Australia Day = Good Food Day

Australia Day equals good food, good wine and good friends.

A few 'Aussie' themed food from the Taste Australia Day Collection



All images and recipes available from Taste Website.

2 minute noodles are not a Sin !

So , i suffer from Mummy guilt like every other Mum i know. There is always something we think we can do better, shouldn't have done or should have done, when it come to raising our children.

Tonight, i am exhausted. It is stinking hot, has been raining all day and Master M has made me play a million rounds of his version of Monopoly, which involves counting dices, dancing and changing silver figures every time you roll the dice, add to this me trying to explain in a non-jaded voice about property development.

So, it rolls around to almost dinner time, and i throw open the fridge door, and yell in my sickly sweet mummy voice "What would you like for dinner ?" , the reply from a very well mannered 4yo "Noodle Box Please". I think i might pass out. When you live 350km's from a major town, Noodle Box is no longer about picking up the phone and calling your fave noodle shop. It is cutting up a million vegies, the meat, mixing together all the ingredients for his fave marinade, putting it all in the wok, with a packet of hokkien noodles and cooking. Then once completed, placing into into a ceramic noodle box dish , we bought especially for the "4yo Noodle Connoisseur"
It was so not appealing tonight, then i reached into the cabinet and pulled out a packet of 2 minute noodles, doused them in boiling water, drained and served !



Master M was ecstatic, and then Mummy guilt set in, and those voices began... I should have made the effort, he needs meat and vegies, 2 minute noodles are not a meal, what would my mother-in-law say....... And then i realised , 2 minute noodles are not a sin. Sometimes easy dinners are the most fun, he doesn't live on them, he will survive and i checked my mummy guilt away for a while.


Ps- And to add to my mummy of the year award(you can nominate me here.... ha ha ha ) ... i gave Master M, Ice Cream for desert

The Perfect Lazy Sunday

I don't get to many perfect lazy Sunday's. My husband works shift work , so there is very few Sunday's where he is home. Today is just perfect, we are all here in our PJ's, enjoying Sunday together.

Hope your Sunday is as enjoyable !

Take the Cake

I have decided that to fill in the next 5 or so months till i become a mum of two, that i needed a hobby. So, my very wise mum bought me the 'Planet Cake' book.
I come from a family of amazing cake decorators, but i have never really been very good at it. I have never had the time to learn the art and perfect it.

So, once Master M starts Prep next week, i intend to learn. I have bought everything i need. Let's hope it is not a disaster, only time will tell.

Will be back to post some pics of my first attempt at cake decorating.

Blog Love

I want to send a "Very Happy Blog Birthday" to one of my dearest friends, APRIL over at 'City Girl in the Country. '.

She has a great blog on everything from life to reno's and beautiful homewares, head over to her blog at the moment, and check out her birthday competition.

Beautiful Pink Nursery

I love this nursery, i found this while browsing on Spearmint Baby . It is designed by the team at Little Crown Interiors

M by Rachel Ritcher

Beautiful & amazing pictures, by the very talented Rachel Ricther. Rachel did an amazing job of capturing our little boy.
Check out her work HERE

Babushka Dolls Alphabet Poster...

I have blogged about the awesome work of Neisha over at Creative Neesh before.

And i saw this last night and fell in love..... I love Babushka dolls so much !

Must Have....

Doing a bit of Blog browsing over at one of my fave blogs - Sweetie Pie Pumpkin Noodle and saw this bag-



It is from Independent Reign who can be found here

I am adding it to must have list, in the hope my husband decides to read my blog and realise how much i need this little bag.

Friday Follies

I have blogged about this site before Keep Calm Gallery

Here is a few of my fave prints.

Hello Bloggers.... I am Back

Well after a long absence i am back in the blogging world.
It has been a very crazy couple of months.
Instead of writing huge big long paragraphs, i might just dot point.

1) In am pregnant ...... i am currently 15 weeks and feeling very blessed.
2) However , i suffered from Severe Morning Sickness known as 'Hyperemesis' and spent nearly 3 weeks in hospital
3) We have moved into a company supplied house (aka 'the shoe box') in a small-ish mining town inland from Rockhampton
4) Very soon Master M will start Prep , very very exciting and scary



Goodbye 2009 ..... Hello 2010