These are based on a recipe of the Women’s Weekly “The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits” that was my favourite childhood recipe book. Well second favourite after the birthday cake book. These choc chip cookies are what I missed a lot after I had to go dairy free although my husband says I’d never made… Continue reading Dairy free chocolate chip cookies
It’s been a while since I did this, so let’s just launch on in here. I ended up being lucky enough to get the job that I interviewed for just before Christmas, so I spent my Christmas break happy that I was starting work very soon. Chasing freelance work takes a lot of time for… Continue reading 2017
So we’re nearly there to Christmas and I’m at the stage where I’m giving up on all the stuff not done – didn’t get all my sewing projects finished, scaled back of presents needing to be bought, may not get any baking done, but we’ll get there. My big accomplishment of the week (besides freelance… Continue reading Nearly there
We are increasingly getting into Lego in this household. A few months ago I bought a mix of “Classic” bricks to go with our few other sets and since then there’s been a lot of building happening. Sorting through the box to find one particular part is becoming harder as more pieces are added, so… Continue reading A Lego mat
In between whining children and tantrums and all else, we found time to go to the markets over the weekend. It’s one of the few food experiences our two children can tolerate – food served within a few minutes, lots of space, live background music, interesting things to look at and a sausage roll. So… Continue reading Jam, jam, jam (and markets)
Last year I managed to get organised enough to put together our first advent calendar. I ended up doing a mixture of small toys, chocolate and activities – I had a small piece of paper put into each box with an activity for the day written on it. Most of the activities were things that… Continue reading What to put in an advent calendar
I signed up recently to get an email from NASA every time the International Space Station is going to be visible overhead which I’d highly recommended because that gives you a chance to say, “I just got an email from NASA” in casual conversation. You sign up through the Spot the Station website – find your closest… Continue reading Spot the Station
