tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139399575371708922024-03-19T07:00:55.923+11:00five brothers one sisterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.comBlogger786125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-50765041526149816392014-02-02T11:24:00.000+11:002014-02-02T11:24:10.144+11:00long time no see me!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi all my very patient followers,</div>
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sorry it has been long time no blog post.</div>
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There are lots of excuses why I haven't been in this space for the last 6 weeks.</div>
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1. busy</div>
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2. lost a months worth of photos in two computer change overs.</div>
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3. busy</div>
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4. frustration at loss of photos</div>
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5. busy</div>
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6. just can't seem to get my blogging mojo back</div>
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7. busy</div>
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8. having trouble uploading photos due to very slow internet. Techno boy (B2) tells me that it is due to the powers that be overloading the satellites in anticipation of the NBN satellite being launched. </div>
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I can load stuff on to facebook from my phone, but a normal photo even after editing to make it smaller, takes forever, grrr, <i>you people with broadband just don't know what you are missing having to deal with stupid satellite internet!</i></div>
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8. lazy</div>
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9. frustrated by all of the above.</div>
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10. did I say I had been busy?</div>
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I have been busy doing some redeemed commission pieces as well as a few other things, like desks and the like and then there has been the repainting of my bedroom furniture (a project just for me) which of course is leading to a whole makeover in that area!.</div>
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Now we about to fly the coop for a 2 week vacation at the beach, just 7 of us this year as B1 has to work, makes it easy for us in looking after the mail, cats and plants though!</div>
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I hope to get a couple of little things scheduled before I leave, if not I will endeavour to back in this space regularly in a fortnight.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-70682095451433813722013-12-16T07:02:00.003+11:002013-12-20T12:18:20.661+11:00nigella's chocolate cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have made this cake a few times now and it is always a hit.</div>
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It came about because I was having guests over to dinner and was considering what to make for dessert.</div>
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A couple of days before I wasn't feeling well and was in my bedroom having a rest and was watching TV. Nigella Lawson came on and cooked this fabulous cake and also some coffee ice cream. </div>
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I had a aha moment and knew this was my dessert.</div>
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It was a hit, and I have now made it a couple of other times when I have needed to take something.</div>
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It is great because it is gluten and grain free and dairy free.</div>
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It has however got nuts in it, but if you need to avoid nuts Nigella says you can substitute the almond meal for normal flour, though I haven't tried this.</div>
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Nigella's Chocolate Cake with Olive oil and Almond meal</div>
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2/3 C light olive oil</div>
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6T good quality cocoa powder</div>
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1/2C boiling water</div>
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2t best vanilla extract <i>(I have substituted instant expresso coffee here for a change)</i></div>
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1 1/2 C almond meal (or 125g plain flour)</div>
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pinch salt</div>
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1 C superfine sugar<i> (I use coconut sugar)</i></div>
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3 large eggs</div>
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Preheat your oven to 170 C. Grease a 22cm springform pan with a little oil and line base with baking paper <i>(you can use any pan really lined with baking paper)</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-66532981580721356542013-12-02T16:04:00.002+11:002013-12-02T16:04:25.703+11:00spice angels revisited<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Super busy this week getting ready for my final market for the year,</div>
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making sure there are lots of gift ideas for my customers, </div>
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I will be back to share them with you when I have time.</div>
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But just so you don't feel too neglected and to get into the Christmas spirit, </div>
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I thought I would share this oldy but a goody, </div>
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in fact it is my most popular post ever and is always at the top of my stats, </div>
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nearly 10,000 people have looked at this post- amazing! </div>
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So without further ado, pop over to <span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com/2010/12/spice-angel-tutorial.html">here</a> </span><span style="color: #444444;">to find out how to make your very own spice angels just in time for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I recently demonstrated these at a Christmas craft night and they were a big hit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Great for the tree or as a little Christmas gift.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> The kids put the tree up on Saturday as I knew we wouldn't have time on Sunday, but the rest of the decorating is yet to happen, I am aiming for next week after the markets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I will try to pop back later in the week with some makeovers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And if you happen to make a spice angel or two I would love to see your piccies, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">just post them to my</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/five-brothers-one-sister/174818149313117"> facebook page</a></span><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-10360890215505205392013-11-21T08:03:00.000+11:002013-12-20T12:18:09.920+11:00thrifty thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Saturday was Second Hand Saturday in our area, and there were tonnes of garage sales to go to.</div>
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B4 and I hit the trail early, VCH had to work as they were having a sale at his business. </div>
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I bought these at a garage sale and paid $5 for them. </div>
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The guy who was selling them is a collector so I was a little surprised at the price, but the coffee canister lid was a little damaged, (I started fixing it before I took the photo) so didn't think they were worth much.<br />
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On Monday I started painting them, then later as I was searching for some ideas for labels,<br />
I came across a set on eBay for sale for $60- oops!</div>
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A metal peacock chair $5<br />
I am debating about whether or not to redo the cushion as the cover is in perfect condition.<br />
But if I leave it I will have to paint it in something that matches red.<br />
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This little table $3 from another sale, but I think I will do them up as a matching set.<br />
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A clock, I got it with the table.<br />
It doesn't actually work, but am hoping I can fix it, or I will turn it into a cool piece of art, to go with the other two pieces.<br />
