tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129861942012-01-19T10:51:39.629+11:00The trials and tribulations of life after 50Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993485233936962681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12986194.post-50489958996195057502012-01-18T14:06:00.014+11:002012-01-19T09:47:44.744+11:00

I am picking three or four zucchinis each day. I like to pick them when they are six to eight inches long and are more tasty.I have tried freezing some for the first time. I have been blanching and freezing broad beans, greens beans, butter beans and peas. After much research (surfing the net and reading blogs, while sipping cups of tea and eating cake) I found that other people have success

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I don't think I could ever get bored at home. I always find so much to do. It may not be everyone's "cup of tea", but I am a happy homebody.Here is my first sunflower dancing in the wind. I only planted three and they are gorgeous! I want to collect the seeds and plant lots more next time. I have been eating three or four strawberries from our garden every morning with yoghurt for breakfast. They

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Well it is a beautiful warm beginning to 2012. I have a really good feeling about this year.The last 12 months have mainly been spent establishing our new home and garden. I love living here. Not that I have much to do with the actual little town we live in, but I am happy with the position of our house - close to a riverbank, not far away from the "city", but far enough away to be peaceful. Our

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I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a safe and happy 2012.I can't believe it is so long since I posted. All is well here. I will catch up with you all in the New Year. xx

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Well Mervyn had to go to a new home. He was crowing and growing too much. I advertised on a forum to give him away to a good home and luckily received an answer from a chook breeder. The man brought me a Rhode Island White pullet in exchange and just happened to have two Gold Laced Wyandottes in his car. I instantly fell in love with them and bought them from him, so now I have four chookies!!The

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Mary laid her first egg! Great excitement!!! Maisie is Mervyn - so he won't be laying.Knitting has been mainly hats and shawlettes. I turned 55 last month! Getting fatter, but I'm not stressing over it. I have completely changed shape from an hourglass (albeit 48 hours) to an apple! Middle age spread has hit with a vengeance. Apart from that - all is well.Hope all is well in your World :-)

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We had lots of rain in areas above our little town last week and there was a major flood in the South Esk River near our house. Even though this is what we saw from our windows we are WAY above the flood line and in no danger of ever flooding. It was quite spectacular to watch the normally quietly flowing river turn into a raging torrent with huge trees and branches racing down the river all day.

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These tomatoes were so yummy. 2 punnets of cherry tomatoes sliced in half and sprinkled with oregano, salt and pepper and a little sugar. Drizzle some olive oil over and throw on a couple of cloves of garlic.Bake on an oven tray lined with baking paper (100 degrees celcius)for three hours. Place in sterilised jar and keep in the fridge.If you want really dry tomatoes leave in the oven longer.

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Surely this will lay an egg soon? This reminds me so much of my Dear Dad. He used to protect his lettuce plants with cordial containers and now I'm doing it. I can't believe I am enjoying gardening. The plants in our heart-shaped garden are coming along well. Here are some of my little green baby capsicums. I was so excited to find little capsicums are growing at last. I haven't grown them

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Our "guest" room has new linen. I love pansies.I am still picking zucchinis. Just made a Zucchini Flan.1 sheet reduced fat puff pastry2 to 3 small zucchinis1/2 cup milk2/3 cup grated cheesestwo tablespoons chopped fresh parsleysprinkle of onion flakessalt and pepper5 eggsGrate most of the zucchini and let sit for five minutes and then squeeze water from grated zucchini. Slice a small amount of

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Maisie and Mary the Silver Laced Wyandottes are growing fast. Maisie is much larger though as she is really greedy and tries to eat everything before Mary can have any. I'm still hoping she isn't Maxwell instead of Maisie!I finally finished a hat that I have been knitting for dear eldest grand-daughter. Looks like we will need to get our winter woollies out soon. We have had a cold couple of

