Crazy times

Ok so having 2 under the weather children and at least one sick parent sucks. It's been a challenge to keep my sanity the last few days, however the indulgence of a warm bath on Sunday and a haircut on Saturday helped to temper things a bit. My poor girls noses have been running and running which has posed a challenge chasing after them around the living room with kleenex only to have it snatched from your hands when you get close enough to wipe...on the bright side they haven't been too grumpy although Mum had to get up a few times last night due mostly to poor breathing. Ah well I know they need to get sick but urgh, I could also do without the cough I have as well. I have a horrible feeling I have bronchitis again as I did last year right when I found out I was pregnant...er wait last year, that would have been almost 2 years ago now rather than last year.

Happy my family are on their way over and enjoyed Dolores's visit last week as well. Hmmm bath good bath good. Hehe ok so it was just dreamy to sit and soak for an hour, close the door have a glass of wine and relax with a good book. Heaven I tell ya heaven.

So I'm starting to gear up for the girls birthday party on the weekend, I have a list of things I want to get and do for it, however I'm also waiting for Mum to make a final decision. Hey Mum's know these things, I have ideas and plenty of them the question really I do. I just need to figure out my final numbers and of course somewhere along the line I need some decorations too. I have a budget so...

Shout out for a friend's blog

I knew Kavita and Pete back before they were married and were attending Warwick University. They were part of the filmsoc and the crowd that I hung with, including my ex-husband. It seems like a lifetime ago it really does. But anyways if you haven't checked it out, and you love food her blog is a great read, Kavey Eats. I have to admit I am inspired at times by her food descriptions. Hehe of course after each entry I have a craving to enter the kitchen.

But then again any that know me know that lately I have been back in the kitchen and experimenting a bit more with food again. I'm even tempted to try to make my own lemon curd! Yep you read it right, now if only I can find the right storage jar for it tho...but I have all the ingredients.

My love of cooking was inspired first by my Mum many years ago, getting in the kitchen and baking with her, then by the weird creations my Philipp used to make. Then I got lazy I admit it, however the last year I've re found the love of cooking through Rachael Ray.

So with an easy dinner tonight of thawed out french onion soup (made from scratch) I'm going to attempt a trifle (from scratch including the custard!) and yes I made the sponge!

Ooops

Oops haven't posted a blog entry for awhile...not that I've really had that much to say. Starting to make acquaintances down at the library at least as I tend to see the same set of Mum's most visits. In fact due to the suggestion of one of the Mum's that I try to let one out at a time I did decide to keep Abigail penned up in the stroller and let Isabel have free reign. Oh were the other Mum's delighted by her antics :) I have to admit she was pretty good only really once running off and trying to leave the room. Otherwise she was content to move around the room and even knocked humpty dumpty off the wall. At another point we were singing and she was dancing along facing the audience instead of Shirley our reader but hey she had everyone entranced. I had to bring her back to me a couple of times but most were pretty tolerant of her which was nice to see. At least I feel it's a pretty safe environment for her to be in so I'm not overly worried and having other people around Abigail meant I wasn't adverse to leaving her in there when I had to. So Monday Isabel gets strapped in and Abigail to roam.

I've ordered their Halloween costumes and I'm starting to make mental lists of things for the party. I might look up some games for the kids although in general they are going to be of such diverse ages I'm wondering. At least I'll have some things for a goodie bag for them to take home. Oh gawd are they really about to turn one on me?! My life has changed so much in the last 18 months it's not even funny. Yeah I say 18 months being pregnant kind started the changes. Yet in some ways it's not changed all that much. Kind of interesting.

Anyway lets see this week food...well the girls happily ate what we had for dinner on Monday night, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and zucchini and they had a little cake and strawberries for dessert. Other than that I've been using the old faithfuls this week, except for last night where I tried this chicken cesear pizza out. James loved it and I mean LOVED it. Which is surprising as there is cheese and anchovy paste in this recipe. I have to admit it did taste pretty good. So as I had purchased the pizza dough on a coupon with a buy two get $1.00 off deal I'm going to do a reprise tonight. This isn't a bad thing as I'm just pushing some of tonight's meals off onto next week so should make for a slightly cheaper food bill next week (I'm hoping). I have to admit I'm struggling at the moment to keep it low and I'm not sure why this week's should have been small...

I'm also thinking about getting pumpkin and doing something spectacular with that...I'm not sure yet what but I'm thinking....