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This cool trolley I got for $10, I am going to "redeem" it to hold things at my market stalls!</div>
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A paper towel holder I got this and a metal candle holder for $5,<br />
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I little table with storage underneath, $5</div>
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I just need to remove all the blu-tack from the edge first!<br />
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$10 for this cute little trolley.</div>
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A little kids deck chair $5, my two big boys had similar ones when they were little.</div>
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We paid $2 for this table and 2 chairs (not shown), the table top was chipboard that had swollen, with a laminate on top.<br />
B4 has started to get the old top off for me.<br />
Plus loads of other cool stuff, not bad for a Saturday haul.<br />
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This piece however was a Friday find.<br />
I happened past an op shop on my way to get groceries and just thought I would pop in and have a look see, when I spied this beauty.<br />
It has two drawers and is a lovely old timber piece, I thought by the wood on top that it may have been an old luggage stand, but I am not sure.<br />
I am hoping to be able to take those bits off and turn it into a cool ottoman.<br />
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Lots of work happening here at the moments getting ready for a Christmas market in a couple of weeks.<br />
I will be back with some cool makeovers, soon!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-31665703552708934902013-11-18T08:31:00.000+11:002013-11-18T10:11:43.268+11:00my favourite foodie blogs and websites<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>We have had our main computer blow up in some lightening strikes last week.</i></div>
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<i>I was in town at the time and I asked B2 and B3 who were home, </i></div>
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<i>why they hadn't turned the computer off in the storm, </i></div>
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<i>but apparently it wasn't even storming at the time! </i></div>
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<i>Thankfully, B2 is a bit of a computer wizz and was able to put my hard drive into another computer and do some updates and all sorts of stuff, now we just need to get the other computer fixed and put it all back in and it will be sweet, in the meantime I have a computer to work from for which I am grateful.</i></div>
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So today....</div>
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I have been wanting to share with you for some time some of my favourite blogs and websies that are into clean food, healthy eating, some are gluten or grain free and where I often get recipes from to try.</div>
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The other thing about them is that they are Australian,</div>
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well there is one New Zealand site, but near enough to count!</div>
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The reason why I like these sites is that because they are local, I know I should be able to get the ingredients, nothing like finding a recipe and then not being able to source the ingredients- teff flour anyone!</div>
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The recipes are simple and use fresh ingredients.</div>
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They are in our seasons, nothing like finding a recipe and then realising that the fruit or vegetable won't be in season for another six months, by which time you forget to try the recipe!</div>
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They also use Australian measurements, no converting from pounds or Fahrenheit! </div>
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This is Therese Cutters site also known as the healthy chef.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.thehealthychef.com/">Find her here</a></span></div>
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Doesn't this look yummy and would you believe this is actually sugar free and full of healthy ingredients,</div>
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I am making some of this today as a trial for Christmas.</div>
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This is from Sarah Wilson's, I quit sugar website, <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.iquitsugar.com/">found here</a></span>:</div>
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Another favourite is Lee Holmes of Supercharged Food.</div>
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She has just released a kids cookbook too.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://supercharged1.wordpress.com/">Find her here:</a></span></div>
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This is a new to me website, but Tania is from the Sunshine Coast and is quite well known in that area for her grain free recipes and cookbooks.</div>
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I actually made this bread and it was very nice.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.glutenfreegrainfree.com.au/">You will find her here:</a></span></div>
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Finally our New Zealand friend, Eleanor from Petite Kitchen.</div>
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Why not pop over and spend some time having a look at some of the delicious recipes these ladies produce, they may become your favourites too!</div>
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Just thought I would round up my market coverage by showing you some lovely kids items I did.</div>
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The table and chairs were originally made by VCH when our oldest two were little.</div>
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They have been redeemed several times in their life,</div>
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however as all our children have grown out of kid's tables and we don't have room to store furniture for years on end waiting to give them to grandchildren or such, I decided it was time to pass them on.</div>
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So for it's final makeover I chose to keep the white that they had been painted and to just give them a good distressing and a good scrub.</div>
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I then recovered the seats in an aqua polka dot Mexican oil cloth.</div>
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The table top I repainted in a light aqua and lightly distressed it.</div>
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The other cute item I did was to redeem two old bedside tables into a little retro kitchen.</div>
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The tops were an old laminate so perfect for a kitchen. </div>
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I painted the sides on both and front on one with Rustoleum's 2x sun yellow.</div>
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VCH made the backs and the oven door and I painted them and the legs in grey. </div>
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An old tap and a metal bowl were added to make a sink unit and I finished it with a cute curtain.</div>
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The oven dials were from an old BBQ, that the kind man at the dump gave me, and the hotplates are old CD's painted black.</div>
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<i>VCH fixed the handle on the oven after the photo was taken.</i></div>
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They were greatly admired at the markets and went home with a new owners.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-43321479295678765012013-11-07T09:30:00.000+11:002013-11-21T16:37:16.123+11:00dandelion dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I thought I would share a piece I did recently and just loved.</div>
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In fact if I had a smaller family I would have been tempted to keep it.</div>
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It started out when I picked up 6 chairs at a local op shop for $40.</div>
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I decided to find a table to match them.</div>
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I found a table on a local buy swap and sell Face Book site, it was extendable, although I don't think it would work well to sit 6 around it as you would have to sit with your legs either side of the table leg.</div>
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(sorry can't seem to find a piccy of the original) </div>
