Quiet weekend, with a bit of rain and a bit of (small) drama!!

Ahhh, what a lovely quiet weekend, we had a bit of rain and (of course) a little wee bit of drama!!  LOL  My life wouldn't be the same without that would it??

OK, so the "drama" wasn't anything big or that bad.  Our bargain diswasher - the Fisher and Paykel Dishdrawer - decided to well and truely die and then sizzle and burn!!  Lucky we have a safety switch on our electrical board or we probably would have had a house fire.  Eeek!!

Honestly, it was a dud.  The bottom drawer had been very dodgy for a while and then it just wouldn't run a cycle, it kept filling and then emptying.  I was sus when we bought it as it was in such gross condition and the door was broken, but hey, it was Greg's bargain - which actually wasn't a bargain, but an expensive mistake.  Hey - live and learn eh.

So, because I simply CANNOT live without a diswasher anymore LOL (hey, I'm about to go back to FT work!!) and we are very poor at the moment and cannot possibly afford a new one, we have decided to go down the dodgy second hand route of another dishwasher.  Hmmm, maybe we don't live and learn eh?

I would like to introduce the Dishlex Global 500 dishwasher.  It cost $150 from some people in a suburb close to us.  It was a bit dirty on the outside (do people live like pigs these days???) but inside was clean and she said I could bring it back if it didn't work.  Negatives - the door hinges spring is broken and then I think the handle spring broke when I was checking it out after we put in in.  These are pretty easy things to fix and it works fine as it is.  So YAY - hopefully it will last longer than 3 months!!!  Fingers crossed.

We decided to put Michael into his little bed as he is getting bigger (will be 2 soon) and we have it.  He loves his bed.  Negatives - he is still up now at 9pm!! after he got up and started playing with his toys.

Here he is with his new favourity toy, Greg's screwdriver!!! 

I made some artwork for his room.  It goes with his doona.  I am going to make another one similar so he has two.

I also got motivated and made some very yummy sausage rolls.

Here is what's left - virtually NONE!!

Mum and Dad came over and had some for lunch.  Even Michael ate a couple.  I got the recipe from a girlfried of mine and it was very easy.

Easy Sausage Rolls

Puff Pastry

500g sausage mince

500g normal beef mince

1 onion finely chopped

breadcrumbs (fresh)

1 egg

The secret ingredient - Nasi Goreng (sp) spice paste

Mix together well.  Put onto puff pastry and roll up.  Cut into rolls and bake in the oven until they look cooked!!!  Yummo

Jemma has gone to Fiji with her Dad.  She called me from the airport on Saturday morning.  I'm sure she will have a great time - lucky duck!!!

Hope you all have a lovely week

Rach