Some Recipes To Share

May 16th, 2012 | Posted by The Blogger in Recipes - (0 Comments)

As promised on the Facebook page here are the recipes used for lunchbox cooking this week:

Quick Chocolate Cake

3 tblsp Butter
1 cup SR Flour
1/2 cup Milk
2 Eggs
2 tblsp Cocoa
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla

Melt the butter.
Put all other ingredients into a large bowl.
Pour melted butter over.
Beat well.
Cook in a moderate oven for 25 – 30 minutes.
(I cooked this in a fanforced oven – in a loaf tin – and it did take longer than the above time).

 

Country Fruit Slice  

1 cup SR Flour
1 cup Coconut
3/4 cup  Mixed Fruit
115g Margarine
1 Egg

Melt margarine.
Pour into egg mixture.
Add dry ingredients.
Mix well.
Pour into a greased slice pan.
Cook for 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
Dust with icing sugar when cold.

 

 

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Howard’s Storage World

May 15th, 2012 | Posted by The Blogger in Everyday Stuff - (0 Comments)

I think I have a new shop addiction!

Just the other day I went into Howard’s Storage World in the city – Hobart.

Oh I could so spend a fortune in that place!

Found a dish drainer that is the bomb!

Mind you if anyone spent $199 on a dish drainer they must have gold to go in it, or more money than cents!

But it is a nice drainer, and one that wouldn’t leave a lot of water on the drainer side of the sink.

And that’s because it has its own tray that collects the water and a spout to let it flow back into the sink!

I love it!

But I do not love the price tag.. and must remember that it will not go with my kitchen.

There are so many great products in that store!

I’ll be having a few trips in there I do think!

Especially for the computer/desk nook!

And oh probably for the laundry set out too!

**Oh best make it know that this post is not sponsored by Howard’s Storage World – but in fact
my own thoughts of the shop.**

My 16-year-old son was with me and I could tell that he was getting quite bored and fed up with me
cooing over what seemed like useless things or junk to him!

I guess he will realise how these items can be of some use to him one day in his own home.

The actual purpose of my trip there has still not been finalised as I cannot find a place in Hobart that
has the item I want… – a hanging letter organiser/mail holder .

Or I guess you can even get magazine holders that do the same thing I want and you can attach them to the wall.

I want one or two of these to put up on  the wall in the nook for the children’s notes etc for school.

Having one of those will free up a cupboard top for something else!!

If you know of where I can get this item in Australia, please let me know in the comments area!!

Until next time

Happy decluttering!!

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So Busy Here

May 14th, 2012 | Posted by The Blogger in Everyday Stuff - (0 Comments)
  • Blackboard Blackboard going to be a blackboard wall
  • Blackboard! Blackboard! wow a huge black board (1800mm high x 900mm wide)
  • Stages Stages The beginning to the end
  • The Pantry The Pantry not huge but better now it's in the work triangle
  • Soon to be a NOOK Soon to be a NOOK this is going to be the computer/office nook.
  • A NOOK? A NOOK? nice and bright with 3 coats
  • Handles Handles Yep! Finally have handles on the drawers!
  • Kickboards Kickboards finally have the kickboards on! it's taken a while but it's nearly done.
     

 

So as you will see by the pictures, we have been very busy the last few weeks.

Well while the hubby has no full time work may as well make use of him!!

So as you know, the false wall has gone up.

The fridge and pantry have moved.

A new pantry has been put in the kitchen.

Now the end wall of the falsey has been coated with not just undercoat, but also
two coats of black board paint.

And yes it is an awesome big blackboard.

It’s 1800mm high x 900mm wide.

There’ll be an area for menu, another for groceries, plus one for messages and need to have
one for drawing so the 8-year-old tells me!

I have also started painting the old fridge/pantry area as this is going to become the computer/desk nook.

It is going to be a nice bright lime green and it is looking great!

So far 3 coats of paint on one area and the next area has had 1 coat.

I love the colour BUT really lime green is not the best colour to work with in the paint family!

It seems to take a few coats to not see where the last coat was rolled.

We had been thinking of painting the false this same green but I am not sure that we will be now.

The whole kitchen/dining area will need to be painted and that will be in the same light grey that it
currently is.

We need to add a “capping” type of finish to the top of the false wall as a finishing touch.

As well as the end of the side wall.

I’m so hoping that this project of the kitchen and dining area will be finished by July.

It’s been one HUGE, slow project and I am over it.

I think the bathroom make over will be the next big project.

The small project may be either the laundry cupboards or the front porch.

The front yard will be a project for when the nicer weather comes in September/October or even November.

Sometimes I look at this kitchen/dining area and wonder what the heck we were thinking!!

Stay tuned for some more pictures and an update!

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Pens.. My Addiction

May 7th, 2012 | Posted by The Blogger in Everyday Stuff - (0 Comments)

So I guess we all some kind of addictions that we live with in our lives.

Mine just happens to be pens!

When my children were smaller, I was always checking, chopping, changing their car seats and prams…think I spent a small fortune on those must haves!
A lot of family and friends used to say to me that they’d be rich should they have $1 for every car seat and pram I went through!!
Hmm with seven children I guess they may have had a few dollars but not be rich!!

And then it was mobile phones!!

But now I have found my true love in the phone area and won’t be changing for a while… ( love my iPhone)!

So this newish addiction/fetish I have is somewhat cheaper than my older ones.

As pens aren’t that expensive and are very easy to store.. Unlike prams and car seats!!

Nothing like having a beautiful pen to write with.
One that just glides across the paper… Ahhhh!!

I like stationary too and have a small supply of that as well, but not as much as the amount of pens that are in my three storage boxes at my desk…

My faves at the moment are the Papermate Inkjoy…

Love love them…

I have a stash that is for no one else to use.. So they are kind of hidden!!!!

Hmm do you have an addiction that you want to share???

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Home Office Or Nook?

May 4th, 2012 | Posted by The Blogger in Everyday Stuff - (Comments Off)

I’m wanting to have a separate office area..

But will it drag me away from the other things I do whilst using a separate room?
At the moment, my office type area is in a section of the dining room..
And I can’t shut it away from people..
Everyone can see it and what I’m doing and what I have..
They can see the clutter, they can see my iMac, they can see my “trying” to organise it…
I try really hard to keep it tidy but it’s becoming a dumping ground for everyone’s stuff…
A nook would be cute and we have a space for one.. But I don’t think it would be a big enough area for me.
I think a nook may be more suited to a student or child but me?
Nah not at all!
Over at The Organised Housewife, Katrina is on the topic this month about organising the home office.
I’ll be watching and taking it all in as she works her magic on her own office!!
Do you have a home office?
If so how do you organise it?
I’d love to hear about it please!!
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