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I decided that I would just do up 4 chairs to match and keep the other 2 chairs for something else.</div>
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I had it in my mind that I wanted to paint the chairs black and have the seats in a white fabric with a black motif. </div>
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When saw this dandelion fabric I fell in love!</div>
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Thinking about the table I decided I would do black legs with a white top.</div>
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With my mind whirring away <i>(as it tends to do at times)</i> I thought it might be cool to go one step further </div>
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and put a dandelion on the table top.</div>
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This was quite a huge step for me as I am no artist.</div>
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But I decided that a dandelion should be simple to draw so why not give it a go, </div>
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if it didn't work I would just paint over it and no one would be any wiser!</div>
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I tried keeping the dandelions fairly similar to the fabric,</div>
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painting (or rather drawing with a thick black sharpie) two large dandelions on either side of the shut table. </div>
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I then opened up the table and drew two smaller dandelions, </div>
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again similar to the fabric as it also had dandelions of various sizes.</div>
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I took this piece to the markets on Saturday and it was greatly admired.</div>
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It didn't sell on the day but a lady who saw it and loved it, rang me on Monday to see it had sold and has since purchased it and VCH delivered it to it's new home this morning.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-76208971825580881842013-11-06T08:04:00.000+11:002013-11-07T16:13:43.531+11:00happy birthday B3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy Birthday today to our wonderful B3.</div>
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Hope you have a great 14th birthday today.</div>
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We are so proud of you and the young man you have become!</div>
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All our love Mum, Dad, your brothers and sister.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-3715945665870131842013-11-05T14:22:00.000+11:002013-11-07T16:15:02.590+11:00easy homemade granola<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I will usually make it on one of my cooking days.</div>
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I start at night after the kids have finished cleaning the kitchen. </div>
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I mix up a double batch in a large bowl and put it in my largest oven tray, in the middle of the oven, it takes about 1/2 hour for a normal batch, I cook it for about 45 minutes to 1 hour for a double batch, every 15 minutes I give it a bit of a turn. </div>
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When it is done I turn the oven off add any nuts and coconut and mix them in and then leave it to cool in the oven overnight. </div>
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The next morning I take it out break it all up and we serve it with Greek yoghurt and some seasonal fruit. </div>
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To make the yoghurt palatable to the kids and me (I only started eating yoghurt about 2 years ago) I stir in a little rice malt syrup and some vanilla powder.</div>
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I store any leftovers in a glass jar for another breakfast- if the kids don't snack on it all first!</div>
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The original recipe comes from <a href="http://sweetpoison.com.au/?page_id=616"><span style="color: #45818e;">The Sweet Poison Quit Plan Cookbook</span></a></div>
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My improvements are in <i>italics</i> and I double this recipe.</div>
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Crunchy Granola</div>
1/2C rice malt syrup<br />
1/2 C olive oil <i>(I often use coconut instead)</i><br />
3 C rolled oats<br />
1/2C sunflower seeds<br />
1/2 C pepitas<br />
1T ground cinnamon <br />
<i>my additions</i><br />
<i>1/2 C macadamias</i><br />
<i>1/2 C walnuts</i><br />
<i>1/2 C coconut (dessicated, shredded or chips)</i><br />
<i>or anything else you like to throw in, goji berries are good too</i>!<br />
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Pre-heat oven to 180C or 160C fan-forced<br />
Put oil and syrup into a saucepan and heat over low heat for 2 minutes to warm through and mix together.<br />
In a large bowl combine oats <i>(you could use quinoa flakes or something else grain free if you prefer)</i>, seeds and cinnamon.<br />
Combine liquid with dry ingredients and mix well.<br />
Spread on a tray lined with baking paper.<br />
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden giving it a stir halfway through <i> </i><br />
<i>(I find it takes 1/2 hour in my oven for a batch this size, but I keep the temperature a little lower so it doesn't burn).</i><br />
<i>When cooked turn off oven and add nuts and extras and stir, leave to cool in oven, the residual heat will toast the nuts.</i><br />
Serve with yoghurt, milk and fruit of choice.<br />
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Here are a few make-overs that came to the markets with me on Saturday.</div>
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This box came to me without a base, bit it was solid and heavy.</div>
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We put a new base and some castors on it and painted grey inside and used homemade white chalk paint on the inside.</div>
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It was then heavily distressed and I applied decals to the front,</div>
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and the back, with a grocery theme.</div>
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If it didn't sell I was going to bring it home to use to store wood next to the fireplace, but someone loved it and it is on it's way to a new home. </div>
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I picked this stool up at an op shop </div>
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and repainted it grey and added this Parisian fabric,</div>
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it went home with a little girl who happened to have a quilt in the same fabric.</div>
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I can't seem to find a before shot of this chair, maybe because we has to fix the front legs so it sat upside down on a table for a while.</div>
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The original fabric was green and while it was in fairly good condition on the top it was ripped at the bottom.</div>
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I sprayed it charcoal with an upholstery spray paint.</div>
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I sprayed the woodwork with a an almost identical colour and then I painted on Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Ironstone over the top and then distressed it.</div>
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We reupholstered the base in the same Parisian fabric. </div>
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VCH has bought a staple gun for the air compressor and that made the job super easy, I held the fabric and he stapled it on.</div>
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I covered up a couple of little holes on the top part with a small piece of the fabric.</div>
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It has gone to a salon in town.</div>
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Here is a lamp that we were also given. It just needed a little gluing to get it right and then I painted it in the same charcoal colour, </div>
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and made a new lamp shade for it.</div>
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This was the tricky part, but I think it came out OK for my first time.</div>
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Here is the completed lamp.</div>
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It came home with me, but that's OK as there is always a next time!</div>
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I had a fabulous position at the markets right on a corner where everyone has to go past and that meant a two sided frontage. </div>
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The sites are huge 5m x 5m so plenty of room to spread out!</div>
