Well, the Southern Highlands of NSW might not strictly be called the country I guess – but they are definitely NOT the city. For Christmas, BookWorm organised her brothers, her grandparents and even one of her close friends into giving us a weekend away in Bowral, including accommodation and a market tour and lunch on…
It really is my intention to do some study today. I’m on the last subject of my Masters in Information Studies (at least, I’m pretty sure it’s my last subject, I just need to wait for the office at CSU to reopen so I can confirm that. I think I’m being paranoid. I’m almost certain…
Months ago, I promised that this blog was not going to turn into a description of my experience with breast cancer. I think I’ve stuck with that on the whole – this is going to be one of the times I talk about it though. So far I’ve had surgery, four rounds of AC Chemo…
One of the side effects of the past few months has been losing my interest in just about everything, including (very sadly for me) cooking. My gorgeous girlfriends helped out by providing a wonderful meal delivery service so no one actually starved during this time, but I lost one of my favourite pastimes. I’m happy…
I love a bit of Christmas cake. Mum makes me one every year (thanks mum!) and because the kids don’t eat it, I get to share it with just D. All of it! Unless we have visitors, then I share with them too. This year my cake arrived at the beginning of December and I…
Minecraft is huge. If you aren’t sure what it is, check out this or this or just google it. If the young people in your household are already Minecraft fans, you might like to consider this:
I had to jump on the bandwagon. Thanks to Bookgrrl and Strawberries of Integrity for bringing it to my attention. 1. Where is your mobile phone? here 2. Your hair? short 3. Your mother? Canberra. Probably. Maybe Berridale or Cooma or Jindabyne (she’s CWA and gets around!) 4. Your father? Canberra 5. Your favourite food? usually…
This weekend we headed up to the Blue Mountains for a few hours getaway. We didn’t leave until Saturday morning and were home just after lunch on Sunday so it might not really qualify as a weekend away – but we managed to pack lots in regardless. First up was a visit to the Norman…
My lovely Italian colleague brought me some of her homemade pork & fennel sausages during the week – along with amazing photos of the sausage making extravaganza that had occurred at her home over the weekend. Amazing scenes! Anyway, inspired by her generous gift and by another post from Stonesoup, I made this for dinner:…
I follow a number of food blogs and Stonesoup is one of my favourites. One night this week, in an attempt to put off having to think about what to make for dinner, I was flicking through email and a notification for Stonesoup’s latest post came up. An awesome baked egg dish called Cumulus…
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