Hello again

Hello again!

Been away for a while but always checking the blogs I love.

I am back to full time work now and it is going great.  The first Monday I work from home with Michael, and the second I have as a Flexi day (or RDO - we get fortnightly ones).  Overall it has been going great!!  Loving the $$$$ of course!  Still attempting to get into a routine.  Dinners are my biggest nightmare really and Greg and I did discuss getting a cleaner but we both are fairly good at that so we are going to see how we go.

On Friday, even though I really didn't feel like it, I vacuumed the whole house and did the bathroom/toilet.  This just made things a lot easier for the weekend and it took 30mins max.  The house was clean and tidy and the rest of the night was ours (Greg cooked dinner).  I am trying to do a bit each night, to make it easier overall for the weekend.  So far so good!!

I'm doing my massage course, about 3 weekends to go.  I'm loving it but there is just not enoough time to practice!!!  I am going to give Jemma a massage this week and ask Courtney if she wants one too.  I'm so happy my hands are coping with doing it and I am really enjoying the course.  I would love to continue to get my Certificate, but maybe not just yet -Christmas is coming!!!!

We went up to mum and dad's on the weekend, although they are not there as they are away in their caravan.  We saw Nat and Marty and had a coffee (they live with M&D now).  I made some very easy and extremely yummy muffins.  They don't look like much BUT OMG they are so nice.  The take 20mins to make and then about 20mins to cook.  Totally worth it.

Carrot & Walnut muffins

¼ Cup flour (plain)
½ tsp salt
½ tsp bicarb soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground allspice
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup sultanas


½ cup oil
2 eggs
200g carrots, finely grated


Sieve the first 5 ingredients into a large bowl. Add brown sugar and sultanas and mix these evenly through the dry ingredients, breaking any lumps.

In another bowl, beat the oil and eggs together and add the finely grated carrot – mix together.

Tip the oil and egg mix into the dry mixture. Taking care not to overmix, fold everything together until there are no more unmixed lumps of flour.

Spray a 12 med sized muffin pan with non stick spray and put about ¼ cup of mix into each pan.

Bake at 190 deg C for about 15 mins (I do it for about 20mins) or until the tops of the muffins spring back when pressed.

Delicious warm or cool. I sprinkle with icing sugar to serve. YUM


After Nat and Marty's we took the back roads back to the freeway and it was nice looking at all the different places.  We chatted about moving up that way.  We probably wouldn't have a mortgage and a heaps nicer house, but we love our area - its so quiet and safe.  There are a lot of ferals up that way (and a lot of lovely people too), but I would worry if we had a place next door to ferals.  Our neighbours are really nice here.  We are going ok financially so better off here I think.  Also, the travel would kill me.  I have a good job, so I would continue working.  All in all, I really think, at this stage, we are better off staying put!!!  I'm happy with that.

We cut Michaels hair on Sunday.  Oh my that was an effort.  He screamed!!   The neighbours probably thought we were killing him.  He looks SO different.  Now is certainly a little boy!!!

Before with Daddy on the bike

With Daddy

Pre-haircut - blondie (hmm where did that come from??)

OMG is that the same little boy!!!!!  Looking like Daddy now - where is that blond hair?????

Back view

Still some straggly bits, but a good job for all the drama involved!!!

We have continually used our fire this winter, but one night I thought we could do with a blast of warm as we had run out of wood.  Greg turned on the airconditioner and it doesn't work!!!!  It is a very old, hole in the wall type.  Harvey Norman has a 4 years interest free thing at the moment and we want to have something in the hall too (so we can cool the bedrooms in Summer), so I am getting a quote this week for that. 

Thank goodness I have gone back to FT work - the universe must have been telling me something huh?!

We are having a "Family Fun Day" on Sunday.  I have decided we have to do this every fortnight (or at least every month).  Will update after that.  Have a lovely week.

Rach :-)