My kids are a complete mystery to me. Every school morning I pack their lunches. Every school afternoon they arrive home with laden lunchboxes and tell me they weren't hungry or didn't have time to eat them. Yet, on the school holidays it's all I can do to keep the food up to them. They're voracious and I spend my days in the kitchen desperately trying to keep up to my two little Audreys ...
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how to make sizzler cheese toast at home
There's been a lot of talk about Sizzler closing it's restaurants, but fear not, I've discovered how to make their delicious cheese toast at home! The good news is, it's super simple and you can have it ready faster that you can say "all you can eat salad bar". how to make sizzler cheese toast at home Ingredients: thick-sliced bread butter grated parmesan cheese powdered parmesan ...
you can’t sugar coat MS | house arrest day 7
This time last week I was finishing my final day of treatment. My heart rate had reached olympic athlete levels again, prior to the infusion, but I'd managed to nurse it through with a combination of caffeine, sugar and sheer terror of a repeat performance of last year. I almost cried tears of relief as I watched the last five millilitres flow through the drip, then Mum and I snuck into the ...
Amanda and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days
I’m starting my second course of treatment this morning. I spent much of last week begrudgingly preparing for spending this time away from the farm shopping and writing lists for my wonderful in-laws who have arrived like the cavalry again to help Bearhands with the girls while I’m in Brisbane. Then yesterday I waved goodbye to my three favourite humans and came to stay at Mum and ...
what not to say to someone living with MS
Today is World MS Day; a day to draw awareness to the condition that affects 23,000+ Australians (and 2.5 million people worldwide). There is no cure (this year at least). Three quarters of the folks living with MS are women. The majority of whom experienced their first symptoms between 30 and 35. I've been living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) publicly for a year and privately for a bit a ...
a blog by any other name ….
I was a blogger long before I became Cooker and a Looker. For years previous, I wrote a little family blog - the Glasshouse Smyths. At that point, Bearhands and I had brothers and sisters spread across the globe so I started the blog to keep them updated about how life on the farm was going and how the Big Sister was growing. Back then, email and internet will still slow and precious ...