What on Earth am I thinking!!!!

Soooooo........new home town, new weather to acclimatise too....whose idea was the tropical thing?
And just to make it all sparkly and shiny......I got offered a place into uni, and my first preference. Thank you to the fabulous student help person on the other end of the phone for making it so easy to achieve my application without too many tantrums.
Although in looking at my proposed study table, it's possible I might need a degree just to understand that...actually I probably will. The next 6 months are definitely going to be a new adventure for us all.

A week of Thermie cooking

Another week flys by...omgoodness this year seems to be creeping by incredibly fast doesnt it.
Between study, school and normal "mummy" stuff I have been super glad to have my thermie.
So this week, although I havent cooked a whole lot its been enough!!
Monday night...do you know the week has been so hectic I dont even remember what I cooked. LOL.
Sunday, I know was Silverside, it was so tender, I will never boil a silverside again!
Its been more about cooking for the kids school lunches cinnamon scrolls, apple and cinnamon scrolls, chocolate cake, 30 seconds to mix....omg how good is that.
The funniest thing this week, was my GM trying to chop tomatoes in the Thermie, yes he actually used it, even if he did turn the tomatoes into puree!!
Good try though, good try.

Stay tuned for more family adventures with the Thermie

Welcome to a new world.....of thermomix

Thermomix.....nothing that it cant do.

Okay well maybe some things...lol
I love my thermomix, its name is Thermie (original I know). 2 weeks Thermie has been in our life. Since the first moment I seen the demonstration, I knew I had to have one. A couple of convincing arguments later with the husband and I was able to purchase one.
I have found pages on Facebook, a community full of recipes and a kitchen full of fun.
The best thing, well one of the best things, is its super easy too clean. AND it uses less dishes to prepare, everything goes in the one place to chop and cook. Fan-freakin-tastic.

So far I have cooked......lemon custard, bread rolls, chicken and brown rice soup, baked chocolate cheesecake (twice because the first one was a tragedy) pastry, beef pie ( with the pastry), apple pie slice, caramel slice, chicken catchittorie risotto, bechamel sauce, cheese sauce, beef cassarole with herb scones, strawberry sorbet....

I think thats it. Oh theres been snickerdoodles as well, they went down a treat.
As you can tell I have been a busy one, Ive got a few dishes that I want to cook, they are on my to do list. With study stepping back up and a move at the end of the year. Things are hectic here.

THANK GOODNESS for Thermie!

Oh how I love thee ...Offspring

Dont you love it, I love it, Offspring....omg Dr Nina, she is so awesome, the talking in her head, randomisation...if that is even a word...lol
Love it, and her sense of self style...shes just so asssure of herself, in her sense of style, meanwhile in her head its like an atmosphere of chaotic random thought processes. Great, love it, and that is all!!

Halfway through.....

Halfway, thats right.......I am halfway through my brain frying..lol.
No, seriously I am halfway through my course, thigh deep in maths equations and an essay thesis, which is really something to wrap my head around let me tell you!!

Enjoying my kids at school time a bit more, there is possibly no way that I would get all this study done with 50, 000 mummy tasks to do, although I do still manage to cook something for afternoon tea most afternoons..which little mister 5 just loves.

Im enjoying watching the changes over some of them this year, although miss 7 going on 13 gets very upset when she hears me talking about going to school. I think she likes me being home so much that it seems wrong for me to do something else.

Oh, in case you hadnt noticed, although Im sure you have I havent made my dress yet, I had to buy one last minute, oh how I miss my sewing machine, apart from hemming some jeans I havent been able to do anything....study just consumes my time, Im hoping that I get a bit better at the study bit, so I can fit some sewing in.

Have you been watching the voice, OMG seriously the talent of some of those individuals is mind BLOWING.....makes the hairs on my arms stand up ....love it.

Loving how life is working right now, kind of all playing out like I had hoped, with alot of hard work of course and some superglue of the loving kind.  But, I dont think I would want it any other way

Ciao
xx

The Study .....

Okay, so the last three weeks I have been studying an external course at USQ to prepare myself for studying nursing next year.
OMgoodness do I feel like Ive bitten off more than I can chew right now, yesterday I spent like 3 hours on one question! I was confused, frustrated and felt like a complete dumb head..and yes that is completely a technical term in this house, here I am carrying on like a chicken with my head chopped off when I realised that in this situation I am always telling the children to walk away and come back to it, take a break from staring at it.
Well thats what I did, and yay for me it worked. I wouldnt say that I am completely one hundred percent certain that I got it completely accurate but I tried my best and hey isnt that what counts, and certainly what I tell my children everyday!!

The Dinner Dress

Searching, searching for the perfect dress for the dinner we have for my hubbys work at the end of the month. Finally I found it, only to realise it is overseas and there is no way on earth it will get here in time for the end of March.  Disgruntled. Thinking about wearing a paper bag, then it dawns on me......possibly I could make it...I find the perfect inspiration picture. Then a link to the perfect pattern. Off to spotlight I go, only to find that the pattern has not been released in Australia yet. Finally I found another pattern..thank goodness, now in search of the right material.
A hefty sum later I have everything I need, except the courage to sew the dress. Thinking maybe I will sew it in calico first, to make sure it fits and tweak the bits that need tweaking.....

The inspiration picture.......of course not a black one for me. Something different....just wait and see. I might post a picture of my completed one...MAYBE