So thanks to my friend pointing out that you can't comment unless you are signed up with google, I checked my account settings and I had it on the wrong one! So hopefully now everyone should be able to comment!! Sorry about that....
So since I last posted...I managed to cross something off my 101 list! yippee! That was climbing Mt Maunganui - totally awesome views from up there, we struck it on a really fine day so that was cool. And I have a few other things in progress from my list too, but more on that later :)
Had a great week, but only one thing burst my bubble which was possibly damaging my front tyre on my car after I curbed my mag! whoops...so now I have to take it in to get checked. Sigh. Anyone want to buy a Honda Accord Vtec?!!
Right think I might go and rustle up a snack, I'm starving!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Domestic goddess....thats me
*waves to my new followers and lurkers*
Another weekend down...Wasn't feeling that crash hot all weekend and (also due to the money situation) we decided to have a lazing around weekend at home.
On Friday I had some chilli tuna that didn't really agree with me so wasn't feeling very good all afternoon. Saturday morning woke up and was feeling better so decided to go on a bit of a cleaning frenzy and tidied up the lounge and vacuumed (wow a miracle! LOL) and put some washing on. By the afternoon I had started feeling lousy again so just blobbed out and watched a couple of movies. Steve spent all afternoon and all night on his computer playing a game. And I do mean all night....I went to bed at 1 after watching a movie and woke up at 6.30 to go to the loo and he was still on the computer! CRAZY....
Sunday arrived and the weather gods must have been reading my mind because I had been saying "please let it be a fine day" and it was! So I managed to get washing dry, get the garden weeded and Steve mowed the lawns (which had started to resemble a paddock....) and then 5pm hit and he had dinner and crashed haha which I knew he was going to do. So I popped some girly movies on and hit the kitchen! I decided to watch Julie & Julia which was rather motivating....and made 2 lots of muffins, a quiche for dinner and some peanut brownies. YUM.
Then after that, cleaned up the kitchen and sat down and watched Pride & Prejudice (and scoffed some of the baking...)
And on the note of the quiche, thought I would put the recipe up because it is sooo easy and soo yummy! And really versatile too, once you have the basic ingredients you can put whatever you want in it (or whatever happens to be in the pantry at the time!)
Self Crusting Quiche
5 eggs
3 Tbsp melted butter
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup flour
salt & pepper
1 cup grated cheese
1 pkt ham
Method:
Beat eggs, add melted butter, milk, ham and cheese. Stir in sifted flour, salt and pepper. Mix well. Pour into greased quiche dish and bake 30mins at 190'c. You can basically add anything you want to this quiche, leave out the ham or replace with bacon etc, or add onion, spinach, tomato etc.
I didn't have any ham or bacon so last night's one consisted of some silverbeet/spinach, spring onion, celery, leek, parsley and a can of chopped tomatoes - half of that was out of our garden. And if I do say so myself, tasted pretty good too! :)
Oh and the great thing that happened on the weekend was on Sunday night.....6pm arrived and I noticed it was still light outside! Spring is definately arriving!
Another weekend down...Wasn't feeling that crash hot all weekend and (also due to the money situation) we decided to have a lazing around weekend at home.
On Friday I had some chilli tuna that didn't really agree with me so wasn't feeling very good all afternoon. Saturday morning woke up and was feeling better so decided to go on a bit of a cleaning frenzy and tidied up the lounge and vacuumed (wow a miracle! LOL) and put some washing on. By the afternoon I had started feeling lousy again so just blobbed out and watched a couple of movies. Steve spent all afternoon and all night on his computer playing a game. And I do mean all night....I went to bed at 1 after watching a movie and woke up at 6.30 to go to the loo and he was still on the computer! CRAZY....
Sunday arrived and the weather gods must have been reading my mind because I had been saying "please let it be a fine day" and it was! So I managed to get washing dry, get the garden weeded and Steve mowed the lawns (which had started to resemble a paddock....) and then 5pm hit and he had dinner and crashed haha which I knew he was going to do. So I popped some girly movies on and hit the kitchen! I decided to watch Julie & Julia which was rather motivating....and made 2 lots of muffins, a quiche for dinner and some peanut brownies. YUM.