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I decided to try freezing some mint and parsley for use in sauces during winter. I chopped up the herbs and placed some in ice cube containers with a little water and then popped them in the freezer. When the herb cubes were frozen I transferred them into freezer bags and put them back in the freezer.My celery has grown really well and today I made some creamy celery and parmesan soup.With my

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I made Zucchini Pickle today using a recipe from "Out of the Bottle" by Sally Wise. Very yummy and easy recipe. I love her recipe books. I have her book "Slow Cooker" as well and there are some great recipes in that book too. I made zucchini quiche and curried zucchini and corn soup, and then saved a kilo of our dear little zucchinis for the pickle.Our one strawberry plant has produced a lovely

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Well I WILL love gardening if my new heart shape flower garden grows well! I made the heart design with blocks and DH did all the hard work filling it with soil. I planted lots of flowers and gave them a drink of Seasol, so here's hoping.

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My herb garden has done so well in only two months. I decided to cut some herbs and dry them before winter. I gave them a light wash, dried them with paper towel and I have them hanging in the kitchen. They are oregano, flat leaf and curly leaf parsley, thyme, marjoram and rosemary.They smell delicious!!

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We moved in to our new house on the 22nd of December, 2010. I love it!! It is really peaceful. We have been very busy growing a front lawn and starting a garden.I have two siamese fighting fish (Howard and Harold) and just bought two Silver Laced Wyandotte chickens!(Maisie and Mary) Fresh eggs in a few months! Barry budgie is still with us (he is about 7 years old). Next will be a kitten, once we

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It is all looking good for us to move in on the 22nd of December. Less than two more weeks! Yay!!!!!!!!!!I hope you all have a wonderful, happy and safe Christmas and New Year.xxx

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Our house is coming along slowly. It is to lockup stage now. We are hoping to be in before Christmas, but things seem to change from day to day. If one tradesman is running behind things get held up. I just need to remind myself it will be worth the wait.No news on the exercise front. The week after the Burnie Ten I started getting sick with a chest infection. Coughed, and coughed and coughed

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I power walked the Burnie Ten in 86 minutes and 10 seconds yesterday. I was really happy to walk under 90 minutes. Today I can hardly move, but who cares?!!

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Here is the back of our house. The tilers are working at the moment. I have been busy trying to choose kitchen colours. I'm thinking white cupboards and Laminex Diamond Gloss "Kashmir" granite look benchtop and grey Laminex Metaline splashbacks (well that's today, tomorrow I will probably want black laminate benches). We are having Tasmanian Oak floorboards in all the kitchen, dining and living

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I have been going to aqua-fitness classes twice a week and walking a lot. I really enjoy the exercises in the pool. They feel so much easier in the water and they still seem to be working.At this stage my aches and pains are staying away, so I have entered the Burnie Ten! It is four years since I walked my last Burnie Ten and at last I think I can try again. I won't walk really fast, but I will

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How very exciting!!!!Well hopefully the weight is going down! My scales are in storage. Probably a good thing, cause I don't really want to know the number. I have been on a long walk the last six days.I am going to my first aqua fitness session tomorrow morning.I have been eating sensibly.I have given up the Crunchies.Surely the tyre should start shrinking soon!!!!!!!!!

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OK, so it is time to lose the spare tyre around my middle. Between menopause, shingles, bursitis of the hip, stress of selling our house and total lack of motivation, my spare tyre this winter is the size of a truck not a car! I haven't got a muffin top, I AM a muffin!!!!Extra work will be needed to get rid of it starting TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait until my house is built to start getting some

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We have foundations! Things should slowly start to take shape soon. It is exciting and scary at the same time. We are renting a tiny furnished flat until our house is built. On the couch under the window is a beautiful hand knitted bedspread. The owner of the flat told me her mother knitted it a long time ago. She searched for her mother's knitting pattern and gave me a copy. I spent days trying

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I have managed to turn my home into a house full of boxes. Please tell me it will all be worth it in November !