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I sold quite a lot of stuff and made a nice profit. </div>
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Hi all, I am up to my eyeballs getting
all my "redeemed" stuff ready for a big market this Saturday. </div>
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will be back with lots of photos to share, providing blogger will let
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to share with you a post that I have on my <a href="http://www.redeemeduniquegiftsandhomewares.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">redeemed website</span></a> </div>
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-saves me having to rewrite it and try to upload all the piccies! </div>
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So <a href="http://www.redeemeduniquegiftsandhomewares.com/2013/10/cafe-heart-soul.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">here it is</span></a>, all about something that I have been doing for the last couple of months but had to keep a lid on it until now!</div>
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I will be back next week with all the news! </div>
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Oh and hey- while your here pop over to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Redeemed-unique-gifts-and-homewares/323746107726475"><span style="color: #45818e;">"redeemed" FB page</span></a> and like it too- if you don't already!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-12736601201422543282013-10-22T06:53:00.001+11:002013-10-24T16:47:12.639+11:00raw chocolate raspberry cheesecake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This recipe comes from Sarah Wilson's <a href="http://www.iquitsugar.com/raw-chocolate-and-raspberry-cheesecake/"><span style="color: #45818e;">I quit sugar blog</span></a>. </div>
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I saw it and thought it looked good, I liked the fact that it was gluten free, in fact it is grain free, it is also sugar free and dairy free. </div>
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It is raw- so no cooking involved- great for summer! </div>
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It is however not nut free, in fact it is chock full of nuts in both the base and filling- so needless to say I will not be making this when my niece comes to visit!</div>
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But on other occasions I will certainly make it again. </div>
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I bought the nuts, but then it took me a few weeks to get around to trying it, mainly because I try to only cook this sort of stuff on a weekend and then weekends can get busy, and it needed 2 hours to set so it couldn't be a last minute kind of thing. I was easy to make and gave my food processor a workout. </div>
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I ending up making this for the family, when my big boys came home from their week at Ag camp. </div>
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I thought the occasion deserved a special dessert.</div>
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Everyone liked it and no-one noticed that there was no sugar or dairy in it, it was still sweet and delicious.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Crust:</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 cup pecans</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/4 cup cacao powder</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/4 cup rice malt syrup</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 tablespoons coconut oil,
melted</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pinch of sea salt</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Filling:</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 1/2 cups of raw cashews</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2 cup cacao powder</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2 cup rice malt syrup</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/4 cup coconut oil</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 teaspoon vanilla powder</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1-2 tablespoons of coconut
milk (or milk of your choice) <i>I used a little more than this to get a nice smooth consistency</i></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pinch of sea salt</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2 cup frozen raspberries</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>METHOD:</b></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make the crust, line the
base of a round spring form cake pan with baking paper.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Process pecans in a food processor
until chunky crumbs form. Add remaining ingredients and process until just
combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Press into base to cover evenly.
Place in freezer to set.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make filling, process
cashews until fine crumbs form. Add remaining ingredients except milk and
raspberries. Process until mixture turns into a smooth and creamy batter.
Add milk as necessary to smooth out mixture. Once smooth, fold through
raspberries and pour mixture over base in pan.</span></span></li>
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I finished this delightful little coffee table yesterday<br />
and I was going to take some great outdoor shots of it in my paddock,<br />
but it was so hot and I couldn't be bothered, I thought I would do them today,<br />
only when I woke this morning it was raining<br />
and so we now have indoor shots instead!</div>
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When we got the table it was in a sad state, one of the side pieces was broken where it attached to the leg. but I loved the lines and the feel, so felt it was worth redeeming.<br />
VCH pulled it apart, made a new side piece and then glued it all back together again, even reattaching the fancy bit on the new piece.</div>
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Because the new piece didn't match the rest of the timber, I decided to paint it rather than stain it.</div>
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I used<a href="http://missmustardseed.com/"><span style="color: #45818e;"> Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint</span></a> in "Shutter Grey" over the whole piece.<br />
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I then applied a little furniture wax to the edges of the top to give it a resistance to the paint before painting MMSMP in "Ironstone" on the top,<br />
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I also ran over the fancy bits in the white as well.<br />
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A light sand with some steel wool and a fine grade sandpaper gave it a nice little distressed feel to it.</div>
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To finish it off I applied MMS's hemp oil with a rag, I chose to use the hemp oil rather than a wax after a <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/2013/10/furniture-wax-vs-hemp-oil/"><span style="color: #76a5af;">post by Miss Mustard Seed on how wax is not fantastic in the heat</span></a> and well with our hot weather here I thought I would take her advice.</div>
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It has a lovely silky softness to it that gives it a beautiful feel.<br />
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If you have been hanging around this blog long enough or know me personally you would know that I have a thing for ice cream!<br />
I love eating ice cream no matter what the weather is, I love making ice cream and I love trying new flavours!<br />
A while back I picked up the <a href="http://sweetpoison.shop033.com/"><span style="color: #45818e;">Sweet Poison Recipe book</span></a> and I have been trying a few recipes here and there.<br />
One that immediately caught my eye when I bought it was a rhubarb crumble ice cream.<br />
So I bought some rhubarb to make it and then life got in the way and eventually the chooks got the mouldy rhubarb and I never got to try the ice cream.<br />
The other week I was thinking about what ice cream to make for ice cream sundaes on Sunday, <br />
I have been incredibly <strike>slack</strike> busy lately and we have either not had ice cream or shock horror have had bought stuff with all the junk in it!<br />
As I had a box of apples I thought I might try this ice cream with apples instead.<br />
It was delicious and everyone in the family enjoyed it.<br />
I was a little worried as they use sour cream in the recipe and I thought they might notice the slight tartness in the flavour but apparently that didn't make any difference to their enjoyment of it.<br />
Like all my recipes this is sugar free (fructose free), if you still use sugar just change it out 1:1. <br />