Then after that, cleaned up the kitchen and sat down and watched Pride & Prejudice (and scoffed some of the baking...)
And on the note of the quiche, thought I would put the recipe up because it is sooo easy and soo yummy! And really versatile too, once you have the basic ingredients you can put whatever you want in it (or whatever happens to be in the pantry at the time!)
Self Crusting Quiche
5 eggs
3 Tbsp melted butter
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup flour
salt & pepper
1 cup grated cheese
1 pkt ham
Method:
Beat eggs, add melted butter, milk, ham and cheese. Stir in sifted flour, salt and pepper. Mix well. Pour into greased quiche dish and bake 30mins at 190'c. You can basically add anything you want to this quiche, leave out the ham or replace with bacon etc, or add onion, spinach, tomato etc.
I didn't have any ham or bacon so last night's one consisted of some silverbeet/spinach, spring onion, celery, leek, parsley and a can of chopped tomatoes - half of that was out of our garden. And if I do say so myself, tasted pretty good too! :)
Oh and the great thing that happened on the weekend was on Sunday night.....6pm arrived and I noticed it was still light outside! Spring is definately arriving!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
101 in 1001
Right, wish me luck! I have just started writing a 101 in 1001 list. Don't know what that is? Google it. Or else you could check out my list!
http://dayzeroproject.com/user/heaf
Hopefully this is going to keep me motivated so I can actually get some stuff done that I have been wanting to do for a long time! Will keep you updated and let you know how I'm getting on. I have already started doing a few things on my list so thats a good start! I just have to find another 50 things that I want to do and then get on with it! I think its a great idea and that everyone should have one of these lists. So what are you waiting for, go make one of your own!
http://dayzeroproject.com/user/heaf
Hopefully this is going to keep me motivated so I can actually get some stuff done that I have been wanting to do for a long time! Will keep you updated and let you know how I'm getting on. I have already started doing a few things on my list so thats a good start! I just have to find another 50 things that I want to do and then get on with it! I think its a great idea and that everyone should have one of these lists. So what are you waiting for, go make one of your own!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
When in Rome....
If only I was...
Sigh. I'm dreaming of Italy...Rome in particular. I so want to go there!! If someone gave me some money right now thats what I would do with it. But no one is going to give me money and I dont have enough of my own to get there. But I cant stop thinking about how cool it would be to visit!
The Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, St Peters Square....all the old architecture and buildings, would be fascinating to see.
I could go there easily if we saved up our money, but the thing to decide is, holiday or baby? Because we cant have both right now...I dont want to put off going there just in case I never do, but I dont want to put off starting a family either, I always said I would have kids at 25...only got a few months to go until I am!
Oh money tree, where for art thou money tree??
Sigh. I'm dreaming of Italy...Rome in particular. I so want to go there!! If someone gave me some money right now thats what I would do with it. But no one is going to give me money and I dont have enough of my own to get there. But I cant stop thinking about how cool it would be to visit!
The Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, St Peters Square....all the old architecture and buildings, would be fascinating to see.
I could go there easily if we saved up our money, but the thing to decide is, holiday or baby? Because we cant have both right now...I dont want to put off going there just in case I never do, but I dont want to put off starting a family either, I always said I would have kids at 25...only got a few months to go until I am!
Oh money tree, where for art thou money tree??
Friday, August 6, 2010
Time
Time..there never seems to be enough of it. The world seems to be moving at a faster pace than ever before, or is it that I'm just getting older and have more things to do? But I just have SO MUCH that I want to do and get done, and I just don't have the time to do it. My whole world seems to revolve around the clock at the moment and I'm totally sick of it. And I'm starting to worry that I'm going to run out of time to do all the things I want to do!
And then of course is the "right" time....when its the "right" time to travel, the "right" time to get married, the "right" time to start a family. When is that? There is no right time, but why does it always feel like there should be?
Will come back and finish this after lunch......
....Right its now after lunch and I have just discovered that theres a new post thingy which I'm going to try out because im sick of how when you post a photo it always goes to the top and you have to drag!
so here goes....(now to find a picture)
Back to what I was saying before about time...I've totally lost my train of thought now so will have to try again another time LOL
And then of course is the "right" time....when its the "right" time to travel, the "right" time to get married, the "right" time to start a family. When is that? There is no right time, but why does it always feel like there should be?