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Thankyou for crossing everything for me! Our house is sold!I am busy packing. Our things are going into storage and we will be housesitting for a month, then renting something furnished until November and then moving in to our brand new house. I will post some pics when the building starts in July or August.YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Please keep your fingers (and everything else) crossed for me. Someone looked at our house today and really, really liked it. She has already sold her house and is ready to buy - so here's hoping!!Lady Kina is finished. I really love this new wool from the Bendigo Woollen Mill. It is called "Highlands". The colour is "Ness". The cardigan took two 200g balls.I made up a vest with the other 200g

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I made some Rhubarb cupcakes today. I used the recipe from my last post for the cake mix. I spooned some cake mixture into the patty pans and then spooned in a teaspoon of stewed rhubarb (I had cooked the rhubarb with some brown sugar and a splash of vanilla essence and allowed rhubarb to cool). Then I spooned some more cake mixture on top.I mixed up a teaspoon of butter, a tablespoon of brown

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This is a yummy cupcake recipe which makes 12 cupcakes. I found it atwww.goodtoknow.co.ukVanilla and Lemon cupcakes100g butter100g castor sugar2 eggs mixed with 2 teaspoons vanilla extract100g self raising flour2 tablespoons milktopping:100g butter200g icing sugar (I used soft icing)1 teaspoon vanilla extractlemon curd (I squeezed some lemon juice in instead)This is what I did:Cream butter and

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Why should the Bakeries have all the fun. I have added Chia seeds to my choc chip cookies. It makes them much healthier, I'm sure.I am going to add some Chia seeds to my bread next time I bake a loaf.I hope we don't start sprouting Chias!!I am growing some herbs on my kitchen windowsill during autumn and winter. and I bought this sprouter from the health food shop. I am sprouting some Alfalfa,

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This is a great recipe for pizza dough. I mixed it in my Breadmaker on the pizza dough setting (45 minutes). I haven't tried mixing it by hand, but others have.2 cups plain flour1 sachet (7g) of dry yeast1/2 teaspoon sugar1/2 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil3/4 cup warm tap waterMy pizza tomato sauce -makes 2 pizzas6 small tomatoes or 4 large, all sliced up2 cloves of garlic

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I bought some gardening magazines at the market on Sunday and I am trying to learn some gardening techniques for my garden at my new home. I haven't really had much interest in gardening until now. I am sick of tasteless vegetables and we will have enough yard to make some garden beds.I read an interesting article on how to dry tomato seeds.The article said to scoop out the seeds and put them in

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I made this delicious prawn recipe this week. It is based on a recipe I found in "Mix 'n' Match Quick Menus" 1998, a fantastic recipe book I bought on one of my Op Shopping ventures.500g green prawns2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 sachet tomato paste 2 teaspoons brown sugar1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce2 cloves garlic6 chopped sundried tomatoes1/2 a red capsicum (sliced into strips)1

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I made an Apple Tea Cake today. I am trying to lose some extra kilos that piled on over Christmas but as always happens when I am thinking too much about food I had a craving for some cake. This was quite yummy. I found the recipe here:http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Apple-Tea-Cake-L1155.htmlSome people said they doubled the recipe, but I made the recipe as it was written and it was great.At

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We had a lovely Australia Day. DH and I loaded our bikes on the back of the ute and drove to our block. We went for a bike ride and then had a picnic under the tree.I hope you all enjoyed your day!!

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HAVE A VERY HAPPY & SAFE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVERYONE XXX

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Knitting project bagCauliflower and cheese piesFirst spuds growing on our new block of landI found my first four leaf clover - near our block - very lucky sign for me!My latest cardigan is finished. Cleckheaton Bamboo (knit yarn double). I absolutely love the vintage buttons which I bought on Etsy.

