SUNDAY FUNDAY

Hi @blithe

Good to hear from you. That sounds lovely, I am glad you are enjoying your new location. I just hope that the bandicoot doesn't give way to a wombat trying to move under your house! I have one which tries intermittently in the middle of the night. It is very noisy and not fun. Usually wakes me with a huge fright as it sounds like someone sawing on wood as it tries to dig under the baseboards. Thankfully I know what it is now and I know how to send it on its way (they don't like torches shone at them).

Today we celebrated my son's 18th birthday together at a small family lunch, which was lovely.

Chhers, Kristin

That sounds awesome @blithe!

I've been house-sitting at a farm this week, so I spent the day outside hugging all the donkeys and hissing at the bright sunlight after getting sunburnt at the show yesterday. We got a third place ribbon which was wicked! And everybody behaved brilliantly which was even better.

I had to share a pic of the boys. They love cuddles, carrots, and feed time. Oh my word, everyone in the valley can hear how much they love feed time... 😛

Hi all,

What was the highlight of your weekend?

My was something just really small; I stumbled across this great Youtube clip by Brene Brown on Blame. Informative, interesting and I can totally relate to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWf2_2L2v8

Hiiiiii!

What did everyone get up to this weekend?

As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a foodie, and I'm not really a fan of cold weather. So combine to these two things together and you get a hankering for comfort food. So I made this, homemade gnocchi with butter sage. I also added in sweet potatoe into my dish. It was delish! Mmmmm.

What did you do?

it was my birthday on saturday. But none of my birthday plans happend. oh well. went to my best mates palce instead and played magic the gathering and xbox. then on sunday we went to the markets. surptisingly i had fun.

i hope everyone had an enjoyable and refreshing weekend. It was pretty cold here, but the highlight of the weekend was hosting a family birthday party for my partner's eldest, who just turned 20. It's always a joy seeing the three sisters together enjoying each other's company, and delicious caramel mudcake is a treat too. 🙂

blithe

@redhead

Happy Birthday for last week! I'm glad you had a good day even though it wasn't what you planned. Sometimes they can be the best ones.

Take care,

Kristin

Hi @blithe

I hope you are settling in well.

I was very blessed this weekend by an unexpected gift of 2 ute loads of free firewood. I have been eking out what I had by using just 3-4 smaller pieces on cold nights to take the chill off the house. When I got cold during the day extra jumpers, hot drinks and a microwaved wheat pack up my jumper were my stand-bys. If I can keep that up I might even manage to make it through winter on the wood we've got (and it's mostly dry, not green).

Take care,

Kristin

What did everyone get up to this weekend? I've had bit of hectic week, so I made sure that today was self-care healthy kind of day: I woke up and went to yoga, then I spent the day in the kitchen working away on making yummy creations. I started off with a berry and kale smoothie, and then I made muesli bars. Now, I know the sounds of kale might sound odd, but you can't taste it. Truly! - It's yummy! If you're interested, I've included the recipes. I love healthy good food, so good for the body and mind (when I'm not indulging in salted caramel tim tams )

- 1 cup of roughly cut kale (any type will do)

- 1 cup of berries

- 1 banana

- 1 - 2 tablespoons of honey/agave depending on preference

- 2/3 of a cup of water.

Place all ingredients into a blender and blitz, then drink! Yummy! (serves 1)