real life

Post brownlow nachos

Posted on September 28, 2011September 28, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Monday night was the Brownlows. The brownlows are the best and fairest for the AFL (Australian rules football).
It’s a chance to reminisce on the year of football as they go through every round winners and losers. My bestie comes round, we make snippy comments about how badly dressed the WAGs are, and we reminisce about a year of football. Usually it’s, that night at the pub when this happened or, that’s when we got all prettied up and went to watch the football at the Casino. There’s a drinking game involved and it’s generally a good night on the couch.

Which leads me to Tuesday, and my second hangover in five days. (I’m not usually such a lush. It’s football finals season, so expect another one on Sunday the day after the grand final).

So hangover food for me is a lot of food. My body tried to soak out the excess alcohol so I end up eating a lot of grease, starch, and cheese.

So after I got home from work, had a nap on the couch, all I wanted was nachos.

These are my nachos – the Mr has a different recipe and thinks mine are terrible. But he didn’t go to work yesterday, so he got stuck with my nachos.

The recipe.
Put corn chips in a tin.
Smother with chicken, salsa, and cheese.
Put in the oven until cheese has melted.

The photos aren’t pretty.
But it tasted good.

Before

After

It’s a good thing I love a green thumb

Posted on September 22, 2011October 5, 2011 by bekswhoknits

I don’t have a green thumb, but my significant other does.

As we were on the go on Saturday we stopped at a garden store.

Picked up a couple of bags of potting mix to fill some Tuscan style pots that my mum had given us a while back and were unused.
We also picked up some veggies and some flowers (because all my flowers I had previously planted had been destroyed by the storm which always follows me planting anything).

We (I say we, but I was more of a supervisor), planted some roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, celery, carrots, and begonias.

We get so little sun it’s really hit and miss as to whether they’ll flower or grow or die. But I have a reminder in my phone for the 10th December. If everything goes all right we’ll have some home grown carrots for dinner.

And my boy being the handy man he is, is building me a little fence for our garden.
It’s going to be our home sweet home.

I love domestic life sometimes.

please follow me at blog lovin

Posted on September 22, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Now I have a new name, you’ll need to update your subscriptions.

If you don’t already follow me, bloglovin is an awesome way to keep track of all the blogs you may follow.
The number 1 reason why I’ll put a blog into bloglovin and not my google reader? I get to scroll through the blogs in context.

polka-dots & sparkles
beks xx

new name and a new look

Posted on September 21, 2011 by bekswhoknits

well not quite a new look just yet (although I did cut my fringe today which aparently makes me look like more girlish).

But a new name!
I had blogged before about identity struggles, and how I didn’t want to be known as musicfoodlife. So I’ve taken the plunge and changed the domain name. I’ve updated my instagram, twitter, google+, and urbanspoon links. I didn’t quite realise how many places I left my little calling card.

I’m a lot happier now. I think this name is definitely more me and less formal.
Now to update banners and the theme a little bit. All the fun parts.

Please drop me a line to let me know you’ve found me – or if you can’t find me let me know (somehow!)

love and sparkles

beks xx

Weekend recap

Posted on September 19, 2011September 19, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Some gardening, some knitting, some reading, some sewing, and most importantly some eating.

i love lamb

Posted on September 15, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Whilst I may not think lamb is a good perfume, I do rather enjoy eating it.

I’m still feeling a little under the weather, so the love of my life cooked me dinner whilst I added a few more rows onto a pair of socks.

And an early night … zzzz…

A footy game, a gig, and 5 days of sleep

Posted on September 13, 2011September 15, 2011 by bekswhoknits

…and you will know us by the trail of dead… was absolutely epic on Sunday night.
Words can’t even begin to describe it. That moment when you hear the riff to one of your all-time favourite songs, surrounded by people who love them aswell.
I may have screamed a little.

Between that on Sunday night and the football on Friday night I slept.
And slept.
Like Rip Van Winkle type of sleep.
I’m still not 100% but I’m back at work. I lasted at work yesterday for a grand total of 45 minutes of everyone telling me that I looked awful so I went home and slept some more (and watched some bad television).

Lets hope the new rapture album, a spotlight catalogue, project runway Australia finale, and a bowl of mac and cheese hits the spot.
Failing that a hot bath and some hugs from my man (or my dolls which now live in my clean spare bedroom).

A sunny spring afternoon

Posted on September 7, 2011September 7, 2011 by bekswhoknits

* A good book
* A cute man
* Some pretty flowers
* A home made skirt thanks Gertie!
* Goblin Green fingernails (see the little goblin)
* Listening to The Decemberists in the sunshine
* Fish tacos
* Cold beers
* Repeats of scrubs
* a neapolitan sundae in a teacup
* Mouserat songs (in the pit)
* Happiness

weekends pass too quickly

Posted on September 5, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Another weekend has ended but no photographs to show for it!

But I made a beautiful polka dot skirt, put together a flat pack desk, spent some quality time with my best friend and her new squeeze, had a father day lunch with the in-laws, watched my football team avoid last place, and went and saw Wicked! the musical.

I think I’m back at work for a break.

Wicked! was absolutely fantastic (or wonderful!). I know i’m a bit late to the game but I have always loved musical theatre. I was always involved in musical theatre in High School and it brought back a whole heap of memories.

I would have loved to have been at Port Adelaide’s first game at Adelaide Oval, but tickets were too expensive ($700+ from Perth to Adelaide return!), but we scraped our third win for the season and avoided last place.

And I’ll do a full post on my new skirt this week. I can’t believe I wore it non-stop all weekend and not one single photo.

So overall a very good weekend, and I can now start looking forward to this weekend (..And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead… excitement!!!)

beks xx