Observations of us
I did it!!! I finally did it!!!!! I plucked up the courage to ride the motorbike. I thought I was so cool. Ben thought I was so cool. Andrew couldn’t stop laughing because it was just Ben’s Honda Z50!!
It didn’t end so well though….. oops! I did miss the tree…just!!
Our lovely ladies Honda, Penny Penny, Woof and Buzz are all laying! We have had so many eggs we have been giving them away.
I never knew that I would love our girls so much. But they have really become family pets. They all have their own little personalities. Ben and I visit them for cuddles. Don’t worry I am well aware of how ridiculous I sound!!
I was sitting around last night a little down in the dumps and came across this fabulous app for my iphone. I have just fallen in love with it. It made me SMILE which can never be a bad thing.
I cant remember the last time I took photos with me in them. I am always snapping away at everyone else. I just couldn’t help myself. Everyone joined in, even Bonnie our dog. It was a hoot!! We all had a great time!! It’s called Pocketbooth…. so cute.
I am going to attempt to hook this up to a ‘Life Made Lovely Monday’. A wonderful hook up all about the little surprises in life.
Anyone who reads our blog would have noticed that there hasn’t been much blogging of late. For some deranged reason I returned to teaching last semester. To say the least I did not enjoy it. Here is a portrait one of the children drew of me. I think it sums it up…… I was a CRAZY LADY and didn’t handle myself as gracefully as I would have hoped!!
I did however learn a very valuable lesson. I am truly blessed to have to opportunity to be home with Ben. I will never take it for granted again! Family means the world to me!!
So ….. I am back, once again sane and our blog has a new look. I have missed blogging and have so much to catch you up on. So from time to time I will add an ‘update’ from 2010…..enjoy.
Last weekend Ben and I made Daddy some Kiwi Crisps….. his favorite biscuits. They are a family recipe from his Mum, Jude. Ben had an absolute ball helping. Especially when I let him open the blocks of chocolate and break it into pieces. He nibbled away on any pieces that didn’t break into exact squares. I suggested to him a number of times that maybe he should stop eating the chocolate but he insisted that they had to be the correct shape and he just needed to nibble a little bit!!
They are just so good I have to share the recipe.
KIWI CRISPS (A secret family recipe….. shhh)
Ingredients
125g butter
60g sugar
2 tablespoon condensed milk
280g of flour
1 block of dark chocolate
Method
1. Cream together butter & sugar
2. Add milk, flour & chocolate
3. Roll into small balls and flatten slightly with fork
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180c
These taste even better when shared with family and friends oxo
I was reading the paper today and thought this comment summed up my opinion of today’s Federal Election. It went something like this – ‘This has been the most disappointing election campaign I have encountered in my adult life. It is like choosing between two really bad husbands in an arranged marriage.’