real life
and all in all yesterday was a lazy sunday..
i made some cubee craft
i put up my christmas tree
wrapped up some presents
watched some new-who (s6 ep 1 – 3)
caught up with top chef
cleaned the house a bit
made some delicious tuna parcels for lunch
had some gnocchi with butter and parsley for dinner
slept
zzzzz
good sunday…
Im having a very james mercer kind of day.
I set up a playlist with all of my shins albums, flake music albums, and broken bells.
I’m hoping that it will calm me down as I’m having a doctor who ‘I have a face that no one listens to’, ‘first rule; don’t wander off – why does everyone wander off’, kinda day.
Why don’t people listen to me, I know I like the sound of my own voice but I don’t just say things for the sake of them. I particularly don’t like wasting time just because someone hasn’t followed a clear instruction. I prefer to waste my own time however I choose.
Anyways james mercer, he is a legend.
He can write songs so beautifully.
He’s almost distracting me from Monday and a dismal cricket test.
so into tonights dinner went
– butter beans
– tinned tuna
– wooshter sauce
– lots of parsley
– lots of coriander
– chopped celery
– milk & cornflour for the sauce
added that to mini penne – and a slice of garlic bread
really really good (and interesting) take on tuna bake.
delish
and best enjoyed on a stable table
now i’m off to watch sherlock
well it’s less than a month till southbound now (awesome camping festival down south) and i’m getting my wardrobe organised.
went shopping today and found the most perfect bag! it’s this really awesome print and it just the right size for me to hold everything i need to but not need to be checked every single time i go in or out an entrance.
i also found two pairs of shorts, a duffle bag, and some much needed new underwear.
so this is outfit number 1. its new denim shorts with a really awesome rose belt, my favourite black minkpink shirt, a black headband with a bow on it, and a wickid pink leather bracelet. and of course the new bag…
what do you think?
And it was good. All of it.
Gossip girl season opener, it answered a few questions from last season’s finale, posed a few new ones, and dropped a couple of very blatant clues as to where this season is going. It’s nice to have that hour where you can completely zone out and watch other people’s lives. And it doesn’t annoy me as much as glee or secret life of the American teenage or any other similar American trash. (by the way I am using trash in an affectionate way).
I have always been a blair and chuck shipper. I always liked them more than dan and serena, or serena and nate, or jenny and nate. I always loved jenny as my favourite character though. I really do see her as a girl who makes a lot of ordinary mistakes and is trying to figure out who she is, which I relate to. Plus I really love her style.
I also finished watching the portrait of dorian grey, which I started watching on Saturday before I had to go out. Its definitely an interesting concept for a movie, but I think I’ll have to watch it again before I can make any sort of critique on it. And I think it’s the type of movie that deserves a proper critique. I’ll have to channel my uni days of textual analysis.
Maybe tonight there’ll be nothing on tele so I’ll have to clean up and put up my Christmas tree. Just maybe.
Well ive been without my iphone for the last two weeks but that’s still no excuse for not writing anything. I’ve been tumblr-ing a lot. But song lyrics aren’t writing, which is what i wanted to do here.
Its almost december so its busy, busy, busy… I’ll probably put up my christmas tree tonight (yay) but i’ll have to make some more decorations first. The ones i made last year have all been thrown out.
Of course by decoration i mean doctor who cubee crafts, oh and maybe a couple of nightmare before christmas ones for good measure.
To me doctor who has become an integral part of christmas. I usually get something doctor who related (this year im hoping for the sonic screwdriver wii remote, wii game, or a t-shirt) but also me and my little brother will watch the christmas episode (on boxing day). We’ve been doing that for the last three years so its become a sort of a tradition, which i like. Same with buying a new christmas dress, and spending one of the surrounding days soo hungover nothing gets achieved.
My boy doesnt like christmas but i dont care – i do.
oh so delicious… and soo simple.
My boy doesn’t really like rice or stir fry that much – so whenever I have a night to myself its usually what I cook.
And this one was so easy and delicious. I read the comments from the recipe and found that someone had substituted the chicken for prawns. I thought I’d try that. I just used frozen prawns which were already cooked.
I’m a little scared about cooking raw prawns and plus they’re so handy to keep in the freezer it means it’s really convenient.
The stir fry accompanied me on the couch lazing around in my pjs watching season 1 of arrested development. I hadn’t watched it in ages so it was quite nice just to have a good laugh.
Well I spent a lot of time in the kitchen last night…
But it was so worth it… I think it will make the weekend a bit easier.