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2-3 apples chopped</div>
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1 cinnamon stick- or teaspoon cinnamon</div>
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1 1/4 cup dextrose (you can use sugar if you prefer)</div>
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1 cup cream</div>
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1 cup sour cream</div>
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1 cup milk</div>
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vanilla pod or essence to taste</div>
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3 eggs (or you can use 6 egg yolks)</div>
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Crumble mix</div>
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1/4 cup ground almonds</div>
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3/4 cup plain flour (I used GF)</div>
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1/2 cup dextrose</div>
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90 g butter melted </div>
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Heat oven to 160C, line a tray with baking paper, mix crumble ingredients together in a bowl until resembles course breadcrumbs, spread on tray and bake for 15-20 min or until golden brown- set aside to cool.</div>
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Put the apples, cinnamon and 1/4 cup dextrose into a saucepan and cook for 5 or so minutes until soft but not mushy, set aside in a bowl to cool, if you used a cinnamon stick take it out before adding to the ice cream, I added an extra sprinkle of cinnamon to the apples before putting them in.</div>
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Put the cream, sour cream, milk and vanilla into a heavy based saucepan. </div>
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Bring it almost to the boil, meantime whisk the eggs and 1 cup dextrose in a bowl, gradually whisk the cream mixture into the egg mixture.</div>
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Transfer it back to the saucepan and cook over medium heat stirring constantly (8-10 minutes) or until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon- do not let it boil! </div>
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Strain into a bowl cover loosely with plastic and refrigerate until really cold. </div>
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Churn mixture in your ice cream maker, add the apples to mix through just before the end and let mix until well combined. </div>
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Place ice cream into a container and then spread crumble mix on top. </div>
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Freeze for a couple of hours until firm. </div>
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I had a little extra crumble mix so when I served it I just sprinkled it over the top so everyone got a nice amount of crumble with their ice cream. </div>
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Enjoy! </div>
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You could use other berries in place of the apple, but you may wish to add a little more dextrose, the original recipe used 1 cup dextrose for the rhubarb, but because apples are quite sweet I didn't need to use as much.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-3016996008122997102013-10-11T09:13:00.001+11:002013-10-11T09:13:58.863+11:00beautiful pebbly beach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are just back from 3 days and 2 nights at the beautiful Pebbly Beach.</div>
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<a href="http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/yuraygir-national-park/pebbly-beach-campground/camping"><span style="color: #45818e;">Pebbly is part of the Yuraygir National Park</span></a>. </div>
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Access is by 4WD driving 2km on the beach </div>
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before crossing a creek at low tide, .</div>
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It is not for the faint hearted or glamper, </div>
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there is nothing glamorous about camping at Pebbly - except for the views. </div>
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Be prepared for no water- you must bring all you need with you, the toilets are compost toilets (they weren't unpleasant at all), there is no power and no showers.</div>
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So if you don't think you can handle that don't come, but if you think you can then, you are in for a treat.</div>
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This is one of the most pristine, </div>
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beautiful beaches you will ever see.</div>
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While you are there you can fish, swim, play in the sand, </div>
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walk around the headland to Freshwater Beach, </div>
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investigate the rock pools, </div>
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or just enjoy the scenery! </div>
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We had a fabulous time with our friends and I am sure we will go back there again.</div>
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This really is just a small snapshot of Pebbly Beach, I took 100's of photos. </div>
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The fabulous thing is that it really only an hour from home, we live in a glorious part of Australia!</div>
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I was given a heap of old chairs and things from a <a href="http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #45818e;">friend</span></a> who was cleaning out.</div>
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I love it when friends give me things!</div>
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These cane chairs were not that old (ie. not an antique) and had been made in Taiwan.</div>
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The problem with them was that the back support had been broken off. </div>
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You can see this in comparison to this chair that still has the back bit.</div>
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Obviously this would make the chair uncomfortable to sit on, </div>
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so I had to think about another way to "redeem" the chairs.</div>
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I had seen some chairs on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/5bro1sis/garden-love/"><span style="color: #45818e;">pinterest</span></a> where they made them into planters and I had been keen to try it, </div>
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but was waiting for the right chairs to come along, and they did!</div>
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I decided that since the back thing was missing that it would look a bit bare just painted so instead decided to put some chicken wire over the back so you could grow something up it.</div>
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I sent B3 on the trail of some chicken wire and he arrived back with some, however when I asked him and his two older brothers to attach it to the chairs I was met with "it is impossible and even Dad will tell you it can't be done!" </div>
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Along comes B4 who says to me, "Mum do you want me to try?"</div>
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So B4 set to work and was going along quite well.</div>
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B2 came along and seeing B4 working on it set to helping him.</div>
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Takes a little one to show a big one that is can be done!</div>
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Thanks for you determination and willingness to try anything, B4. </div>
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Once the chairs were done, I painted one red and the other black, </div>
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I wanted colours that would stand out if someone put it in a garden amongst other plants.</div>
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I took a chair with me to Bunnings and thankfully found a pot to fit them nicely!</div>
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These were painted the same colour as the chairs and set into the chair filled with potting mix and planted with some plants I had bought at Bunnings while I was there.</div>
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I bought jasmine for the back so that it would climb up the wire.</div>
