Month: June 2010

Don’t say I never do anything for you……

Don’t say I never do anything for you……

Best, Ever, Ab Workout.  That is all. Summer posted this link a couple of weeks ago, and last Friday I tried it out.  Standing ab isolation’s are a bit weird at first and hard for white girls like me to co-ordinate, but goddamn this little 

Frosty Freezingness

Frosty Freezingness

My Shi Tzu. My bed. My god, what has become of us? Lol

Stingray Art

Stingray Art

I haven’t posted any of Ethan’s drawings lately, you know, usual chaos, life-getting in the way of blogging type excuses.  But this picture surprised me when it came home from school.  Ethan was remembering our summer camping trip where there were tonnes of stingrays to 

Low Light Days

Low Light Days

Gloomy days always make for the best photos and this is one of the best pics I have taken in a while.  And I took it on my iphone.  From the car.  Outside Ethan’s school.  LOVE.

Jacks Cook…..Pumpkin Soup

Jacks Cook…..Pumpkin Soup

It’s cold and rainy and we LOVE Pumpkin Soup in this house, Ethan devours it.

Here’s the Pumpkin Soup Recipe we use;

25g [1oz] butter
2 onion sml-med [chopped]
2 cloves garlic [chopped]
1kg [2.25lb] pumpkin [seeded, skinned, cubed]
3 cups water
2 teaspoons instant chicken stock powder
1 teaspoon curry powder [optional]
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup milk

Melt butter in a large pot, cook onion and garlic until soft but not browned,
add pumpkin to onion ‘n’ garlic with water, stock, spice, sugar, cook until pumpkin is soft.
Puree or mash with potato masher, add milk or water to taste and serve with croutons and parsley.

Sunday No-Funday : (

Sunday No-Funday : (

Today the boys have played mini-golf, been to the video store to rent wii games and had lunch at The Backyard.  Today I have plucked my eyebrows and tabbed my legislation for upcoming commercial law exam.  I’m about to hit up the Guarantees section of 

Friday Fiver

Friday Fiver

1.  Winter has arrived, but days like today make it bearable and almost even…….glorious!  Everything was bright green and blue and two loads of laundry dried in the sun – amaze. 2.  This was the best 7 days I can remember, namely because Dave and 

Football Fever is taking over!

Football Fever is taking over!

With the FIFA World Cup about to begin NZ is going soccer mad, Ethan loves his soccer, but is pretty casual about it…..until he is on the field then he doesn’t stop until he is a big red sweaty muddy mess.  Uggghhh, the allure of winter sports is slim to none I’m afraid, why can’t we get up at 7am every Saturday to stand out in a field in summer time?  Makes no sense.