May 2012
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Settling
Me: Is there any yoghurt left?
Josh: No.
Me: Guess I'll have to eat chocolate instead.
April 2012
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headingtowardsimplicity replied to your link: Rhubarb, macadamia nut and white chocolate cake
I like that you were able to use ‘stock’ and “stalk” in the same sentence. Also I looove rhubarb.
I like that you noticed.
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Rhubarb, macadamia nut and white chocolate cake →
The end of my rhubarb binge. The jam is fast disappearing and nearly everyone had seconds of the pie at brunch. I had saved 400 grams of my stock of stalks to make this. A cake that had been raved about by our friends in London. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but what came out was a deliciously spicy coffee cake with a sweet-sour layer of juicy crunch on top.
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A bucket list for kids: 50 things to do before... →
We’ve got two down, 48 more to go!
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Rhubarb Jam
2 cups of chopped up rhubarb
1 cup orange juice
1.5 cups sugar
Handful of walnuts, roughly chopped
Pour your orange juice and sugar over the rhubarb and let it sit overnight. Cook at low temperature for 90 minutes. Stir in your chopped up walnuts. Chill. Enjoy.
I made this jam today, modified from a recipe I found on this random website that described it’s original as “at least...
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I'm not cool.
A couple weeks ago, I was way too excited that the Harry Potter series was finally available as an e-book. I’d been waiting for the day since I bought my kindle — in August. I downloaded all seven books, thrilled that I would get to read them all again. I had them all in paper copies, but they were part of the lot that were sold in the move.
The friends in London we visited were telling us...
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In case you care:
My heart was just as happy to have me back as I was to have her again.
The snuggles I got this afternoon were unbelievable.
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I'm at home and Luisa is not.
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” (Elizabeth Stone)
She’s also not with her dad. She’s not with a relative. She’s with two lovely young women named Susan and Corinna a 15-minute bike ride north of home with six other little children. It’s her first day of...
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What I did today:
Woke up too early.
Supervised colouring.
Had a second breakfast while watching Revenge as Luisa had an early nap.
Ate pita pizzas for lunch.
Went to the playground.
Soaked up sun.
Ran errands.
Got ice cream.
Went to the park.
Went to the grocery store.
Rough day.
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