A freezing Monday, a bus full of four year olds and a trip to the observatory. Ethan was so buzzed on all he learnt about the planets and stars, (this was possibly all eclipsed by the Astronaut Ice Cream we purchased at the gift shop, …
“……..My oldest now lives in southern California where she teaches special ed pre-school to support her surfing problem”. Love it.
We got a mountain of overripe bananas at the orchard for $2.99 – 2 loaves of banana bread and a dozen muffins and still more bananas left!
Banana Loaf – Edmond’s Cook Book, this recipe is SO easy & quick, which is good because I will probably be repeating it about 3 more times today!
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups self raising flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
75 g butter, melted
1 cup mashed banana (approximately 2 bananas)
Directions
1 Sift flour, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
2 Mix in sugar.
3 In another bowl beat eggs.
4 Stir in milk, butter and banana.
5 Mix quickly into dry ingredients, stirring until ingredients are just combined.
6 Spoon into a greased and lined 22cm loaf tin.
7 Bake at 180C (350F) for 45-55 minutes.
8 Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
So our Besty, aka Ms. Bush (say it with a lisp pleaseth) flies in from San Diego on Wednesday and we have just begun emailing and txting back in forth about what she needs to bring etc. Yes it’s late but this is how we …
Believe it or not, this smile is for me! Ethan finally spied me stalking him with the camera as Dave mowed the lawns and ran over and near-tackled me with a gigantic hug and told me he loved me even though I made him wear …
OK so we all know by now that MELISSA & ETHAN ARE SICK, I know I feel sorry for me too. But the week of lonely Jacks just ended and Dave is back. Everything is as it should be, the filthy-farm-shi-tzu is sleeping on the leather couch, Ethan can’t take his eyes off his Daddy and there is a mountain of laundry waiting for me. Drink up sisters, Daddy’s home!
Here we go again, I love Kat’s blog prompts! Today I have chosen……. 1.) Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page and share two “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. “That’s why women with …
So we are both sick, tired and ready to kill each other after four days at home with heavy colds but it is so sunny out that a little fresh air and fun on the swing seemed in order! I can’t even imagine life if …
It’s sunny, but it’s freezing, Ethan doesn’t mind the chilly temps but still has to be reminded to keep warm. His hobo gloves are perfect as they keep my mind at ease and let him throw stones and dig in the dirt unhindered. Everybody’s happy.
This has been my outlook for the past 48hrs, confined to my chair as I knock out a riveting commercial law assignment – almost there now! Essential items for any of my marathon study sessions have been pointed out for you; – Heater. The office …