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Bamboo Summer Cardi (rough notes)Basically this is a top down raglan cardigan with lace panels down the front.Size 36 to 38 inches7 skeins of Cleckheaton Bamboo (50grams per skein)Size 3.75mm circular needles for body.Size 3.25 mm circular needles for sleeve bands.Abbreviations:K - knitP - purlK2 tog - knit 2 togetherK2 tog tbl - knit 2 together through back of loopYf - yarn forwardFront panels -

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Flowers from my garden. Winter is over (thank goodness)!!I found a yummy recipe for Mini Vegie pasties here: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/15961/mini+vegie+pastiesThey are delicious. I used reduced fat puff pastry sheets. I only added one egg and I didn't have any sesame seeds, but they still turned out well. We had a birthday lunch for one of the girls at work and it is hard to come up with

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We are building a house! How exciting! Not for a year or so, but we bought a block of land today and will spend the next year or so planning our new house. I want a vegie garden and some chickens (for eggs). We are right near a pretty riverbank, so I look forward to lots of picnics and walks along the river.

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I am knitting with 100% bamboo. It is SO soft. It will be a summer cardi when I am finished. I designed a top down raglan with lace panels on each side. The panels finish just below the bust and the bottom is stocking stitch. It is progressing slowly but surely.I am not knitting with green tea, I am drinking it. When I had the flu a couple of weeks ago I lived on lemon and honey drinks. I am now

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We really need more than one day of sunlight in a row to kill all the nasty germs that are lurking around at the moment. Some of my nearest and dearest have been really unwell - in fact Dear Eldest Grand-daughter was in hospital for most of last week and is now slowly recovering at home.I feel like I have been in hibernation for the winter and I am totally over it.I cleaned out my pantry

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Here are some rough notes for the pattern for my Celtic Plait Cardi.Celtic Plait Cardi (fits 36 to 38 inch bust)I knit this with 2 balls (400grams – 540 metres) of Bendigo Rustic 12 ply wool , using 6mm circular needles.Gauge 16.5 stitches per 4 inches (stocking stitch)I cast on 29 stitches and knit the “Celtic Plait” pattern, which is a cable pattern worked over a multiple of 10 + 5 (minimum 25)

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A few weeks ago I "found" a lovely letter written almost 76 years ago by my father to my mother when she was 18 and he was 23. They married when she was 21. They are both gone now, he was 80 (killed in a car accident) and she was 79 (after a series of strokes).It is a most beautiful letter written by a young man to his dear love. It gave a wonderful insight into who he was at that age. It is 4

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My Dear Grand-daughter left Tasmania yesterday on a trip to Gallipoli, France and Belgium. She wrote a 1000 word essay in a Statewide competition and was one of six students chosen to go. She is 15, she will be away for 18 nights and she will be at ANZAC cove for the dawn service on ANZAC day. What an experience for a little girl!!!I know it will be a wonderful experience for her and I wanted her

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I have finished another cardi. Here are the details:My Rustic Elm CardiBendigo 12 ply Rustic (2 x 200g balls)Gauge is 16.5 stitches = 4 inches stocking stitchSize 6mm circular needles (at least 24 inch)Set of 4 6mm needles for armbandsUsing the Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan instructions:I need 74 or so stitches to start the neck of the cardi for a 16inch neck (loose neckline). I cast on 84

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There has been lots of knitting. I was so pleased with my vintage button cardi. The buttons from the market matched my Bendigo wool perfectly.The two cardigans I made up using this calculator:http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.htmlIt is fantastic! I have actually inserted some excel formulas in mine, so I don't have to do any calculating. I have ordered this wool from Bendigo Woollen Mills

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It was a fairly dull day (weatherwise) today and DH and I decided to go to the local market to get some vegies. DH was looking at a stall with model cars and bits and pieces. Look what I found at the same stall - Lots of vintage thimbles. So lovely! I have cleaned up the thimbles with Silvo and soap and water- two nickel/silver, one pewter, one bakelite and two copper. There were also two

