I got home from grocery shopping this evening, only to find half the magnetic contents of my fridge strewn across the kitchen floor, and the remains of what clearly had been a battle with the kitchen rug.
Apparently right after the tussle, she crawled back to the living room where Daddy’s watching the cricket, and got his attention by gurgling adorably while pulling herself up to standing using Daddy’s leg hair.
What you’re not seeing in the photo: paper and other junk, stuffed under the fridge. Why, I ask. Because I’m cute and because I can.
So I’ve decided to bite the bullet and stick with a 3-column layout, even though it’s a tad squishy and it’s not your fave. (For the dozen of you who actually bothered to tell me what you think! xx)
As with all things, I got used to the format and then when I switched back to 2 columns, each blog post stretched too far across for my liking. Once you feel your eyes darting to and fro like an old typewriter head, you know the column widths are just a leeetle too fat.
Still hunting for another template, but this will do for now.
Canberra drivers are a scary breed. I think it’s got a lot to do with all that space we have, and the expectation that our roads are near deserted about 85% of the day. We are a glorified country town with big city ambitions, so we’re torn between manically weaving in and out of traffic with our soccer mum cars… and parking like the world is our paddock.
These are just 2 examples of I-couldn’t-give-a-rat’s-tushie-about-anyone-else parking, taken 7 days apart.
Specimen 1: “Lines? What lines?”
Pick a lot. Any lot.
Specimen 2: “Your driving is getting in the way of my perfect park.”
Subject: dark blue car in backgroundThe beauty of driving big cars: the world - and all its curbs - can be your very personal parking lot.Benefit of doubt: maybe the driver REALLY had to pee.
BTW, the only reason I noticed specimen 2 was the backed-up traffic about 10 cars deep, gingerly trying to negotiate around that car in that narrow lane while avoiding oncoming traffic. Nice.
Otherwise known around this house as The Yummy Green Gloop
Ingredients
1¼ cups (310ml) homemade chicken broth or water
1 cup (160g) fresh or frozen peas and corn
100g thawed pork mince
1 tablespoon risoni (“Big rice” pasta)
Smattering of dried onion flakes (not fried)
Dash of pure garlic powder
A crack of black pepper
Instructions
Chuck everything into a small saucepan.
Bring water or broth to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes.
Process mixture to consistency you’re after.
Serve.
Total time taken: 20 minutes. Serves: Approximately 2.
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Variations
It may not look very appetising, but Arddun would snort all of it through her cute button nose if I let her. And she’s developing quite the discerning palate nowadays.
I used to add carrots to the mix, but Arddun gets red and blotchy around the mouth when she goes all Bugs Bunny during mealtimes. So this one is the green and yellow version.
Also, you can use 100g of chicken breast fillet if you prefer. Or any other meat, really. I like to mix it up so Arddun gets exposed to more than just chicken and fish. I also prefer using lean mince, because it thaws so easily. Usually freezer bag them in 100g stashes so I can chuck them all in the freezer and grab a portion when needed.
Finding The Happy 