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« on: Today at 07:42:16 pm »
I went on another walk this morning. Third day increasing my steps . Last two times I’ve gone for 50/40 minutes and DH has collected me . Today I did half and turned around . Last night my face was pounding , wisdom tooth removal taking awhile to settle down .
K Atie, keep an eye on your tooth pain, an infection in your mouth can be problematic and you don't want to go there. Get back to your dentist of doctor if you are worried.
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« on: June 29, 2025, 07:35:21 pm »
I think I need more sesame seeds Chookie.
We’re having Cauliflower soup with bacon dust and Sizzler toast.
I am all for more sesame seeds - I need as much help as I can get.
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« on: June 29, 2025, 07:33:50 pm »
RTE's Creamy Tomato and Bean Soup - delicious
K Atie, I grew up on porridge - I make it with water, not milk, and load it with frozen blueberries and my cholesterol remains very good. Hope it works for you.
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« on: June 29, 2025, 07:29:25 pm »
Last night I made Creamy Tomato Bean Soup https://www.recipetineats.com/creamy-tomato-bean-soup/ to which I added some pasta and converted it to a delicious pasta meal. It was really nice - DH was full of compliments, so this will now become a regular.
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« on: June 29, 2025, 07:23:36 pm »
Thanks for your birthday wishes everyone. I am now getting used to the trauma of being 70!
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« on: June 25, 2025, 08:22:05 pm »
Staff took me out to dinner last night for my birthday - that means there's another decade gone by! It was in a pub and all the food was vegan. Although I eat and cook mostly vegan food, I had never had food like that before - really different and interesting, everyone enjoyed it. I must start looking at the possibility of changing some of the foods I cook.
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« on: June 24, 2025, 07:37:19 pm »
Looks like we're all on the move these days.
I often thought of doing a trip on the Ghan, but don't think I will ever talk DH into it! Enjoy the journey and send lots of photos.
Judy, I often think of Gert and wonder how she is doing. Please say hi from me. We are involved in organising a big conference in a couple of years based in Brisbane and I am excited that we are looking at offering a trip up to Cairns as a side event.
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« on: June 24, 2025, 04:30:43 am »
I'm not sure exactly where you live so not sure whether you can answer my question. How do your hydrangeas get on in your climate - we are in a semi desert type climate - very hot in summer and several days freezing overnight. Is a hydrangea sturdy enough to cope with those extremes?
Your story also reminded me of something that happened to our friends when I was very young. The dad was Irish so he, DW and young daughter went over to visit family at one stage (this would have been in the 60s or early 70s so a visit from NZ to Ireland was a very special event). They had a flourishing couple of hydrangeas at home and, when they got to Ireland the family they were staying with proudly showed them their very precious hydrangea - daughter quickly deflated them when she helpfully advised that they had lots of these plants and they were growing like weeds. Very embarrassing for her mum and dad!
Marina I live in Warragul in Gippsland, about an hour and a half from the centre of Melbourne. Hydrangeas grow quite well here as long as long as they get a bit of protection from the hot sun and they get a little bit of water in the summer and they don't mind the cold weather. Soil with low PH produces blue flowers and high PH produces pink flowers. The one DH cut back was about 7 feet tall. I don't give them any special treatment although some people like to change the PH level to produce different colours.
Thanks for that, I will see what we can do about getting some nice plants later in the year. Keep well.
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« on: June 22, 2025, 07:39:00 pm »
Brazilian chickpea and bean casserole
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« on: June 22, 2025, 07:37:15 pm »
Stocktake all weekend - my most hated weekend / week of the year, it is so intense doing the count then transferring it all into the accounts program as quickly as I can so that the shop can start to accept and re-order stock again as soon as possible. Hopefully it will be complete and the computer updated by tomorrow night.
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« on: June 20, 2025, 08:18:29 pm »
Happy birthday Mab. Hope your recovery is progressing well.
I'm not sure exactly where you live so not sure whether you can answer my question. How do your hydrangeas get on in your climate - we are in a semi desert type climate - very hot in summer and several days freezing overnight. Is a hydrangea sturdy enough to cope with those extremes?
Your story also reminded me of something that happened to our friends when I was very young. The dad was Irish so he, DW and young daughter went over to visit family at one stage (this would have been in the 60s or early 70s so a visit from NZ to Ireland was a very special event). They had a flourishing couple of hydrangeas at home and, when they got to Ireland the family they were staying with proudly showed them their very precious hydrangea - daughter quickly deflated them when she helpfully advised that they had lots of these plants and they were growing like weeds. Very embarrassing for her mum and dad!
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« on: June 18, 2025, 08:14:39 pm »
Great to hear from you Mab and fantastic news that you are home again. Take care, take it easy and best wishes for a good recovery.
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« on: June 15, 2025, 08:42:02 pm »
I was wondering what was happening with your budgie, Cookie. Hope you catch him / her soon.
I don't use that spatula a lot, either, only if I need to lift the basket out of the TMX - I was just surprised at the condition it was in when I went to use it. Hopefully I can find another safe way of taking the basket out.
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« on: June 15, 2025, 01:15:03 am »
Has this happened to anyone else?
Yesterday I went to make some rice in my TM5 and the spatchular that came with the machine (the one for removing the internal basket) was disintegrating on the leading edge of the 'blade'. I have had to throw it out, but I was curious to see if this had happened to anyone else as I hadn't heard of it before.
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« on: June 14, 2025, 02:45:32 am »
We arrived home to an empty freezer and I also wanted to cook some quick frozen meals for a friend who's wife is in ICU for several weeks as she undergoes a very delicate procedure so I made red lentil and ginger soup, Lentil, chickpea and semi dried tomato casserole and a vege stew. That should keep us all going for a few days!
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