So the hash browns look good – I looked like a bit of a twat grating onion wearing goggles but in all fairness I was grating onion.
There was 2 onions grated and about a kilo of potatoes grated and then squeeze out the liquid. Added in 4 eggs and just enough (about ¾ cup) of flour just to combine it.
Then I shallow fried them in a pan – most of them was just enough to cook the potato as they’ll be fried again to reheat them, but one batch got a little brown (read black) as I was disinfecting the bathroom floor. I didn’t have time to investigate but I think there may be a leak some where. Again.
The zucchini slice is just for snacks etc. its just so easy that I make it for picnics, watching cricket, and lunches because it’s good hot or cold.
Grate a zucchini, chop an onion, chop 3 or 4 (or 5 if you like) rashers of bacon into small pieces. Put them into a bowl with a cup of cheese, a cup of self raising flour, half a cup of oil, 5 eggs, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
Mix all together really well.
Pour into a greased up lasagne dish. I have one of those pyrex ones which works a treat.
Whack it in the oven at about 200 degrees – it should take about 30 to 40 minutes to brown up but I had it in last night at 180 degrees for just over an hour as I had other things cooking.
Scones
Chopped up dates and added them to country women’s association scone mix. Huzzah!
Dinner was eggy bread cups again.
Just had some leftover cooked chook which I added to a capsicum and tomato and added enough eggs to make an omelette consistency. Had some with multigrain bread which were awesome. And I have some leftover for lunch today.
Really looking forward to camping… should be a blast.. .
Im making a list and singing vegietales – I love my lips…
Wow I have a lot of things to do today…
Preparing for going camping certainly involves a lot. We’re getting better and more planned but I still have a to-do list as long as my arm.
So this afternoon I have to
– Buy more work shoes
– Buy shorts / hoodie / bag?maybe
– Try to not get too distracted at the Galleria (which is where I think I’ll go shopping – I may go harbour town but I hate having to pay for parking)
– Go to the supermarket (which I may do while I’m at the Galleria just because the coles next to my place is frickin manic. all. the. time.)
– Figure out what we’re going to have for dinner tonight
– Make a scone mix for the weekend (I learnt how to bake scones in a bbq and can’t wait to try it)
– Make potato cakes for the Saturday breakfast
– Wash and redye my hair
– Pack! Always important…
and I think that’s it…
I’m sure I’ve forgotten something – I always forget something.. .
Now I just need to make shopping lists and a list of things to pack.. .
Did I mention I love lists?
Breakfast Saturday Morning
– Bacon
– Eggs
– Mushrooms
– Bread
– Potato
– Onion
– Sausages (small)
– Tomato
– (can you buy tomato sauce/bbq sauce in individual packets?
– milk
To pack for Breakfast Saturday morning
– Fry pan(s)
– Spatula(s) cooking utensils
– Butter
– Bbq sauce / tomato sauce
Must not forget
– Towel
– Bathers
– Clean underwear
– Head torch
– Jumper/Trousers/sherpa (for the nights)
– Shorts/shirts
– Walking shoes/surf shoes/thongs
– Anything else that I’ve forgotten about?? Eep….
But Friday afternoon – camping here we come!!!
Did I mention I’m excited?
Apologies for not taking photos of last nights dinner but it looked so frickin awesome i just had to get stuck in – it was a variation on last weeks kebabs and potato salad but this time with seafood. J made the skewers with mushroom, onion, scallops, and prawns that he had marinated in an olive oil and garlic mix. He also cooked up some whiting fillets – all done on the bbq.
He cooked them brilliantly too – he’s been overcooking them recently so he tried to not overcook them and he suceeded.
I remembered the bacon in the potato salad this time! I also cooked the onion as i only had a brown onion, not a red one. I also hard boiled the eggs properly which always helps. And because i always over cater there’s enough for lunch today and maybe some tomorrow – huzzah!
Potato salad is awesome…
And my vikes won last night too, in overtime… It was an awesome game. I thought it was all over when we needed two touchdowns in 3 minutes and had been killed on turnovers all game (all season) but we did it and me and my peterson guernsey (dress) were jumping on the couch, not using my inside woo. Awesomeness!
All round it was a very good evening – making tea together whilst watching f1, me reading a babysitters club book while he watched bear grylls, watching some Walter Payton highlights on youtube. It kinda makes me think that if j does get kicked out of where he’s living, we could live together relatively sucessfully in such a small place…
polka-dots & sparkles 