Mixing it
I’ve been having so much fun in the kitchen lately with my Thermomix. It has rekindled my enjoyment of baking, and I’ve been trying new recipes and sharing the results with family and friends. chocolate cake peachy cheesecake slice apple and sour cream slice ginger cake armenian nutmeg cake cupcakes jam drop cookies oaty cookies […]
The Kids
Our neighbour Jan gave us a couple of kiddie wading pools for our two girls. Perfect for these hot summer days we’ve been having lately. Spook created a new game where she scooped up water with an old toy, and shook it all over Ebony. This would start a chase, which ended with a splash […]
Getting things organised at home
The other day I went on a shopping trip to Orion with Mum and came home with three new window blinds from Spotlight (40% off!) Very pleased that I finished putting up the first blind for our three upstairs rooms. Now that I have the right tools, and a plan, the next two should be […]
Internet interrupted
Things have been a bit quiet here lately in my little patch of cyberspace, due to phone line problems. We had no phone dial tone or internet for almost a week when we learned that it pays to always do the standard checks thoroughly, even if it seems the problem lies elsewhere 😐 Assumed the electrical storms […]
Brick runs
The last couple of days hubby and I have re-located the dog pens into the courtyard area. I like the new spot, our babies are less exposed than they were previously, they are on a flat surface and (when we take down Ebby’s old run) it will look a lot tidier. We have lined the […]
Jo’s new project
I was thrilled when Jo asked me last week to be involved in her new online project JoBlossom’s Storyboard which will be at www.joblossom.com. We set up her first web site more than six years ago, but Jo’s interest had waned in the last 12 months. As a platform for her writing of children’s books and poems, it only becomes […]