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I also had some birdcages that I thought would look better for a plant or two so we drilled some holes in the bottom and put in some potting mix and I planted some mixed colour petunias and a couple of the left over white ones.</div>
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Now it is just a matter of water and time!</div>
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I am hoping that they will be ready for the markets at the beginning of November.</div>
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While on the subject of flowers I thought I would share a quick piccy of the lovely arrangement VCH bought me home on our Anniversary.</div>
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We had said no presents so these were a complete surprise- and not just some supermarket flowers either- a lovely arrangement from the florist!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-75785579381436993142013-09-23T09:33:00.002+10:002013-09-23T09:44:58.642+10:00twenty four years and still going strong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today is Very Clever Husband's and mine 24th Wedding Anniversary!</div>
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It is amazing to think that we have been married that long!</div>
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In fact, I have spent more years of my life married to this wonderful man than I haven't!</div>
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He is a wonderful husband, father and friend.</div>
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He still makes me laugh and feel like the most beautiful girl in the world! </div>
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I love this photo, with the reflections, in a local park.</div>
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VCH's younger brother and sister were our best man and bridesmaid.</div>
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Two of my nieces were flower girls.</div>
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The oldest one turned 31 the other day!</div>
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Our wedding cake- of course I had to have something unconventional and had a croquembouche!</div>
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We are going out to dinner tonight leaving the children to fend for themselves!</div>
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We will be planning something big for our silver anniversary next year! </div>
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I just haven't been able to get my act together.</div>
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A couple of times I sat down to write something and couldn't decide what to write, nothing seemed interesting enough or I couldn't be bothered to take some photos to post or whatever, </div>
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so they just didn't get written.</div>
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But last night we had something new and yummy for tea so I just had to come and share it with you.</div>
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I have had these recipes pinned for a while and I thought I should go through my boards and have a look for something new and inspiring to cook.</div>
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As it was my cooking day yesterday, </div>
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<i>(what I don't cook everyday!- no I don't but that is probably a whole other post that I should write soon!)</i></div>
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I thought I would try a couple.</div>
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The first part was a crockpot recipe for rotisserie chicken.</div>
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Now here in Australia we would probably call it a BBQ chook or cooked chook.</div>
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We often used to buy one of these for a quick lunch on the weekend from the supermarket but at $10+ each they work out a little exe.</div>
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So I started buying a few extra chooks when I did my grocery shop.</div>
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I would get one out on a Friday to defrost and then cook it up in the oven for over the weekend.</div>
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Or if we had a roast chicken I would do two and we would have one ready for another meal- either a salad or sandwiches or something else super yummy like a chicken pie.</div>
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I buy the fresh chickens from Woolworths, they are around 1.5kgs in size and cost a little over $5, so basically half of what I was paying for a cooked chook.</div>
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1.5kg is just enough for our family with no leftovers, but not a huge amount of meat each, </div>
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sometimes we might break into a little of the extra chook if we need to.</div>
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So back to last night's dinner.</div>
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This recipe cooked the chicken in a slow cooker or crockpot and I thought I may as well give it a burl!</div>
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Because I have a very large crockpot I could fit 2 of these chickens in and now we have one for lunch today.</div>
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I must say I was surprised at how much this tasted like a bought BBQ chook, minus the stuffing which I can't eat anyway, and goodness knows what junk they put in it or on it as the case may be.</div>
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It got the thumbs up from the family, so I think it will become a summer staple.</div>
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Great when you don't want to turn on the oven and heat up the house on a hot day!</div>
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I will write the recipe out as I found it and then write in my adjustments.</div>
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1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional) - I didn't!</div>
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Place all of your ingredients in a small bowl and stir in water by the teaspoon until a paste forms.</div>
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Rub it on your chicken inside and out.</div>
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Spray your slow cooker with spray oil and place your chicken in slow cooker <i>(now the recipe says to place it breast side up, the picture actually shows the breast down, now I have been told that if you place the breast down you will get a moister chicken as the fat runs down into the breast- so that's what I did)</i>.</div>
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Put the lid on and cook on low for 6-7 hours or high 3.5-4.5 hrs.</div>
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Make sure the thickest part of the thigh registers 180degrees- now I presumed this meant Fahrenheit as it is an American recipe and as my food thermometer has both I didn't bother to convert. </div>
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<i>Now I just need to tell you that I cheated a little on the ingredients.</i></div>
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<i>I didn't have any onion powder or garlic powder so instead of that and salt I used an Olssons Sea Salt Rub. I actually have no idea if you can buy these in the supermarket as VCH deals with Olssons for his business and we get heaps of these given to us.</i></div>
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<i>The one I chose is called Wild Thing and contains juniper berry, thyme, onion, rosemary and Australian sea salt.</i></div>
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Now when<i> </i>I checked after 6 hrs on low there was lots of liquid in the bottom, so I tipped it out into a bowl.</div>
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I have since put into another container in the fridge and will use as a stock.</div>
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I thought it might be just fat but as it is now cool it doesn't look that way at all.</div>
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I then just left the chickens in there with the crockpot turned off until we were ready to serve, but I think I could have left it on low if I wanted them really hot or were leaving them for a long time.</div>
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Now of course to go with the chicken I thought I would have a nice salad or two - so I made a coleslaw and this lovely quinoa salad with blueberries, strawberries and watermelon.</div>
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They served in on individual plates but I just put it on one large platter.</div>
