Harry Potter experience......

The 'horsey' one is having a great time still, not in touch with her mother as often as perhaps I'd like but happy and settled which is great. Losing her enthusiasm for the snow after it took out the Internet for most of last week ( teenage girls LOVE the Internet!) and she took a snowball to the nose! Has just had her second lot of days off and travelled to London to celebrate Australia Day. A wild time was had by all and a bonus was catching up with some school friends there. Before heading back to York the girls had a day at Harry Potter world and loved it! They got some great photos! Love the one of the 'horsey' one having a 'butter beer' and yes it is non alcoholic!!

Anyone else remember this?

Today there was a farewell lunch at work for a staff member with the surname 'Roll'. Everyone had to bring a plate of 'roll' food! Took a lot of thinking then I remembered the Apricot roll that my Nan, Mum and I used to make a long time ago. A lot of digging in hand written recipes and I found it. I made it this morning and even without specific quantities and the end result looking a little rustic it went down a treat. The ingredients are dried apricots, marshmallows, mixed nuts, crushed biscuits and condensed milk. You shape them into logs then roll in coconut. It made 6 logs. Each is wrapped individually and then kept in the freezer until needed. A nice trip down memory lane.

Proof!

Proof that there has been some crafting happening here however mindless it may be! Over New Year I found a skein of bamboo/soy Moda cotton in the cupboard and needing a small gift for a workmate started knitting face cloths to give with a cake of soap. I got 3 out of the skein so 2 have been given and the last one is winging its way across the world! They were lots of fun to knit.
Next on the crafting list is my Fat 1/4 shop mystery bom, a Birthday quilt or 2 and some stitching! Won't be without a job any time soon!

Purr...

Isn't this how everyone spends a public holiday (especially when the weather changes) ???

Lamington muffins

SH went to baseball out of town yesterday so we had our belated Austalia Day lunch today. A friend of Mums had given us a leg of lamb at Christmas and we were itching to have it. With only the two of us home we invited some friends around to share , happily I can report we will still be eating the leftovers for the next week! For dessert I made lamington muffins.it is a Donna Hay recipe and I couldn't be happier with them. I have always wanted to make lamingtons but have to admit they scared me. For some reason these looked easier!! They had a secret spot of jam in the middle. I served them with cream and they got a tick of approval.
The roses are from our garden :)

January 26 2013

Happy Australia Day! How lucky we are.......

Date night!

So many resolutions for this year and the biggest is to make time for family, friends and all those things that would sometimes be easier to make excuses why not to do them.....
Remembering this and putting it into action SH and I had a 'date night' while we were in Geelong and went to the baseball to support the Melbourne Aces in the Australian national baseball league. It is played at Laverton and I can highly recommend it as an affordable, entertaining family outing. I was promised a hotdog and coke and with the Aces winning it was a fun night out. Not quite like the Angels games in the USA but not far off!!