Sometimes I play around with a cake recipe and then get a bit nervous while it’s cooking in the oven. Sometimes I also eat 2 big slices of cake when it comes out of the oven and then realise I only really needed 1 slice and will need to skip lunch. Both things happened to me this […]
{Keep Reading...}cheese, corn and bacon muffins
August 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
It’s a tough day in the office today as we cough, sneeze and just take it easy. Thankfully, Elodie is getting back to her normal self so I can stop worrying about her. So while I’d rather be knitting and lying on the couch I did feel like some baking today. I do get a little […]
{Keep Reading...}Top 50 things I learnt at Blogopolis 2011
July 31, 2011 By 38 Comments
Well yesterday was one epic day! Up at 3.30am to fly down to Melbourne for Nuffnang’s Blogopolis with the lovely Frills in the Hills and I didn’t get to bed until 1am making for one very long day! Elodie got very sick during the day and had to be taken to hospital so it really was a long […]
{Keep Reading...}PW’s Oatmeal Crispies for the thermomix
July 29, 2011 By 9 Comments
I love Pioneer Woman aka PW and I love my thermomix. So here are my favourite cookies in the thermomix! I’m off to Melbourne for the day tomorrow for Nuffnang’s Blogopolis conference and retro daddy will be in charge of everyone from 4.45am till 11pm. It should be an ummmmm interesting day for him and […]
{Keep Reading...}Quilts for Queensland day!
July 28, 2011 By 12 Comments
OK well hasn’t this post been long overdue! Righto! So a few weeks month ago I opened all parcels and sorted them. It was quite a job. We now have a grand total of 8 boxes. Woohoo. How can I say thank you! 3 boxes are of completed quilts and 5 are of blocks and […]
{Keep Reading...}love notes for a knitter
July 27, 2011 By 15 Comments
Retro daddy is working away from home at the moment. It’s tough for the little ones because he flies out early monday morning and comes home late friday night. Every week. And we are really missing him. But it was nice to find an envelope in my letterbox this morning- awwwww he printed out a pattern […]
{Keep Reading...}luscious low fat brownies
July 25, 2011 By 11 Comments
OK, so once upon a time there was this really healthy young lady and she used to make carob brownies, chocolate tofu mousse and eat quinoa with apple juice for breakfast each day. And she’d been at the gym when the doors opened at 6am. In the middle of a cold english winter. Yes folks, […]
{Keep Reading...}Travis
July 24, 2011 By 15 Comments
What happened to Travis? I was on youtube listening to a song (as you do) and thought you know who I haven’t heard in ages and loved. Travis I was 24 and going through a few boyfriends when I loved Travis. I love how a song just takes you back as if you are right […]
{Keep Reading...}kitchen renovations for dummies
July 23, 2011 By 50 Comments
Well the last few days we’ve been coming to terms with the $33,000 (oh plus gst) quote to to create one big space out the back for our new kitchen. I loved the builder when he came out to the house and said ballpark $20,000 then came back with a much bigger quote. Yikes. That doesn’t […]
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