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I also used frozen blueberries and not fresh- I just tossed them through the slightly warm quinoa frozen and they were nicely defrosted by the time we served it. </div>
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when you look at the photo on the original recipe they don't seem to have as much quinoa either.</div>
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We have plenty left over for tea tonight.</div>
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I think this would be lovely to take to a shared meal.</div>
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Again all the family liked this even the ones not overly keen on quinoa!</div>
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Spring has sprung up here on the North Coast, </div>
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in fact we have been having summer temperatures and as we had little winter- more of a very long drawn out autumn with a short cold snap with a couple of frosts in the second half of August, </div>
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the garden has not really stopped growing all winter. </div>
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A couple of annuals died off but apart from that all is flowering beautifully.</div>
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I have planted some African daisies and some lavender in a couple of bare spots, this week.</div>
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The allysum (Sweet Alice) around the edge have grown up and look stunning.</div>
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A little clump of stray violas that I replanted from elsewhere.</div>
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The jasmine is starting to climb over my bed ends.</div>
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A little gerbra that is looking a little dilapidated after we pulled some weeds from its container.</div>
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Some dianthus</div>
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My sweet peas, </div>
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I thought these were going to be pink, </div>
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but the have come out white, </div>
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turning to a light mauve after a couple of days.</div>
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The lovely cosmos they have self seeded from the ones I planted back in March.</div>
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If you look below you can see a stray allysum, I am not sure how it comes to be growing there at all.</div>
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I am really enjoying my lovely little "redeemed" garden, the roses that I got for Mother's Day, are starting to shoot and will hopefully present me with some blooms over summer. </div>
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The camellias in the back each side of the tank are growing and the ground covers are doing a great job.</div>
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It is just out my back door and makes me smile everyday when I go outside!</div>
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Just thought I would share a post on how far along the shed is now.</div>
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We have painted the floors, just to give the yellow tongue a bit of protection.</div>
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We painted them in strap, which is the same colour as the house.</div>
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B4 was a big help with this. </div>
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I am working on getting this window to work, before we install it.</div>
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It is moving up and down now, but not easily, which I don't think it ever will unless we pull it apart and redid the lot, which I don't have the time or energy for!</div>
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So I am going to work on cleaning it and VCH will probably install in on the weekend.</div>
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Here is the other window, no it doesn't match, we couldn't get two the same, but we put this down the far end where it will only be seen if you are in the pool.</div>
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It still needs to be cleaned. </div>
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Below is the little feature the little ones did of offcuts, it was so cute I told them we would make it permanent.</div>
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VCH has been using his new spray gun to paint the outside, so far he has done the back wall </div>
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I left the area where VCH still needs to install the window free.</div>
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We hung a lot of the chairs to give us more floor space.</div>
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VCH will also build me some shelves in between the two door openings for paint and knobs and little things etc.</div>
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But I am having trouble getting them how I want.</div>
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I want them to look all chippy and distressed, but whatever I do seems to look fake.</div>
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This is distressed, but you can hardly tell.</div>
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What I was doing on the side, wasn't working, so now it has been pretty much stripped.</div>
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I was so hoping I could do what I wanted without having to strip the doors right back, but I may have to yet!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-16475007732318486022013-09-03T07:51:00.000+10:002013-09-23T09:43:44.070+10:00soccer 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year all six of our children played and the three oldest also refereed.</div>
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Most weeks the only day that didn't involve soccer was on Sunday.</div>
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B2 was the busiest, not only did he play with the under 16's on Friday night he also played Reserve Grade and sometimes 2nd grade, as well as benching for first grade on a couple of occasions, not to mention refereeing on Saturday mornings.</div>
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This also meant two nights of training every week.</div>
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We are extremely proud of how well he has done this year.</div>
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His team were minor premiers, but unfortunately lost both semi finals.</div>
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They still have one game left to play as minor premiers, they play in the Champions of Champions match against a team from the other part of the region.</div>
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Here he in playing reserve grade.</div>
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B3's team also made the semi finals, they won the first game, but lost the second in a very close game that went to extra time.</div>
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We have been very impressed with how well he has played this year and really seeing him become an essential part of the team, his coaches have commented several times on how much he has improved.</div>
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Here is B5 playing his last game, he was on the field here, but spent a lot of time as goalie this year, doing a magnificent job, so we may well see him take this position more in the future.</div>
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The girl playing here, has just finished her last year in small sided soccer and is looking forward to graduating to a big field next year, with real goals.</div>
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In this game she managed to score 4 goals!</div>
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Must have been the power of Mum sitting there taking photos!</div>
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I wanted to get photos of all the kids playing but due to having to swap with B1 one week as he had to be at the field for a meeting I missed out on getting any of B4.</div>
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B1 went back to playing soccer this year after a 3 year break and played seniors, his team were minor premiers as well but lost in the semi finals as well.</div>
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B1 has not quite finished his soccer season yet, because he gets to referee the under 16's grand final on Friday night, this only became possible because his brother's team lost, if they had won he would not have been allowed to do it.</div>