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Corinne has no brains, but she does have a bust! (I couldn't wait for help,I was too impatient, so I made her myself this morning.)Her bust started out like this. Unfortunatey I ran out of the great paper tape. After cutting her off my body I had to use narrower tape and couldn't make as many layers of wide tape as I would have liked. She is OK though.Then she tried on my new dress which I bought

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I decided I wanted a dressmaker model to help me make clothes. I wasn't happy with the commercial ones I looked at. I wanted one exactly the same size and shape as me, so after much searching on the net, I have made one. I found ideas from articles from 1930's until now and combined them all to come up with Corinne.I wrapped myself in a layer of tissue paper. I then wrapped a couple of layers of

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I have finally used all the spotty fabric - I only bought 2 metres for a total of $16 and I made:1 skirt1 bag1 purse2 tissue holders2 hair clips and 4 other covered buttons - one of which I used for my bag closure.I had some left over floral fabric for the lining of the bag and also some wadding. I made up the pattern.I found a couple of cute little things at the local market a few weeks ago. A

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Not itchy spots - fabric spots!I made a skirt today. Dear daughter inspired me once again. I made up my own pattern for this wrap skirt with darts for shaping. Here is a pic - not a very good photo because I took it myself, but you get the general idea. The skirt can be tied at the back or at the side. It is really comfortable.I also made some tissue holders and hair slides and a little purse

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I bought a new doona cover recently and decided to sew some cushions for my bed. I found some vintage chenille squares on ebay and have made these cushions. I even covered my own buttons. Oh dear, now I want to make more covered buttons. Why do I get obsessed by everything I do? If I make one, I need to make 20 - help!!! -Sewing really keeps my mind off eating though!!!

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I am a Lavender RoseI represent love at first sight and enchantment.My vibe: intense and intriguingFalling in love with me is: deep and meaningfulWhat Color Rose Are You?

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My thoughts are with those who have lost family, friends and homes in the horrific Victorian bushfires and those who are working so hard to help put out the fires and look after the survivors.

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Happy 2009!!!!I had a lovely Christmas. It's hard to believe it is over for another year. Today I dusted off my treadmill and walked for 20 minutes. I have decided that I may be waiting forever if I wait until I have no pain, so New Year, new start. I will walk for at least 20 minutes on the treadmill on all days that I'm not working. When I am working I now have to park my car a long way from

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Merry Christmas Dears. Have a lovely, happy,safe Christmas."Talk" to you again in 2009!

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I have my Christmas present early. A beautiful Asus Notebook PC - I actually went to buy a Toshiba, but the salesman at Officeworks recommended this one. The keyboard is gorgeous. It has a full size keyboard and a numeric keypad, which DH and I really love. DH won't need to bring his laptop home now for me to use at night. He is very happy about that.On Friday I went to Melbourne for the day -

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Yay, I have actually started my Christmas shopping. I know, I'm very naughty this year. I've usually nearly finished by now.I have decided that we are all too spoilt. No-one really needs anything. Everyone seems to buy whatever they want or need and not have to wait for much any more. Usually I know exactly what I will buy people, but not this year. Anyway, I have made a start. All the littles

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I found this great tutorial at Burdastyle.com You need to join, but there are lots of copyright-free sewing patterns. This is called the "eight dollar dress". It is just a tube of fabric with rows of elastic sewn to give shape to the top of the dress. I added straps to this one.It would also be a great pattern to use for a little girl's dress.

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More sewing - Skirts and a vintage look apron.Recently my Dear Eldest Grand-daughter wrote an amazing essay which was one of the winning entries in a competition to go to Galipolli, France and Belgium next year for 12 nights,attending the dawn service on ANZAC day at ANZAC Cove. We are very proud of her and she deserves her wonderful prize.Last week she was successful in becoming a Prefect at her

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Apart from slowly recovering from shingles I have beenworkingcookingknittingworrying about my son, who is training to be an Aviation Fire and Rescue recruitsewingand holidaying in Newcastle.

