I started writing a post on Sunday night after a very ‘ordinary’ day. Don’t judge – this is life people, this is really how I felt, I am a great mother, a fabulous mother even but on Sunday I felt ordinary, acted ordinary and was …
Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful….“ It has now been raining for about 3 days and I’m not quite sick of it yet as I’m pretty sure I can see my veges growing from where I sit. Yus. BACK …
The first Christmas Post of the year!!! Excited much?
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Thanks.
Now, on to Christmas. I started and finished ALL of Ethan’s shopping today with the exception of the fish tank which is not in stock yet. So, again, yay me. I think even Dave is happy with the budget which is a small miracle considering my penchant for blowing exorbitant amounts of money on the little prince and Dave’s rather conservative Southern-boy expectation of acceptable amounts to spend on lil chil’ns.
After I picked Ethan up from school we headed a l o n g way away to Christmas Wonderland for the first time – and it wasn’ t that far really.
Oh my Jesus. Holy smokes. That place is awesome. There are like 160 bee-ootiful Christmas trees all decorated with different themes, some people have worked on this display for 5 months! Imagine dedicating 5 months of your life to Christmas. If anymore people start doing this there will be no-one left to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day and then where would we be?
So I may or may not have taken pictures. With my camera, which is not that small (hello big ol Canon DSLR), but somehow these pics have found there way into my hands – I know people in all the right places. This was a covert operation so there is some blur due to adjusting settings in the dark and shooting from out of a purse which may or may not have been mine. I have told you before, I live on the edge people.
I am soooooo excited about my vege garden this summer, I haven’t felt this excited since the summer of 2006 which is when we moved to opposite land and I couldn’t stop planting shit because we had a GARDEN AND WE DIDN”T LIVE IN AN …
I’ve harped on enough about this already……so here’s the gallery (he looks so cute in his uniform!)
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I was on my way home from a fab Cocktails & Canapes Baby Shower last night when Dave called from work and said he had finished early and why didn’t I join him for a going away party for one of the staff at …
Fact: I have been in bed since 8.30pm
Fact: I am eating hummus, with nothing, just my finger ::::::GASP::::::
Fact: I have just finished reading the New Zealand Healthy Food Guide November Edition
Fact: I purchased The Jack Family’s First Freezer today
Cumulative total of facts = I have definately hit the ground running into my thirties and it appears there is no return.
This is the guy that’s got my heart all a flutter. I knew I had to do something when I came home from grocery shopping and realised there was no way on gods green earth that I was getting 2 loaves of bread, english muffins, pita bread, pastry, 2 packs of chicken and a size 16 chicken into my shoe-box sized freezer which was already bursting at the gills. Enter Trade Me. I found my freezer, it appears to be an incredible bargain, is less than a year old and lives in Remuera. Hell, if you are going to buy second hand whiteware you might as well buy from the best right? My parents freezer was purchased before I was born. That’s right people, if you follow along and can do The Math, that means the freezer is at least THIRTY YEARS OLD. And still freezing shit. So, I look forward to sharing many fond family memories with my new freezer, fingers crossed he will be around to dish out Flavr Ice to my grandkids.
Another useful and boring thing I have bought lately is;
My Zyliss Can Opener. After the third crapola can opener in a year refused to open my refried beans last month, I finally did it. I spent $30+ on a can opener. This guy was worth every penny, 5 stars.
So, the moral of the story is; avoid whiteware for as long as you can, but if the day comes when you need that bit of extra space to store your reduced meat bargains and your butter stockpile, embrace it, run with it and relish the fact that next time you see two size 24 chickens on sale for $12 YOU ARE FREE TO BUY THEM, no longer constrained by the small freezer, YOU CAN BUY IN BULK. Finally.
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