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B2 also has a sideline on a grand final.</div>
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When they referee grand finals they also receive a medallion as a memento of the occasion and the announcements are made at the presentation dinner- academy award style, so it is quite a privilege to be chosen.</div>
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I am sure we will never have another year of soccer like this year, </div>
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which I am extremely grateful for, </div>
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but now that it is almost over I think I did very well not to collapse of soccer overload </div>
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and looking back have quite enjoyed watching all my children play and cheer them on from the sidelines! </div>
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B3 as a member of the Army Cadets was required to attend the march and ceremony.</div>
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His cadet unit.</div>
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Here is a close up of him marching.</div>
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The ceremony was held at our Cenotaph which is by our river, </div>
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the late afternoon sun gave a beautiful light to the ceremony.</div>
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After they were dismissed before walking back to the car.</div>
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Here are some highlights from my week.</div>
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I am involved with a women's ministry team at church and we had a training afternoon on Saturday.</div>
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I made some cupcakes for the afternoon tea.</div>
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I of course used some of my<span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/search/label/redeemed"><span style="color: #45818e;">"redeemed"</span> </a>cake stands to show them off.</div>
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I made gluten free red velvet fairy cakes, </div>
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topped them with vanilla cream cheese icing and <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/butterfly-cupcakes-and-sideboard.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">strawberry butterflies</span></a></div>
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and some Luscious Lemon Cupcakes</div>
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I also made some <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/spinach-and-cheese-rolls-with-gf-puff.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">spinach and cheese rolls</span></a>.</div>
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All my offerings were gluten free, but I didn't openly advertise that because I find some people think only people who are gluten free can eat them and I wanted to show that people wouldn't be able to tell the difference- they must have thought them OK because they were gobbled up and lots of compliments were given.</div>
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Monday the children were involved in our Annual Home Educators Sports Carnival</div>
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VCH has been working on<a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/what-is-vch-building-now.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> my shed</span></a>, here is a night shot.</div>
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Here is how it looks in the daylight. </div>
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The side wall is framed up and ready for the window (you can see it there on the left) </div>
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I was excited to find 4 doors the same which will be along the front at our local second hand building place.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-43002786901628428432013-08-08T09:30:00.000+10:002013-08-09T19:10:27.133+10:00custom chairs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here are some chairs that I have recently completed for some customers.</div>
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The first two were for the lady who bought <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com/2013/06/chippy-chairs.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">this pink chair</span></a>. </div>
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She bought it for her new granddaughter's nursery. </div>
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When she got home (she lives in Queensland), her other children wanted some for their babies nurseries' too.</div>
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One requested a baby boy blue and the other a Tigger orange.</div>
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Painted in British Paints distant shore.</div>
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She has family here so when she visited on the weekend she picked them up.</div>
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If I only want a small amount of paint I buy British Paints sample pots as they are bigger in size and cheaper than the other brands.</div>
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These two chairs were for another customer who really liked <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/some-recent-makeovers.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">this red chair</span></a> but wanted two.</div>
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I didn't have enough aqua fabric to make two chairs, but I had the pink in the same pattern.</div>
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Even though we we initially talked about it and my client said she really wasn't a floral person and she wasn't a pink person, when I showed her this fabric she fell in love.</div>
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I will be delivering them this afternoon so I hope she likes how they turned out.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683022126069845991noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313939957537170892.post-2349510247609636622013-08-06T09:54:00.000+10:002013-08-06T09:54:23.572+10:00what is VCH building now?<div style="text-align: center;">
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My VCH, my very wonderful husband is building me a shed- most men build themselves a shed, </div>
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but my darling hubby is building his wife the shed!</div>
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It is 8m x 4m and will have two sets of double doors- I have to find these yet!</div>
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And it will be for my redeemed items.</div>
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One end will have finished items and the other items waiting to be redeemed. </div>
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In the middle, on the wall between the doors will be shelving for all my paint and handles and bits and pieces and on the opposite side I see a small bench with space for power tools below it and other tools up on a pegboard.</div>
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I won't actually do a lot of work in here, I will probably just take out one or two pieces at a time to work in <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com/2013/04/outdoor-kitchen-reveal.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">my undercover area</span></a>. </div>
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Mainly because I don't want to sand in there and get it all over the other things and I won't actually have electricity connected into the shed (our electrician would have a heart attack as he has told us that if we do anymore add-ons we will need to get a whole new system as we have have reached capacity with our current one).</div>
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The undercover area has water, power, space and good air flow.</div>
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But the shed will mean that my <a href="http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com.au/search/label/redeemed"><span style="color: #45818e;">"redeemed" things</span></a> will no longer be overtaking my entertaining area-</div>
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Now all the floor joists are in and they have started to put up the brackets for the roof. </div>
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The internal framework will be timber and we will clad it in fibro and the roof will be corrugated iron.</div>
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It will match the pool cabana in style and I hope to make it look quite pretty around it with a path and gardens.</div>
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