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Hello DearsI've been busy knitting lately. These pics show some of my projects. It is now about four months since I have been able to do any exercise. I did try once on my tramp for ten minutes and was unable to continue, due to pain in my hips and knees.I still don't know what really happened to me - it was a "virus". I think I have nerve damage from shingles.

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MITSIE January 2005 - June 2008Not a very long life, but a happy life.

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My Dear Grandson is a lovely boy. He is a very sensible, sensitive, intelligent eight year old. He doesn't ever ask me for anything. Lately I have been knitting little things for the girls and I asked him if he would like me to make him something. "I would love a Star Wars library bag Granny".Eeek! I started by trying to transfer some pics onto a plain bag with T-shirt transfer paper

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My presents included:Crazy Grass and potRecipe Book, lovely hand knitted gifts, perfume, soaps, towel, stained glass turtle lamp, boots and clothes - I am a very lucky girl!I had a lovely Birthday. It actually went on for several days, which was fun! Morning tea at work the day before, night away with DH and a lovely dinner and soothing spa, visit from my kids yesterday and lots of cards and

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Long time no blogging ......I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day. I did. Had a lovely breakfast with Dear Daughter and family and received lovely hand knitted socks, DVD voucher and lipstick - truly spoilt. Received some lovely pjamas in the mail from Dear Son. Took MIL out to lunch and generally had a lazy day.I've been knitting still. These are more fingerless gloves for me. I also knitted

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Beef and red wine sausages - made by me, with the help of my new George Foreman mincer and sausage attachment!I don't actually like sausages much. I am always wary of what is in them. So, now I can make my own! I minced some lovely beef from the butcher and added some secret herbs and spices and a large dash of red wine and the result was delicious. Gluten free, low fat and extra tasty! I haven't

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I'm much better. Thankyou for caring. Thank goodness the anti-viral medication kicked in straight away and the pain went away yesterday. My face is slightly numb and still slightly swollen. The rash is almost gone. I have to take the tablets for seven days.My advice to anyone who has a sudden severely painful rash or pain in the eye - go straight to the Doctor! I usually tend to put off going to

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No - not on my roof - in my eye!!!!I started to get a painful eye and swelling around the eye last night. It became very painful. I bathed it in salt and water. After a restless night I was still in pain. I went to the After Hours doctor and she has diagnosed SHINGLES!I wish I could have at least developed it on my arm or back and not my eye. It feels like someone is poking me in the corner of my

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Firstly, thanks for your messages about my injuries. I have been taking anti-inflammatories. I'm still not able to exercise, but I am feeling better.Weight gain - not good, but I'm not stressing over it. I am trying to eat sensibly and I will try to make up for lost time when I am completely pain free.I have sorted out my summer clothes and made way for winter ones - yay - that means I need to go

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I have injuries. I can't walk without hip pain. My neck is aching. I don't know what I have done. I haven't been able to exercise for over two weeks and I am eating everything in sight! "Funny" how weight goes on much faster than it comes off.Some real damage control will need to be done if I don't get my act into gear soon...

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I bought some bath bombs recently and then decided to start making my own. There are lots of easy recipes to be found on the "net". A great one can be found by searching "Brenda Sharpe Bath Bombs" (Thanks Brenda for making these instructions available). Mix all dry ingredients first (except colour). Mix wet ingredients and colour in a small bowl or cup and gradually add in to dry ingredients

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We had a nice holiday, shopping,watching movies, resting, swimming, eating, drinking and catching up with family. It was 33 degrees here one day this week and this morning it is 3 degrees! I don't know what is going on.....?????