Will come back and finish this after lunch......
....Right its now after lunch and I have just discovered that theres a new post thingy which I'm going to try out because im sick of how when you post a photo it always goes to the top and you have to drag!
so here goes....(now to find a picture)
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| Pebbles enjoying the sun :) |
Oh yeah baby!! Sooo much better! Now this is going to be a hang of a lot easier for me. AWESOME...thanks blogger! Now I just need to learn how to not get so much space in between paragraphs or photos.
Back to what I was saying before about time...I've totally lost my train of thought now so will have to try again another time LOL
Monday, July 26, 2010
Another weekend done and dusted...
except for the fact that I didnt do any dusting.... I meant to, and meant to do the vacuuming too but just never got around to it. I did bake some scrummy apple muffins though :) mmm
Oh and I also got a few thank you cards finished!! (Yes I still havent sent them, and yes it has almost been 5 months).
Speaking of 5 months, its only 5 months until Christmas!! Holy heck!! I seriously dont know where this year has gone, well I know the first few months were scrambled with wedding planning and what not, but how can almost 5 months have gone past since the wedding? How is that possible? I think I must have blinked or something. OMG so that means its only 7 months until my birthday too....argh 25! Quarter of a century! yikes... and it seems like I have hardly done anything worthwhile in these 25 years either....
Oh and I also got a few thank you cards finished!! (Yes I still havent sent them, and yes it has almost been 5 months).
Speaking of 5 months, its only 5 months until Christmas!! Holy heck!! I seriously dont know where this year has gone, well I know the first few months were scrambled with wedding planning and what not, but how can almost 5 months have gone past since the wedding? How is that possible? I think I must have blinked or something. OMG so that means its only 7 months until my birthday too....argh 25! Quarter of a century! yikes... and it seems like I have hardly done anything worthwhile in these 25 years either....
Friday, July 23, 2010
So its now july...
July. Mid winter. Hot soup. Roaring fire. Rain on the roof. Cosy slippers. Hot showers. Snuggly cat on your lap. Hot chocolate.
Ah, I do actually like winter surprisingly enough. I complain about the cold and the rain when I want to get my washing dry, but really, it is actually quite nice. Especially a nice hot shower and then sitting by the fire on a cold night. Or a surprising fine day where the outdoors is just beckoning and a nice walk on the beach or a chance to get your washing dry or work in the garden sounds like a great day.
The only problem is, im feeling very unmotivated to do anything. Especially getting out of bed in the morning! Staying in for as long as possible before rushing around for 15 minutes before I have to leave for work and always being late which is not so good.
I was doing so well on my baking awhile ago and now I havent baked for about 3 weeks. I just don't feel like it. Still havent finished my thank you cards which I REALLY need to get on and do. Gah I don't know. If anyone finds my motivation can you please send it back!!
Aside from not doing a lot, we did have a garage sale a couple of weeks ago and made about $200 so that was pretty good. Trying so hard to save money at the moment which is hard when you have car repairs to pay for and registrations etc. And I really want to save up and go overseas, Rome is calling me!!
Ah, I do actually like winter surprisingly enough. I complain about the cold and the rain when I want to get my washing dry, but really, it is actually quite nice. Especially a nice hot shower and then sitting by the fire on a cold night. Or a surprising fine day where the outdoors is just beckoning and a nice walk on the beach or a chance to get your washing dry or work in the garden sounds like a great day.
The only problem is, im feeling very unmotivated to do anything. Especially getting out of bed in the morning! Staying in for as long as possible before rushing around for 15 minutes before I have to leave for work and always being late which is not so good.
I was doing so well on my baking awhile ago and now I havent baked for about 3 weeks. I just don't feel like it. Still havent finished my thank you cards which I REALLY need to get on and do. Gah I don't know. If anyone finds my motivation can you please send it back!!
Aside from not doing a lot, we did have a garage sale a couple of weeks ago and made about $200 so that was pretty good. Trying so hard to save money at the moment which is hard when you have car repairs to pay for and registrations etc. And I really want to save up and go overseas, Rome is calling me!!
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