me. I am sure with lots of practice they will be almost.... maybe as good as hers. The rest of the time was spent talking and discussing different issues and funny things, it was lovely being in the kitchen all together sharing food and ideas. I can imagine this is what it would be like having siblings and working together as a family.
My other lovely friend who visited was wonderful too. I love seeing her and her 2 kiddies. It was such a good day and left me so uplifted. I got to vent about things, listen to her vent about things and enjoy taking photos and practicing my new skills from the recent photography course that I did. (I did alright too.) We ended the day on a good note too of talking about the children and renovations and cooking. Her beautiful baby was so content, lying down on the couch talking to us, blowing raspberries and being gorgeous.
I have been cooking quite a bit and now that the recipe books are easily accesable on the newly built unit. Museli (Jamie Oliver style) in the morning, cooked lunches (Masterchef) and new items tested for dinner. I am even learning from my lovely mother in law how to do scones and have promised to make cakes for a friend not to mention we are cooking for our church visit this Sunday. It is great. It is saving us so much money on take aways although we did have one last week and I cannot remember the last time that we ordered pizza.... so a nice treat just the way it should be. The kiddies and daddy together on Saturday normally make pizza and eat all the food whilst making it. However the weekends have been so busy that we just didn't get time to even buy the ingredients.
Talking about recipes and cooking don't forget to pop over to Curly Pops as she has a wonderful and easy dessert.
http://curlypops.blogspot.com/2010/07/flos-golden-syrup-dumplings.html I am watching the book on ebay and considering purchasing flo's to add to our collection.
i hope everyone has a good school holidays and fun with the family.
P.S. As I have aquired a stalker on ebay (goodness can you believe that, so embarassing) I am not selling anything for a bit.
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