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I have made some cushion covers with my yoyos. I also made a yummy citrus cheesecake slice. The recipe is basically on the Nestle skim condensed milk tin, but I added half a sachet of Aeroplane JellyLite Lime Lemon flavour, instead of the gelatine. I also left out the egg whites as I don't believe in using raw eggs (not just because of the recent publicity about salmonella, I have always been

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I bought a sushi mat the other day. I have never attempted to make sushi before. It was great fun (apart from when my rice cooker - my favourite kitchen gadget - decided to die and I had to cook the rice in a saucepan). They turned out well.I spread the seaweed with:Cooked and cooled short grain rice to which I had added a splash of rice wine vinegar, some black pepper and some juice of a lime

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Nannette - Wanna - WannaBslim (http://wannabslim.blogspot.com/)I had gone out to lunch with some old work friends. We were nearly finished and I saw two people come in to the restaurant. I thought I knew them. OMG I thought, is that Nannette and her DH, Mark. I couldn't tell anyone - they don't know about my blog. I just waited till my friends said their goodbyes and I bravely went over and

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I bought this today. A Clover "Quick Yo-Yo maker". I haven't sewn these for years and I have never used a template for them before. At first I thought it was too slow, but after using it a while I really like it. I am not one to measure things and with this little device you don't have to. Simply place the material between the templates, cut around them and sew through the ready make holes in the

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Oh, yum. I don't know why I haven't made these before. They are so easy and delicious and healthy. The rice papers only take a couple of minutes to prepare. Soak them in water and pat dry and fill and roll up.Last week I made some with prawns and noodles and vegies. Today I just filled the rice papers with:Chopped snow peaslettucegrated carrotvermicelli noodles (these little nests are so easy to

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I bought some lovely things at the market yesterday:A lovely pinky/purple leadlight lampshade for $4 - I will buy an antique-look base and show you how it looks when it is complete.A little Royal Doulton "Roses and Wattle" plate. I actually collect "Roses", but I couldn't resist this little buy for $1!A dear little glass/crystal plate ($4), which I will use for jewellery beside my bedand a

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My new stove Old stoveMy 1960's kitchen has a new stove! On Christmas Eve my old oven door broke. DH and I rushed into town and bought a large George Foreman roaster to fit the Christmas turkey. I have a small George and I love him, so now I have a large one I can cook two chickens or a whole leg of lamb or a turkey in him if I need to.We knew we wouldn't be able to get an electrician before

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It's funny how our tastes change - not only with food - but in other ways as well. I have always been a "gold person". Silver jewellery hasn't ever really appealed to me - until now. I have a lovely new silver and purple pendant and two new silver and purple rings. They aren't precious stones, but they are very pretty and I love them.Now I would like a silver watch with a silver sparkly band and

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White bread and rolls had been creeping back in my daily food intake. The more bread I eat, the more I want. I decided to try these wraps instead and I really like them. I usually fill one full of salad and a dash of light cream cheese.The other night I made some lovely baked chicken parcels:1/2 a wrap1 chicken thigh fillet1 teaspoon cranberry saucesprinkle of grated parmesan.Top the chicken with

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This is quite a long story, but I would like to know if anyone out there has had the same thing happen to them, or whether you know someone that this has happened to:Episode 1:Earlier this year I went to a food and wine fest. DH and I drank a bottle of wine between us (which isn't unusual) and I ate tempura mushrooms(which I hadn't eaten before - I have eaten button mushrooms from the supermarket

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Among other things that I have bought lately is this pasta maker. I made my own pasta with this no egg recipe that I found:1 cup of plain flour1 cup of Semolina1/2 a cup of waterMix flours together gently by hand. Transer to a bench lined with baking paper. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and gradually add the water. I mix it in by hand.A knife can be used to mix the dough. The

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Happy New Year everyone. I hope you have a wonderful, happy, healthy 2008. Christmas was lovely. Full of family (some via visits,some via webcam), fun and food (a little too much of the latter, but that will be rectified in the coming weeks).DH and I stayed home last night, but we are celebrating the New Year tonight and going out for a lovely dinner and overnight stay.We will then be on a

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Have a lovely December preparing for Christmas and have a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year everyone xxTalk again in 2008!!!!

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I made some shortbread. OK, I know it's full of butter, but it is yummy.This recipe is from a magazine (sorry I don't know which one). I have been tearing out Christmas recipes and keeping them in a folder.It is the first time I have made shortbread and it actually tastes like real shortbread, so I am quite happy with it.1 3/4 cups plain flour2/3 cup of rice flour2/3 cup of caster sugar1/2

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It is an absolutely gorgeous day here today. I have been sitting out on the deck this morning reading some old WW, Slimming and Christmas cooking mags. I am feeling much better and, although my cough is still very bad, I feel alive at last.Looking back at some old recipes I realise I have been very slack lately with my cooking and meal planning. I have just been having the same old stuff and not

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I haven't had much fun this week! I managed to work my two days, but I shouldn't really have been there spreading germs. I went to the Doctor today and I have Bronchitis and I'm close to pneumonia. I have antibiotics and need to rest for another week. No exercise! That means two weeks without exercise! Not good!Actually I certainly don't feel like doing anything at the moment.Health is a very

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I should be at work today, but I have a bad cold. It started with a terribly sore throat for the last couple of days and now I have a temperature and a cold. I will make up the time at work later in the week, so all is well there.Anyway, now I can watch the Melbourne Cup. I dragged myself down to the TOTE and put on a couple of bets - Zipping, Maybe Better and Douro Valley. So here's hoping ....

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This plant should climb and give us a bit of privacyMy new cat It is a miserable day here today. Windy, rainy and cold. Assuming that we get a summer I have been re-potting more plants for the deck. I also bought this cute cat with attitude.I bought some Dove Summer Glow body lotion today. I did have a couple of bottles of Johnson's Holiday lotion left but it smells awful now! I use other Dove

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I am having a LOT of trouble with the Sugar Monster lately. He is invading my supermarket trolley and then my cupboards. I must resist him at the supermarket. If I can't find him in my cupboard, I will eat something healthy instead.I was so motivated and dedicated while I was losing weight and now I am maintaining I am becoming very slack. It is not good. It can't last. I don't have the

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We aren't going to Burnie tomorrow for the Burnie Ten as DH still has an injury and can't run. He should be resting his ankle, but instead went on a 50km bike ride out into the country and back.While he was away, I decided to do a 10km walk on my treadmill.I set the treadmill to 6km an hour (100 minutes for 10km). 6km/hour seems to be my comfortable limit on this treadmill. I usually walk faster

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I bought three Chat Cams. DD and I have set ours up and Mr Postman has delivered one to Queensland to DS.I have been having great fun with my new little friend. He sits on top of the puter and lets me see my kids when I talk to them through space. Here he is waiting patiently on top of the laptop. My tiny kids have shown me drawings and my middle sized one showed me her first hat knitting effort

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DS's horse didn't run a place this time, but I am sure another win isn't far away!Dear Son has been home for a few days. He spent one night here and shared himself around the rest of the time. It was lovely to see him. On Sunday his horse was racing and DH and I decided to go. We only go to the Races once a year or so. I didn't have a bet on the first race, but by the second race I was in the

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DH comes home for lunch nearly every day. On the days that I work I leave his lunch for him on the table. The other day he told me he wouldn't be home. I was quite pleased, as I was going shopping and to the hairdresser and I wouldn't have to worry about making him lunch. At the last minute he phoned and said he would be home after all. "Don't worry Dear, just a light lunch will do", he said. He

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Infiniti MA200 Me at the controls.We have bought a treadmill! It was delivered last night and it is now taking pride of place in my spare room. Should anyone with a small two bedroom house buy a treadmill? No. But we did anyway. I took a pic of me at the controls and I found a pic of the same treadmill to show you. It is an Infiniti MA200. I love it! I haven't walked enough during winter and

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Help! My clothes have shrunk!Washing water too hot?????OR Could this have something to do with it?????I know what to do. I am just having trouble doing it at the moment.......

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